IFB-funded features Good Vibrations and Kelly + Victor up for BAFTAs
Just announced this morning: Good Vibrations and Kelly + Victor, two features that were supported by the Irish Film Board, are up for BAFTAs in 2014.
Writers Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson (Good Vibrations) and writer/director Kieran Evans (Kelly + Victor) are both up for awards in the category of Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. See the full list of BAFTA nominees here. The winners will be announced at the ceremony on February 16th.
A co-production between Dublin's Venom Films, makers of the acclaimed documentary His & Hers, and the UK-based Hot Property Films (Bodysong, I Could Read the Sky), Kelly + Victor is a haunting, candid depiction of a young couple embarking on a passionate and transgressive love affair.
Good Vibrations, directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, documents how the infamous Terry Hooley opened up a music shop and began a record label (both called Good Vibrations) at the height of the Troubles in 1970s Belfast. It was co-produced by Treasure Entertainment, Canderblinks and Revolution Films.
Both films screened at the renowned SXSW festival last year; Kelly + Victor also showed at BFI London and Good Vibrations at the Galway Film Fleadh, where it won Best Irish Feature.
Irish actor Michael Fassbender (Frank, Shame, Hunger) has also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Edwin Epps in 12 Years a Slave. The intergalactic rom-com Orbit Ever After, which stars Bronagh Gallagher, is nominated in the Best British Short Film category. And Philomena, the story of an Irish woman who was forced to give her child up for adoption, is up for four awards, including Best Film.
Watch the trailers for Good Vibrations and Kelly + Victor. Good Vibrations is out on DVD and is also available to watch now through iTunes; Kelly + Victor will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD on January 13th.