Saturday 23rd October
SHORTS PROGRAMME 8 : CHILDREN’S SCREENING
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Sunday 24th October - Time 12noon - Admission €3.00
St. Brendan Karl O’Connor
Ireland / 2004 / 4mins 46sec / VHS / Colour
The film St Brendan tells the life of the great saint through song
and sand animation. it is a lively and unusual piece that's fun and
entertaining.
Producer Karl O’Connor Writer
Karl O’Connor
The Nightingale and the Rose Maurice Joyce
Ireland/UK / 2003 / 24mins / Beta / Colour
In this beautiful story written by Oscar Wilde, he explores themes
of love and sacrifice. The animation style draws its inspiration from
the work of stained glass window artist Harry Clark, who was a contemporary
of Wilde’s
Producer Russell Boland
The Selfish Giant Rachel Bevan-Baker
Ireland / UK / 2003 / 24mins / Beta / Colour
In this enchanting tale, one of Wilde’s best-know, a Selfish
Giant is transformed by the innocent love of children. It is animated
to look like a child’s drawing, using pencil and crayon textures
to great effect
Producer Russell Boland
The Devoted Friend Maurice Joyce
Ireland / UK / 2003 / 24mins / Beta / B+W
Oscar Wilde uses his acid wit to explore the nature of friendship
and society in this story, which will have viewers both amused and
enraged. The style is a unique combination of drawn animated characters
and live-action props. The entire film is in black and white, apart
from the innocent hero Liam and the flowers in his garden
Producer Russell Boland
SHORTS PROGRAMME 9
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Sunday 24th October - Time 3.00pm - Admission €6.00
Like Swimming Underwater Tiffany Hodder
Ireland / 2004 / 7mins / Beta / Colour
You are told in your late twenties that you’ll soon be profoundly
deaf. Not knowing if you’ll hear ever again, how would you feel?
Loosing a sense turned Dave Fitzpatrick’s life upside down,
he moved from the city to the country and from putting up office walls
to Art.
Toghta Alan Ó Cuilinn
Ireland / 2004 / 7mins 30sec / Beta / Colour
Tógtha is about how urban development is frequently governed
by financial profit and not by what is best for the locality in question
and its' inhabitants.
Chrysalide Laurent Spadotto
France / 2003 / 5mins / Beta / Colour
A young photographer takes pictures to feed her desire of ….
eternal emotions.
Producer Laurent Spadotto Writer
Laurent Spadotto
Knitting a Love Song Annie Watson
England / 2004 / 13mins 55sec / Beta / Colour
Pearl 15 loves Jack 18, but he doesn’t know she exists. So she
decides to knit her passion for him into a scarf and hide it in his
locker.
Producer Debbie Ballin Writer Annie
Watson
BREAK
The Girl of my Dreams Gavin Powell
Ireland / 2004 / 5mins 18sec / Beta / Colour
This is a short film about a boy who retreats into his imagination
to be with a girl that he has a crush on. In the fantasy they become
close to each other, but when the fantasy ends the boy realizes he
is too shy to talk to his dream girl. He walks away, leaving the girl
of his dreams alone by the stream.
Nice Guys Finish Last Eoin Young
Ireland / 2004 / 10mins 41sec / Beta / Colour
Meet Jack, a chauvinistic salsa instructor who knows everything there
is to know about pulling women. Follow him as he guides us through
his unique view of sex, women and relationships. This is a story that
will leave women wondering what men really think… and confirm
their worst fears.
Producer Cillian Lyons Writer Eoin
Young
Waiting Room Jonathan Shaw
Ireland / 2004 / 6mins 40sec / Beta / Colour
A bored young hospital porter embarks on his daily rounds, collecting
the plates from the lunches untouched and the patients barely conscious.
The porter accidentally knocks over an old bedside radio. A wartime
song fills the room; one by one the patients come alive to the music.
They are united for a brief moment despite their incapacitated states.
Producer John Wallace Writer Jonathan
Shaw
Chronic Brian O’Toole
Ireland / 2004 / 10mins / Beta / B+W
Ricardo is a compulsive coffee drinker and Lauren spends her time
preparing her nails for a social occasion which will never occur.
They pass time wordlessly in front of the TV, A dripping tap, an outside
force that Ricardo just can’t stop, interrupts this status quo.
Over the course of three nights the order of his world is destroyed
until finally, a different perspective is physically forced upon him.
But as his journey ends, Lauren’s is just beginning…
Producer Brid McCarthy Writer Brian
O’Toole
Perfection Colm McCarthy
Ireland / 2004 / 11mins 30sec / Beta / Colour
Perfection is the dark tale of physics genius, Mr. Grove, who is grappling
with a ‘Theory of Perfection’. When he fails to demonstrate
that the universe is fundamentally meaningful, Mr. Grove decides to
hang himself. But sometimes the powers in the universe have other
plans for us…
Producer Michael Duffy Writer Rob
Crawley
SHORTS PROGRAMME 8 : CHILDREN’S SCREENING
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Sunday 24th October - Time 12noon - Admission €3.00
St. Brendan Karl O’Connor
Ireland / 2004 / 4mins 46sec / VHS / Colour
The film St Brendan tells the life of the great saint through song
and sand animation. it is a lively and unusual piece that's fun and
entertaining.
Producer Karl O’Connor Writer
Karl O’Connor
The Nightingale and the Rose Maurice Joyce
Ireland/UK / 2003 / 24mins / Beta / Colour
In this beautiful story written by Oscar Wilde, he explores themes
of love and sacrifice. The animation style draws its inspiration from
the work of stained glass window artist Harry Clark, who was a contemporary
of Wilde’s
Producer Russell Boland
The Selfish Giant Rachel Bevan-Baker
Ireland / UK / 2003 / 24mins / Beta / Colour
In this enchanting tale, one of Wilde’s best-know, a Selfish
Giant is transformed by the innocent love of children. It is animated
to look like a child’s drawing, using pencil and crayon textures
to great effect
Producer Russell Boland
The Devoted Friend Maurice Joyce
Ireland / UK / 2003 / 24mins / Beta / B+W
Oscar Wilde uses his acid wit to explore the nature of friendship
and society in this story, which will have viewers both amused and
enraged. The style is a unique combination of drawn animated characters
and live-action props. The entire film is in black and white, apart
from the innocent hero Liam and the flowers in his garden
Producer Russell Boland
SHORTS PROGRAMME 9
VENUE: Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee
Sunday 24th October - Time 3.00pm - Admission €6.00
Like Swimming Underwater Tiffany Hodder
Ireland / 2004 / 7mins / Beta / Colour
You are told in your late twenties that you’ll soon be profoundly
deaf. Not knowing if you’ll hear ever again, how would you feel?
Loosing a sense turned Dave Fitzpatrick’s life upside down,
he moved from the city to the country and from putting up office walls
to Art.
Toghta Alan Ó Cuilinn
Ireland / 2004 / 7mins 30sec / Beta / Colour
Tógtha is about how urban development is frequently governed
by financial profit and not by what is best for the locality in question
and its' inhabitants.
Chrysalide Laurent Spadotto
France / 2003 / 5mins / Beta / Colour
A young photographer takes pictures to feed her desire of ….
eternal emotions.
Producer Laurent Spadotto Writer
Laurent Spadotto
Knitting a Love Song Annie Watson
England / 2004 / 13mins 55sec / Beta / Colour
Pearl 15 loves Jack 18, but he doesn’t know she exists. So she
decides to knit her passion for him into a scarf and hide it in his
locker.
Producer Debbie Ballin Writer Annie
Watson
BREAK
The Girl of my Dreams Gavin Powell
Ireland / 2004 / 5mins 18sec / Beta / Colour
This is a short film about a boy who retreats into his imagination
to be with a girl that he has a crush on. In the fantasy they become
close to each other, but when the fantasy ends the boy realizes he
is too shy to talk to his dream girl. He walks away, leaving the girl
of his dreams alone by the stream.
Nice Guys Finish Last Eoin Young
Ireland / 2004 / 10mins 41sec / Beta / Colour
Meet Jack, a chauvinistic salsa instructor who knows everything there
is to know about pulling women. Follow him as he guides us through
his unique view of sex, women and relationships. This is a story that
will leave women wondering what men really think… and confirm
their worst fears.
Producer Cillian Lyons Writer Eoin
Young
Waiting Room Jonathan Shaw
Ireland / 2004 / 6mins 40sec / Beta / Colour
A bored young hospital porter embarks on his daily rounds, collecting
the plates from the lunches untouched and the patients barely conscious.
The porter accidentally knocks over an old bedside radio. A wartime
song fills the room; one by one the patients come alive to the music.
They are united for a brief moment despite their incapacitated states.
Producer John Wallace Writer Jonathan
Shaw
Chronic Brian O’Toole
Ireland / 2004 / 10mins / Beta / B+W
Ricardo is a compulsive coffee drinker and Lauren spends her time
preparing her nails for a social occasion which will never occur.
They pass time wordlessly in front of the TV, A dripping tap, an outside
force that Ricardo just can’t stop, interrupts this status quo.
Over the course of three nights the order of his world is destroyed
until finally, a different perspective is physically forced upon him.
But as his journey ends, Lauren’s is just beginning…
Producer Brid McCarthy Writer Brian
O’Toole
Perfection Colm McCarthy
Ireland / 2004 / 11mins 30sec / Beta / Colour
Perfection is the dark tale of physics genius, Mr. Grove, who is grappling
with a ‘Theory of Perfection’. When he fails to demonstrate
that the universe is fundamentally meaningful, Mr. Grove decides to
hang himself. But sometimes the powers in the universe have other
plans for us…
Producer Michael Duffy Writer Rob
Crawley
