PIO Media, the company behind last year’s award-winning Leap of Faith will produce this year’s Film Offaly bursary winner, Red Rag.
More people are killed in Ireland by bulls every year than are killed by sharks in Australia. This short film is a thriller set in rural Ireland that tells the story of woman who flees an abusive relationship only to get trapped in her car by a huge bull. It explores themes of domestic violence and features a great female central hero. This is a breakneck paced suspense thriller that oozes tension till the edge of the seat climax. Think "CUJO", with beef.
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Director Eimear Callaghan has released her short film Groundless on Vimeo so that all can watch it. The film won Best First Short Drama at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh.
Groundless tells the story of a single mother who, despite her best efforts, keeps getting sucked back into her cruel reality.
The short stars Aoibhinn McGinnity, Dave Duffy, Glen Nee, Sam Hardy, and Evan Darcy. It was produced by Anthony McDonagh and written by Callaghan.
The Film Devour Short Film Festival 2018 is now accepting submissions from local filmmakers. The event is due to take place on Monday 8th January at the Blackbox in Belfast and submissions are now open.
The Film Devour Short Film Festival began in 2010 with an aim of providing a platform for local filmmakers, writers and actors to screen their films, network and co-ordinate ideas.
Film entries are free and offer an opportunity of winning the Audience Choice or Directors Choice Awards.
Submission forms and entry guidelines available here.
The Belfast Film Festival runs from Thursday 12th – Saturday 21st April 2018 and is open for submissions to its three competition strands (Short Film/Short Documentary Film/Maysles Brothers Award) as well as the Northern Ireland Independents showcase.
The NI Independents showcase presents a series of locally made feature and medium length films produced on micro-budgets and developed by their makers with their own money and in their own time.
Last year the Belfast Film Festival separated the Short Film Competition into two strands: Dramatic Fiction and Documentary. All criteria can be found on the submissions page.