DARKLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS 1999-2009

* DARKLIGHT 2009:
* Synth Eastwood Present: New Animation Shorts
* Willie Doherty In Conversation
* Mark Romanek in Conversation
* One Night With Nartystation: Donegal animators
* Filmmaking masterclass with 2009 Darklight Guest Of Honour Mark Romanek.
* DARKLIGHT SYMPOSIUM 2008: Letting It All Hang Out: Privacy Vs. Publicity In The Virtual World.
* Masterclass:The Darklight/Screen Training Ireland Masterclass: “Paddy Considine In Conversation”
* Masterclass: The Darklight/Screen Training Ireland Masterclass: “For Those About To Rock: Making Heavy Metal In Baghdad” with Suroosh Alvi & Eddie Moretti
* Screening & Live Performance:Crispin Hellion Glover Presents: What Is It?
* Free Screening: World Premiere of the first wave of Virtual Cinema shorts
* The Darklight/Screen Training Ireland Masterclass: Doctoring Your Doc with Fernanda Rossi.
* Free Screening: FALL by Paddy Jolley.
* Participation of internationally renowned artists AL and AL in STRAYLIGHT section of the Darklight Film Festival 2006
* Public interview with John Thomson of Electronic Arts Intermix,New York
* Irish premiere of Jan Svankmajer’s LUNACY,
* Workshop and screening from BEN FRY of Processing.org,
* Public screening of EAI catalogue including the late video artist NAM JUNE PAIK.
* Showcase of work from KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL, ONEDOTZERO AND BANGKOK EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
* Childrens film workshop in conjunction with RTE Young People’s Programmes
* DARKLIGHT SYMPOSIUM 2005, exciting and informative event, exploring issues relevant to anyone involved in cultural production, creative industries, journalism, broadcasting, technology and the opportunities our ever increasingly networked society offers
* 2004 discussion forums on funding, distribution and implications of wireless technology public access to creative content, held in collaboration with IRISH FILM BOARD, CITY ARTS CENTER, ARTS COUNCIL
* 2004 discussion forums on funding, distribution and implications of wireless technology public access to creative content, held in collaboration with IRISH FILM BOARD, CITY ARTS CENTER, ARTS COUNCIL
* PARANOIA AGENT, celebrated Japanese animation by Satoshi Kon
* DUBLIN 1 – Award winning animation by Ireland’s Monster Animation
* Public interview with BJÖRK video directors LYNN FOX
* Seminar on the revolutionary new video format HDV
* BAFTA award winning animation JO JO IN THE STARS by Marc Craste
* Emmy award winning cartoon series STAR WARS CLONE WARS
* Special screening PET PROJECTS featuring short films by top music video directors.
* Darklight Touring Program 2002: DIGIDANCE (Sundance), New York, Washington D.C. and Sofia
* Irish Premier of MY WRONGS by Brass Eye’s CHRIS MORRIS
* OSCAR winning short film BUNNY from Blue Sky StudiosSeminar on BBC Television’s ground-breaking WALKING WITH DINOSAURS, presented by its Director of Computer Animation
* Mike Milne Conference on media copyright featuring prominent Stanford University lawyer Lawrence Lessig
* Launch of IRISH FILM BOARD new funding scheme, IRISH FLASH.
* Exciting music-led exploratory films and live performances from Warp Records, Decal, Cold Cut, Delicious 9 and D.A.D.D.Y.
* George Lucas’ INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC selection
* Screenings of Irish OSCAR Nominees GIVE UP YER AUL’ SINS and FIFTY PERCENT GREY
* European première of Harmony Korine’s JULIEN DONKEY BOY
* Rob Nilsson’s SCHEME 6 -digital feature by San Francisco based film director and previous winner of both the PALME D’OR at Cannes and theGrand Jury Prize at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
* DATA : BASE conference, symposium and exhibition exploring the theme of “Democratisation of Technology” presented in association with the Dublin Art and Technology Association
* World Première of Glen Dimplex Award winning artist Paul Rowley’s feature film AS LÁTHAIR
* Award winning animations by AARDMAN – the makers of Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run