Virtual Cinema Premiere & Symposium at the Darklight Film Festival
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) together with the Darklight Film Festival are delighted to present the premiere of the IFB funded Virtual Cinema short film scheme on June 27th.
The Darklight Film Festival will also host a series of symposia to celebrate the launch of the Virtual Cinema initiative - a new scheme co-ordinated by Wildwave, focused on the production of high-quality Irish shorts suited to the new forms of digital video consumption.
THE DATE: 27 JUNE 2008
THE LOCATION: THE LIGHT HOUSE CINEMA, SMITHFIELD
SYMPOSIUM:
THIS IS THE HOUR: NOT JUST ANOTHER LOW-BUDGET FILMAKING SYMPOSIUM
The Lighthouse Cinema, 2 pm
Darklight are delighted to welcome Warp X head honcho Barry Ryan to the festival as part of our Warp strand; Warp X posits a new model for the British Film Industry - a sustainable digital studio driven by creative talent and a dynamic business model that rewards everyone involved in the films. With budgets available for independent film steadily decreasing, what better time to get together and talk about the agonies and ecstasies of low budget? Participants will include Darklight Director Nicky Gogan (Still Films), Irish Film Board Production Executive Alan Maher and Barry Ryan (Head of Production, Warp X).
SYMPOSIUM:
DECODING ONLINE FILMMAKING: FROM WEBISODES TO VIRAL MARKETING
The Lighthouse Cinema, 4 pm
The world of online filmmaking is continually changing, encompassing everything from digital shorts and features to webisodes such as the successful Sofia's Diary and KateModern and online viral videos, a phenomenon that (according to Wikipedia) facilitates and encourages people to pass along a marketing message voluntarily.' It's the holy grail for twenty-first century media. Chaired by Stephen McCormack (Wildwave), the panel will seek to discuss what works - and what doesn't - in the online filmmaking arena, and what's coming next... Panelists include Sofia's Diary producer Triona Campbell, Bebo Ireland Head Of Sales Philip McCartney, Darklight viral guru Fionn Kidney (Strategem) and Irish internet phenomenon Sophie Merry (Bandy Toaster).
VIRTUAL CINEMA PREMIERE
THE LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA, 6.30 PM
The World Premiere of the first wave of IFB Virtual Cinema shorts. Like we said... The Future Is Now.
And the first ten Virtual Cinema shorts are:
- Don't Leave Me Hanging by Paddy Courtney
- Deer Park by Billy Walsh
- Paranoid Fat Chick Gets Fired by Cecilia McAllister
- When Nuns Attack by Boru
- A Facebook Fatwa by Eamonn Carey
- The Athenroydes by Jesse Ward & Sue Morrell
- Stay Out Of My Bag by Frances Roe
- Chipper by Rachael O'Kane
- The Perils Of Internet Dating by Simon Eustace
- Rapunzel - The Blonde Years by Trish Grove & Fiona Ashe
The screening will be followed by a informal networking session and IFB hosted reception.
For further details on the Darklight 2008 programme, visit http://www.darklight.ie/