Award-Winning Short Films to Screen at BEST OF THE WEST in Dublin
A special programme of all the award-winning short films from this year's Galway Film Fleadh, including four IFB projects, will be screening at The Best of the West 2010 in the Light House Cinema in Smithfield on Sunday 25th July.
The Best of the West showcases all short films that were recipients of awards from the Galway programme in order to allow audiences who didn't make it to Galway, the opportunity to see the winning films and to celebrate a new wave of Irish filmmaking talents.
This year's screening is an exciting and innovative selection of animation, live action drama and documentaries. The successful IFB projects include Pádraig Mannion's Action Evader, about an 80's computer game hero, which was funded through the Virtual Cinema and scooped Best First Animation Award at the Fleadh, The Meaning of Eggsistence, from Bruce Ryder about a man attacked by a swan who subsequently lays an egg. Produced through the Frameworks scheme which is co-financed by the IFB, RTÉ and the Arts Council, it received an Honorable Mention for Best Animation Award. Tom Merilion's Flatbed, an unconventional love story produced through the Short Shorts scheme, which received an Honorable Mention for Best Short Drama and Alibi, the short documentary by Darren Bolger and Caroline Campbell, where the darkness in human nature is revealed, which was financed through the Reality Bites scheme.
The Best of the West is presented by Filmbase in association with the Galway Film Fleadh and takes place in the Light House Cinema, Smithfield at 3pm Sunday 25th July.
Tickets are available to buy from the Light House Cinema box office by phone (01 879 7601) or online at http://www.lighthousecinema.ie/
Details on films to be screened:
Best First Animation Award
Action Evader (Winner)
Written and directed by Pádraig Mannion
Produced by Pádraig Mannion
Laurie & the Litterbugs (Honorable Mention)
Written and directed by Leo Crowley
Produced by BCFE
We Are Detectives! (Honorable Mention)
Written and Directed by Bryan Joseph O'Sullivan
Produced by Bryan Joseph O'Sullivan
Best Animation Award
Mister Heaney - A Wee Portrait (Winner)
Written and directed by David Quin
Produced by David Quin
The Meaning of Eggsistence (Honorable Mention)
Written and directed by Bruce Ryder
Produced by Stephen Rennicks
Best Short Drama Award
Noreen (Winner)
Written and directed by Domhnall Gleeson
Produced by Juliette Bonass, David Clarke, Ciarán Deeney
Flatbed (Honorable Mention)
Written and directed by Tom Merilion
Produced by Jonny Speers
Best First Short Drama Award
Hoodie (Winner)
Written and directed by Patrick Finnegan
Produced by Patrick Finnegan
The Crush (Honorable Mention)
Written and directed by Michael Creagh
Produced by Damon Quinn
Best Short Documentary Award
Bow St. (Winner)
Written and directed by Tadhg O'Sullivan
Produced by Tadhg O'Sullivan
Alibi (Honorable Mention)
Written and directed by Darren Bolger/Caroline Campbell
Produced by Darren Bolger/Caroline Campbell