Successful Signatures and Reality Bites Teams Announced
Following a hugely successful year for IFB short films, we are delighted to announce the latest teams selected for the third round of Signatures and Reality Bites projects.Signatures is a short film scheme for the making of live-action fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents. It is an opportunity for producers, directors and writers to work in a professional environment that will allow them to further their experience.
We received 108 applications and following a very competitive selection process the following five teams of filmmakers have been awarded funding for their project.
- Pentecost to be written and directed by Peter McDonald and produced by Eimear O'Kane for EMU Productions.
- This Is A Test to be written by Eoin Rogers, directed by Ruairí Robinson and produced by Nick Ryan for Image Now Films.
- The Christening to be written and directed by Oonagh Kearney and produced by Rachel Lysaght for Underground Films.
- Shoe to be written and directed by Nick Kelly and produced by Seamus Byrne for Zanita Films.
- Crossing Salween to be written and directed by Brian O'Malley and produced by Gary Moore.
The Reality Bites scheme aims to encourage experimentation and a fresh approach to short non-fiction filmmaking, focusing on the use of the documentary form.
Over 40 applications were submitted for this scheme and the successful four projects are as follows.
- Collaboration Horizontale to be written and directed by Ciaran Cassidy and produced by Morgan Bushe for Fastnet Films.
- Blue Rinse to be written and directed by Matt Leigh and produced by Nodlag Houlihan.
- Needle Exchange to be written and directed by Colm Quinn and produced by Andrew Freedman for Venom Films.
- How Can I Play With What I Cannot Hear? To be written and directed by Hilary Fennell and produced by Martha O'Neill.
Among these selected projects are some award-winning filmmakers including Andrew Freedman, producer of the documentary feature His & Hers which is screening at this years Sundance Film Festival, Seamus Byrne producer of Eamon and Morgan Bushe producer of Colony, both of which screened at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival last year and Ruairí Robinson, who wrote the Oscar nominated Fifty Percent Grey.
The Signatures and Reality Bites shorts will be premiere at the Cork Film Festival.