Exciting New Irish Short Films Highlight Filmmaking Talent at Upcoming Cork Film Festival
The new Signatures and Realty Bites shorts will be unveiled in a special premiere programme, consisting of eight short films and documentaries at this year's 57th Corona Cork Film Festival. The festival is currently underway and will run until the 18th of November. The shorts programme will screen at 3.30pm on Saturday the 17th of November in the Opera House.
The latest series of shorts highlights the remarkable standard of new and established Irish film-makers with films by director John Hayes and producer Tricia Perrott whose film ‘The Girl' tells the story of a couple who is left devastated after another miscarriage; Laura McGann makes her directorial debut with ‘The End of the Counter' alongside producer Ashling Ahmed while Morgan Bushe, who was chosen as this years ‘Producer on the move' at the Cannes Film Festival, directed ‘Doghouse' with producer Rory Dungan.
This is the fifth round of these two schemes to be unveiled at the festival in Cork. As Bord Scannáin na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board's flagship short film scheme, ‘Signatures' focuses on the making of live-action, fiction films that aim to encourage strong, original storytelling, visual flair and production values appropriate to the big screen and this year's shorts won't disappoint.
Also screening at this year's Corona Cork Film Festival will be a host of Bord Scannáin na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board feature length films and documentaries. ‘Dollhouse' and ‘The Good Man' will both be screened in Cork along with ‘Pilgrim Hill' and ‘Good Vibrations' which
won the Bingham Ray Award and the Best Irish Feature Award respectively at the Galway Film Fleadh this year. Debuting at Cork will be Donald Taylor Black's ‘Skin in the Game' which will join ‘Get the Picture' and ‘Very Extremely Dangerous' in showcasing Irish documentaries.
More about the Shorts:
Laura Mc Gann's directorial debut with The End of The Counter captures the moment in 1965 when grocery shopping changed forever. Matt Melia transformed the experience when he put baskets in thehands of Irish housewives and gave them the run of the shop. With the birth of the supermarket suddenly self-control was a vital commodity. ‘The End of the Counter' was produced by Ashling Ahmed for Crow Hill Films.
I Can't See You Anymore tells the story of psychotherapist Aidan Clifford who, having woken up from a coma after an accident, is forced to confront the consequences of his own actions. The film was directed by Michael Kinirons and produced by Ailish Bracken for Blinder films.
When six individuals are presented against the backdrop of their first home, we gain a sense of what it was like to grow up in these places and discover the various ways in which they have shaped the lives of their inhabitants. Home was directed by Aoife Kelleher and produced by Rachel Lysaght for Underground films.
John Hayes' The Girl follows a couple who, after another devastating miscarriage, decide to move to a new life in the west of Ireland. Left alone in the old house, emotionally fragile Sophie finds a starving young girl wandering the area and all her maternal instincts surface. But is the girl a blessing or a curse? The Girl was produced by Tricia Perrott.
Barry Gene Murphy's Two Wheels, Good is a combination of live action and animation. Produced by John Kelleher for John Kelleher Media, It tells the story of four inspiring veterans of the open road who celebrate life in the saddle.
Alia is an Afghan-Irish girl torn between two lives. When her secret relationship with an Irish boy comes to her sister's attention, it forces the family to make a decision that could ultimately tear it apart. ‘Alia' was directed by Claire Dix and produced by Nodlag Houlihan for Zucca films.
I didn't get into Photography to cover war. I didn't go to Iraq or Afghanistan. I didn't go to other wars in distant lands because I'm not interested in war. But here I am. The Rebirth was directed by Emile Dinneen and produced by Ashling Ahmed for Crow Hill films.
Doghouse tells the story of Doug who is having a very bad day. Terminally broke and facing eviction he's charged by his estranged partner Julie with the task of looking after his son Billy for the day while simultaneously having to get shot of the family dog.... Billy's best and only friend. Welcome to the Doghouse. ‘Doghouse' was directed by Morgan Bushe and produced by Rory Dungan for Fastnet Films