Three IFB-Funded Short Films to Screen in Competition at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Deadly, Somewhere Down the Line and Sophie at the Races, three short films funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, will screen in competition at the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival - the UK’s leading short film and animation festival.
Deadly, funded under the Frameworks scheme, was directed by Aidan McAteer and produced by Shannon George of Kavaleer Productions. It tells the story of Boney, a working stiff in a dead-end job. That is until he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie. The short has won awards including Best Short at the Irish Animation Awards and features the voices of Peter Coonan and Brenda Fricker.
Somewhere Down the Line was the winner of the Best Animation award in the International Competition at the prestigious Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in February. It was directed by Julien Regnard and examines a man's life, loves and losses which are shown through the exchanges he has with the passengers in his car. The short was produced by Jonathan Clarke for Cartoon Saloon, based in Kilkenny.
In Sophie at the Races, we join Sophie as she journeys to the races on a promise from her troubled mother Hariette that she will meet her father for the first time. Written and directed by Alan Friel, this Signatures drama was produced by Fiona Kinsella for Jumper Productions and has played at a variety of international film festivals since its debut.
Other Irish shorts to screen at the festival include Dreaming of Peggy Lee directed by James Everett and Snowfall directed by Conor Whelan. The 21st Encounters Short Film Festival takes place in Bristol, England from September 15 to 20.