Discover Irish Shorts at the 67th Cork International Film Festival
Posted: 7th November 2022
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Bow Street Academy are proud to present the World Premieres of new short films funded under the Actor as Creator scheme at the 67th Cork International Film Festival.
Woman in Retrograde, Agapé, Echo, Point of View and Glitterbug are the five films from the Actor as Creator scheme, aimed specifically at supporting unique creative voices within the Irish screen acting community to create a diverse range of original new work, which will be premiering at the festival.
For more information about the short films and creative teams behind this year’s Actor as Creator Shorts World Premiere screening at the Cork International Film Festival, take a look at Screen Ireland's digital spotlight below.
Click here to learn more about the Actor as Creator shorts screening at the festival.
The World Premiere of these Actor as Creator shorts will take place on Wednesday, 16th November in the Gate Cinema at 3pm. Tickets to the screening can be purchased here.
Screen Ireland is also proud to support a number of short films screening as part of the Irish Shorts 4: Non-Competition programme.
The Frameworks short Regular Rabbit directed by Eoin Duffy premiered earlier this at the Galway Film Fleadh, and has since received its US Premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The film explores the absurdity of fake news through an alleged mass-murdering rabbit.
Sinéad O’Loughlin’s Lamb received its World Premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. In this tense short film, an ordinary day takes a sinister turn for a woman and her child when a stranger walks into their isolated rural home.
On a hot summer’s day, Aggie, a woman with Down syndrome, offers shelter to a young girl Lucy when her home life is not so welcoming. Directed by Mia Mullarkey, Safe as Houses premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year. Both Lamb and Safe as Houses were funded through Screen Ireland’s Focus Shorts scheme.
Finally, another short film supported by the Actor as Creator scheme will be screening at the festival. Departure, directed by Aaron Monaghan and written by Clare Monnelly, tells the story of Fiona, whose life now revolves around her fading Mother Mary’s care. As Mary grows weaker, Fiona accepts she must contact her estranged brother Mark to allow him to say goodbye.
The Irish Shorts 4: Non-Competition programme will take place on Friday, 11th November in the Gate Theatre at 3.15pm. Tickets can be purchased here.