January 2015 - IRISHFILMFESTA

Short films selection 2015

Redazione IFF News 27 January 201527 November 2018Irish Film Festa 2015, Short films competition 2015

Fifteen short films have been selected for the 2015 Irish Film Festa competition.

This year we received about one hundred submissions and we would like to thank all the Irish filmmakers for their participation.

Ten shorts will compete in the live action category and five shorts will compete in the animation one. Our 2015 competition is organized in collaboration with Irish Design 2015.

Here’s the list of the selected short films:

LIVE ACTION
• The Break Ken Williams, Denis Fitzpatrick
• Coma Ian Lawton
• Ghost Train Lee Cronin
• The Good Word Stuart Graham
• I’ve Been a Sweeper Ciarán Dooley
• Keeping Time Steve Woods
• The Measure of a Man Ruth Meehan
• Novena Anna Rodgers
• Rúbaí Louise Ní Fhiannachta
• The Weather Report Paul Murphy

ANIMATION
• Anya Damien O’Connor
• Deadly Aidan McAteer
• The Duel Alex Sherwood, Ben Harper, Sean Mullen
• The Ledge End of Phil Paul Ó Muiris
• Somewhere Down The Line Julien Regnard

The 8th edition of Irish Film Festa will take place from March 26th to 29th at the Casa del Cinema in Rome.

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Oscars 2015, Song of The Sea nominated for best animated feature

Redazione IFF News 16 January 201527 November 2018Song of the Sea, Tomm Moore

The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards has been announced on January 15th: Irish film Song of the Sea, directed by Tomm Moore and produced by Cartoon Saloon, is one of the nominees for best animated feature along with Don Hall & Chris Williams’ Big Hero 6 (Disney), Dean DeBlois’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks), Anthony Stacchi e Graham Annable’s The Boxtrolls (Laika) e Isao Takahata’s The tale of Princess Kaguya (Ghibli).

«This is a big day for the Irish animation industry and as the largest funder of Irish animation content in the state, the Irish Film Board hope that this achievement will lead to further growth and international recognition for an industry that is a major Irish success story», said the IFB Chief Executive James Hickey.

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, also congratulated Cartoon Saloon: «This is yet another significant achievement for the Irish animation sector, which has gone from strength to strength in recent years. It is an extremely dynamic element of the Irish audiovisual industry, and, as this nomination shows, it is making a big impact on the global animation scene».

Tomm Moore and Kilkenny-based studio Cartoon Saloon has been previously nominated for The Secret of Kells, co-directed by Nora Twomey, which Irish Film Festa screened in 2010.

Plus, Northern Ireland’s Boogaloo & Graham by Michael Lennox got a nomination for best live action short film.The short is set in Belfast and funded by Northern Ireland Screen.

Lost Stars by Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois, from Irish director John Carney‘s Begin Again, is one of the nominees in the best original song category.

The Oscar ceremony will take place on February 22nd.