Archive for October, 2009
Darklight 2009: See This Show Immediately
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 9th, 2009
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We Invented Halloween
October 8th – October 11th, 2009
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We Invented Halloween is the title of a three channel installation recorded on Halloween night, 2005, 2006 and 2007 in the artists family home in rural Wexford, Ireland.
Each year a central activity of the night involves the artists mother dressing up in an improvised manner with anything that will disguise her identity, and calling into his granny’s house, which is next door. Prior to calling to the house we see his mother getting dressed, with the aid of his sisters, who dress and undress her with layers of coats, socks, tights and plastic masks.
The work, which involves long, hand held takes, follows her along the road and into the grannies house. In each recording his granny ignores the camera and welcomes his mother, though she is unaware of her identity thinking instead it is one of her great grand children. Each of the three films finishes when his mother leaves the house delighted she has fooled his granny once again. By revisiting this annual practice the viewer is offered an insight into the immediate environment of family life, human relationships and contemporary ritual.
More info HERE.
Darklight Hearts Helen On DVD
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 8th, 2009
Updated! This competition is now closed! So stop mailing. Congrats to the winners!
Helen.
The debut feature from Joe and Christine Lawlor.
AKA Desperate Optimists.
Simply put – it’s a work of total and utter genius.
Thanks to the nice people at New Wave Films, Darklight has DVDs of Helen to give away to the first two people to mail us at info(at)darklight.ie right this minute.
So get cracking.
More about Desperate Optimists and Helen HERE.
While you’re at it… Mark Kermode talks Helen:
Hotel Darklight Is Coming…
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 8th, 2009
That’s Right… Darklight 2009 Is Here!
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 8th, 2009
So get yourself down to Smithfield pronto. Elsewhere… We love it.
The Joinery @ Darklight 2009
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 6th, 2009
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The Details!
Event: Darklight @ The Joinery
Date: Friday, October 9th 2009 – Saturday, October 10th 2009
Time: 12:00pm
Venue: The Joinery, Arbour Hill
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Notes: Runs daily during festival.
In collaboration with Darklight, The Joinery presents a snapshot selection of contemporary experimental and abstract shorts from around the world. Saturday’s selection centres around a screening of pre -1989 abstract from a selection of East German filmmakers, coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of the fall of The Berlin Wall, presented in association with Goethe Institute. Check out the program in full HERE.
More about The Joinery HERE.
EU Dialogue & Democracy @ Darklight 2009
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 5th, 2009
The European Commission Representation in Ireland and the Darklight Film Festival invited you to make a short online film on the theme of Democracy & Dialogue – and what it means to you.
The response was incredible.
The Darklight Weekend will see the announcement of the winner of the Dialogue & Democracy competition; the winning entry will promptly be screened before the closing presentation, Hotel Darklight. Here’s one of the viral videos we produced to get you started in the first place:
More on the Democracy & Dialogue Short Online Film Competition HERE.
Savage @ Darklight 2009
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 4th, 2009
Dir: Brendan Muldowney/Ireland/2009/88 mins
Brendan Muldowney’s remarkable low-budget feature debut is uncompromising in its portrait of the violent underbelly of city life in Ireland. With echoes of Taxi Driver, Savage unfolds with a palpable sense of dread to a devastating climax. The best Irish feature film of 2009? We think so.
Paul Graynor (Darren Healy), an alienated press photographer who lives and works in an unfriendly and threatening city, becomes victim to a serious crime. Finding himself the subject, rather than the purveyor of an inner city tabloid story, Paul tries to come to terms with his attack, though the scars – both psychological and physical prove impossible to heal. His only hope of recovering his tenderness is in his burgeoning relationship with Michelle, a nurse who he met through her caring for Paul’s once violent, but now infirm father. Savage is an exploration of violence and masculinity, and studies, in forensic detail, Paul’s metamorphosis, from victim to avenger.
NB: This screening will be introduced by the filmmakers.
More on Savage HERE.
Announcing… The 48 Hour Film Experiment!
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 3rd, 2009
Crewger and Studio Rua are collaborating to bring you Dublin’s first 48 Hour Film Experiment. Teams will be given the unique challenge of writing, shooting and editing a short film in 48 hours. Films will be shot over the weekend of October 3rd and 4th.
The awards ceremony will take place on Friday October 9th in 4 Dame Lane – 7:30 start. Each entry will be screened on the night, and awards will be handed out. MC for the evening is the lovely Rose Lawless and we are delighted to welcome Stradfest favourite Dave Morrissey to the line up, with a live DJ playing from 11 til close. Confirmed adjudicators are: Kirsten Sheridan, Lenny Abrahamson and Vanessa Gildea. The closing date for registration has already passed, but there’s a few spots left, first come first served! Email info(at)studiorua.ie.
All teams will be meeting at 9:30 on Saturday morning (October the 3rd) in the Digital Depot on Thomas Street. If you are a filmmaker looking to turn a project around in record time, drop in. Who knows where it might lead?
More on Crewger and the 48HFE HERE.
Exposure @ Darklight 2009
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 1st, 2009
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To hell with categorization: Exposure is all about bringing you a wondrous smorgasbord of the finest new short cinema from across the globe, with a particular focus on work from Irish talent – work that by turns inspires, illuminates, infuriates and defies definition.
More on Exposure 2009 HERE.
Watch the trailer for ‘43 (yonju-san), screening as part of Exposure ‘09:
Hotel Darklight @ Darklight 2009
Posted by admin in Latestnews on October 1st, 2009
Join us for the World Premiere of Darklight’s latest DIY Movie extravaganza. The culmination of days of frenetic activity – a new Irish feature film is born!
In Dublin there is a mysterious hotel that to the casual observer might seem no more special or different than any other. Yet there is something quite strange about this place that makes it different to any hotel you’ve ever stayed in. Think of it as Dublin’s own hotspot for the paranormal or fantastical: Ireland’s own very own Twilight Zone, where the magical, the impossible and the terrifying all co-exist… Welcome to Hotel Darklight!
The event will be preceded by the presentation of the 2009 Darklight Awards, celebrating achievement in short film, as voted for by the viewing public over the weekend.
More about Hotel Darklight HERE.
Watch last year’s DIY movie extravaganza, Dublin: The Movie, HERE.
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