Michael Kiniron's 'Lowland Fell' Wins Special Jury Prize
Bl!nder Films are delighted to announce that their short film Lowland Fell written by Michael Kinirons and Elaine Harrington, directed by Michael Kinirons (Treeclimber, Blood and Ink) and produced by Katie Holly (The Basket Case, Striapacha, One Hundred Mornings) has been awarded a Special Jury Prize at the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival.
The short film, which has also been selected to screen at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this month, was awarded a cash prize of $1,000 and may qualify to enter the Short Films category of the Academy Awards, as SIFF is now a qualifying festival of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the category of short films. It is also eligible for the Golden Space Needle Audience Award which will be awarded in mid-June. According to the festival panel, the film was very well-received. This is the first major award for Lowland Fell since its premiere at the 2008 Galway Film Fleadh.
Set against the mysterious, elemental landscape of a midlands bog, Lowland Fell is a lush, erotically charged teenage drama that follows the exploits of three teenagers who uncover a bog body on a late summer’s day. The short stars Jane McGrath, Robert Sheehan, and Michael Winder.
Director Michael Kinirons studied English Literature in Trinity College and subsequently directing at the National Film and Television School, London. He is the award-winning writer and director of four shorts, his latest being Lowland Fell. He has also written a four part series ‘Fuil Agus Dúch/Blood and Ink' for TG4 and has two feature scripts currently in development, The Lake and Perkin Warbeck.
The film was produced by Bl!nder Films, a film production company established by directors Kieron J. Walsh and Richie Smyth, and producer Katie Holly in 2006.
Lowland Fell has a busy few months ahead as part of the official selection for the Edinburgh Film Festival and The Message to Man Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.