New Frameworks Shorts Showcase Irish Animation Talent At The Galway Film Fleadh
A great selection of animated shorts will again premiere at this year's Galway Film Fleadh highlighting the wealth and diversity of animation talent in Ireland.
The Frameworks scheme aims to combine a creative exploration with an ability to appeal to a wide audience. This year's line-up includes tales of Banshees, lost souls and other worlds as well as stories of a Dublin doorman, a bird that has a fear of flying and a snapshot of recycling in an Irish village.
In TRÍD AN STOIRM, written and directed by Fred Burdy and produced by Sean McGrath for Brennus Productions, a widow forces a Banshee to take her to the underworld to rescue her husband, while Alan Holly's CODA follows a lost soul as it stumbles drunkenly through the city and meets death who shows him many things. The animation was produced by Ciarán Deeney for And Maps And Plans. Ciarán previously co-produced Domhnall Gleeson's short Noreen which starred Brendan Gleeson.
When a girl receives a call from her father in Kris Kelly's HERE TO FALL she is set on a frantic journey through a chaotic world. Produced by Evelyn McGrath for Blacknorth Studio, the animation was co-written by Kris and Evelyn. Meanwhile a lone traveller makes his way through an airport before accepting his final destination in Eoin Duffy's ON DEPARTURE which is produced by Alan Doherty for Jad Agencies.
Conor Finnegan's light-hearted FEAR OF FLYING is a tale of a small bird who tries to avoid heading south for the winter due to its fear of flying. It is produced by Brunella Cocchiglia who produced last year's Signatures short Foxes which screened at the Tribeca and SXSW festivals earlier this year.
AFTER YOU written and directed by Damien O'Connor and produced by Steve Woods for Cel' Division shows 60 years in the life of a Dublin doorman. Damien previously wrote and directed the Framework short Dick Terrapin while Steve produced The Polish Language and Twas A Terrible Hard Work.
Finally Tony Donoghue's animated documentary IRISH FOLK FURNITURE shows repair and recycling in an Irish village. Tony's previous short Six Farms: A Tale From My Parish was very well received on the festival circuit with Sundance, Telluride and Clermont Ferrand just some of the festivals the short screened at. Irish Folk Furniture was produced by Cathal Black for Mayfly Films.
The shorts were produced through the Frameworks scheme which was funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB), RTÉ and the Arts Council.
The Frameworks shorts will premiere on Saturday 14th July at 2pm in the Town Hall Theatre.