ANIMATED SHORTS
THE OLD PRESBYTERY, TRALEE
WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER 4:00 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Holland - 2006 - 7mins 26secs - DVD - Colour
A fictitious documentary about a spectacular yet chronically disabling disease
Director Floris Kaayk
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
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
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
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
THE DESCENDENT
USA - 2006 - 16mins - DVD - Colour
Two hitmen discover that their target is much more than it seems.
Director Robert Glickert
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
ITSY BITSY
Ireland - 2006 - 9mins - DVD, 35MM - Colour
Before tonight, David’s only fear was marriage
Director David May
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
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
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEATURES
PLANET TERROR
CLASSIC CINEMA, LISTOWEL 7:30 PM
Director - Robert Rodriguez
USA 105mins
Starring: Freddy Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn Robert Rodriguez, Co-Director of Sin City, brings you Planet Terror, a retro-futuristic vision of horrors that’s been weathered, stripped and aged to perfection.
In planet terror married doctors William and Dakota Block, Josh Brolin and Marley Shelton, find their graveyard shifts inundated with townspeople ravaged by gangrenous sores and a suspiciously vacant look in their eyes. Among the wounded is Cherry (Rose McGowan) a go-go dancer whose leg was ripped from her body during a roadside attack. Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) her former significant other, is at her side and watching her back. Cherry may be down but she hasn’t danced her last number. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and Wray, lead a team of accidental warriors into the night, hurtling towards a destiny that will leave millions infected, countless dead and a lucky few struggling to find the last safe corner of Planet Terror.
VAJRA SKY OVER TIBET
MALTON HOTEL, KILLARNEY 7:30 PM
Documentary
Ireland 90mins
Director - John Bush
Vajra Sky is a cinematic pilgrimage to central Tibet, bearing witness to the indomitable faith of its Buddhist community and the imminent threat to its very survival.
Travelling through breathtaking Himalayan terrain, Vajra Sky journeys to legendary temples, monasteries and festivals, while revealing the almost criminal policy of Chinese authorities to destroy this ancient wisdom tradition from within.
“Tibetan Civilisation has a long, history, in the course of which it has assimilated many influences. It forms a distinct part of the world’s precious common heritage. Humanity would be the poorer if it were to be lost.” The Dalai Lama An Excerpt from His Special Message for Vajra Sky
To view the trailer please click here: http://www.vajrasky.com/trailer.html