Irish Animated Talent is Highlighted with Premiere of Frameworks Animated Shorts
Audiences at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh can once again look forward to viewing the latest animated shorts from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board’s Frameworks scheme.
This comes on the back of the recent success of previous Frameworks titles including Coda which was longlisted for an Academy Award® nomination this year, and Somewhere Down the Line which won the Best Animated Short award at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
In A Coat Made Dark directed and written by Jack O’Shea, a man follows the orders of a dog to wear a coat with impossible pockets. It was produced by Damien Byrne for STILL Films LTD. Watch the trailer
In Kavaleer Productions’ City of Roses, one Halloween night a smouldering suitcase was pulled off a bonfire in Dublin and thus was saved a true story of love, loss and hope. Written and directed by Andrew Kavanagh, it features the vocal talents of Peter Coonan (Love/Hate), Aoibhin Garrihy (Fair City) and Sean Doyle (Killing Bono). Watch the trailer
In Geist written and directed by Sean Mullen, Ben Harper and Alex Sherwood, a shipwrecked fisherman takes shelter in an abandoned house on a remote island, but soon realises he is not alone. Geist was produced by Daniel Spencer for Giant Animation.
The Great Fall directed by Gary O’Neill takes place up in the clouds, where a nervous young raindrop is terrified about his first fall to earth as an imminent storm rapidly approaches. Written by Ben Cleary and produced by Michael Algar for Zink Films Ltd, The Great Fall features the voices of Aileen Mythen, Mia Murphy and Anne Byrne.
In Unhinged written and directed by Tom Caulfield, the squeaky hinge gets the oil. But when the squeak escapes the oil, its sure to get you! Unhinged is produced by Barry O’Donoghue for Studio Okinami. Watch the trailer
To get a taste of these films before they premiere in Galway watch the trailers on www.thisisirishfilm.ie/shorts
The shorts were produced through the Frameworks scheme which is funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB), RTÉ and the Arts Council.
The Frameworks shorts will premiere on Saturday 11th July at 12pm in the Town Hall Theatre.
For more on the Galway Film Fleadh, see their website at http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/