Friday 22nd October
SHORT PROGRAMME 3
VENUE: St John’s Art Centre, Listowel
Friday 22nd October - Time 2.30pm - Admission €6.00
Useless Dog Ken Wardrop
Ireland / 2004 / 5mins / Beta / Colour
A farmer explains his disappointment at his sheepdog’s work
ethic.
Producer Andrew Freedman Writer
Ken Wardrop
Emily’s Man Bríd McCarthy
Ireland / 2004 / 11mins 47sec / Beta / Colour
Emily lives alone and is a blind writer. Tom is a security guard who
also lives alone. Emily is unaware that she is being watched, but
being blind brings a heightened awareness to other senses. Emily’s
sense of smell is way above average. Is she, or is she not aware of
Tom’s presence? This film is an exploration of both voyeurism
and stalking.
Producer Bríd McCarthy and Ciara Myburgh Writer
Bríd McCarthy
Schoolmates John Fogarty
Ireland / 2003 / 14mins / Colour
Two old schoolmates bump into one another ten years down the line.
What begins as a rekindled friendship soon deteriorates into a very
awkward situation, as it emerges that the two friends have grown apart.
But who is really to blame for the consequences?
Producer Catherine O’Flaherty Writer
John Fogarty
Keep Talking Dolores Rice
Ireland / 2003 / 11mins / Beta / Colour
Finton has stopped speaking. Sarah, his girlfriend, acts to provoke
a response. Thrown back to his past, Finton confronts himself as a
boy and meets the demons who haunt him. They tell him Sarah will live
only ten more minutes unless he talks, keeps talking and doesn’t
stop. Will his silence break?
Producer Dolores Rice Writer Dolores
Rice
Bullox Paul Sheehy
Ireland / 2004 / 5mins 10sec / Beta / Colour
UFO’s are abducting cows and using their milk as fuel. One UFO
makes a costly mistake by taking up a bull and pays the ultimate price
for it.
Producer Paul Sheehy Writer Paul
Sheehy
BREAK
Carpere Sarah Long
Ireland / 2004 / 3mins 40sec / Beta / Colour
Carpere is about child labourers who make rugs for a living. When
a customer purchases a rug made by the children, her conscience is
put to the test.
Producer Sarah Long Writer Sarah
Long
Claude et Albert Tracy Wren
USA - Ireland / 2004 / 12mins / Beta / Colour
‘Claude et Albert’ shares a day with two Cajun butchers
as they catch, kill and clean two turkeys for Christmas. Neighbours
drop in to help with the boucherie and reflect on life. As Albert
pulls the beating heart from a turkey, Tanya nurses a bee stung toe,
claiming she will never be stung again ‘for the rest of my life’.
Producer Tracy Wren Writer Tracy
Wren
The Funeral Parlour David Hegarty
Ireland / 2004 / 4mins 16sec / Beta / Colour
A young boy accompanies his parents to a funeral ...
Producer Garry Kelly Writer David
Hegarty
I like you more than I like Painting Roozbeh Rashidi
Iran / 2002 / 7mins / VHS / B+W
... and one day she said ‘I like You More Than I Like Painting’.
Producer Roozbeh Rashidi Writer
Roozbeh Rashidi
The Race Damien Burke
Ireland / 2004 / 16mins / DVD / Colour
‘The Race’ is very loosely based on Aesop’s fable
‘The Hare and the Tortoise’.
It is the story of a Dublin lad, Ronnie Delaney, who left school early
and ended up working in a dead end job.
Producer Damien Burke Writer Damien
Burke
Exhibition of Film History in ireland
A History of Film in Ireland
An insightful look at Film in this country over the decades.
Through image and text the viewer can find out what's been filmed
in this
country, what the censors thought inappropriate viewing and much more.
DATES: October 18th - October 24th 2004
VENUE: St. John’s Art Centre, Listowel - FREE
ENTRY
DANCE IN FILM PROGRAMME
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Friday 22nd October - Time 5.00pm - Admission €6.00
Kerry Film Festival in association with Siamsa Tíre presents
Height of Sky Morleigh Steinberg
2004 / 75mins / DVD / B+W and Colour
‘Height of Sky’ is a documentary about the extraordinary
vision and commitment of one man’s quest to rediscover his dance
in the California deserts. Having never seen the desert before, Japanese
born, renowned Butoh dancer, Oguri, embarked on a two year dance investigation
of his relationship to this new environment and his own identity as
a Japanese dancer in America.
BREAK
rEvelution Andrew Duggan & Cindy Cummings
Ireland / 2004 / DVD / Colour
rEvelution, a collaborative experiment inspired by the belief that new
forms are needed to negotiate the fractured and conflictive interface
between traditional and contemporary forms in a post-almost everything
Irish environment. Driven by two arts organisations - Cindy Cummings,
Andrew Duggan, the full time dancers of the National Folk Theatre, dancer
Rebecca Walters and Siamsa Tire Folk Theatre and Arts Centre.
Producer Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre
Editor Ruairí Kirby
Funded by the Arts Council as part of its special projects funding programme.
Room Olive Bieringa/Otto Ramstad
USA / 2003 / 5mins 19sec / DVD / Colour
In Room the kinesthetic play of light, sound and movement reveal the
beauty of a room in an abandoned military bunker, our coexistence with
it and one another. Engaging our senses, perceptions and the cartography
of our bodies we investigate the physiology of the world around us,
using place as a medium to make art.
Producer Olive Bieringa / Otto Ramstad
Wharepapa Olive Bieringa/Otto Ramstad
New Zealand / 2003 / 30mins / DVD / Colour
A dance film shot in the stunning wilderness of Kahurangi National Park,
New Zealand. The mountain is Wharepapa, pronounced fah-rre-pa-pa and
translating from the Maori as ‘house of the mother’. Wharepapa’s
limestone rockscape, sinkholes, winds and grasslands engage us in a
physical and sensorial journey that is bold, painterly, elemental and
humorous.
Producer Olive Bieringa / Otto Ramstad
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Friday 22nd October - Time 9.00pm - Admission €6.00
SHORTS PROGRAMME 4
Requiem Hugh Walker
England / 2001 / 90sec / Beta / Colour
Requiem is animation as an art form, a painting that also exists in
the dimension of time, a visual haiku that has different meanings for
different people. It expresses, grief, hope, loss and eternity. The
music was inspired by the animation.
Producer Hugh Walker Writer Hugh Walker
Sincerely Yours Erika Doyle
Ireland / 2004 / 8mins 10sec / VHS / Colour
A girl receives a letter and decides to film a reply. ‘Sincerely
Yours’ is one girls story of love, wine and obsession in today's
media saturated society.
Producer Erika Doyle Writer Erika
Doyle
I Was You Keith Walsh
Ireland / 2003 / 25mins / Beta / Colour
Many people from all walks of life fall victim to homelessness. ‘I
Was You’ shows that homelessness can happen to anyone, it challenges
the perceptions of homelessness, it illustrates the transition from
being part of a family unit/community to being homeless and the fight
to get a life back.
Producer Paddy O’Connor
The Carpenter and his Clumsy Wife Peter Foott
Ireland / 2004 / 13mins 41sec / Beta / Colour
‘The Carpenter and his Clumsy Wife’ is a black comedy in
the style of a traditional fairytale. It tells the story of a carpenter
who uses his skills to repair what he believes to be his wife’s
inadequacies.
Producer Cormac Fox Writer Peter Foott
BREAK
The Bug Man Mike Miley
USA / 2003 / 22mins / Beta / Colour
‘The Bug Man’ is about how an exterminator tries to connect
with his clients and the consequences of these connections. Felix’s
most interesting client is a widowed beauty queen who spends her days
alone in her large, dark house...
Producer Cynthia Hargraves Writer Mike
Miley
I Feel Pretty Dorinda Maher
Ireland / 2004 / 2mins 33sec / Beta / Colour
Detention Dolores Rice
Ireland / 2003 / 14mins / Beta / Colour
Refugees, Nina (Croatian) an Jo (Cameroonian), wait anxiously in an
airport detention cell. A warden marches in. Her interrogation follows.
Nina and Jo stay silent. The warden strips and then searches them. In
the aftermath of this violation, a friendship between Nina and Jo grows.
But will they make it through, together?
Producer Louise Horgan Writer Dolores
Rice
Cold Pursuit Conor Ryan
Ireland / 2004 / 3mins 30sec / Beta / Colour
Antics transpire in the arctic when a Polar Bear on the hunt meets a
slippery customer.
A short animated film by Conor Ryan.
Producer Conor Ryan Writer Conor Ryan
Numero Uno Joe Gillian Morrison
Ireland / 2003 / 5mins / Beta / Colour
One should never take oneself too seriously because three days after
you are dead, they’ll say ‘who?’. That’s how
much you’ll be missed you see.
Producer Chris Hurley Writer Gillian
Morrison
Followed by Festival Club with DJ Rob
VENUE: Siamsa Foyer: 10.30 - late
SHORT PROGRAMME 3
VENUE: St John’s Art Centre, Listowel
Friday 22nd October - Time 2.30pm - Admission €6.00
Useless Dog Ken Wardrop
Ireland / 2004 / 5mins / Beta / Colour
A farmer explains his disappointment at his sheepdog’s work
ethic.
Producer Andrew Freedman Writer
Ken Wardrop
Emily’s Man Bríd McCarthy
Ireland / 2004 / 11mins 47sec / Beta / Colour
Emily lives alone and is a blind writer. Tom is a security guard who
also lives alone. Emily is unaware that she is being watched, but
being blind brings a heightened awareness to other senses. Emily’s
sense of smell is way above average. Is she, or is she not aware of
Tom’s presence? This film is an exploration of both voyeurism
and stalking.
Producer Bríd McCarthy and Ciara Myburgh Writer
Bríd McCarthy
Schoolmates John Fogarty
Ireland / 2003 / 14mins / Colour
Two old schoolmates bump into one another ten years down the line.
What begins as a rekindled friendship soon deteriorates into a very
awkward situation, as it emerges that the two friends have grown apart.
But who is really to blame for the consequences?
Producer Catherine O’Flaherty Writer
John Fogarty
Keep Talking Dolores Rice
Ireland / 2003 / 11mins / Beta / Colour
Finton has stopped speaking. Sarah, his girlfriend, acts to provoke
a response. Thrown back to his past, Finton confronts himself as a
boy and meets the demons who haunt him. They tell him Sarah will live
only ten more minutes unless he talks, keeps talking and doesn’t
stop. Will his silence break?
Producer Dolores Rice Writer Dolores
Rice
Bullox Paul Sheehy
Ireland / 2004 / 5mins 10sec / Beta / Colour
UFO’s are abducting cows and using their milk as fuel. One UFO
makes a costly mistake by taking up a bull and pays the ultimate price
for it.
Producer Paul Sheehy Writer Paul
Sheehy
BREAK
Carpere Sarah Long
Ireland / 2004 / 3mins 40sec / Beta / Colour
Carpere is about child labourers who make rugs for a living. When
a customer purchases a rug made by the children, her conscience is
put to the test.
Producer Sarah Long Writer Sarah
Long
Claude et Albert Tracy Wren
USA - Ireland / 2004 / 12mins / Beta / Colour
‘Claude et Albert’ shares a day with two Cajun butchers
as they catch, kill and clean two turkeys for Christmas. Neighbours
drop in to help with the boucherie and reflect on life. As Albert
pulls the beating heart from a turkey, Tanya nurses a bee stung toe,
claiming she will never be stung again ‘for the rest of my life’.
Producer Tracy Wren Writer Tracy
Wren
The Funeral Parlour David Hegarty
Ireland / 2004 / 4mins 16sec / Beta / Colour
A young boy accompanies his parents to a funeral ...
Producer Garry Kelly Writer David
Hegarty
I like you more than I like Painting Roozbeh Rashidi
Iran / 2002 / 7mins / VHS / B+W
... and one day she said ‘I like You More Than I Like Painting’.
Producer Roozbeh Rashidi Writer
Roozbeh Rashidi
The Race Damien Burke
Ireland / 2004 / 16mins / DVD / Colour
‘The Race’ is very loosely based on Aesop’s fable
‘The Hare and the Tortoise’.
It is the story of a Dublin lad, Ronnie Delaney, who left school early
and ended up working in a dead end job.
Producer Damien Burke Writer Damien
Burke
Exhibition of Film History in ireland
A History of Film in Ireland
An insightful look at Film in this country over the decades.
Through image and text the viewer can find out what's been filmed
in this
country, what the censors thought inappropriate viewing and much more.
DATES: October 18th - October 24th 2004
VENUE: St. John’s Art Centre, Listowel - FREE
ENTRY
DANCE IN FILM PROGRAMME
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Friday 22nd October - Time 5.00pm - Admission €6.00
Kerry Film Festival in association with Siamsa Tíre presents
Height of Sky Morleigh Steinberg
2004 / 75mins / DVD / B+W and Colour
‘Height of Sky’ is a documentary about the extraordinary vision and commitment of one man’s quest to rediscover his dance in the California deserts. Having never seen the desert before, Japanese born, renowned Butoh dancer, Oguri, embarked on a two year dance investigation of his relationship to this new environment and his own identity as a Japanese dancer in America.
BREAK
rEvelution Andrew Duggan & Cindy Cummings
Ireland / 2004 / DVD / Colour
rEvelution, a collaborative experiment inspired by the belief that new forms are needed to negotiate the fractured and conflictive interface between traditional and contemporary forms in a post-almost everything Irish environment. Driven by two arts organisations - Cindy Cummings, Andrew Duggan, the full time dancers of the National Folk Theatre, dancer Rebecca Walters and Siamsa Tire Folk Theatre and Arts Centre.
Producer Siamsa Tíre Theatre and Arts Centre Editor Ruairí Kirby
Funded by the Arts Council as part of its special projects funding programme.
Room Olive Bieringa/Otto Ramstad
USA / 2003 / 5mins 19sec / DVD / Colour
In Room the kinesthetic play of light, sound and movement reveal the beauty of a room in an abandoned military bunker, our coexistence with it and one another. Engaging our senses, perceptions and the cartography of our bodies we investigate the physiology of the world around us, using place as a medium to make art.
Producer Olive Bieringa / Otto Ramstad
Wharepapa Olive Bieringa/Otto Ramstad
New Zealand / 2003 / 30mins / DVD / Colour
A dance film shot in the stunning wilderness of Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. The mountain is Wharepapa, pronounced fah-rre-pa-pa and translating from the Maori as ‘house of the mother’. Wharepapa’s limestone rockscape, sinkholes, winds and grasslands engage us in a physical and sensorial journey that is bold, painterly, elemental and humorous.
Producer Olive Bieringa / Otto Ramstad
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Friday 22nd October - Time 9.00pm - Admission €6.00
SHORTS PROGRAMME 4
Requiem Hugh Walker
England / 2001 / 90sec / Beta / Colour
Requiem is animation as an art form, a painting that also exists in the dimension of time, a visual haiku that has different meanings for different people. It expresses, grief, hope, loss and eternity. The music was inspired by the animation.
Producer Hugh Walker Writer Hugh Walker
Sincerely Yours Erika Doyle
Ireland / 2004 / 8mins 10sec / VHS / Colour
A girl receives a letter and decides to film a reply. ‘Sincerely Yours’ is one girls story of love, wine and obsession in today's media saturated society.
Producer Erika Doyle Writer Erika Doyle
I Was You Keith Walsh
Ireland / 2003 / 25mins / Beta / Colour
Many people from all walks of life fall victim to homelessness. ‘I Was You’ shows that homelessness can happen to anyone, it challenges the perceptions of homelessness, it illustrates the transition from being part of a family unit/community to being homeless and the fight to get a life back.
Producer Paddy O’Connor
The Carpenter and his Clumsy Wife Peter Foott
Ireland / 2004 / 13mins 41sec / Beta / Colour
‘The Carpenter and his Clumsy Wife’ is a black comedy in the style of a traditional fairytale. It tells the story of a carpenter who uses his skills to repair what he believes to be his wife’s inadequacies.
Producer Cormac Fox Writer Peter Foott
BREAK
The Bug Man Mike Miley
USA / 2003 / 22mins / Beta / Colour
‘The Bug Man’ is about how an exterminator tries to connect with his clients and the consequences of these connections. Felix’s most interesting client is a widowed beauty queen who spends her days alone in her large, dark house...
Producer Cynthia Hargraves Writer Mike Miley
I Feel Pretty Dorinda Maher
Ireland / 2004 / 2mins 33sec / Beta / Colour
Detention Dolores Rice
Ireland / 2003 / 14mins / Beta / Colour
Refugees, Nina (Croatian) an Jo (Cameroonian), wait anxiously in an airport detention cell. A warden marches in. Her interrogation follows. Nina and Jo stay silent. The warden strips and then searches them. In the aftermath of this violation, a friendship between Nina and Jo grows. But will they make it through, together?
Producer Louise Horgan Writer Dolores Rice
Cold Pursuit Conor Ryan
Ireland / 2004 / 3mins 30sec / Beta / Colour
Antics transpire in the arctic when a Polar Bear on the hunt meets a slippery customer.
A short animated film by Conor Ryan.
Producer Conor Ryan Writer Conor Ryan
Numero Uno Joe Gillian Morrison
Ireland / 2003 / 5mins / Beta / Colour
One should never take oneself too seriously because three days after you are dead, they’ll say ‘who?’. That’s how much you’ll be missed you see.
Producer Chris Hurley Writer Gillian Morrison
Followed by Festival Club with DJ Rob
VENUE: Siamsa Foyer: 10.30 - late
