New Deadline Announced for Reality Bites Short Film Scheme
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board is delighted to announce the new deadline for submissions for the next round of the Reality Bites. Applications will be accepted until Friday 4th May.
Reality Bites aims to encourage experimentation and a fresh approach to short non-fiction filmmaking. We are looking for something new in the use of the documentary form, whether the projects are journalistic or creative, observational or aesthetic, objective or personal. Documentaries can be produced in either the English or Irish language.
The Reality Bites scheme will provide funding for up to three films up to 12 minutes in duration, all of which will premiere at the Corona Cork Film Festival next year. Successful Reality Bites include Bye, Bye Now, which was co-directed and co-produced by Ross Whittaker and Aideen O'Sullivan, and has been hugely successful on an international level having screened at festivals such as Athens, Vancouver and Krakow as well as the Silver Docs festival. Ciaran Cassidy's Collaboration Horizontale picked up a prize at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, North America's largest short film festival and market. .
For more information about how to apply go to the Funding Programmes section of the website.