Give Me Direction Podcasts Now Available for Download
Didn't make it to the GIVE ME DIRECTION screenwriting conference?The Irish Film Board is delighted to announce that podcasts for the conference organized in partnership with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on 5th June are now available to download from the Media Hub of the IFB website.
Attended by over 170 delegates, it was a day of great discussion and debate with interesting and lively panels focusing on the how and why of writing for the screen.
International and Irish guests included Paul Fraser (A Room for Romeo Brass, Somers Town), Eran Kolirin (The Band's Visit), Jim Sheridan (In The Name of the Father, Get Rich or Die Trying), Conor McPherson (The Eclipse), Damien O'Donnell (East is East, Heartlands), Tanya Seghatchian (UK Film Council), Pat McCabe (The Butcher Boy, Breakfast on Pluto), Roddy Doyle (When Brendan Met Trudy), Kirsten Sheridan (In America) and Mark O'Rowe (Boy A, Intermission).
Podcasts of the sessions include DON'T GET WEIRD ON ME: a debate on the limitations and realities of arthouse and commercial cinema; LIVE LONG & PROSPER: a hard headed discussion on making a living as a scriptwriter: UNTITLED: a focus on how to get the best out of your collaborators; and MONGRELS: a conversation on what it takes to move between formats as a writer with input from a range of writers with a background working in of theatre, film, and TV.
Give Me Direction podcasts are available to download in the Media Hub.