Category: Film Festivals

Awards Season, Film Festivals, Films

Nessa Wrafter’s Early Days selected for Raindance Film Festival

Writer/Director Nessa Wrafter and Producer Clancie Brennan’s Early Days tackles the difficult subject of postnatal mental health, based on the experience of anxiety and trauma that the director personally suffered with after the birth of her child. Having just begun its festival run, the film is already being selected for high profile film festivals including Cannes Shorts Film Corner, Galway Film Fleadh, Raindance Film Festival and Aesthetica Short Film Festival. The production was … Continue reading Nessa Wrafter’s Early Days selected for Raindance Film Festival

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 Jake Nielsen’s musical drama ‘On Hold’ wins the Oscar-qualifying award at Flickerfest

Director Jake Nielsen’s On Hold tackles the subject of following your dreams and won an Oscar-qualifying award at the very first festival it entered. The film stars Madeline Jones (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and Jo Turner (All Saints). A short film-musical about the choice between following your dreams, and making next week’s rent. Jake Nielsen is a Composer, Writer, and Director for stage and screen. … Continue reading  Jake Nielsen’s musical drama ‘On Hold’ wins the Oscar-qualifying award at Flickerfest

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Lorenz Wunderle’s award-winning animation Coyote selected for LA Film Festival

Director Lorenz Wunderle and Producer Ramon Schoch’s animated short Coyote shares the sad story of a coyote that loses his family. This wonderful animation has been making quite a mark in the film world, winning numerous high profile film accolades and will now play at LA Film Festival. A coyote loses his wife and children from an attack of wolfs. Anguished from human emotions he’s trying to … Continue reading Lorenz Wunderle’s award-winning animation Coyote selected for LA Film Festival

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Barnaby Blackburn’s Wale takes home the Oscar-qualifying Best Short award at BronzeLens in Atlanta and Grand Jury Prize at Dances With Films in Los Angeles

Writer/Director Barnaby Blackburn’s Wale tackles the issues of social injustice and racial discrimination. This award-winning psychological thriller has been selected for several Oscar and BAFTA qualifying film festivals since its completion earlier this year and took home the top prizes at BronzeLens and Dances with Films, qualifying the film for the 2019 Academy Awards. The film stars newcomer Raphel Famotibe and Game of Thrones star James Sives. Wale is … Continue reading Barnaby Blackburn’s Wale takes home the Oscar-qualifying Best Short award at BronzeLens in Atlanta and Grand Jury Prize at Dances With Films in Los Angeles

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Tribeca Short Film Favourite, Time Traveller, Tells Touching and Uplifting Father-Son Story

Award-winning Irish short film has garnered international critical acclaim, screening at over 20 film festivals and winning an Oscar®-qualifying award Time Traveller, the award-winning Screen Ireland-supported short film about the unyielding bond between a young Traveller boy and his father, continues to make an indelible mark on the international stage. Written and directed by Steve Kenny and produced by Collie McCarthy, Time Traveller has achieved incredible success on … Continue reading Tribeca Short Film Favourite, Time Traveller, Tells Touching and Uplifting Father-Son Story

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