Irish Screenings and Events Taking Place at the 3rd Cinemagic Film & Television Festival
The 3rd Coca Cola Cinemagic Film & Television Festival for Young People starts today 5th May with an action-packed programme full of Irish and international film screenings, documentaries, shorts, foreign language films, education screenings and industry masterclasses over the coming week.
The festival kicks off with a gala screening of Michael Lambeck's Tooth Fairy.
The award-winning Irish film A Shine Of Rainbows, directed by Vic Sarin and starring Aidan Quinn, Connie Nelsen and John Bell will be screening in Cineworld on Thursday 6th May. John Bell and casting directors Ros and John Hubbard will be ‘In Conversation' and answering questions from the audience after the screening.
Other Irish films in the programme line-up are the animation The Ugly Duckling & Me, written by Mark Hodkinson and directed by Michael Hegner and Karsten Kiilerich. The film which is loosely based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Anderson will be screening in the Cinemobile on Monday 10th May.
The Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells will also be showing during a session called Irish Animation - A Brief History in Cineworld on Tuesday 11th May. The Secret of Kells, was directed by Tomm Moore and features the voice talent of Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally, telling the story of an orphan named Brendan who is set the task of completing the Book of Kells.
The impressive masterclass programme offers a series of unique, practical and fun classes, led by leading professionals in the film and television industry. This includes Producing with Ed Guiney, Acting with Brian Cox, Directing with Kirsten Sheridan, Radio Presenting and Production with Ray D'Arcy, Presenting with Dermot O'Leary, Directing for TV with Ciaran Donnelly, and much more.
Other international films scheduled for screening are The Fantastic Mr.Fox, Corpse Bride and Where The Wild Things Are as well as some older classics including Bugsy Malone and Oliver Twist.
One of the unique aspects of Cinemagic is that it is one of the few festivals whose winners are selected by juries made up solely of young people. The short film competition will see a young panel of 10 people aged between 10-14 years reviewing and critiquing new films from all over the world to award the Best Short Film for a Children's Audience and a panel of 10 people aged between 15-18 years to award the Best Short Film for a Teenage Audience.
The 3rd Cinemagic Film & Television Festival takes place in Dublin from 5th -12th May. For more information see http://www.cinemagic.ie/