For Darklight 2010: Heroes Edition, we’ve asked some of our festival alumni and contributors from the past 10 editions to invite their heroes to this year’s Darklight. They will be programing screenings, workshops and gigs for the festival. Our Guest Programmers for 2010 are:
Animator David O’Reilly, art/music/technology collective Synth Eastwood, independent gig promoters and record label Skinny Wolves, Film & Animation History lecturer and musician Michael Connerty, digital rights expert and documentary filmmaker Caroline Campbell and Producer extraordinare Katie Holly.
For more information on Darklight’s Heroes, click here
Announcing… Early Bird Ticket Specials, Season pass for Darklight 2010: Heroes Edition on sale for just €60 via the IFI.
There are just 10 short weeks left to the next edition of the Darklight Festival! Darklight 2010: Heroes Edition will take place 28 – 31 October 2010 in and around Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
For a limited time Darklight are selling a number of Early Bird discount season passes to the Festival. For just €60 the Early Bird ticket will allow access to all screenings, all workshops and all live events over the course of the festival weekend*. These heavily discounted tickets are in short supply, numbers are limited so get yours before theyre all sold out!
*Fas Screen Training Ireland Masterclasses are not be included in the season passes. Interested parties must contact Fas Screen Training Ireland directly to apply – info on the masterclass at Darklight will be announced soon.
The competition deadline for Free Your Film is fast approaching. There is just one week left, you have until midnight 23 August to submit your ideas for short films for the chance to win a budget of €3,000 to make your film.
All the information you need is here: darklight.ie/freeyourfilm. Any questions / queries should be sent to free your film at darklight dot ie.
My Environment, My Film: Viral Video Making Competition with Darklight, European Commission in Ireland and Cultivate
Attention all budding filmmakers! Make a short film on The Environment and you could win a state of the art HD camera and have your work screened at this year’s Darklight Festival! While you’re at it – come to our FREE VIRAL VIDEO MAKING AND DISTRIBUTION WORKSHOP!
All the info you need is here darklight.ie/eucomp.
For some inspiration watch Doris/Magee’s Night of the Living Rhododendrums
Join us for regular updates on Facebook and Twitter #eucomp
Darklight and Sony Ericson have just launched a collaborative competition to find 3 aspiring filmmakers. We’re offering a budget of €3000 to make your short film, which will then be premiered on the opening night of the Darklight Film Festival. The films will also be given additional exposure by Darklight and Sony Ericsson. Free Your Film Competition would like to thank our fav babe Sarah Bolger who dropped by the IFI today to kickstart our unique short film competition. In real style!
It is with great pleasure that we announce to you details of this year’s festval, Darklight Festival 2010 – The Heroes Edition. This year’s Darklight will be a Symposium year and will take place 28th – 31st October in various venues across Temple Bar.
The theme of Darklight 2010 is ‘Heroes’ and we’ve asked some of Our Heroes, some of our favourite Darklight contributors over the past 11 years, to invite Their Heroes to this year’s Darklight Festival and programme a series of screenings, talks and events inspired by them.
We’ll announcing our Heroes very shortly for you. Plus details of early bird deals and film making competitions for all aspiring auteurs. Make sure to stay tuned! Follow us on Twitter for all the updates @Darklight_2010. In the meantime watch Gavin Kelly’s short from our 2008 movie challenge Dublin: The Movie
Lightbox Animation Festival, The Model Sligo, 19 & 20 June 2010
Cinema North West and The Model in association with the Darklight Film Festival and Synth Eastwood present: Lightbox, a film festival celebrating animation in Ireland 19 and 20, June. This year Lightbox profiles the work of hugely successful Irish animation company Cartoon Saloon, producers of Oscar-nominated The Secret of Kells. We also look at the work of Jimmy Murikami, a founding father of Irish animation with a new documentary about his life and a rare screening of his 1986 cold war feature film When the Wind Blows. Alongside the family-friendly programmes and the more challenging fare, there will also be a number of industry focussed discussions and symposiums.
Tickets are priced at €15 for a day Pass (entry to all events for day specified), or €25 Weekend Pass (entry to all events for weekend). Individual tickets can also be purchased for features (adults €7, children €5), and for the Synth Eastwood performance (€10) To Book please call 071-914 1405 email tickets@modelart.ie. More information
via http://www.themodel.ie/film/lightbox
Become a Fan on Facebook, click here http://www.facebook.com/LightboxFestival
As part of the Belfast Film Festival, and run in association with the Digital Arts Studios and Synth Eastwood, Darklight presents a day of screenings and workshops celebrating filmmakers and animators working in Belfast and across Ireland this Sunday 25 April from 2pm. Info below.
Digital Arts Studios and Darklight Present: New Adventures In Animation
Bff Beanbag Cinema, 23 Donegall Street
Sunday 25th April 2 – 5pm
Admission £5.00
Darklight proudly present a screening of the finest in new short animation from across the globe. The animation selction has been curated by the Darklight team and Dublin based art, music & technology group Synth Eastwood for your viewing pleasure. Expect to be educated, entertained and elated.
Synth Eastwood Present: Animators Anonymous
Black Box Cafe, 18 – 22 Hill Street
Sunday 25th April 8pm – 11pm
Admission Free
Complimenting the Darklight animation package, Synth Eastwood will host an open discussion looking at all things animated. The event is free, open to all comers and emphasises audience interactivity. If you’re working in animation, motion graphics, experimental filmmaking or simply passionate about contemporary visual culture then this is a space made for you. If you have a particular question for Synth Eastwood, or would like to reserve space for you or your group then please email DAS at events@digitalartsstudios.com prior to the evening. The Symposium will round off with a DJ set from Synth Eastwood.
For more information on the Belfast Film Festival programme go to www.belfastfilmfestival.org
Darklight are delighted to announce the screening of Synth Eastwood’s animation package curated for Darklight Festival 2009 at Flatpack Festival, Sat 27th March, 11:30am – 13:05pm.
Also as part of Flatpack Festival, Synth Eastwood will present their Fast Forward Show; a night of live music, animation and interactivity, Friday 26 Mar, 8pm, at The Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham, UK. Guests include Clark (UK, Warp), Gangpol & Mit (FR), Sarsparilla (IRE), Health & Efficiency (UK).
Full info on the evening is available via Synth Eastwood website SynthEastwood.com
Another imminently listen-able DX podcast for your delectation…
As pop culture and high culture merge, never before has pop been more examined, consumed and analyzed. But where to now? Does Pop still matter? And can Pop survive in hard times? Chaired by journalist and club promoter Una Mullally, the panel for this discussion includes promoter and filmmaker Dylan Haskins, blogger Rapture Ponies, DJ Alison Curtis and musician James O’Neill.
Darklight and Sony Ericson have just launched a collaborative competition to find 3 aspiring filmmakers. We’re offering a budget of €3000 to make your short film, which will then be premiered on the opening night of the Darklight Film Festival. The films will also be given additional exposure by Darklight and Sony Ericsson. Free Your Film Competition would like to thank our fav babe Sarah Bolger who dropped by the IFI today to kickstart our unique short film competition. In real style!
