Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Corduroy Trailer

'corduroy' from emu productions on Vimeo.

This is the trailer for Corduroy, a Signature short on which i worked as Art Director last April. Produced by Emu Productions and funded by the Irish Film Board, Corduroy was directed by Hugh O'Conor, shot by Ruairi O'Brien and designed by Francis Taaffe. The film will premiere at the Cork Film Festival in November.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Identities wins Best Documentary at the Gaze Film Festival



Identities a feature length docudrama i worked on last Spring has won Best Documentary at the Gaze Film Festival.

"One of the very few Irish films to engage with trans life and culture, Identities is a visually superb and immensely creative film. Exploring the culturally diverse background of the Irish trans community, revealing insightful and intimate stories relating to transvestism, transsexualism, drag, sexual identity and gender dysphoria in many innovative cinematic ways.
Using interviews and observational film techniques, the film breaks out into some wonderfully abstract performances by its characters in fantastical scenarios, giving rich visual expression to their stories. It is a film that heartily celebrates the overthrowing of traditional misconceptions and common stereotypes" Gaze Website

Following a successful screening in L.A, Identities will be screening at this years Festival Internacional de cine lesbico gay y transsexual de Madrid (Les Gai Cine Madrid) on November 6th at 6pm.

Screenings in Ireland are as follows:

Fri 09 Oct 20:00 Identities Midnight Court Film Society
Mon 16 Nov 20:00 Identities Clondalkin InterCulture Film Club
Tue 24 Nov 20:00 Identities The Picture House
Wed 25 Nov 20:00 Identities Cloughjordan Cine Club
Thu 03 Dec 20:00 Identities Man of Aran Cinema

See you there.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Fading Light Trailer


The trailer for TheFading Light, a feature film which I worked on at the beginning of the year, has just been released. Written & directed by Ivan Kavanagh for Park Films, it centres on a dying woman who when visited by her two daughters, long repressed family secrets, that have devastated their lives, rise to the surface.
The completed film should be released towards the end of this year.