With just days to go, until the First Frame Event of the Dublin International Film Festival is taking place at the Millennium Theatre, TUS, below is a featurette of the short documentary ‘Dungeons & Dreams’. Produced by the 2nd Years of the Creative Broadcast & Film Production programme at LSAD, TUS, the story features Kéno McMahon, who with others use the table top game Dungeons and Dragons to explore questions of identity and gender.
The featurette was produced by Film CEL, the in-house production unit at TUS.
This is one of 11 nominations for LSAD, TUS in DIFF 2023, and also the first time that an event for the festival is taking place outside Dublin. Check out my previous post for more details of what’s happening on the day, or on the image below. Tickets are free and still available HERE or via clicking the picture below.
With one week to go until LSAD, TUS hosts the First Frame Event for the Dublin International Film Festival, further information has been released on the Panel, Live Music as well as news of nominations for LSAD Students.
11 Dept of Digital Arts and Media projects have been shortlisted for diff First Frame awards 2023 out of a total of 40 films selected from Colleges and Institutions from around the country.
LSAD Creative Broadcast and Film Production nominated films are as follows:
‘Púca’ Directed by Heather Curtin
‘Dungeons and Dreams’ Directed by Simon Cunningham
‘The Finer Details’ Directed by Alyssa Fleming
The remaining nominations featured represent works of the Clonmel Programmes in the Digital Arts and Media Department.
Dr. Susan Liddy
Further details have been added and the LSAD team have secured Dr Susan Liddy Mary Immaculate College, to open the event
Event Schedule
9am – Event opening and welcome
Dr Susan Liddy- Chair Women in Television and Film Ireland, Catalyst International Film Festival, Mary Immaculate College Limerick Gráinne Humphreys, Festival Director DIFF
Mike Fitzpatrick, Dean LSAD
9am & 2pm Film Screening
🎦 Screening of shortlisted diff First Frame awards 2023 films, animation, documentary.
11am-1pm -TV + Film Industry Panel 11am-1pm
📹 Laura O’Shea- Award winning film maker, diff Film Maker in Residence & Music Technology Production graduate LSAD TUS
🎥 Philip Shanahan – Film Editor & Creative Broadcast and Film Production graduate LSAD TUS
🎬 Michelle Ryan– EPIK Media founder + Director & Mary I graduate
📽 Rachael Power– National Talent Academy TV + Film Manager -Screen Skills Ireland/ Film in Limerick
LSAD TUS presents diff First Frame 2023 student film awards screening and Film Industry event
Limerick School of Art and Design, TUS in association with Dublin International Film Festival proudly presents a preview screening of diff First Frame awards 2023 nominatedstudent films, a film industry panel discussion and live musical performance in TUS Millennium Theatre, Limerick on Wednesday 22nd February from 9am- 4.30pm.
Short Film Programme
The event includes a screening of diff First Frame 2023 Award nominees. These films are produced by third level students from around Ireland, across a range of genres including animation, documentary, experimental film and drama. The two short film programmes take place at 9am and 2.30pm.
Film Industry Panel discussion
A special Film industry panel of interest to film students and film makers alike takes place in TUS Millennium Theatre from 11am-1pm. This includes award winning director, diff Film Maker in Residence 2023 and TUS alumniLaura O’Shea, who’s award winning short film, ‘Wednesday’s Child’ will also be screened on the day.
Laura is joined by Michelle Ryan – Limerick-based Director and founder of EPIK Media, and Editor and TUS (LIT) alumni Philip Shanahan. The panel is also joined by Rachael Power, Manager of the National Talent Academy TV+Film (South) Manager and Film in Limerick representative.
Music Performance
A special film-themed live Music performance will feature Limerick-based Mexican soloist, Fer Kenobi.
Film CEL
LSAD’s In-House Production Unit, Film CEL, will be recording and providing a stream link of the event for DIFF. Details of which will be released in due course.
Schedule
9am: Short Film Programme 1
11am: Film Industry Panel
1-2pm Lunch break
2pm: Live Music
2.30pm: Short Film Programme 2
The event will be streamed live via diff Eventive (details TBC)
Tickets
Admission is free and tickets must be booked in advance via eventbrite. Over 18s. Click on the link below or the image above.
Beginning in mid January, a new In-House Production Unit, Film CEL, (Film Craftsmanship Excellence and Learning) will launch. This new addition to the Creative Broadcast and Film Production programme at LSAD, will provide a Media Work Practice structure around craftsmanship of content creation.
Through Film CEL students will have a structure of practice under the guidance and mentorship of a Coordinator. This
production section will be run jointly between academic staff and students with goals to provide professional film/broadcast and
video production content for LSAD/TUS content channels and where appropriate, Internal & external industry companies and
local Community Social, Arts and Cultural organisations on a not-for profit basis. Students working on an IPU production will be
managed by the coordinator, who would also work on and oversee productions. The aim of this IPU is to promote professional
craftsmanship culture within the discipline with the students while also providing opportunities for work placement with
professionals and discipline aligned organisations. Both work practice and skills will need to be demonstrated while meeting
learning outcomes for various production and post-production roles across a variety of forms and media, where appropriate.
In the coming weeks and months there will be updates on the progress as well as any news and events covered by the team.
Film CEL can be found on Instagram (lsad_filmcel) and Twitter @FILM_CEL
The team members receiving the award at Croke Park
The RSA Leading Lights Awards show took place at Croke Park on December 13th where the Moyross Youth Academy and other stakeholders won the Education Primary Award.
The project aimed to raise awareness of the dangers and risks associated with the misuse of scrambler bikes and quads in urban areas. During Covid-19, the area had seen an increase in this activity with very limited opportunities to address the issue with the then ongoing restrictions. The idea of a road safety awareness documentary scrambler edition evolved from group discussions with interested parties including Limerick City and County Council, An Garda Síochána, National Ambulance Service, TUS and others.
The project in May 2021 involved the launch of a road safety campaign in the community with the staging of a road crash involving a scrambler and a car, along with the emergency response. This event was witnessed by 6th class students from Corpus Christi School. It was followed by a discussion on road safety between the students, Advanced Paramedic Keith Mullane, and Sergeant Tony Miniter from Limerick Roads Policing Unit. This was then followed by a launch of the new documentary on the issue, ‘Keeping It On Track’ which was shown locally and is available on Facebook.
The documentary was filmed and directed by Simon McGuire with the voice over by Vera Knowles. It can be viewed again on the link below:
Simon filming the Project Off-Road re-enactment scene with the members of the Gardai and Ambulance Service.
Catalyst International Film Festival presents a film programme that prioritizes stories and storytellers currently under-represented on screen and behind the camera. We want to create a more inclusive industry and films screened here will promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion whether in content, key creative roles or crew. Catalyst is dedicated to addressing under-representation in GENDER, RACE, SOCIAL + ECONOMIC EXCLUSION, DISABILITY, AGE and SEXUAL ORIENTATION on and off screen. This is not a definitive list!
We are currently open for submissions for the 4th Catalyst International Film Festival 30|31 March & 01 April 2023.
2023 AWARDS:
Best Irish Short Film
Best International Short Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Spirit of the Festival Award
Jury Special Mention Award
Breakthrough Award
Short Screenplay Award (in association with the Writers Guild of Ireland)
Simon receiving the award for Best Midwest Short Film from Mayor of Limerick, Francis Foley
The success of the short film, Warts and All’, continued on Sunday night last, with it picking up the award for Best MidWest Short Film at the Richard Harris International Film Festival. There was stiff competition in this category, namely Wednesday Child, directed by Laura O’Shea, which had three nominations in total.
Warts and all editor, Simon McGuire, was present to accept the award on behalf of director Pat Shortt, writer Michelle Lehane and producer Lee Crowley. This award comes on the back of picking up the Best International Narrative Short Film Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California the previous week. The film will be continuing to screen at various festivals around the country and abroad, so keep an eye out for it in coming schedules.
On the back of successful screenings at the Newport Beach and Kerry Film Festivals, news filtered through from Newport Beach that Warts and All received the award for Best International Narrative Short Film.
Producer Lee Crowley has led in the thanks via the films Twitter page, “We are absolutely delighted to win Best Short Narrative International Short. Thanks to the jury and all the team @nbff for this wonderful award!”
Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Warts and All and a special congrats to the director Pat Shortt on bringing the team together to make this project.
For a Full report on all the award winners at the Newport Beach Film Festival Check out the article by clicking the Variety Logo below:
‘Púca’ Directed by Heather Curtin 
‘Dungeons and Dreams’ Directed by Simon Cunningham
‘The Finer Details’ Directed by Alyssa Fleming 
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Simon McGuire 