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Culture Night at Filmbase
Filmbase is delighted to once again be participating in Culture Night and this year we have a whole host of activities planned. So if you're interested in learning more about filmmaking and what it takes to be a filmmaker or if you just want to catch some of the latest Irish short films then make sure to include Filmbase in your travels on Culture Night!
Free activities and events on the night include short film screenings throughout the night. We'll also have tips on directing and camera as well as a showcase of the latest edition of Apple's editing software Final Cut Pro X! And you can get your hands on a free copy of Film Ireland magazine so, if you're interested in getting into film make sure to call by Filmbase!
Get into Film - Filming in Action Event
Filmbase Basement 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Free Entry just call in from 5.45pm!
This year Filmbase will be offering you a chance to see what goes on behind the scenes on a film set. Filmmakers Michael Lavelle and Denise Woods will be with us on the night to film a simple scene with you, the live audience there to see how it all happens! Writer/director Michael Lavelle (Out of the Blue, Mummy's Little Helper) will be directing a simple scene which cinematographer Denise Woods (The Door Ajar, Thursday Afternoon) capturing it on tape as they go. This is set to be a fun way to find out how a director and cinematographer work together and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions about both areas as they work! Later, editor Paul Schwer will be taking the footage and using it as part of his demo on the latest editing software from Apple, Final Cut Pro X so you'll get to see how the scene takes shape on screen! (see below for more details on the editing event)
This event is free and anyone interested in attending is asked to pop by Filmbase for 6pm sharp - it'll be first-come, first-served so arrive early!
Introduction to Final Cut Pro X
Learn more about the latest edition of Apple's popular editing software!
Tutor: Filmbase Post-production Manager and Editor Paul Schwer
Filmbase Multimedia room 7.30pm - 8.30pm
As Ireland's first Apple Authorised Training Centre, Filmbase is the perfect place to learn all about editing with Final Cut Pro, Apple's professional editing software. Filmbase Post-production and Multimedia Training Manager Paul Schwer will be presenting the latest edition Final Cut Pro X.
Places are limited so please email paul filmbase.ie if you're interested in attending. Also, Paul will be using some footage shot during the 'Filming in Action' event which is free and open to all. So, feel free to drop in for that event also - see above for more details!
Short Film Screenings
Ground Floor - free, open to all, continuous throughout the evening
A selection of Irish shorts will be screening on our ground floor screens throughout the night. This special selection of shorts will start at 5pm and will screen on a loop throughout the night until 11pm. This is free and open to all so call by Filmbase to check out what Irish filmmaking talent has to offer. Special thanks to the Irish Film Board for their assistance in putting together this programme (www.irishfilmboard.ie).
Just some of the titles to catch on the night include short dramas Alive by Traolach O'Murchu and The Incredible Shrinking Office by Stephen Kane. There's also dance film Deep End Dance directed by Conor Horgan and choreographed by David Bolger and animation A Gentleman's Guide to Villainy by Aidan McAteer. And for the documentary enthusiasts we have the award-winning short Bye Bye Now by Ross Whittaker and Aideen O'Sullivan.
Read on for the full line-up we hope you'll be bowled over by the fantastic films on offer!
ALIVE
2.5 mins | 2011
Written and directed by Traolach Ó Murchú
Produced by Niamh Maher and Brioni Connolly
Every place has its moments. (Made as part of the Filmbase/Temple Bar Cultural Trust 'Made in Temple Bar' competition)
MR. FOLEY
5min | colour | lang: English | 2009
Written by Mike Ahern
Directed by D.A.D.D.Y.
Produced by Mary McCarthy
Holy Moley! Mr. Foley wakes up in hospital to find sound effects him and he doesn't know the score.
CROSSWORD
14min | 2010
Directed by Vincent Gallagh
Written by Hugh Travers
Produced by Claire McCaughley
On a significant day in her life, Heather a lonely woman who finds solace in the daily crossword finds that the answers to the clues are all around her. (Best Short Award, Waterford Film Festival)
AFTER YOU
2.5 mins | 2011
Written by Rory Cashin
Directed by Gemma Creagh
Produced by Rory Cashin and Ben Keenan
Two strangers have a chance encounter on a busy Temple Bar street. (Made as part of the Filmbase/Temple Bar Cultural Trust 'Made in Temple Bar' competition)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING OFFICE
9 mins | 2010
Written and directed by Steven Kane
Produced by Lisa McNamee
A bullying boss with a resourceful secretary...
SIGNS
Director / Producer Vincent Gallagher
There is magic in what we see every day; sometimes you just have to look hard enough.
COLD TURKEY
11 mins | 2009
Written and directed by Gavin Keane
Produced by Ruth Coady
Cold Turkey tells the story of a particularly challenging day in the life of Steve, a sound mixer on a low-budget feature film. The pressure is on from his Producer, who needs him to deliver sounds within 12 hrs. Low-budget filmmaking. It's a hard habit to break.
DEEP END DANCE
6 mins | 2010
Choreographed by David Bolger
Directed by Conor Horgan
Produced by Martha O'Neill
Mother and son, above and underwater, the dance of their lives.
SLEIGHT OF HAND
Director Bob Gallagher
Producer Binne Mac Manamon
When Laura returns home from her grandfather's funeral, she evades household tensions by immersing herself in her grandfather's magic act.
MOORE ST MASALA
5 mins | 2009
Written and Directed by David O'Sullivan
Produced by Jason Doyle
Shop clerk, Baba, falls for the sexy estate agent across the street. When he sells her lunch, she steals his heart. There is only one way their love can make it...Bollywood Style!
BYE BYE NOW
15 mins | 2009
Directed & produced by Ross Whitaker & Aideen O'Sullivan
Eircom's proposed removal of a number of phone boxes from around the country sparked many fond memories in the lives of the rural Irish communities.
GRANNY O'GRIMMS SLEEPING BEAUTY
6 mins | 2009
Directed by Nicky Phelan
Written by Kathleen O'Rourke
Produced by Darragh O'Connell
Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter. (Oscar Nominated - Best Short Animation)
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VILLAINY
1.5 mins | 2010
Written and Directed by Aidan McAteer
A 1920's instructional silent moving picture for the discerning gentleman villain. Featuring spiffing music by Mr Kevin MacLeod.
TEMPLE BAR - FOREIGN INVADERS WELCOME SINCE 795AD
3 mins | 2011
Written by Daniel Martin & Michael Fortune
Directed by Daniel Martin
Produced by Michael Fortune
A viking arrives to raid Temple Bar, a few centuries too late. Before long the place sucks him in... (Made as part of the Filmbase/Temple Bar Cultural Trust 'Made in Temple Bar' competition)
FREE CHIPS FOREVER!
12min | 2009
Written and directed by Claire Dix
Produced by Freya MacKenzie
Becky and her Dad are invincible chip robbers. Nothing can stand in their way. Nothing that is except her brother Tom. (Best Irish Short, Cork Film Festival)
THE BOOKBINDER'S DAUGHTER
Directors Producers Mark Noonan, Denis Murphy, Gerard Quine, Marian Capparos
There are 800,000 unmarked graves in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. This is the story of one. 138 years after her death, a nineteenth-century tenement girl is discovered and finally commemorated.
AN RINCEOIR
3 mins | 2011
Director Elaine Gallagher
Producer Susan Thomson
Níos gaelaí ná na Gaeil iad féin: competing at a Feis, a young girl demonstrates her grá for Irish dancing.
Late Night Shorts
Basement Space - free, ticketed
Screening time: 9.30 - 10.30pm
NB this screening is not suitable for kids
This year we'll be offering a delectable selection of recent Irish shorts that will cheer and uplift you. Dealing with such thorny and unpredictable issues like love and the Irish weather with a sprinkling of youthful rebellion thrown in there's a fantastic selection of films on offer!
RIDERS TO THE SEA
3 mins | 2011
Written and directed by Orla Walsh
Produced by Ian W. Davis
Riders to the Sea tells the tale of breaking waves, racing hearts and the treachery of lycra as a surfing duel breaks out between a male and female surfer.
CURED
12 mins | 2010
Written by Louise Ní Fhiannachta
Directed by Mary Redmond
Produced by Laura Ní Cheallaigh
Cured is a quirky take on a butcher's struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Maggie's commitment to the cleaver has caused life to pass her by. She clearly fancies one of her regulars - the odd and eccentric Hopper. One evening, when Hopper unexpectedly orders one pork chop instead of his usual two, Maggie suddenly has a shot at love. But will her illness stand in her way?
PENTECOST
11 mins | 2010
Written and Directed by Peter McDonald
Produced by Eimear O'Kane
When Damian is forced to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish he faces a difficult choice: conform to the status quo or serve an extended ban from his passion in life...football.
BILLY & CHUCK
14 mins | 2010
Written and Directed by Lee Cronin
Produced by John Keville
Billy and Chuck is a tale about young Billy who sets out on an adventure deep into the forest to face his fear, guided only by a voice at the end of his walkie-talkie.
DOWNPOUR
3 mins | 2011
Written and Directed by Claire Dix
Produced by Nodlag Houlihan
Downpour is an ode to Ireland and to the rain; love in the rain, love of the rain, love of a country drenched in rain.
WASHED UP LOVE
6 mins | 2011
Written and directed by Dylan Cotter
Produced by Fiona Kinsella
Washed Up Love follows Moira who is looking for love but love doesn't even know he's missing. With photography by IFTA winning PJ Dillon (The Runway, 32A)
This event was extremely popular last year so secure your place by emailing / calling Filmbase now! Call Filmbase on 01 679 6716 and book your place or email Reception on infofilmbase.ie. Make sure to give them your full name and a contact email address. Tickets will be available for collection from Filmbase reception from 6pm on Culture Night. Please make sure to arrive early for the screening as latecomers will not be admitted!
For more info on all of the other events taking place during Culture Night 2011 visit www.culturenight.ie.
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