Tag: film
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Some boys are making a short and the lads need a few bob
My good buddy Eamon Stack is raising funds over on fundit for a very exciting short film project he is working on..Stuama. http://vimeo.com/51994110 Here’s the press release… Stuama is a bi-lingual short film that follows David, a young man in his early twenties, who goes to spend time in the hills with the cantankerous Tadgh.…
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Irish Animation “Niko 2” to play at Galway Junior Film Fleadh
On Nov 10th at 11:30 there is a screening of the new animated film “Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble” as part of the Junior Film Fleadh in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway. The film is produced by Galway based production company Tidal Films, for whom my friends Heather and Moe have been toiling away…
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Some Festival News
Last week TG4 aired the Ras Tailteain documentary and despite some technical issues with the first broadcast, everyone seemed to really like it and the feedback online was great. The doc went onto to play the Bicycle Film Festival in London last weekend where it played to a full house in London’s famous Barbican, which…
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Busho Film Festival, Hungary with interesting poster design.
Next week I’m heading to Hungary to the Busho International Short Film Festival where the music video I made for my friend, Brooklyn based composer PoN is screening as part of the festival. I’m excited to be showing the video but also to actually be on holiday will be good too, especially as PJ is…
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How to make your own DCP
I came accross this video by Uk based Film maker Danny Lacey. He has a very interesting blog which charts his filmmaking adventures. He put together this piece about how to make your own Digital Cinema Package which is a really handy guide if you are working on a low budget film and can’t afford…
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Apples of the Golan – Sat 18th 4:00
The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival is on this week and while there are a huge number of exciting projects screening, the film I am most looking forward to seeing on the big screen is Apples of the Golan. I was fortunate to see a rough cut of the film before Christmas and its a…
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Aindrias needs your money!
My buddy Aindrias de Staic about whom I made the film Shtax a while back is seeking funding for another film. He is currently in Melbourne and is in the process of script development for his film “The Year I Got Younger” and he is running a crowd funding campaign to help get the film…
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The Lost Art Of Film Editing
This is an astute article I copied out from the Boston Globe archives. It was written by Jessica Winter who is the author of “The Rough Guide to American Independent Film”. She wrote it 5 years ago but the central argument she makes is still true today and if anything the decision by committee is…
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New Errol Morris Film
At the bottom of this post is an interesting piece from the LA Times about Errol Morris’s latest documentary “Tabloid” which I’m hoping to catch very soon. I’ve always loved his films, he always get to some sort of truth and never takes you down an obvious direction. Like many people the first film I…
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