Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 10-15) has revealed the titles that will pitch for funding at the 11th edition of its MeetMarket initiative with Kennedy Films and Newgrange Pictures feature ‘It’s Not Yet Dark’ the only Irish selection.
‘It's Not Yet Dark’ tells the ground breaking story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with ALS (MND), as he embarks on directing his first feature film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.
This first film turned out to be the road movie ‘My Name is Emily’, which was recently released to acclaim and was nominated for eight IFTA Awards, including Best Film.
‘It’s Not Yet Dark’ is produced by Kathryn Kennedy and Lesley McKimm with Frankie Fenton directing. Other crew members are Kate McCullough (DoP) with Dermot Diskin editing.
In other documentary news, HotDocs 2016 is currently underway in Toronto with Irish films ‘Bobby Sands: 66 Days’, ‘Mattress Men’ and ‘The Land of the Enlightened’ all screening.