'Bye, Bye Now' says Hello to a Host of Festival Awards Around Europe
The Irish short documentary Bye, Bye Now which was co-directed and co-produced by Ross Whittaker and Aideen O'Sullivan has taken the festival circuit by storm, securing a host of international awards in recent weeks.
The poignant film follows the proposed removal of a number of phoneboxes from around the country which sparked many fond memories in the lives of the rural communities. In a loving tribute through a series of interviews and live footage, this charming film acknowledges how the phonebox has gone from the centre of Irish life to the verge of extinction with the advent of modern technology.
Bye, Bye Now premiered at the Coroma Cork Film Festival last year where it picked up the Audience Award for Best Irish Short Film and has since gone on to scoop Audience Awards at the IFI Stranger than Fiction Festival in Dublin and the AFI Silverdocs Festival in the U.S as well as accolades including Best Short at the Edinburgh International Documentary Festival, Best Short Documentary at the Dallas VideoFest, Best Editing at the DocUtah Documentary Film Festival and received a Special Mention at the San Francisco Irish Film Festival.
In a busy and exciting year for the short film, it has also been officially selected for screening at a host of film festivals such as Guth Gafa in Donegal, Vancouver, Athens, Krakow and the Palm Springs Shortfest in California.
The film was produced by True Films and was financed through Reality Bites, the IFB short documentary scheme.