IFTA award winning Irish director Pat Collins (Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home, What We Leave in Our Wake), who has directed over 25 projects during his career and who has just finished working on his debut feature film ‘Silence’ is to be the new mentor for the Cork Film Centre for the Mentor for New Films for 2012 programme.
As a mentor Pat will take on three Cork-based filmmakers at any stage of production and will offer them guidance, support and advice throughout their period of mentorship. The programme is directed towards films that can be completed in time for the 2012 Cork Film Festival’s entry deadline in July 2012.
To apply for the mentorship filmmakers are asked to send a letter of application including full contact information and summary description of their project including stage of the project, percent complete, budget and confirmed funding levels if any. They are also asked to provide a brief 300 word synopsis of the project and a treatment or script where available and a biography & CV to cfcnfm@gmail.com. Closing date for the mentorship is 30th January.