Avenue Productions are delighted to announce that the award winning ‘Warts & All’ short film, directed by Pat Shortt, will screen on Monday 15th December on RTÉ 2 at 11:30pm as part of the Shortscreen programme.
After a hugely successful festival, there is anticipated excitement in looking forward to the screening to a national audience.
Hugh congratuations to all the cast and crew and all those who worked so hard to bring this story to screen.
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:
A special event on Sunday the 23rd of October has been created for Director Pat Shortt and Producer Lee Crowley at the Kerry Film Festival in Killarney.
Role Reversal with Pat Shortt & Lee Crowley
Pat, Actor turned Director & Producer Lee, will join the audience for screening and a chat about their new short film Warts & All.
Pat will discussing the creative process of stepping behind the camera, and Lee, will give an insight into the highs and lows of doing so.
This conversation will be hosted by Actress & Filmmaker Jessica Courtney Leen (Not My Sister).
This event is free but registration is required by ordering tickets.
Check out the link HERE to book tickets or click on the image above.
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Warts & All
Synopsis: Aron, a single thirty something, attempts to navigate falling in love, while attempting to hide his insecurities.
He wrestles between his longing to fit in and being true to himself, unsure whether the real him is too much for anyone to love.
Director:Pat Shortt
Writer: Michelle Lehane
Producer: Lee Crowley
Runtime: 12min
Age Recommendation: 12+
Great Southern Killarney
Town Centre, Avenue, Killarney, Co. Kerry, V93 R866
October 23, 2022, 2:45 – 4:00 PM IST
Exciting times ahead for the cast and crew of Warts and All, with the announcement of selection to the Newport Beach Film Festival.
The short film, directed by Pat Shortt, will get its screening on October 16th at the California festival which draws a number of famous faces as well as established and iconic film makers each year.
For details check out the link HERE and watch this space for other festival screening announcements in Ireland.
Delighted to have worked with pat Shortt on this great video for the recruitment drive for the Samaritans in Limerick and Tipperary. If you are interested in volunteering at Limerick/Tipperary branch of Samaritans please email them at Limerick.BranchRecruitment@samaritans.org or their website Samaritans.ie/limerick
With Post Production completed by Simon at ‘Craft- Post House‘, it has been announced that the Directorial Debut for Pat Shortt on the Avenue Productions Short Film, ‘Warts and All’ will premiere at this years Galway Film Fleadh, on Wednesday 6th July at the Town Hall Theatre.
The short film is Produced by Lee Crowley, Directed by Pat Shortt and starring Michelle Lehane and Danny McCafferty
Aron, a single thirty-something, attempts to navigate falling in love, while trying to hide his insecurities. He wrestles with his longing to fit in and being true to himself, unsure whether the real him is too much for anyone to love.
The film is also written by Michelle Lehane and was filmed on location in Co.Galway, in February 2022. Avenue Productions are behind the short and have previous success with films such as,
The full line up at this years Galway Film Fleadh can be found HERE or clicking the logo below.
Had the pleasure recently of cutting the teaser trailer for the Avenue Productions‘ short film, Give Him Time, starring Faye Shortt and Pat Shortt.
The short screened at the 2022 Fastnet Film Festival. as part of programme 8, details a story about a father and daughter’s struggle to communicate after a local scandal, until a timely reminder gets them back on track.
Check out the trailer below.
Avenue Productions is an award-winning Irish based film and television production company that collaborates with award-winning writers, directors, and leading international producers. It was established to develop and produce short, feature-length, and television drama with an Irish and International focus.
Post Production is nearing completion with Simon at ‘Craft- Post House‘ on a new short film Produced by Lee Crowley, Directed by Pat Shortt and starring Michelle Lehane and Danny McCafferty.
The film is also written by Michelle Lehane and was filmed on location in Co.Galway in February 2022. Avenue Productions are behind the short and have previous success with films such as,
Released on October 30th, will be the brand new online programme, Pat Shortt’s Comedy Heads.
Produced by Short Comedy Theatre Company and Funded by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Pat Shortt has collaborated with Joe Rooney and The Dublin Comedy Improv Club to create an evening of comedy sketches and general madness.
Filming took place in the Moat Theatre, Naas as well as Limerick School of Art & Design, TUS, Limerick with Simon managing both the camera and editing departments.
Tickets for this special programme can be purchased from www.PatShortt.com
Simon McGuire 