€5,000 cash prize for Irish language Short Film
Dingle Film Festival offers €5,000 cash prize for Irish language Short Film Proposal.
Tá Féile Scannán an Daingin ag tairiscint duais airgid €5,000 don Togra Gearrscannán as Gaeilge is fearr.
The Dingle Film Festival is delighted to announce 'Físín', a call to filmmakers to submit a short film proposal in the Irish language. The competition has a cash prize fund of €5,000 and €1,000 worth of lighting equipment hire sponsored by Cian de Buitléar's company Teach Solais.
Five filmmakers will be selected to travel to the next Dingle Film Festival which opens on St. Patrick's day 2011. Each of the five will be treated as festival guests and will be given the opportunity to pitch their proposal to a panal and a live audience in The Phoenix Cinema during the festival. A wonderful panel has been put together, including the iconic Eamon de Buitléar, writer Louise Ní Fhiannachta, writer Marina Ní Dhubháin and Micheál Ó Fearraigh, Director, Ealain Na Gaeltahta
The opportunity has been put together by the festival to encourage writing of film scripts in the Irish language. Tor Cotton, one of the festival sponsors came up with the idea.
"As an ardent supporter of the Dingle Film Festival I asked Maurice (the director) why he wasn't screening much, if ever, 'as gaeilge' in order to reflect the festival's location in the Corcha Dhuibhne Gaeltacht. The reply I got saddened and alarmed me, it couldn't be true. Were there really virtually no films being shot through Irish? There must be some and I am sure there are some, only a few mind." Tor went on to say "Just as I am shy to speak and thus progress my Irish, it may be that others are cautious about taking the risk to develop their films through Irish. However unlike my toe in the water of the language, the risk of making a bad film is equal in either tongue, I hope to speak more Irish and to see more films 'as gaeilge'. It seemed a logical conclusion to be constructive rather than critical and set up a competition to encourage film making through Irish."
The competition is aimed at people who combine a special interest in film alongside a commitment to the Irish language. The festival is keen to see proposals from all local dialects. This opportunity is open to any individual or group from Transitional students right through to professionals. The application is available on our home page to down load or you can email fisin@dinglefilmfestival.com. If you would like to call, you can contact Brenda Ní Shúileabháin, after 6pm on 066 9159895. The closing date for entries is January 31st 2011.
The winning pitch at the festival will receive €3,000 cash prize and €1,000 worth of rental lighting equipment and will return to Dingle with their finilised film in 2012. Four of the pitches will receive a cash prize of €500 and each filmmaker will receive a personalised commemorative leather notebook designed by Conor Holden.
The Dingle Film Festival, established in 2007, home to The Gregory Peck Award and who's guests have included Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Jim Sheridan, Sir Alan Parker, Saoirse Ronan & Sarah Miles, will have its 5th edition next March opening on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th March and running until Sunday the 20th March 2011.
For further information please contact Festival Director, Maurice Galway:
maurice@dinglefilmfestival.com.
Tá Féile Scannán an Daingin ag tairiscint duais airgid €5,000 don Togra Gearrscannán as Gaeilge is fearr.
The Dingle Film Festival is delighted to announce 'Físín', a call to filmmakers to submit a short film proposal in the Irish language. The competition has a cash prize fund of €5,000 and €1,000 worth of lighting equipment hire sponsored by Cian de Buitléar's company Teach Solais.
Five filmmakers will be selected to travel to the next Dingle Film Festival which opens on St. Patrick's day 2011. Each of the five will be treated as festival guests and will be given the opportunity to pitch their proposal to a panal and a live audience in The Phoenix Cinema during the festival. A wonderful panel has been put together, including the iconic Eamon de Buitléar, writer Louise Ní Fhiannachta, writer Marina Ní Dhubháin and Micheál Ó Fearraigh, Director, Ealain Na Gaeltahta
The opportunity has been put together by the festival to encourage writing of film scripts in the Irish language. Tor Cotton, one of the festival sponsors came up with the idea.
"As an ardent supporter of the Dingle Film Festival I asked Maurice (the director) why he wasn't screening much, if ever, 'as gaeilge' in order to reflect the festival's location in the Corcha Dhuibhne Gaeltacht. The reply I got saddened and alarmed me, it couldn't be true. Were there really virtually no films being shot through Irish? There must be some and I am sure there are some, only a few mind." Tor went on to say "Just as I am shy to speak and thus progress my Irish, it may be that others are cautious about taking the risk to develop their films through Irish. However unlike my toe in the water of the language, the risk of making a bad film is equal in either tongue, I hope to speak more Irish and to see more films 'as gaeilge'. It seemed a logical conclusion to be constructive rather than critical and set up a competition to encourage film making through Irish."
The competition is aimed at people who combine a special interest in film alongside a commitment to the Irish language. The festival is keen to see proposals from all local dialects. This opportunity is open to any individual or group from Transitional students right through to professionals. The application is available on our home page to down load or you can email fisin@dinglefilmfestival.com. If you would like to call, you can contact Brenda Ní Shúileabháin, after 6pm on 066 9159895. The closing date for entries is January 31st 2011.
The winning pitch at the festival will receive €3,000 cash prize and €1,000 worth of rental lighting equipment and will return to Dingle with their finilised film in 2012. Four of the pitches will receive a cash prize of €500 and each filmmaker will receive a personalised commemorative leather notebook designed by Conor Holden.
The Dingle Film Festival, established in 2007, home to The Gregory Peck Award and who's guests have included Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Jim Sheridan, Sir Alan Parker, Saoirse Ronan & Sarah Miles, will have its 5th edition next March opening on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th March and running until Sunday the 20th March 2011.
For further information please contact Festival Director, Maurice Galway:
maurice@dinglefilmfestival.com.
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