UNTITLED Panellists Announced Ahead of This Friday’s Public Event
Following a great response to the UNTITLED Screenwriting Competition, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board (IFB) in partnership with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) are delighted to announce this year's selection panel. Award winning writer Roddy Doyle and writer and producer at Heyday Films, Rosie Alison will join IFB Project Manager Rory Gilmartin and JDIFF Festival Director Grainne Humphreys in selecting the overall winner of the €12,000 prize.
Writers were invited to submit an idea for a feature film within the genre of Family Films and the entries were whittled down to a final shortlist of five writers who were invited to write the first scene of their script.
This Friday 22nd February the five shortlisted writers will present their film ideas to the industry panel in front of a public audience in the Light House Cinema. The panel will go on to select the winning project, which will be announced at the event.
The writers that will be presenting their proposals are:
- George Kane - A Sleigh In A Manger
- Nick Wilkinson - Icarus O'Neil's Rising Dilemma
- Emma Hogan - Snöt and Gröt (animation)
- Eoin Rogers - The Cloud Giant (animation)
- Lee Cronin - Arthouse
The event is open to the public and the tickets are free of charge. The public event will take place at 4pm on Friday 22nd February in the Light House Cinema. All are welcome.
MORE ABOUT RODDY DOYLE
Roddy Doyle is the author of nine novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He has written five books for children and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker, McSweeney's, Metro Eireann and several anthologies. He won the Booker Prize in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
He wrote the screenplays for The Snapper, The Van, Family, When Brendan Met Trudy and he co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments.
Roddy has also written for the stage and his plays include Brownbread and Guess Who's Coming For The Dinner. He co-adapted with Joe O'Byrne his novel The Woman who Walked into Doors and he co-wrote with Bisi Adigun a new version of The Playboy of the Western World.
MORE ABOUT ROSIE ALISON
Rosie Alison was a documentary producer/director for ten years, working on many television films about writers, dancers, actors and playwrights. Her credits include The Southbank Show, Omnibus, Grand Designs and The Lipstick Years. In 2001 Alison made the switch into the film industry, joining David Heyman's production company Heyday Films. She is Head of Development at Heyday's UK office, and was Co-Producer of three recent Heyday films, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (directed by Mark Herman), IS ANYBODY THERE? (directed by John Crowley) and the BBC television spy thriller PAGE EIGHT (written and directed by David Hare.) She is the Executive Producer on Heyday's forthcoming live action film of PADDINGTON BEAR (to be directed by Paul King), currently in pre-production. Rosie has also written a novel, THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 2010.
MORE ABOUT RORY GILMARTIN
Before joining the IFB as Project Manager last year Rory headed up production and development activities for UK based Brilliant Films with a development slate including projects from directors Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast). Rory also works as a consultant for New Legacy Film and in that capacity served as the UK co-producer on Summit/Constantin Film's The Three Musketeers in 2011.
Previously, Rory was Head of Development at Impact Pictures where he oversaw the development of the first three films in the hugely successful Resident Evil franchise, amongst other titles. Rory also previously headed up development for UK production-company Harbour Pictures (producers of Calendar Girls and Kinky Boots).
MORE ABOUT GRAINNE HUMPHREYS
Grainne Humphreys is the very talented Festival Director of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. She began her career programming the Junior Dublin Film Festival in the 1994. Since then she has worked in a variety of roles in the Irish Film Institute including Education Officer and Assistant Director where she was responsible for the cultural programming of the IFI. She joined JDIFF in January 2007 and this year's festival marks her sixth year as Festival Director. She has also worked as a researcher on a number of film projects and is a regular film reviewer on a number of radio programmes.