'No messages' directed by Cian McGarrigle has finished principal photography in Dublin and has gone into post production and 'One For The Road' directed by Mark O'Toole is to screen at Whelan's.
’No Messages’
‘No Messages’, a new Irish short directed by Cian McGarrigle (Detached, Slots) is currently in post production after wrapping in late October. It follows a barman Dave during one long day of his life as he is stuck in emotional limbo. He's expecting an important phone call but arrives at work to discover that he left his phone at home but also that his boss is asleep behind the bar. What ensues is a long day of hangover cures and irritating regulars. Dave continues to check and recheck his voicemail from the pub phone and discovers that sometimes when you're drifting aimlessly through life that much-needed jolt can come when you least expect it.
The short was funded through the fundit.ie website, where depending an investor’s level of contribution they could get their name in the credits or walk on parts, to featured parts and an executive producer credit. It was shot over three days in The Thomas House Pub in Dublin. It stars such talent as Rory Connolly (Dublin Stories, CULT), David Murray (Amber, RAW), comedian Eric Lalor and Lacy Moore.
’No Messages’ was produced by Eoin Lynch of Tengger Productions and director of photography was Colm Whelan (The End of Ageing, Death or Canada) It is hoped post-production will be finished by January 2012 and a premiere of the short will be held in a Dublin in February 2012.
‘One For The Road’
In other short news ‘One For The Road’, a documentary short film about two music lovers and their shop in Dublin is to have it’s debut screening in Whelan’s.
‘One For The Road’, a short film edited and directed by Mark O’Toole (Discclub ‘I won’t worry’ music video, ed. ‘Rent A Friend’), set in the legendary Irish record shop Road Records, will be screened at Whelan’s on Wexford Street on Sunday 4th December at 6.30pm after the Whelan’s record fair.
The short tells the story of two record shop employees who in 1997, frustrated with the choice of vinyl decided to open their own alternative independent shop on Fade Street in Dublin, ‘Road Records’. Over the next 13 years ‘Road Records’ became a much-loved fixture of Dublin life and helped many artists to get their start.
It also shows the effect of the crash of the Celtic tiger years had on the business and how two music lovers gained the trust and respect of customers, musicians and the became part of the landscape of Dublin.
The film is self-funded and was a co-production between Marmalade Films and Mediacoop productions.
