TheJournal.ie to Showcase Independent Short Films With New Friday at the Movies Series
Irish news website TheJournal.ie will showcase independent short filmmaking talent including Irish shorts with their new series, Friday at the Movies which kicks off this week on Friday 12th August with the award winning short film NEW BOY.The series will see a new short film being broadcast on the site for a week every Friday. The line-up includes many titles funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) including The Door, Frankie, Badly Drawn Roy, Teeth and Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty along with the opening film New Boy to name but a few.
Susan Daly, editor of TheJournal.ie, said: "We are really pleased to be able to provide a weekly showcase for the finest Irish film-making talent with TheJournal.ie's new series, Friday at the Movies. Irish shorts have been frequently nominated for some of the highest accolades internationally in recent years and deserve every platform they can be afforded. Our hope is to alert users to the great promise being shown by this generation of film-makers - and on a basic level, to enterain with some of the best short films of recent years. We'd like to thank the Irish Film Board and the film-makers for their co-operation in helping us to bring these cinematic gems to our audience."
TheJournal.ie is an Irish news website that invites its users to shape the news agenda. Friday at the Movies starts on Friday 12th August.
About NEW BOY
NEW BOY which was directed by Steph Green and produced by Tamara Anghie was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD® in the Best Live Action Short Film category in 2009.
The short is based on a short story by Roddy Doyle and captures the experience of being the new boy in an Irish school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine-year-old African boy. The film which was produced under the Short Cuts short film scheme financed by the IFB and RTÉ, has picked up over 20 international awards including Best Narrative Short at the Tribeca Film Festival (USA), Best Short Film at the Rhode Island Film Festival (USA) and a Special Mention at the Generation K-Plus Competition at the Berlin Film Festival.