Three Irish Films selected to screen at the exclusive Telluride Film Festival
Cathal Black's documentary LEARNING GRAVITY (aka THE UNDERTAKING), Lance Daly's KISSES and Jane Lee's short REVELATIONS have been selected to screen at the exclusive Telluride Film Festival this weekend 29 August - 1 September in Colorado.Filmed in the West of Ireland and Michigan, LEARNING GRAVITY explores the life and work of Irish-American poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch. The feature documentary traces the contrasts between Lynch's worlds - the living and the dead, Michigan and West Clare, literature and undertaking.
Produced by Aisling Ahmed and James Mitchell for Little Bird, it was financed by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board (IFB), the Broadcasting Commission Of Ireland (BCI), The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, BBC Storyville and RTÉ.
Following successful screenings at the Galway Film Fleadh and the Locarno Film Festival, Lance Daly's KISSES will also screen over the weekend. Starring newcomers Kelly O'Neill and Shane Curry, KISSES tells the story of Kylie and Dylan, two young kids who decide to run away from their dysfunctional homes and spend a night on the streets of Dublin's inner city.
Produced by Macdara Kelleher with Fastnet Films, the film was funded by IFB, Film I Vast, BCI, TV3 and Zentopa. KISSES has also been selected for the prestigious Toronoto International Film Festival which takes place next month.
REVELATIONS, the animated short directed by Jane Lee will be taking part in the Filmmakers of Tomorrow section of the festival. The short was produced by Stephen O'Connell and Paper Plane Productions for the IFB Short Shorts scheme.
The Telluride Film Festival has a phenomenal reputation, with its audiences being the first in the world to laugh with JUNO, to observe THE LIVES OF OTHERS, to visit BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, to learn the secret of THE CRYING GAME and to experience BLUE VELVET.
Derek Malcom from The Guardian describes Telluride as the most exclusive film festival because "it doesn't announce its programme in advance, it charges the press for a pass and it has as its guests some of the best filmmakers in the world".