SHORTS PROGRAMME 4

IMPERIAL HOTEL, TRALEE
SUNDAY 29th OCTOBER 2006 TIME 1.30pm €7


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Feng Shui (& my TV)
UK - 2006 - 4mins - DigiBeta - Colour
A middle aged bachelor leading a pretty mundane and meaningless existence decides to try and make a change for the better, delving into the mysterious world of Feng Shui.
Writer/Director Stephen Crilly
Producers Jeremy Routledge & Steve Gear

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Kill
Ireland - 2006 - 2mins - DigiBeta - Colour
A short film about an angry little boy and a passing postman, who’s friendly gesture has devastating consequences...
Writer/Director Seán Hunt
Producer Claire McCaughley


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Jacks Hat
Ireland - 2005 - 20mins - DigiBeta - Colour
Jack is totally self-consumed with his appearance. He goes into town to buy the ‘latest hat on the market’. On leaving the hat shop Jack walks slap bang into the outbreak of the 1916 rising.
Writer/Director Damien De Burca
Producer Stephen Byrne


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Horn Ok Please
UK - 2006 - 9mins - DigiBeta - Colour
Follows a momentous day in the life of a hapless Bombay taxi driver who strives to earn enough rupees to buy the airconditioned car of his dreams.
Director/Producer Joel Simon
Writers Joel Simon & Scott Boldt


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Peace (Cubed)
Ireland - 2006 - 14mins 30secs - Beta - Colour
Based on three communities in Derry - the Catholic, the Protestant and Rubber community. A photographer, a poet and a leprechaun use their rubber love to solve all the problems of Northern Ireland.
Director/Writer Ronan Carr Producer Tony Doherty


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Portrait
Ireland - 2005 - 16mins - Beta - Colour
A youth witnesses a man being murdered and is spotted by the killer. The police do not believe him and the killer has traced the youths whereabouts.
Director Simon O’Neill
Producer Paul Williams
Writers Paul Harris, Michael Parle, Simon O’Neill


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Building a House
Ireland - 2006 - 5mins 21mm - DigiBeta - Colour
A wandering dreamer attempts to cocoon himself from the harsh realities of life. He is, however, hindered at every turn by the presence of his travelling companion.
Director Emmet O’Neill
Writer Brendan O’Connell
Producer Brenda McGuirk


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The Psychologist
Ireland - 2006 - 2mins - DigiBeta - Colour
A psychologist discusses the issues that have come to shape his client’s life.
Writer/Director/Producer Thomas Hefferon


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Detached
Ireland - 2006 - 6mins 35secs - DigiBeta - Colour
Peter is not looking forward to the Interdepartmental Training Course. He gets nervous around people and tends to say the wrong thing.
Director Cian McGarrigle Writer Andy Linnane
Producer Claire McCaughley


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The Sphinx
Ireland - 2006 - 9mins 30secs - Beta/DigiBeta - Colour
A man out of place with his surroundings has bought a Sphinx. To his delight it comes to life and he is overwhelmed by her sexual potency. But lust turns to terror and an unexpected twist.
Writer/Director Andrzej Kilmowski
Producer Gary Timpson


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SLOTS
Ireland - 2005 - 8mins 54secs - DigiBeta - Colour
A chaotic comedy following various
characters in a Dublin slot machine
arcade over the course of one afternoon.
Director Cian McGarrigle
Writer Eimhear McMahon
Producer Eimhear McMahon & Marianne Moran