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This December Filmbase will host a free information session for filmmakers on how to get your short film into festivals both at home and abroad. This afternoon session, which will take place at 2pm on Wednesday the 3rd of December, will give filmmakers the opportunity to hear from a panel of representatives from the Irish film industry on what to do when applying to film festivals with your short film and how to do it. The panel will include Mick Hannigan (Corona Cork Film Festival), Nicky Gogan (Still Films), Ronan Burke (Black Sheep Productions) and Nerea Aymerich (Film Ireland magazine).
The session will begin with Mick Hannigan and Nicky Gogan talking us through the art of applying to film festivals, from the point of view of the festival organiser. What sort of information do they look for, what are the basic requirements, how important are your synopses and images etc... Ronan Burke will then give us the filmmaker's perspective using the multi-award winning film Jellybaby as a case study. Jellybaby, which Ronan co-directed with his brother Rob, won numerous awards as well as screening at over 60 film festivals both at home and abroad. Finally, Nerea Aymerich will look more closely at one element of the application process that is often overlooked, having strong production stills to represent and promote your film.
This session is free and open to filmmakers who are looking to apply to film festivals for the first or second time. If you would like to attend this session please email Clare Creely at Filmbase on admin filmbase.ie. Make sure to note your full name, your phone number and, if relevant, the name of your production company. Participants will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis.
Date: Wed, 3rd December
Time: 2pm (approx 1.5 hours running time)
Location: Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Price: Free, but please email Clare on adminfilmbase.ie to reserve a place.
Panelists Biogs
Mick Hannigan - Festival Director, Corona Cork Film Festival
Mick Hannigan has been director of Cork Film Festival since 1986, in that time greatly expanding the festival's commitment to the short film - in 2008, Cork screened some 46 programmes of shorts. In 2005 he initiated a three-day International Short Film Symposium, the first of it's kind. The festival has for many years promoted Irish short films and curated screenings of Irish shorts at international festivals. Each year the festival organises a "New Irish Shorts" stand at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Market, and publishes an accompanying DVD of recommended shorts. Cork is also the Irish contact for 'EuroConnection' a European short film co-production initiative. Mick is also the founder of the Kino Arthouse cinema in Cork and has served on the Boards of the Federation of Irish film Societies, the Irish Film Institute and the Irish Film Board.
Nicky Gogan - Director/Producer with Still Films, Darklight Festival Founder
Nicky Gogan, a 1993 graduate of the National College of Art and Design has a great interest in new media and the artistic potential of technology. She trained at one of the worlds first multimedia companies in the world, Organa in New York, and returned to Ireland to become an instructor in the creative use of technology on the web at Arthouse in 1996. Nicky recently launched Ireland's first digital channel for short films and animation, Wildlight Channel.
Nicky was one of the first active advocates of digital filmmaking in Ireland. She set up the Darklight Film Festival in 1999, which has gone from strength to strength over the past 9 years. Nicky's work as a curator/programmer has been seen at Darklight, and in her work as curator of exhibitions at The Digital Hub where she also established and chaired the Talk Digital seminar series. Nicky is co-founder of Sink Digital Media, a Dublin based new media production company where she produced many web based video and art projects over the years and is a founding member of DATA, the Dublin Art and Technology Association. She is also a producer/director having produced Paul Rowley's first feature film As Láthair in 2002. They recently finished their first collaborative feature project as directors, a documentary titled Seaview, which examines the reality of being an asylum seeker in a rapidly changing Ireland. She is currently developing other film and TV productions with Still Films both as a producer and director. Still Films is dedicated to providing a framework for the development of emerging creative talents and is committed to pursuing new approaches to filmmaking in all genres.
Ronan Burke - Director with Black Sheep Productions
Ronan and Rob Burke are graduates of the Dublin Institute of Technology's film department. They have made a number of award-winning shorts, most notably Moving Day and Smalltalk, which won the 2002 Jameson Award for best student short. Jellybaby, their first collaboration as co-directors won numerous awards during its run of more than 60 international film festivals. Currently Rob and Ronan are developing a slate of projects for Black Sheep productions with producer John Wallace and writer Pierce Ryan.
Nerea Aymerich - Acting Editor Film Ireland Magazine
Nerea has been working on Film Ireland magazine for the last three years and is currently acting editor. Her role at Film Ireland includes editing the magazine as well as additional design for the format and layout of the articles. In her spare time she works as a freelance photographer and has been stills photographer on a number of short films including Pandora (dir. Paul Farren) and Cactus (dir. Alessandro Molatore).
About Jellybaby
Film Name: Jellybaby
Year: 2005
Length: 10 mins
Director: Rob Burke, Ronan Burke
Writer: Pierce Ryan
Producer: John Wallace
Distributor: Network Ireland Distribution
Description:
Jellybaby is a humourous story about a young couple driven demented by their newborn terror.
Awards:
Best Short Fiction Nomination, IFTA Awards, 2005
2nd Place for Best Irish Short, Galway Film Fleadh 2005
First Prize Short Film Nomination, Montreal Film Festival, 2005
Best Comedy, Golden Star Shorts Festival Hollywood, 2006
Best Short, Chlotrudis Short film Festival, Massachusetts 2006
Bronze Torc Award Best Short, Celtic Film and Television Festival, 2006
Best Short Film, Cinegael, Montreal, 2006
Nominated for Stella Artois Short Film Award, Diversions Film Festival 2005
Winner of the Live Action Jury Award, 9th Annual Crested Butte Reel Fest
Best Comedy Short, NYC Shorts 2006
Platinum Remi Award Short Comedy (original), World Fest Houston 2006
2nd Place Audience Award, 29th Portland International Film Festival
2nd Place Audience Award, Chicago Irish Film Festival 2006
Further Festival Screenings (2005/06):
HBO Us Comedy Arts Festival
World of Comedy Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Bermuda International Film Festival
Cinegael Montreal
Chicago Irish Film Festival
The Craic NY Film Festival
Montreal Film Festival
The Celtic Film and Television Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Aspen Shorts Fest
San Francisco International Film Festival 2006
Newport Beach Film Festival
Worldfest Houston
Athens Film and Video Festival in Ohio
Britspotting in Berlin
Portobello Film Festival
Watch the film here on Atom.com: www.atom.com/funny_videos/jellybaby
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