Irish Shorts Feature at the Festival of World Cultures
The 10th Annual Festival of World Cultures hits Dublin this weekend with over 800 artists coming together from 33 countries to take part in 180 events.Two Irish shorts, the colourful MOORE STREET MASALA and the animated short PILGRIM will feature in the festival line-up.
David O'Sullivan's MOORE STREET MASALA is a musical love story about shop clerk Baba who falls for the sexy estate agent across the street. The short was filmed in Dublin last year and mixes the colour of Bollywood with the diversity of modern Irish culture. Produced by Miriam Cahill for Fish Films, the short picked up the Audience Award for Best International Short at last years Cork Film Festival.
PILGRIM tells the story of a stranger in an unknown land who braves many dangers as he strives to fulfill his function. Written and directed by Matthew Darragh, the animation was produced by Gerrard O'Rourke and Jason Tammemagi for Monster Animation and Design.
Both shorts will screen on the Newtownsmith Main Stage Screen in Dun Laoghaire in between the acts on the main stage.
Pilgrim will screen at
15.04 on Saturday
15.09 on Sunday
While Moore Street Masala will screen at
16:08 on Saturday
16:08 on Sunday
For more information on the festival see www.festivalofworldcultures.com/
The 10th Festival of World Cultures will take place in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin 23rd - 25th July.