SHORTS PROGRAMME 3

OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
FRIDAY 28th OCTOBER 2006 TIME 3.00pm €7


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Removal
Ireland - 2005 - 10mins - DVD - B/W
A 20 something guy wanders around a small city park after walking out of his fathers funeral. He’s confused ... but he’s
looking for something ...
Writer/Director Donal Foreman
Producer Niall McNamee

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The Distance We Travel
UK - 2006 - 11mins 1secs - DVD - Colour
Two strangers, the threatening night, and an open road - but what sinister secret lies at the journey’s end...?
Director Jack Jewers Producer Christi Daugherty
Writers David McDonagh & Paolo Cabreilli


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‘X’
Ireland - 2006 - 6mins - DVD - B/W
A thriller about a serial killer known as ‘X’ who has kidnapped his intended next victim and who tells him what he intends to do.
Writer/Director/Producer John Hayes


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Lisa
Ireland - 2006 - 3mins 43secs - DVD - Colour
A young woman fantasises about meeting her dead son by the sea. She eventually brings him back to the graveyard where he must stay and where she can’t.
Writer/Director Jacqui Kiely
Producer Fiona Conlon McKenna


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Confessions of a Sleeping Wife
Ireland - 2005 - 4mins - DVD - Colour
Going to bed has become very uncomfortable for a husband whose wife has started talking about her boss in her sleep … and it’s not work related.
Writer/Director Damien McCarthy
Producer Alan Mehigan


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Waiting for Godard
Ireland - 2006 - 10mins - DVD - B/W
A comedic homage to Á Bout de Shouffle. It follows two Nouvelle Vagrants as they overload on coffee, cigarettes and jazz whilst waiting for their auteur, Monsieur Godard to arrive.
Director Mary Fox
Writer Mary Fox & Marty Thornton
Producer Marty Thornton


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Winner?
Ireland - 2006 - 6mins 16secs - DVD - Colour
This short drama explores the dilemma of dealing with one’s conscience. The main character, David, finds the winning lottery ticket belonging to one of his co-workers who he doesn’t like.
Director/Writer Sarah Jane Fortune
Producer John McDonnell

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Through the Trees
Ireland - 2006 - 9mins - Beta/Digibeta - Colour
The bleak story of a bullying relationship between two teenage girls in modern Dublin.
Writer/Director Aidan Beatty
Producer Declan Nugent


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Johnny’s Letter
Ireland - 2006 - 1mins - DVD - Colour
It’s Christmas time and Johnny has an usual request for Santa Claus. He doesn’t want any toys this year; he just wants to be able to stop hiccupping.
Director Elaine Bourke
Producer Richard Purcell


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Malarkey
Ireland/Australia - 2006 - 6mins - DVD - Colour
A homeless Irish fiddle player wanders the streets of an Australian country town searching for his great grandfathers celtic cross. A story about truth, identity and old fashioned Irish malarkey.
Director Joe Loh
Writer/Producer Aindrias de Staic


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One Last Round
Ireland - 2006 - 20mins - DVD - Colour
A contemporary Irish detective story. A lonely private detective becomes embroiled in an unusual case following the painful aftermath of a suicide.
Writer/Director Jamie Hannigan
Producer Andrew Keogh


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The Boy with the ever Open Jaw
Ireland - 2005 - 4mins - DVD - Colour
The boy with the ever open jaw lives
happy and uneventful life, until he meets
the most beautiful girl in the world.
Director Jamie Hannigan & Maeve Clancy
Writer Jamie Hannigan
Producer Jamie Hannigan


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Magic
Ireland - 2006 - 18mins - DigiBeta - Colour
With his girlfriend getting tired of him and his audiences yawning, stand-up magician Tom really has to pull the rabbit
out of the hat today ... and just hope it hasn’t suffocated already.
Director/Writer Colin Corrigan
Producer Simon Conneally