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
More Soon.
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Had fun working on this Christmas production for the Ballybrown/ Clarina community council.
Special thanks to Triona Mulcahy, Willie Creed, Gary Hetzler and the Ballybrown/Clarina Community Council.
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.
Education Primary – Moyross Youth Academy, Limerick
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:
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)
Spirit of the Festival
Audience Award
FULL DETAILS AND SUBMISSIONS:
https://filmfreeway.com/CatalystInternationalFilmFestival
Thanks and regards,
Aoife O’TooleProduction ManagerCatalyst International Film Festival 00-353-87-2678209 www.catalystinternationalfilmfestival.com |
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.
In the mean time, check out the trailer below.
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:
THe 10th year of the Richard Harris International Film Festival is now underway with a jammed packed programme of events taking place across multiple venues in Limerick City. With short and feature screenings, networking events and the annual Gala Awards Show, produced by Simon McGuire, LSAD, TUS, this promises to be a great in-person return to the festival since the pandemic.
Check out the schedule below and click on the logo above for the website and more details and information.
| Time | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | Short film screenings – Student #1 (BLOCK 1) |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | Horror Feature “Midnight Peepshow” Irish Premiere (18s) |
| 10:00pm-Close | Jerry Flannery’s | After Party / Networking |
| Time | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00pm–4:00pm | The Commercial | Short film screenings – National #1 (BLOCK 2) |
| 2:30pm–4:00pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | Short film screenings – National #2 (BLOCK 3) |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm | The Commercial | TBC |
| 4:15pm–5:45pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | Short film screenings – National #3 (BLOCK 4) |
| 7:30pm-9:30pm | No. 2 Pery | Feature “Jazz UK: Spitting Fire” Irish Premiere with Q&A (G) |
| 10:00pm-Close | The Commercial | After Party / Networking |
| Time | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm–3:00pm | The Commercial | Short film screenings – International #1 (BLOCK 5) |
| 3:00pm–5:00pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | Feature “A Life On The Farm” Irish Premiere with Q&A (via Zoom) |
| 3:30pm-5:00pm | The Commercial | Short film screenings – Documentary #1 (BLOCK 6) |
| 5:45pm-8:30pm | Belltable | Double Bill Feature Screening with Q&A (in person) (G) |
| 8:45pm-10:30pm | Belltable | Horror Feature “The Lair” Irish Premiere with Q&A (via Zoom) (18s) |
| 10:30pm-Close | George Boutique | After Party / Networking |
| Time | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am–12:00pm | Belltable | Short film screenings – Documentary #2 (BLOCK 7) |
| 12:30pm-2:30pm | Belltable | Short film screenings – National #4 (BLOCK 8) |
| 12:30pm-3:00pm | The Commercial | Feature “The Rock in the Sea” plus Short |
| 2:00pm | The Parade, King John’s Castle | Literary, Heritage Walking Tour of Limerick |
| 3:00pm-4:30pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | Short film screenings – National #5 (BLOCK 9) |
| 3:00pm-5:15pm | Belltable | Family Feature Screening with Book Signing |
| 4:30pm-5:30pm | Innovate Limerick | Stunt Coordinator Safety Seminar with Jimmy O’Donnell |
| 4:45pm-5:30pm | 1314 @ Jerry Flannery’s | “Focus On Ukraine” – Short Screening (International) (BLOCK 10) |
| 3:30pm-5:30pm | The Commercial | Feature “Hard Shell/Soft Shell” Irish Premiere (PG) |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm | Belltable | Special Shorts Section with Q&A |
| 8:00pm-10:00pm | Belltable | “A Place Among the Dead” Screening with Q&A (via Zoom) (16s) |
| 10:00pm-Close | TBC | After Party / Networking |
| Time | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am–12:00pm | Belltable | Short film screenings – National #6 (BLOCK 11) |
| 10:00am–4:00pm | Innovate Limerick | Acting Workshop / Fishpond Selftape |
| 12:15pm-2:00pm | Belltable | Feature “Bad Things In the Middle of Nowhere” World Premiere |
| 12:30pm-2:00pm | The Commercial | Short film screenings – International #2 (BLOCK 12) |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | The Commercial | TBC |
| 2:30pm-5:00pm | Belltable | Gala Matinee Feature “The Man in the Hat” |
| 6:30pm-10:00pm | Thomond Park Events & Conferencing Facility | Live Red Carpet Awards Show + Gala Evening |
| 10:00pm-Close | Thomond Park Events & Conferencing Facility | Awards After Party / Networking |
| 11:30pm-Late | The Library, No. 101 | Awards After After Party |
| Time | Venue | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00pm-3:00pm | The Commercial | Limerick Writers Centre Readers: Eamonn Carr and Oran Ryan. Music: The Mysterious Mr. Valentine |
| The Commercial | William O Reilly Talk and celebration of TERRY JAMES with friends of Harris | |
| 4:00pm-Wrap | Curraghgower Seafood Bar | Wrap Party |
Click the banner below for a Festival-at-a-glance Downloadable PDF.
The Festival Programme features Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy! They have 27 Shorts, 2 Features, 2 Retrospectives (The original Hocus Pocus and 28 Days Later screened by EIFF at Arc Cinema Ennis) , 14 International Shorts, 13 Irish Shorts, 7 Student Shorts, 3 Irish Student Shorts, 5 Workshops, 1 industry panel, 1 Pitching Comp and a Whiskey Experience for after hours! They even have their very own festival beer – a blood orange infused ale (of course!) by local brewery Western Herd.
Check out our website: www.ennisinternationalfantasticfilmfest.com for events and links to ticket bookings.
EIFF on social media:
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Insta: @ennisfilmfest
Facebook: @ennisinternationalfantasticfilmfest
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