Give Me Direction: A new conference interrogating the How and Why of Screenwriting
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) in partnership with the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF) are delighted to announce GIVE ME DIRECTION, a conference focusing on the art and science of writing for the screen.
Attended by a mix of Irish and international guests, GIVE ME DIRECTION will be an opportunity to champion great and original writing for the screen and to deepen the IFB's engagement in addressing industry concerns. The conference will follow an informal, mixed format of sessions and interviews: plus a rehearsed read-through and a preview screening.
Confirmed Guests
Shane Black (Lethal Weapon)
Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser (A Room for Romeo Brass, Somers Town)
Eran Kolirin (The Bands Visit)
Conor McPherson (The Eclipse)
More guests and further details on the sessions to be announced shortly
Book your places on http://www.jdiff.com/ now. Places are strictly limited and tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.
WHEN: 4th & 5th June 2009
WHERE: The Light House Cinema & The Chester Beatty Library
TIME: 4th June 16.30 - 21.00 / 5th June 9.30 - 18.00
TICKETS: €40
MORE INFORMATION
Shane Black is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout. At age 23 he sold the first screenplay to the hugely successful franchise Lethal Weapon. At the height of his career he was the highest paid screenwriter in the Hollywood movie industry. He received US$1.75 million for his screenplay The Last Boy Scout and US$4 million for penning The Long Kiss Goodnight. Black also made a cameo appearance in the movie As Good As It Gets. He made his directorial debut in 2005 with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, which he also wrote. He received the Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival 2006. He has two projects in development including the fifth installment of the Lethal Weapon series.
Eran Kolirin is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. His directorial debut, the feature-length film The Band's Visit (2007) premiered at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and has won over 40 international awards including Un Certain Regard - Jury Coup de Coeur and Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival and European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards. The Band's Visit became the first Israeli film to be screened in Egypt since the two countries signed a peace deal nearly 30 years ago. Eran is currently working on his second feature and other credits include In Treatment, In Therapy and The Long Journey.
Shane Meadows is a self-taught, British filmmaker who hails from the Midlands in the UK. He is regarded as one of the most influential stars of British cinema. He began his filmmaking career making over 30 short films with friends. His third feature-length film, Twenty Four Seven, won several awards at film festivals, including the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards and Best Screenplay at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Dead Man's Shoes, his sixth film, and third starring Paddy Considine, was nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Film. This is England, won both critical and commercial success and was awarded at the British Independent Film Awards 2006 for Best British Independent Film. His credits include Somers Town (2008), This Is England (2006), The Stairwell (2005), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002), A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), Twenty Four Seven (1997) and Where's the Money, Ronnie? (1996).
Paul Fraser has been working in the UK and international film industries for over 12 years. His screenwriting collaboration with director Shane Meadows includes a trilogy of films about their life in the East Midlands: Twenty Four Seven (1997), A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2001). Their other collaborations were Dead Man's Shoes (2003) and Somers Town (2008). Paul's first solo writing project was Heartlands (2002) directed by Damien O'Donnell. Other writing credits include My Father the Liar, Tube Tales (2000) directed by Bob Hoskins and Sheep (1999) a children's cartoon series.