TRALEE PROGRAM

FESTIVAL LAUNCH

SIAMSA TÍRE, TRALEE
SATURDAY 28TH OCTOBER TIME 7:00 PM

DETAILS TO FOLLOW

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OPENING FILM STUDS -
8.30 PM SIAMSA TIRE

Director - Paul Mercier Starring: Brendan Gleeson, David Wilmot, Eamonn Owens, Eanna MacLiam.

Playing on a wind swept rainy pitch with a hangover was never easy for the players of amateur Sunday league football club Emmet Rovers - especially when they’re bottom of the league. With no manager, no ambition and, soon, no ground if the developers have their way, it’s all a little too much for the ever-suffering captain Bubbles (Wilmot) who is on the verge of hanging up his boots. But just as the team is about to collapse into another dressing room fight, in walks larger-than-life Walter Keegan (Gleeson) who proposes to take over the team. "Studs" is a feel-good action comedy that follows the cup-run of an amateur football team and the magical effects of the mysterious new manager. And with director Paul Mercier in attendance it’s bound to be a winner of a screening. Comedy Ireland 90mins

IRISH NARRATIVE SHORTS 1

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
SUNDAY 28TH OCTOBER TIME 4:00 PM

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FRANKIE
Ireland - 2007 - 12mins - DVD, 35 mm - Colour
Frankie is 15 and preparing for fatherhood he is determined to be the best dad ever, but as his day goes on, he starts to realize how impossible this will be for him.
Writer/Director/Producer Darren Thornton

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A STRANGE REQUEST
Ireland - 2007 - 4mins 25secs - DigiBeta - Colour
A patient lies helpless in an errie hospital. He asks the cleaning lady for some help. This strange request has unforeseen consequences.
Director Maurice O’Carroll

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BLIND EYE
Ireland - 2007 - 12 mins 16 sec - DVD - Colour
Sabina Wisniak, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany packs her case while downstairs in the hallway, an Irish immigration official is waiting to deport her. She makes a moving, last minute appeal to the immigration official, but he remains heartless and escorts her away to the mail boat while Sabina hopes for some trace of compassion.
Director Damien de Burca

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BRIGHT IDEA
Ireland - 2007 - 5mins 37sec - DVD - Colour
A group of bored medical students occupy their time with silly games and dares, however they are about to realise that some ideas are not so bright...
Director Vincent Gallagher

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NEW BOY
Ireland - 2007 - 12mins - 10mins 52sec - Colour
Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle this poignant and comedic short film deftly captures the experience of being the new boy in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine-year-old African boy.
Director Steph Green

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DEATH IN THE WEST
Ireland - 2007 - 27mins - DVD - Colour
Death in the West is an exploration of the peculiarly social nature of the funeral in Irish culture. Tomais MacEllistrom is a Kerry bachelor who attends an old acquaintance, Tom Collins´ wake, where music and spirits override the mourning and grief. Are we studying the death of Tom Collins, the inevitable death of a lonely Tomais or the death of tradition, music, culture and the Irish phenomenon that is the wake?
Director Keith Mannix

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THE END IS NIGHT
Ireland - 2007 - 4mins - 35mm - Colour
When a farmer discovers an ancient amulet with the power to destroy the world, he does what any of us would do…
Director/Writer James Cotter

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Ireland - 2007 - 4mins 20sec - DVD, Mini DV - Colour
Wong, Lucy and Femi, three foreign workers in a shop are frequently subjected to underhanded racism by some of the customers. Jacinta is one of the main culprits. She had little patience for them when they first started working in the shop and has even less now as they repeatedly get her lunch order wrong. She is about to confront them after it happened again; the question is, are the workers going to sit back and take it?
Director Sean Murray

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PUMP ACTION
Ireland - 2007 - 3min 40sec - DVD, 16mm - Colour
An unusual interview becomes an extraordinary race.
Director Frank Reid

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THE GARDEN OF IRELAND
Ireland - 2007 - 3 mins - DVD - Colour
The Garden of Ireland is a slice of life story about one of Ireland’s elite gardeners as he picks, plants and tends for his dead buried deep in the Wicklow Mountains.
Director Ciarán Deeney

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UNDER THE STAIRS
Ireland - 2007 - 1min 49sec - Beta, DVD - Colour
A power-cut causes a man to wake up late for work and discover that he's not alone in his panic.
Director/Writer Michael Kelly

SUNDAY NIGHT FEATURE

THE GREEN AND THE GOLD
SIAMSA TIRE, TRALEE 7:30 PM
Director - Maurice Healy
Documentary Ireland 60mins
A wonderful documentary reflecting on the highs and lows of Kerry football from the arrival of the new game in the county in the 1880's, to the Kingdom's 34th All-Ireland title in 2006 via the triumph of football over bitter Civil War divisions bringing all sides together for the common cause of Kerry football. Other periods highlighted include the Down/Kerry encounters of the early 1960s; the famed Kerry/Dublin sagas of the Seventies; the county's four-in-a-row between 1978 and 1981; and the 1982 'gift-taken-away', when Offaly deprived Kerry of that elusive five-in-a-row.
Contributors include: Eugene McGee, Tony Hanahoe, Eoghan Corry, Dara Ó Cinnéide, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Mick O'Dwyer, Páidí Ó Sé, Pat Spillane

 

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORTS 1

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
MONDAY 29TH OCTOBER 4:00 PM

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L’ECOUTEUR
Canada - 2006 - 13mins 30sec - DVD, 35 mm - Colour
A Man who takes pleasure in listening becomes one day the aural witness of a violent assault. Having until then avoided all contact with his neighbours, the Man must now venture outside of his apartment and face the society which surrounds him.
Director Kester Dyer

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THE VAUDEVILLIAN
USA - 2007 - 16mins - DVD - Colour
A ventriloquist's relationship with his dummy is strained after they lose their job with a traveling vaudeville act. The ventriloquist realizes he is able to scam farmers for money, much to the dummy's dismay, and loses his conscience so that he can continue.
Director Bryan Nest

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HEIM
Germany - 2005 - 6mins 10 sec - Digi-Beta, Beta SP, DVD, 35mm - B&W
Sometimes the truth is hard to face: An old man tries desperately to defend his house against burglars and gets a rude awakening.
Director Marc Brummund

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THE CLAP
UK - 2005 - 12mins - DVD - Colour
An obsessive classical concert-goer wants to be the first clapper at the end of every symphony and sonata. But when he inflicts the clap incessantly on his pianist idol, the tormented virtuoso decides to fight back – with music!
Director Geoff Lindsey

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ON A TUESDAY
USA - 2007 - 9mins 30sec - 35mm- Colour
On A Tuesday is a short film about a couple getting married in the middle of their work day: a beautiful moment hidden within busy life.
Director David Scott Smith

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ITSY BITSY
USA - 2006 - 9mins - DVD, 35MM - Colour
Before tonight, David’s only fear was marriage.
Director David May

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CLUB SODA
USA - 2006 - 23mins - DVD, 35MM - Colour
Club Soda is a supernatural fable based on true events. It is a story of the struggles that we all face when making the crucial decisions that will define who we are and the direction our lives will take.
Director/Writer Paul Carafotes

IRISH NARRATIVE 1 (REPEAT)
7.30 PM IMPERIAL HOTEL, TRALEE
Frankie Director - Darren Thornton
A Strang Request Director - Maurice O'Carroll
Blind Eye Director - Damien De Burca
Bright Idea Director - Vincent Gallager
New Boy Director - Steph Green
Death in the West Director - Keith Mannix
The End is Night Director - James Cotter
Affirmative Action Director - Sean Murray
Pump Action Director - Frank Reid
The Garden of Ireland Director - Ciarán Deeney
Under the Stairs Director - Mike Kelly

 

IRISH NARRATIVE SHORTS 2

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
TUESDAY 30TH OCTOBER 4:00 PM

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TEETH
Ireland - 2006 - 2mins 10sec - DVD, 35 mm - B&W
Teeth is a short “last laugh” tale of two old friends, their teeth and a series of events that leaves them lost for words.
Director John Kennedy & Ruairi O'Brien

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REARVIEW
Ireland - 2007 - 12 mins 12 sec - DVD - Colour
An evereyday encounter for a Dublin Taxi Driver presents him with a dilemma; whether to be an honest broker or to keep out of others affairs.
Director John Jake McKone

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WITHOUT WORDS
Ireland - 2005 - 7min 30secs - Digi-Beta, DVD - Colour
Without Words is a short film about our failure to connect with one another. We live in a world where technology has given us the tools to communicate but not the ability. The film revolves around two close friends and how one\'s perspective of a moment in their past is changed by a traumatic event.
Writer/Director - Brian Deane

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MISSING LINK
Northern Ireland - 2007 - 5mins - Digi Beta - Colour
The icebergs in Antartica are melting and ancient ice has found it’s way to the surface. Two scientist, one forward looking and determined to move fast, the other woriking methodically agrgue what to do. Meanwhile the ice is melting, releasing the mysteries it holds. Which scientist will win the day?
Writer/Director Cecilia McAllister

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THROUGH HER EYES
Ireland - 2007 - 8mins 48sec - DVD- Colour
Through Her Eyes is an endearing film about a little girl’s misadventures in learning the difference between right and wrong.
Director Katie Michalak

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AN CRÉATÚR
Ireland - 2007 - 19mins - 35MM - Colour
Uniquely spanning 15 years in as many scenes, “An Damhán Alla Anbhann” (“The Helpless Spider”) tells the story of a young boy and a moment which changes his life forever.
Writer/Director Peter Foott

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THE BEE KEEPERS SON
Ireland - 2007 - 10mins 16sec - DVD - Colour
A young boy steals away from an old man's wake and wanders away into the countryside behind the house…
Director Jamie Hannigan

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THE SALESMAN
Ireland - 2007 - 10mins - DVD - B&W
Howard Ward is a travelling salesman down on his luck. On a stormy night he is about to discover that his selling techniques are the least of his worries...
Writer/Director Vincent Gallagher

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A DIRTY WAR
Ireland - 2007 - 13mins 25sec - DVD - Colour
A story about collusion between security forces and a paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Set in the mid-90’s, it tells the story of Seamus, a young volunteer who is about to travel to London to bomb Canary Wharf. Unbeknownst to him, his mentor Bren harbours a terrible dark secret and with the help of the security forces he is about to get away with murder.
Writer Niall O’ Connor

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PSYCHEDELIC SPACEMAN
Ireland - 2007 - 3mins 9 sec - DVD - Colour
Psychedelic Spaceman is a music video for the Cork based Lung Donors. Two men are in love with the same woman and must duel. They meet in an old ruin where Igor who lives there provides them with their chosen method: mini table tennis, but a twist of fate seals their doom.
Director Michael Kelly

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORTS 1 (REPEAT)
7.30 PM IMPERIAL HOTEL, TRALEE
L'Ècouteur Director - Kester Dyer
The Vaudevillian Director - Bryan Nest
Heim Director - Marc Brummund
The Clap Director - Geoff Lindsey
On A Tuesday Director - David Scott Smith
Itsy Bitsy Director - David May
Club Soda Director - Paul Carafotes

ANIMATED SHORTS

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 4:00 PM

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FETCH
Scotland - 2006 - 1min 15sec - DVD, Mini DV - Colour
Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a game of fetch, but Cumberland has other ideas. What happens when man’s best friend refuses to co-operate?
Director Dana Dorian

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MY DATE FROM HELL
Germany - 2006 - 14min - 35mm - Colour
If you think the Devil has to be an evil, sinister and scary guy, you will surely change your mind after you have joined him on his search for the girl of his dreams. Because when it comes down to love, even the Devil has a soul!
Director Tom Bracht & Tim Weimann

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OBLOMOV’S CAT
Holland - 2006 - 11min - 35mm - Colour
During a thunderstorm at night, two ladies find a neglected young cat, whom they take care of together. Their affection for the charming animal soon evolves into rivalry, until they discover that the cat is taking advantage of their charity.
Director - Hans Richter

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DELIVERY
Germany - 2005 - 9mins - 35mm - Colour
An old hermit lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.
Director Till Nowak

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WILFRED
Ireland - 2007 - 5min 50sec - DVD, Mini DV - Colour
Wilfred tells the haunting story of a soldier who is trying to escape a bleak battlefield and return home. He encounters the lost souls of enemy soldiers and ultimately has to face his own war torn conscious in order to find a way home.
Director Kenny Leigh

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AUL IM SCHADEL (Eels)
Germany - 2006 - 17mins 40sec - DVD, Betacam SP PAL, 35mm - Colour
‘Eels’ tells the story of a traveller, who suffers from a mysterious disease and searches for salvation.
Director Martin Rahmlow

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VIDEO 3000
Germany - 2006 - 5mins - DVD - Colour
Rolf is very happy about his brand-new "Video3000" VCR. But while starting up he recognizes that the remote control is not working properly: Instead of controlling the VCR, the remote control affects the real world. While playing with the available buttons "Play" "Pause" "FastForward" "FastRewind", Rolf discovers another button he disregarded so far...
Director Jörg Edelmann, Jörn Großhans, Jochen Hausecker, Simon Schleidt and Marc Schleiss

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SPROESSLING
Germany - 2006 - 8mins 30sec - 35 mm - B&W
Sprössling tells the story of a woman who grows her dreamchild in a flower pot. But the perfect motherhood has unexpected side effects.
Writer/ Director/ Animator Anne Breymann

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SHELLY
Ireland - 2007 - 3mins 24sec - DVD - Colour
This is the story of a lobster with a new-found love for music. After accidentally playing a record with his claw, Shelly becomes determined to make music himself. He soon finds out there is only one way to achieve this.
Director Johnny Kelly

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CODE HUNTERS
UK - 2006 - 9mins 6secs - DVD - Colour
Codehunters tells the story of four heroes; Shen, Lawan, Zom and Nhi as they join forces to battle corrupt gangs, dirty paycops, rampaging monsters and the tyrannical Khann in the crumbling port city of Lhek.
Director Ben Hibon

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DING DONG DENNY’S HISTORY OF IRELAND
Ireland - 2007 - 5mins - DVD - Colour
A tourist walks into a Dublin pub looking for directions and encounters Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly at the bar who insists on telling him the "real" history of Ireland over a number of pints. From the Normans to the Famine to 1916 and the sex shops of O’Connell Street, we hear Ding Dong’s delusional take of events that shaped our nation.
Director Cathal Gaffney

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CRUMBLEGIANT
Ireland - 2007 - 5mins - DVD - Colour
An old woman remembers a childhood episode. The past becomes intermingled with the present. Past demons are recalled then banished in her imagination. The woman then joins this world of memory. Meanwhile the outside world goes on - oblivious.
Director John McCloskey

IRISH NARRATIVE SHORTS 2 (REPEAT)
7.30 PM IMPERIAL HOTEL, TRALEE
Teeth Directors - John Kennedy and Ruairi O Brien
Rearview Director - Jake Mckone
Without Words Director - Briane Deane
Missing Link Director - Cecilla McAllister
Through Her Eyes Director - Katie Michalak
An Damhán Alla Anbhann Director - Peter Foott
The Beekeepers son Director - Jame Hanigan
The Salesman Director - Vincent Gallagher
A Dirty war Director - Niall O' Connor
Psychadelic Spaceman Director - Mike Kelly

HALLOWEEN HORROR SHORTS

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
& TINTEAN THEATRE, BALLYBUNION

WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 9.00 PM

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METALOSIS MALIGNA
Holland - 2006 - 7mins 26secs - DVD - Colour
A fictitious documentary about a spectacular yet chronically disabling disease
Director Floris Kaayk

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MY DATE FROM HELL
Germany - 2006 - 14mins - 35mm - Colour
If you think the Devil has to be an evil, sinister and scary guy, you will surely change your mind after you have joined him on his search for the girl of his dreams. Because when it comes down to love, even the Devil has a soul!
Directors Tom Bracht & Tim Weimann

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MISSING LINK
Northern Ireland - 2007 - 5mins - Digi Beta - Colour
The icebergs in Antarctica are melting and ancient ice has found its way to the surface. Two scientists, one forward looking and determined to move fast, the other working methodically, argue about what to do. Meanwhile the ice is melting, releasing the mysteries it holds. Which scientist will win the day?
Writer/Director - Cecilia McAllister

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THE SALESMAN
Ireland - 2006 - 10mins - DVD - Colour
Howard Ward is a travelling salesman down on his luck. On a stormy night he is about to discover that his selling techniques are the least of his worries...
Writer/Director Vincent Gallagher

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COMING TO TOWN
USA - 2006 - 17min 50sec - DVD, 35 MM - Colour
JoBeth Smalls is an eleven-year-old girl who gets bullied at school. With her mother in a coma and no one else to go to for help, she writes a letter to Santa Claus asking for revenge. Her wishes come true when Klaus, a deranged version of Santa Claus with a taste for blood and automatic weapons, pays her foes a visit.
Director Carles Torrens

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THE DESCENDENT
USA - 2006 - 16mins - DVD - Colour
Two hitmen discover that their target is much more than it seems.
Director Robert Glickert

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THE VAUDEVILLIAN
USA - 2007 - 16mins - DVD - Colour
A ventriloquist's relationship with his dummy is strained after they lose their job with a traveling vaudeville act. The ventriloquist realizes he is able to scam farmers for money, much to the dummy's dismay, and loses his conscience so that he can continue.
Director - Bryan Nest

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ITSY BITSY
Ireland - 2006 - 9mins - DVD, 35MM - Colour
Before tonight, David’s only fear was marriage
Director David May

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THE GARDEN OF IRELAND
Ireland - 2007 - 3minc - DVD, Mini DV - Colour
The Garden of Ireland is a slice of life story about one of Ireland’s elite gardeners as he picks, plants and tends for his dead buried deep in the Wicklow Mountains.
Director Ciarán Deeney

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KASTING
UK - 2006 - 2mins - DVD - Colour
Monica, a determined young actress, goes to a peculiar auditions: The voice in the room tells her that he wants to see her die. Desperate to get the part, she follows his instructions.
Writer/Director Alyosha Saari

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
THURSDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 4:00 PM

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GREY SEALS – LIFE ON THE EDGE
England - 2007 - 46min - Mini DV - Colour
A large part of Celtic legend, Grey Seals have been revered in Ireland until recent times. Despite being protected by law, they continue to be persecuted and in 2004 this culminated in the brutal slaughter of 60 seal pups at the Blasket Islands. This highly charged story is an account of a seal colony living on the very edge of Europe and on the very edge of survival.
Director - Jacquie Cozens

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RÜCKENLAGE / UPSIDE DOWN
Scotland - 2006 - 8 mins 57 secs - DIGI Beta, DVCAM - B&W & Colour
Rückenlage / Upside Down is a visual journey through Scotland’s skies and the mind of Rudolf Hess, who flew to Scotland in 1941 to ‘negotiate peace’ with Britain. Narrated from excerpts of letters to his family, written in prison where he spent the rest of his life.
Director Astrid Bussink

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THE TRUTH ABOUT TOOTH
Scotland - 2006 - 10min - DVD - Colour
A true insight into the intriguing, meticulous work of the Tooth Fairy. In a mixture of live action and animation we follow the journey of a child’s milk tooth through the course of one night. From the imaginations of young children to the mundane, grimy reality of the Tooth Fairy Factory, we are reminded that an element of magic is a special thing that should be preserved to help escape from the tedium of daily life.
Director - Hazel Baillie

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GREY MATTER
Holland - 2006 - 24mins - DVD - Colour
The reality of daily life in a home-for-the-elderly shows how absurd life can get.
Director Ina Van Beek

IRISH DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
THURSDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 7.30 PM

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UNDER PRESSURE
Ireland - 2007 - 18mins 30sec - DVD, Mini DV - Colour
Willie Corduff was the first Irish recipient of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his endeavours to protect Rossport from the polluting effects of a gas refinery and high-pressure pipeline. Back in 2005 he was jailed with four other men for ignoring a court injunction to allow Shell E&P Ireland to enter their lands. Under Pressure allows Willie and Mary Corduff tell of the impact on their family, friends and home-life.
Director Eamon De Staic

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FOWL
Ireland - 2006 - 26mins - DVD - Colour
Fowl is a short documentary that examines, through the story of the chicken, how we make our food today. It focuses on both the traditional and modern methods and looks at the effects of globalization and oil on our food system
Director Andrew Legge

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WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP
Ireland - 2007 - 3mins - DVD - Colour
Throughout its history Ireland has remained a neutral country, however Ireland’s neutrality has become compromised, as evidenced by the US President: ‘Ireland is a valued member in the international war against terror’. It is estimated that over 650,000 people have died as a result of this war, this film attempts to open your eyes to this reality.
Director John Haugh

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BIBEANNE SIN É AN SAOL
Germany - 2006 - 8mins 30sec - 35 mm - B&W
Women from the Dingle Gaeltacht look back on their lives and on the changes they have witnessed from childhood to the present day. Collectively they provide a commentary on the changing face of Ireland.
Directors Cathal Watters & Brenda Ni Shuilleabháin

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MARGARET IRWIN – Magic For The Printmaker
Ireland - 2006 - 3mins17secs - DigiBeta, DVD - Colour
Documentary short portraying a day in the life of the acclaimed artist and printmaker, Margaret Irwin. This film concentrates on Margaret’s working process, which she does every day despite her 83 years.
Director Paul Murphy

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LATOON
Ireland - 2006 - 8 mins 30sec - DVD - Colour
A County Clare folklorist and storyteller Eddie Lenihan successfully campaigned to save a whitethorn bush from being destroyed by a road scheme in Latoon, County Clare, claiming the bush was an important meeting place for supernatural forces of the region, and warning that its destruction would result in death and misfortune for motorists travelling on the new road. Now construction of another road sees the bush once more in danger.
Director Sean Lynch

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A WOLF IN THE BOOKCASE
Ireland - 2007 - 10mins - DVD - Colour
The early versions of some of the most beloved and well known fairytales are extraordinarily disturbing and graphically violent. This documentary questions the concepts of censorship and sanitization with regard to these stories.
Director Peter Grogan

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE 2

THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 4:00 PM

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METALOSIS MALIGNA
Holland - 2006 - 7mins 26secs - DVD - Colour
A fictitious documentary about a spectacular yet chronically disabling disease
Director - Floris Kaayk

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IRON CURTAIN
USA - 2007 - 15mins - BETA,DVD - Colour
Between East and West...Between Murder and Treason...Between Freedom and Death...lies Iron Curtain. Haunted by his friend's death at the Berlin Wall, an East German border guard struggles to gain his freedom.
Director John Chaney

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WIGALD
Germany - 2006 - 11 mins - 35mm, DVD - Colour
Wigald is the epitome of a starving poet, whose lack of income to support his passion for verse and general frustration with the world has left him struggling with his inner demons. This short film depicts the desperation of a young man, Wigald, who only has one last wish – suicide.
Director - Timon Modersohn

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SCENE
Scotland - 2007 - 15mins 30sec - DVD - Colour
Television actor, Gary, gets his big break in a feature film playing the part of Nathan, a gangster with a conscience, but can’t find the right emotion to nail the scene
Director Alec Boehm & Stephanie Argy

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THE WITNESS
Holland - 2006 - 10mins 5sec - 35mm/DVD Pal - Colour
A film about the shortfalls of the human memory, about prejudices and the deficiency of the judiciary. The film shows the court of law as a Kafka-esk building that, as a metaphor for the entanglement, is under reconstruction. The film refers to the Schiedammer Parkmoord in the Netherlands in which also an innocent man was sent to jail for years.
Director Erik De Bruyn

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TURKISH CHICK
Holland - 2006 - 10mins - 35mm - Colour
Teenage skate boarder Fokko is attracted by a sensual headscarf-wearing girl.
Director Lodewijk Crijns

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BLOOD AND CHIPS
UK - 2006 - 3mins - Digi beta - Colour
A heat wave is bringing racial tensions to boiling point in a London chip shop.
Writer/Director Ryan Phillips

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LE RETOUR
USA - 2006 - 19 mins 49 sec - DVD - Colour
Katherine returns to Orange County after spending a year living and studying in France. Coming home proves more difficult then expected as she struggles to readjust. As things grow worse at home, she retreats farther and farther into her memories of her time spent abroad. Will Katherine ever be able to create harmony between her two worlds?
Directors Rachel Earnest

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BE HERE TO LOVE ME

POLY TUNNEL, GORTBRACK FARM 7:30 PM

Director - Margaret Brown
Documentary USA 99 mins

Steve Earle offered to "stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots" to declare him the world's greatest songwriter. In concert, Lucinda Williams often dedicates "2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" to him. His songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Emmylou Harris and The Meat Puppets. In other words, the late Townes Van Zandt was a songwriter's songwriter, the kind of artist who is always more famous dead than alive.

Be Here to Love Me: The Townes Van Zandt captures the essence of the singer and the heartbreakingly lonesome and bittersweet nature of his music. The polytunnel in Gortbrack Farm will only add to the poignancy of the film and it’s sure to be a musical night to remember.

SELECTED 35MM SHORT

TRALEE OMNIPLEX
SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 12:00 PM

Teeth
Ireland
Teeth is a short “last laugh” tale of two old friends, their teeth and a series of events that leaves them lost for words.
Director - John Kennedy & Ruairi O'Brien

Itsy Bitsy
USA
Before tonight, David’s only fear was marriage.
Director Marc Brummund

Heim
Germany
Sometimes the truth is hard to face: An old man tries desperately to defend his house against burglars and gets a rude awakening.
Director - Marc Brummund

Delivery
Germany
An old hermit lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.
Director Till Nowak

Frankie
Ireland
Frankie is 15 and preparing for fatherhood he is determined to be the best dad ever, but as his day goes on, he starts to realize how impossible this will be for him.
Director Darren Thornton

Coming to Town
USA
JoBeth Smalls is an eleven-year-old girl who gets bullied at school. With her mother in a coma and no one else to go to for help, she writes a letter to Santa Claus asking for revenge. Her wishes come true when Klaus, a deranged version of Santa Claus with a taste for blood and automatic weapons, pays her foes a visit.
Director Carles Torrens

Sproessling
Germany
Sprössling tells the story of a woman who grows her dreamchild in a flower pot. But the perfect motherhood has unexpected side effects. Writer/Director/ Animator - Anne Breymann
Writer/Director/ Animator Anne Breymann

The End is Night
Ireland
When a farmer discovers an ancient amulet with the power to destroy the world, he does what any of us would do… Writer/Director - James Cotter
Writer/Director James Cotter

On A Tuesday
USA
On A Tuesday is a short film about a couple getting married in the middle of their work day: a beautiful moment hidden within busy life. Director - David Scott Smith
Director David Scott Smith


FILMARE FESTIVAL EXCHANGE SHORTS

4.00 PM THE OLD PRESBYTERY
As part of its increasing programme of international film Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival twinned with the Filmare Festival in Ostia, Rome this year, providing opportunities for each festival audience to see the winning short films from the other festival. Winners of Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival 2006 were screened at the Ostia Festival in July of this year, and Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival is proud to present the winners of their Italian partner festival for your enjoyment.

First Prize: ARMANDO
Also winner of Filmare Audience Award
Armando was always small and thin, however over a couple of weeks he started to gain wait exponentially. One morning the scales registered his weight at 121kg. …. Director - Massimiliano Camaiti

Second Prize: THE OBSCURE BROTHER
A revisit of the biblical story of Cain and Abel, we find a family torn apart by a son’s obsessive love of his mother…. Director - Linda Di Franco

Third Prize: UOVA (EGGS) The bicycle, shopping at the supermarket, around the corner, making the way home to prepare lunch. One morning just like any other. Director - Alessandro Celli

Schools Category Winner: LA GOMMA (ERASER)
During a school lesson, time stood still and every most bizarre fantasy could become reality…. Director - Dante Albanesi

CLAIRE LYNCH MEMORIAL AWARD
Wednesday
The Claire Lynch Award for Irish Shorts by First-Time Directors went to Sam Keogh for ‘Wednesday’. The jury described the film as “a personal and well-told visual poem of daily life, delivered in colourful but not flippant way.”

SELECTED SHORTS

TECH AMERGIN 7:30 PM
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FESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY

IMPERIAL HOTEL, TRALEE 8:30 PM
SATURDAY 3RD