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‘Scumbag Millionaire’, an Applebox Media produced short film, (Director / Writer Simon McGuire, Producer and Co-Writer Francis Ryan) has been shortlisted for the Dare Media UnderGround Short Film Festival in Cork.

UnderGround will run over seven days from July 11th to 17th across a number of Cork City venues.

Thanks again to cast and crew who have dedicated their time and efforts into the project.

Well done also to Michael Kelly from Limerick who has also made the short list with ‘Glimmer’ and ‘Walsh’. (Comedy / Drama Section)

This is the second episode of Limerick Insider, hosted by Limerick.ie and produced by Applebox Media.

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Friday night saw the 2nd Annual LIT Film Festival come to a close with the Film Festival awards show.
Over 150 people attended to see 12 awards given out to film makers from across the country.
Here are the winning films:

Best Camera – Forgiven
Best Lighting – Dear Air
Best Sound – Walsh
Best Editor – Alfred
Best Acting – Freebound
Best Script – He Waits
Best Director – Police Cops
Best Factual – Leslie Carter, Irish Muslim
Best Artistic – once upon a time in Siberia
Best Drama – Starstruck
Adjudicators Award – Tost Dorcha An Gheimhridh
Best Overall Film – In the Open

Well done to all film makers who entered the competition. Details of next years LIT Film Festival will be release soon.

Thank you to everyone who attended or helped out over the weeks events.

Simon.


Monday 11th – Belltable Arts Centre
Today saw the launch of events of the LIT Film Festival 2011 at the Belltable Arts Centre on O’Connell Street.
The Limerick Film Forum took place with a script reading of Dermott Petty’s (Dir) film, ‘Time Travel and the Leaving Cert’. With multiple cast members present, the audience were given an insight to how a script is rehearsed by a director and his cast. Dermott answered questions afterwards and stated that he hoped to get funding for the project and start production some time later this year.

Make sure you get to the Exhibition Day (Tuesday). Promises to be a great opportunity for budding film and video makers alike with workshops from Rory Gavin of Reelgood Facilities, Dublin and a Sony Workshop on HDV and XDCAM EX Cameras with also some brand new cameras direct from Sony HQ in London.

The programme of events was launch yesterday and there has been hugh interest in the festival. Out of 70 application forms, 45 films made it in. We would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who entered. The films are currently being judged and sorted in to the catagories:

Best Camera, Best Lighting, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Story, Best Acting, Best Director, Best Factual, Best Artistic, Best Drama, Special Adjudicators Award and Best Overall Film.

While we hope everyone gets a nomination in at least one catagory, some films may not reach the standard every category.

Screenings of the Films will be on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th April at the Millennium Theatre.

As for the awards night… its going to be a big one with the glammour and glitz and red carpet. We have set up a special ticketing system for the Friday night event (15th April) and you can avail of that here.

 

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Production on the short film ‘Scumbag Millionaire’ has finished in the last week. A big thank you to all who were involved in either the acting, crew, setup or striking.

Post Production has been well underway with the original score for the film being composed by the team at Sarmar Studios in Co.Limerick.

The premiere viewing of the film will be on Thursday night, the 14th April at the Millennium Theatre, as part of the LIT Film Festival 2011.

More info soon.

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Spin Cinema Presenter Peter Murphy conducted an interview on the LIT Film Festival 2011 on Sunday 27th of Feb.

Click this link to here the interview in full.

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As per BBC Site

The BBC is to launch its College of Production website on 21 February 2011, aiming to provide free advice on TV, radio and online production to the production community and the general public.

The BBC says it hopes the website – bbc.co.uk/collegeofproduction – will help train BBC staff, but also become an authoritative and useful resource for the broadcasting industry.

“The best made easy” is the premise behind the creation of the site, says Amanda Lyon, the launch editor. “Through filmed talks, short radio programmes and videos, broadcasting innovators, creatives and experts will freely share their experience with the production community in a distilled and focused form.”

Short VTs provide practical advice on subjects from health and safety to self shooting, editing and interviewing. Short radio programmes feature experts in conversation on single topics, such as how blogs can be used to add value to programme content.

Production staff working on shows including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, Lambing Live and Bang Goes The Theory describe their roles and first-hand experiences. There are currently around 100 VTs on the site, and this will grow to around 300 items by the end of the year.

Anne Morrison, Director of the BBC Academy, said: “We aim to share as much of our training as possible with the wider UK broadcasting industry, for free, equipping people with skills they need for a lifetime of employability in an ever-changing media landscape.”