KFF Announces 2007 Festival Program
The 8th annual Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival has a jam packed calendar of wonderful events, a mix of popular old venues and screenings that offer something for everyone!
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival promises, as ever, a wealth of the best Irish and International Short Films. It's offering a 500 euro prize in each of four categories - Best Irish Narrative Short, Best International Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short, with the Animated Short category being sponsored by Cork Film Centre, while also offering a top cash prize of 5,000 euro for the Best Director!
And to adjudicate the shorts the Festival has lined up a stellar panel of Judges - Gabriel Byrne, the Irish actor and Oscar nominated Producer will judge the Best Director prize; Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival, will judge International Shorts; Eric Simonson, an Oscar Winning Documentary Director will adjudicate the Doc prize; David Flynn, the only Hollywood based Irish agent and producer of the recent Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan film, Seraphim Falls, will judge the Irish Shorts; while Max Le Cain from Cork Film Centre will pick the best Animated Short.
The list of short films on offer range from the hilarious to the very serious, the Irish short TEETH, is an example of the former while FOWL is a perfect example of the latter. Over 300 short films were submitted to this year's competition, nearly doubling the entries received last year, and these have been pared down through a rigorous screening process to just over 60 short films that appear in 8 separate programmes that screen through out Kerry.
TEETH recently scooped the Best Irish Short Film prize at the Galway Film Fleadh and is based on a story one of the two directors, Ruairi O' Brien, heard from his actor father, Niall O' Brien, who stars in the film with Niall Tobin. It's a wonderful example of how powerfully funny the short film format can be in the hands of a talented director. It plays as part of the IRISH NARRATIVE SHORTS 2 on October 30th.
FOWL, on the other hand, is a short documentary that examines modern mans' dependence on horrifically cruel methods of food production. Reminiscent of SUPERSIZE ME, it focuses on Chicken production and compares the traditional and modern methods of food production while wondering about the effects of globalisation on our food supply system. It plays as part of the IRISH DOCUMENTARY SHORTS program on November 1st.
In addition to the strong Irish contingent KFF brings the best and brightest International short films to Kerry for the festival with films from right across the globe. The selected shorts offer a selection of films starring big names tired of the confines of features such as CLUB SODA, directed by Paul Carafotes and starring and produced by James Gandolfini of Soprano's fame, while ON A TUESDAY is a seamless short film and proves beyond a doubt that some of the best work being done on film can be found in independent shorts. Both films play as part of KFF's INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORTS 1 program.
In addition to Kerry Film Festival's Short Screenings it has significantly expanded its Feature Screenings - Siamsa Tire in Tralee screens the Opening Night Film, the Irish Feature, STUDS on Saturday October 27th, with director Paul Mercier in attendance. The KFF Irish Language Program sees the most influential Irish Language Film of the past thirty years, POITIN, and the best Irish Language Film of the year, CRE NA CILLE, play in Dingle on October 29th in a tantalising double header. POITIN was directed by Bob Quinn while his son Robert took the helm for CRE NA CILLE. Between the films, the filmmakers will be introduced and interviewed by Kerry's Dara O Cinneide. Listowel plays host to the terrible two-some of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez for DEATH PROOF and PLANET TERROR and also screens the Sundance Award Winning Documentary, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, while Killarney sees local film makers screen premiers of their Feature films. TIBETANS. A LIFE IN EXILE will screen on Tuesday, October 30th while continuing the Tibetan theme the highly acclaimed film VAJRA SKY OVER TIBET will screen on Wednesday, October 31st. Newcomer Kevin Murphy, a native of Killarney, will be in attendance when his directorial debut screens on Thursday, November 1st. All Killarney screenings take place at 8:00 pm in The Malton Hotel.
Kerry Film Festival has a veritable feast for music lovers lined up with the ever popular Gortbrack Farm musical documentary returning with a screening of BE HERE TO LOVE ME, a wonderful doc about Townes Van Zandt - a musician about whom Steve Earle offered to "stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots" to declare him the world's greatest songwriter!
The KFF workshop programme has also been expanded with a Directing Master-Class by Director Paul Mercier, a Documentary Master-Class from film maker Donal O Ceilleachair and Cork Film Centre's Gunther Berkus lined up to teach a Master Class in Cinema 4D.
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival Education Programme kicks off on Monday, November 5th, with four screenings in Siamsa Tire - WARCHILD, a German Language Film, STRICTLY BALLROOM, the Baz Luhrman film, COMME UN IMAGE, a French Language Film and FIS screenings - five films made by five different primary schools from all around Kerry. The education programme moves to Killarney on November 6th with screenings of THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA and THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY while Wednesday November 7th sees the programme move back to Tralee with screenings of INSIDE I'M DANCING and THE TRUMAN SHOW before a final screening of COMME UN IMAGE in Listowel.
There's only one thing Kerry is better known for than the Arts and that's football and in Siamsa on Sunday, October 28th we launch THE GREEN AND GOLD an historical documentary of the Kingdom's favourite sons with footballers past and present on hand to speak about football.
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival is made possible through the on-going support of Samhlaiocht by The Arts Council, Kerry County Council, Failte Ireland and generous corporate sponsorship of Kerry Group.
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival promises, as ever, a wealth of the best Irish and International Short Films. It's offering a 500 euro prize in each of four categories - Best Irish Narrative Short, Best International Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short, with the Animated Short category being sponsored by Cork Film Centre, while also offering a top cash prize of 5,000 euro for the Best Director!
And to adjudicate the shorts the Festival has lined up a stellar panel of Judges - Gabriel Byrne, the Irish actor and Oscar nominated Producer will judge the Best Director prize; Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival, will judge International Shorts; Eric Simonson, an Oscar Winning Documentary Director will adjudicate the Doc prize; David Flynn, the only Hollywood based Irish agent and producer of the recent Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan film, Seraphim Falls, will judge the Irish Shorts; while Max Le Cain from Cork Film Centre will pick the best Animated Short.
The list of short films on offer range from the hilarious to the very serious, the Irish short TEETH, is an example of the former while FOWL is a perfect example of the latter. Over 300 short films were submitted to this year's competition, nearly doubling the entries received last year, and these have been pared down through a rigorous screening process to just over 60 short films that appear in 8 separate programmes that screen through out Kerry.
TEETH recently scooped the Best Irish Short Film prize at the Galway Film Fleadh and is based on a story one of the two directors, Ruairi O' Brien, heard from his actor father, Niall O' Brien, who stars in the film with Niall Tobin. It's a wonderful example of how powerfully funny the short film format can be in the hands of a talented director. It plays as part of the IRISH NARRATIVE SHORTS 2 on October 30th.
FOWL, on the other hand, is a short documentary that examines modern mans' dependence on horrifically cruel methods of food production. Reminiscent of SUPERSIZE ME, it focuses on Chicken production and compares the traditional and modern methods of food production while wondering about the effects of globalisation on our food supply system. It plays as part of the IRISH DOCUMENTARY SHORTS program on November 1st.
In addition to the strong Irish contingent KFF brings the best and brightest International short films to Kerry for the festival with films from right across the globe. The selected shorts offer a selection of films starring big names tired of the confines of features such as CLUB SODA, directed by Paul Carafotes and starring and produced by James Gandolfini of Soprano's fame, while ON A TUESDAY is a seamless short film and proves beyond a doubt that some of the best work being done on film can be found in independent shorts. Both films play as part of KFF's INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORTS 1 program.
In addition to Kerry Film Festival's Short Screenings it has significantly expanded its Feature Screenings - Siamsa Tire in Tralee screens the Opening Night Film, the Irish Feature, STUDS on Saturday October 27th, with director Paul Mercier in attendance. The KFF Irish Language Program sees the most influential Irish Language Film of the past thirty years, POITIN, and the best Irish Language Film of the year, CRE NA CILLE, play in Dingle on October 29th in a tantalising double header. POITIN was directed by Bob Quinn while his son Robert took the helm for CRE NA CILLE. Between the films, the filmmakers will be introduced and interviewed by Kerry's Dara O Cinneide. Listowel plays host to the terrible two-some of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez for DEATH PROOF and PLANET TERROR and also screens the Sundance Award Winning Documentary, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, while Killarney sees local film makers screen premiers of their Feature films. TIBETANS. A LIFE IN EXILE will screen on Tuesday, October 30th while continuing the Tibetan theme the highly acclaimed film VAJRA SKY OVER TIBET will screen on Wednesday, October 31st. Newcomer Kevin Murphy, a native of Killarney, will be in attendance when his directorial debut screens on Thursday, November 1st. All Killarney screenings take place at 8:00 pm in The Malton Hotel.
Kerry Film Festival has a veritable feast for music lovers lined up with the ever popular Gortbrack Farm musical documentary returning with a screening of BE HERE TO LOVE ME, a wonderful doc about Townes Van Zandt - a musician about whom Steve Earle offered to "stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots" to declare him the world's greatest songwriter!
The KFF workshop programme has also been expanded with a Directing Master-Class by Director Paul Mercier, a Documentary Master-Class from film maker Donal O Ceilleachair and Cork Film Centre's Gunther Berkus lined up to teach a Master Class in Cinema 4D.
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival Education Programme kicks off on Monday, November 5th, with four screenings in Siamsa Tire - WARCHILD, a German Language Film, STRICTLY BALLROOM, the Baz Luhrman film, COMME UN IMAGE, a French Language Film and FIS screenings - five films made by five different primary schools from all around Kerry. The education programme moves to Killarney on November 6th with screenings of THE BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA and THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY while Wednesday November 7th sees the programme move back to Tralee with screenings of INSIDE I'M DANCING and THE TRUMAN SHOW before a final screening of COMME UN IMAGE in Listowel.
There's only one thing Kerry is better known for than the Arts and that's football and in Siamsa on Sunday, October 28th we launch THE GREEN AND GOLD an historical documentary of the Kingdom's favourite sons with footballers past and present on hand to speak about football.
The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival is made possible through the on-going support of Samhlaiocht by The Arts Council, Kerry County Council, Failte Ireland and generous corporate sponsorship of Kerry Group.
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