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Irish films ‘The Hallow’, ‘Viva’ and ’11 Minutes’ to be presented by EFP at Busan
26 Aug 2015 : Seán Brosnan
Still from Paddy Breathnach’s upcoming ‘Viva’
The European Film Promotion (EFP) has announced the titles it will support at this year’s Busan International Film Festival in South Korea with Irish films ‘The Hallow’, ‘Viva’ and ’11 Minutes’ among the line-up.

Corin Hardy’s horror ‘The Hallow’ and Paddy Breathnach’s musical drama ‘Viva’ have both been chosen to be presented in the “Opening Doors” section of the festival while ‘The Hallow’, ‘Viva’ and Jerzy Skolimowski’s ’11 Minutes’ will be presented at the Asian Film Market alongside their respective EFP member organisations.

It marks the 18th year that EFP has supported cultural exchange between European filmmakers and Korean audiences as well as helping European films find their way onto Asia’s screens.

EFP’s programme, Opening Doors, is backed by the Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union and participating EFP member organisations.

Irish horror ‘The Hallow’ is written and directed by 2011 Screen International Star of Tomorrow Corin Hardy and tells the story of a London-based conservationist who is sent to Ireland to survey an area of ancient forest believed by the superstitious locals to be hallowed ground and unwittingly disturbs a horde of terrifying beings and must fight to protect his family. Windmill Lane was across picture edit on the film, while Ardmore Sound was across sound post.

Co-produced by Fantastic Films with funding from the Irish Film Board, ‘The Hallow’ made its’ world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and earned positive reviews from Screen International and Variety with The Hollywood Reporter writing that the film would have the audience “clamouring for a sequel”. It has also been chosen to screen at this year’s Frightfest in the UK.

Directed by Paddy Breathnach (‘Man About Dog’), ‘Viva’ is written by Mark O’Halloran (‘Adam and Paul’) who also stars in the film. The majority of the film was shot in Havana and there was also a short shoot in Dublin. The project is supported by the Irish Film Board, Windmill Lane Pictures, RTÉ and Treasure Entertainment. It is produced by Robert Walpole, Rebecca O'Flanagan (both of Treasure Entertainment) and Cathleen Dore.

Key crew members include DoP Cathal Watters, Production Designer Paki Smith and editor Stephen O'Connell.

Set in Cuba, ‘Viva’ tells the story of Jesus, an eighteen year old Cuban, who is lost and struggling to realize his true identity.

The film will also be presented to market buyers at Toronto next month with Mongrel Media International handling international sales while XYZ Films and Submarine will represent US and Canadian rights. ARP Selection will distribute ‘Viva’ in France.

Jerzy Skolimowski’s ’11 Minutes’ is also Toronto-bound and is also scheduled to play in competition at Venice. Produced by Ewa Piaskowska of Skopia Film and co-produced by Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney of Element Pictures with backing by the Irish FilmBoard, the film stars Irish actor Richard Dormer in the lead and had a five day shoot in Dublin in September last year before moving on to Poland. The film follows the same 11 minutes in the lives of several different characters; young and old, prosperous and destitute.

The Busan International Film Festival will take place from October 1st to October 10th 2015.





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