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Jul 03
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48 Hour Challenge 2023

Applications Open for The Little Cinema, & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge 2023 

By News, Participation, Production, Screenings

Applications for the 2023 The Little Cinema, & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge, supported by Ardán are opening on Monday, 3rd July from 10am, and will close on Friday, 21st July at 5 pm! 

This year’s Challenge will happen over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, 3rd-6th, 2023! 

Up to 10 teams of 4-10 people will take part in the 7th annual challenge, where they will create a 5-minute film in just 48 Hours. (Films made as Gaeilge are very welcome.)     

The Best Film which will win €500, a TG4 sponsored hoodie for each team member and a place for the film at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024, and there’ll be several other awards up for grabs on the night. 

 

Networking Event 

The Little Cinema will host a Networking Event on Tuesday 4th July at 7pm in the Portershed a Dó, for those who’d like to join a team or find members for their team. 

This is an initiative of the Galway City of Film and is funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Get more information at littlecinemagalway@gmail.com  

Jun 22
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The 2023 Misleór Short Documentary Grant Is Now Open For Applications

By Learning, Movies, News, Participation, Production, Screenings

Ardán and Galway City of Film are delighted to support Misleór with the launch of the Misléor Short Documentary Grant for 2023! This annual funding and mentorship scheme is open to emerging filmmakers from the Traveller community.

The information day will be held on Thursday, 22nd June 2023, at the Galway Traveller Movement offices.

Applicants must be aged 18+ and be based in Galway (city or county) OR telling a story connected to Galway (city or county). Find out more about how the bursary and mentoring works and apply here by June 29th at 5pm: https://www.misleor.ie/short-doc-grant

The Misleór Short Doc Grant Scheme is supported by Misléor, Galway Traveller Movement, Ardán, Galway City of Film, the Department of Tourism, Arts & Culture, Galway City Council, Galway and County Council.

May 25
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Ceantar Scannán Short Doc Bursary 2023: Applications Now Open

By Learning, Local Interest, Movies, News, Production, Unesco

Ardán, and Galway City of Film, are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the Short Documentary Bursary 2023, the documentary funding scheme for filmmakers in Galway City and County. 

We are looking for entry-level filmmakers to apply to this bursary to help them make one of their first steps in their filmmaking career. Successful applicants will be given a bursary of €3,000 to help them make a short documentary of 5-15 mins.

Previous bursary recipients have gone on to have their films screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, as well as other national and international film festivals.  

Mentorship with Donal Haughey

The selected filmmakers will be mentored by Galway-based documentary filmmaker Donal Haughey of Hawkeye Films. Donal has produced and/or directed over thirty documentaries both for his own company, Hawkeye Films and as a freelancer. His projects have been involved in both national and international stories, consisting of feature-length, one-hour, half-hour and short form docs. For twenty years Donal was the documentary tutor on GMIT’s (now ATU’s) Film & Documentary course – honours, Level 8. Presently Donal has two projects in research, one that looks at the relationship between memory and place and another project on street games.

#CeantarScannán #GalwayCityofFilm 

Bursary Information Day

Ardán will be hosting an Information Day for applicants on Thursday June 7th at 2.00pm in the Green Room at CCAM, ATU, Wellpark Road. H91 WP9K. Register for the information day.

Bursary Guidelines

  • Proposed short films will be between 5 and 15 minutes in duration.
  • Participating filmmakers must be from or based in Galway, or the film must be about some aspect of Galway City or County.
  • A bursary of up to €3000 is available per film.
  • The participating filmmakers will be mentored by established documentary filmmaker Donal Haughey.
  • Ardán encourages both English and Irish language project applications.
  • Film teams must be prepared to go into production within 2-3 weeks of signing the agreement and aim to submit their first cut by October 2023.
  • Selected projects will need to ensure a healthy gender balance across the filmmaking team.
  • Priority will be given to diverse applicants. If you feel this applies to you, please include a short statement in your application.
  • Any applicant who will be a full-time or part-time student during academic year 2023/2024 may NOT apply.

How do I apply?

  • Filmmakers submit their application via email to admin@ardan.ie
  • Each application asks for the following information:
  • 1-page outline of documentary idea, including logline, synopsis and treatment. (PDF)
  • 1-page current CV of each applicant filmmaker. (PDF)
  • Any relevant links to previous work, if applicable or available. (VIMEO/YouTube/Website)
  • Email/letters of commitment from key contributors. (PDF)
  • Complete submission to be sent in 1 email with subject line reading ‘Short Documentary Bursary Application’.

Application Deadline: 12pm, Friday 16th June 2023 

Shortlisted applicants will be called for interview. The proposed date for interviews is Wednesday 28th June (this date is subject to change.) Please email admin@ardan.ie with any queries!

Supported by Galway City Council, Galway County Council, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 

Sep 14
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WRAP Development Support | Deadline October 12th | Website Now Live!

By Local Interest, News, Production

The Western Region Audiovisual Producers Fund (WRAP) website has just launched, and with it is announcing the details of its Development Support. The scheme is open to teams (where at least one Producer has a production company established in the WRAP region) with a feature film, television drama or animation that they wish to develop.

For the full guidelines and details on how to apply please visit our new website HERE.

DEADLINE for applications is: 5pm, Friday 12th October 2018

Please note that the WRAP Development Funding Guidelines for Games and application deadline will be published shortly. 

WRAP is an initiative of the Western Development Commission and Galway Film Centre in association with the local authorities of Clare, Donegal, Galway City, Galway County, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Údurás na Gaeltachta. 

#WRAPFund #CeantarScannán

Jul 11
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Winners of One Minute Film Festival at the Fleadh

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We had 2 SOLD -OUT screenings of the One Minute Film Festival at the Galway Film Fleadh yesterday, Sunday 10th July.

We are delighted to announce that the 1st place prize went to filmmaker Carolyn Wagner for her film ‘Something Borrowed‘. She received €500 and was presented with the prize at the official Fleadh Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening.

 
We awarded joint 2nd place prizes to filmmakers Amy Joyce Hastings for her film “Body of Christ” and to Johnathan Connolly for his film “Family Favourite Moments”.

 

 

 

 

Thank you to all the filmmakers who took the time and effort to submit to this years One Minute Film Festival and congratulations to all three winners!

#GalwayCityofFilm

 

Jun 20
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100 Years of Cinema

By Enjoyment, Entertainment, History, Movies, News, Participation, Production, Screenings

Galway UNESCO City of Film commemorates 1916 with ‘100 Years of Cinema’ Programme

 

Galway, UNESCO City of Film, is commemorating the 1916 Rising with an exciting programme of seminal Irish Cinema and landmark television events to take place over eight Saturdays throughout 2016. This programme, called 100 Years of Cinema, will take the form of one-day events, roughly one Saturday per month, to include screenings, debate and lively discussion of the development of our national identity and our national cinema over the past one hundred years. Each event will be themed and programmed by a different guest curator, beginning this month with Gar O’Brien, Programmer, Galway Film Fleadh.

 

Gar will explore the theme of The Rising on Film on Saturday 20, February in An Taibhdhearcwith selected screenings and discussion. At 2pm Mise Éire (‘My Ireland’) will be screened. The film has held an iconic status in Irish cultural history since its release in January 1960. Mise Éire was actually the first Irish feature-length film that utilised an orchestral soundtrack, a specially commissioned score by Seán Ó Riada, but its renown also rests on its director’s then relatively novel technique of recounting historical events entirely through existing archive material. The film is a stirring chronicle of Ireland one hundred years ago and contains newsreel camera footage of critical developments during the Easter Rising.

This will be followed by the documentary, Curious Journey at 4pm. In 1973, Kenneth Griffith, the renowned documentary maker, gathered together a group of nine veterans of the Irish Rising. Almost half a century after the terrible events they lived through, this highly diverse group – branded terrorists by the British in their youth  – gave their own vivid account of what it was like to live through those turbulent times. This emotional film is a powerful and heartfelt testament to nine brave men and women who risked their lives for their country as well as being a first hand historical record.

The film will be followed by a discussion on how the Rising was captured and portrayed on film with Dr Kevin Rockett, Professor of Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin and Dr. Conn Holohan, Huston School of Film and Digital Media and will be chaired by lecturer in Film Studies, Patsy Murphy.

Finally there will be a 7pm screening of David Lean’s cinematic masterpiece, Ryan’s Daughter. The film is set in 1916 and is arguably the most visually impressive film ever made in Ireland. In keeping with his distinctive epic scale, the production was famously long and drawn out while the meticulous director waited for perfect weather conditions for his many and spectacular outdoor scenes, leading actor Robert Mitchum to comment that working with the director was “like constructing the Taj Mahal out of toothpicks.”

As a added bonus at 12pm on the afternoon of Saturday 2oth February there will be a special UNESCO City of Film free screening of Man of Aran (1934) with a new soundtrack by UK Indie band, British Sea Power. This haunting new score uses guitars and modern sounds to add a new dimension to this highly influential documentary, which the British Film Institute recently listed as one of the top ten most important documentaries of all time.

Tickets, €5.50 per film and €15.00 for the full day, are available from An Taibhdhearc at ticketsor on 091-562024. Details of further upcoming 100 Years of Cinema events at www.galwayfilmcentre.ie.

 

Feb 03
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New Fund for Science Films

By Learning, Local Interest, News, Participation, Partners, Press, Production
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New Fund for Science Films in Galway City of Film

Under the Galway UNESCO City of Film designation, Galway Film Centre, in association with the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), have just launched a partnership project called ‘Science on Screen’ funded through Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme, which aims to facilitate, promote and increase the inclusion of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) content in Irish film and TV production. The Science on Screen project will 100% fund two 26 minute science films with a budget of €35,000.00 each. These two TV half hour programmes will be based around areas of research currently underway in CÚRAM.

Interested producers are invited to register their interest by contacting scienceonscreen@galwayfilmcentre.ie and are invited to attend an information day on Saturday February 27th in NUI Galway (10am – 1pm). This open day will be a chance for potential producers and filmmakers to hear first-hand from scientists working in CÚRAM who will give short presentations on key areas of research currently underway in the centre. There will also be a short networking session where filmmakers and scientists will get to meet informally.

After this initial briefing and introduction to the research by CÚRAM scientists, filmmakers will be invited to apply for the funding by submitting a treatment to Galway Film Centre by March 25th. Treatments will be assessed on a competitive basis and two filmmakers will be selected. The areas of research that filmmakers would be required to incorporate include the use of biomaterials and ‘smart’ implantable medical devices to treat and improve health outcomes for patients with spinal injuries, nerve damage, degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, osteoarthritis or cardiovascular disease. Creativity and an innovative approach to incorporating the subject matter will be highly valued in the application process.

The project aims to provide two experienced filmmakers with funding and access to leading scientists and laboratories within CÚRAM, as well as access to patient groups, to explore methods of scientific ‘story telling’ that incorporates aspects of current research being carried out by CÚRAM and its academic partners across Europe. Over 200 renowned experts in biomaterials, drug delivery, cell therapy, glycoscience and device design are working on blue sky research and industry projects associated with the research centre. Galway Film Centre are also in discussion with a broadcaster to air the finished films by November 2016.

Declan Gibbons, Manager of Galway Film Centre, said “we are delighted to be involved in this iniative which offers a very exciting and well funded opportunity to filmmakers. The research that is being done in CÚRAM is at the cutting edge of modern science and we hope that this work will inspire filmmakers to make films that are informative, creative and the start of a whole new wave of film and science projects. It also fits perfectly with our remit as a UNESCO City of Film, a core aim of which is to promote educational film projects.”

“We hope that the project will encourage greater collaboration between the research and filmmaking communities in Ireland” said Prof Abhay Pandit, Scientific Director of CÚRAM “there are a great many stories to tell that originate or are influenced by what happens in the laboratory and we look forward to working with filmmakers to bring them to the fore”.

For further information and to register for the Science on Screen Information Day at CÚRAM, please contact scienceonscreen@galwayfilmcentre.ie or call 091 770748.

Visit www.galwayfilmcentre.ie and www.curamdevices.ie.

#ScienceonScreen

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Nov 30
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Ceantar Scannán Honorary Award

By Entertainment, Local Interest, Movies, News, Participation, Partners, Press, Production, Screenings

President of Ireland to receive Honorary Award from Galway UNESCO City of Film for Outstanding Contribution to Galways Film and Television Industry.

 

Galway UNESCO City of Film will present the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins with an honorary award at an inaugural ceremony on Monday the 30th of November, at 4pm in Galway Film Centre. President Michael D. Higgins will be honoured for his outstanding contribution to Galways film and television industry and for the rich legacy he has left to the sector from his time as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

 

The President’s imprint on the Irish film and television sector, especially in the areas of policy and tax incentives, is highly significant. He was Ireland’s first Minister for Arts, Heritage. Declan Gibbons, Director of Galway UNESCO City of Film, said:

 “President Higgins’ influence and positive impact on the development of the Irish film industry is, quite simply, unsurpassed. Not only did he establish a seat for the Arts at the cabinet table, he also made key policy decisions that we are still benefiting from, almost twenty years later. His energy and persuasiveness brought Hollywood productions, such as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, to locate to Ireland and he fast-tracked Connemara’s film and television evolution by establishing a Connemara film studio with Hollywood producer Roger Corman. We are delighted that he has agreed to accept our inaugural award in Galway where the sector is responsible for 600 full time jobs and is worth over €72m to the local Galway economy. If you drive in Connemara, from Barna to Ballynahown you see his legacy practically on every mile of the journey. We are also very pleased that so many of the beneficiaries of his influence can join and enjoy our short ceremony today”.

It’s one year on, December 1st 2014, since Galway was first awarded the prestigious title of UNESCO City of Film and became one of only five cities in the world to achieve this much sought-after status. Celine Curtin, Chair of Galway Film Centre, commented:

“to celebrate our first anniversary we wanted to do something to remind people that this designation is not just for one year, it is permanent but we much continue to work at it and keep developing the sector under the much coveted UNESCO creative city’s designation. This week we will distribute 40,000 booklets throughout all of Galway and these booklets explain exactly what the designation means, why Galway received it, what’s going on and how people from across the city and county can get involved. We are obviously delighted that the first recipient of our award will be President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, who will be presented with a specially commissioned silver brooch by Galway jeweller, Berina Kelly. The brooch depicts our City of Film emblem and is a beautiful piece of art.”

In addition to announcing the inaugural honorary Galway award, Mr Gibbons also highlighted a series of highly emotive and innovative upcoming events scheduled for the next few months under the UNESCO City of Film banner. Included are Talking Documentary, an international film seminar to take place in Galway on January 16th and 17th with confirmed guests Asif Kapadia (Amy) and Sean McAllister (A Syrian Love Story) and a host of top international filmmakers. Also starting in January will be 100 Years of Cinema, a year-long celebration of Irish cinema centred around one Saturday in each month in An Taibhdhearc, where films, discussions and talks will take place with a well known film expert programming each day. Every major film organisation in the city will be involved in this event which kicks off on January 23rd with a very full schedule lined up by Gar O’Brien, Programmer at Galway Film Fleadh.

In the coming weeks Galway Film Centre also hope to announce a significant film project aimed at developing emerging filmmakers called Science On Screen in partnership with Cúram, Centre For Research in Medical Devices in NUIG. The recently announced Action Plan for Jobs contains a commitment to both develop the film sector in the West, and to explore and develop a Regional Film Fund. Galway Film Centre are already working closely with the Irish Film Board and both local authorities, under the UNESCO City of Film banner, to develop this opportunity further. The last year has seen a significant increase in film related activity with Galway Film Centre working locally with the Galway Education Centre to develop training programmes for primary school teachers as well as working in partnership with International IDEA, an inter-government agency based in Sweden. This work sees Galway Film Centre making documentary films that promote democracy on a global scale. This year Galway Film Centre’s Film co-ordinator, Alice McDowell, has been active in film projects in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, and The Gambia and will continue this work in Malawi and the Pacific Islands next year.

Galway UNESCO Creative City of Film is delighted to invite representatives of the Irish film and Television industry as well as local Galway TD’s and Council representatives, to attend this prestigious celebration of President Michael D. Higgins’ invaluable contribution to Galways vibrant film scene.

Nov 09
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Huston School of Film & Digital Media host Director John Carney

By History, Learning, Local Interest, Movies, News, Participation, Partners, Press, Production

 

Award-winning film director John Carney to speak in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media on Thursday March 30, 2.30pm

John Carney was born in Dublin and was educated at De La Salle College Churchtown and at Synge Street CBS. He was bassist for Irish rock band The Frames between 1991 and 1993 and also directed some of their music videos. In addition to shooting music videos, Carney also wrote and directed two award-winning short films (Shining Star and Hotel) before making his first feature. With fellow film-maker Tom Hall, Carney wrote and directed November Afternoon, his first feature film, in 1996. Despite a limited release, it was acclaimed as the “Film of the Year” by the Irish Times.  John wrote, directed and scored his next project, the hour-long TV film Just In Time, starring Frances Barber and Gerard McSorley. The Irish Times voted it Best TV Film of 1998.

Carney’s next film was the edgy drama Park, which premiered at the Dublin Film Festival. Two years later, in 2001, he co-wrote and directed On the Edge. The film starred Cillian Murphy and Stephen Rea and was released through Universal Studios. He was awarded the Silver Hitchcock Award for On the Edge at the 2001 Dinard Festival of British Cinema.

Carney returned to TV writing and directing during the same year. He co-wrote and co-directed (with his brother Kieran Carney and Tom Hall) the hugely successful RTÉ TV series Bachelors Walk. The independently produced TV series proved the most successful in Irish television history. The series ran for three seasons. In 2006, Carney directed the feature movie Once. First screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, Once had its official world release at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and won the World Cinema Audience Award in the category Dramatic. A low-budget affair shot for only $160,000, Once was hugely successful, grossing $7 million worldwide in its first 3 months of release. Legendary film-maker Steven Spielberg is quoted as saying, “Once gave me enough inspiration to last the rest of the year.”

As writer and director of Once, Carney won the Most Promising Newcomer award in the Evening Standard British Film Awards 2007 and the film went on to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song. It has since been adapted as one of the most successful theatrical musicals of recent years, including award winning runs on Broadway and the West End. Subsequent films directed by Carney have enjoyed considerable critical and commercial success. Begin Again (2013) grossed over $63 million worldwide (it is the most-watched independent film of all time in South Korea) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Lost Stars”. His most recent film, the Irish set coming of age musical Sing Street (2016), was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 74th Golden Globes in January 2017.

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