Submissions now open for the Fingal Film Festival in September
Submissions are now open for the 2014 Fingal Film Festival, which will take place in Movies@Swords from September 26th–28th. Now in its third year, the festival aims to connect emerging voices in film with industry experts and independent creative filmmakers from around the world.
The FFF is looking for shorts, features, documentaries and animation submissions. The selected films will compete for eight prestigious festival awards, which will be announced on the closing night.
The awards categories are: Best Short Film, Best Feature Film, Best Irish Language Film, Best Documentary, Best Student Film, Best Animation, Best Fingal Newcomer and Best International Film.
The deadline for submissions is June 30th. For more information see the official website.
Award-winning Dublin animation company Boulder Media (The Amazing World of Gumball, Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja) will host an animation workshop during the festival, led by the company’s Emmy-nominated creative director, Robert Cullen. Details of other workshops will be announced in the coming months.