25–29 MAY 2016 SCHULL, WEST CORK. Programme of Events Fastnet Film Festival OUR VILLAGE IS OUR SCREEN STEERING COMMITTEE BEHIND THE SCENES WELCOME Hilary McCarthy Martin Levis & Seamus Hegarty t is with great pleasure that I Chair, PRO & Media Technical Experts Iwelcome you to our 8th Festival. We Helen Wells Paulo Goode have a packed 5 days, with an exciting Submissions Director & Graphic & Website Design and diverse programme for all to enjoy. With the current success of Irish Programmer DigitalForge filmmaking, we have an amazing line up Pauline Cotter Distributed Cinema of spectacular features, 300+ short films Fundraising & Hospitality from 30 different countries, specialised Director FESTIVAL PATRONS and unique workshops, Q&As and events Aidan Stanley Lenny Abrahamson to rival any festival. Workshop Co-ordinator Tony Barry The number of submission entries has increased to such a point, John Kelleher Steve Coogan that it is necessary to restrict the number of films to progress in the Industry Expert Greg Dyke competition. Of the 240 short films submitted, 210 entries will be Julia Zagar John Kelleher screened several times between Schull and Ballydehob, Wednesday to Festival Design Co-ordinator Chris O’Dell Saturday. The 125 top scoring films (all those in this programme with Maurice Seezer David Puttnam a synopsis) chosen for competition will be screened in Distributed Cinemas and at our two main venues, The Palace and The Adelphi. The Music Programme Director Maurice Seezer shortlisted films will be announced on Saturday night and screened Maria Pizzuti Jim Sheridan everywhere all day Sunday. Many thanks to Helen Wells for keeping International Programme Gerard Stembridge the show on the road and managing this mammoth task amongst her Director Carmel Winters many other demanding roles Bridie D’Alton Treasurer Co-ordinated by Aidan Stanley, this year’s innovative workshops will ENQUIRIES provide exciting, high quality, hands-on experience for filmmakers: Festival Design Team: from drones, to costumes, to filming on the water and everything in Gene Griffin, Marie Betts, Liz Festival Box Office, Main Street, between. Thank you John Kelleher for connecting us with ease, at Flatman, Sam Healy. Schull, West Cork, Ireland. every turn, to the best of the best. +353 (0)28 28600 An area that is often under appreciated but is essential to the Open 09.30 - 16.00 (up to 24th May) emotional guidance through any film is music. Maurice Seezer Open 09.00 - 21.00 (during festival) has expertly harmonized our wonderful ‘Music in Film’ section. Equally, Maria Pizzuti has ably collaborated with the Sardinian Film Festival and FIKE, the Portuguese International Short Film Festival, welcoming new partners to West Cork, in a cultural exchange of short www.fastnetfilmfestival.com film programmes. As you can see from the calibre of our guest list, the formidable please join us on facebook, twitter & instagram Pauline Cotter has cajoled and hoodwinked the world’s best to take [email protected] time out of their busy filming schedules to be here with us in Schull. Sincere thanks goes out to Julia Zagar and her Design Team for the wonderful colour around Schull and to the keeper of the purse strings TICKETING POLICY – our Treasurer, Bridie D’Alton. Producing such a packed programme of events would not be possible any of our events are free of charge. Events that are ticketed are without the unwavering support of our main sponsors William Mnominally priced and heavily subsidised. Tickets for all events, and Judith Bollinger, and to the Arts Council Ireland, Irish Film screenings and workshops must be purchased directly through our Board, Cork County Council, Screen Training Ireland, West Cork Box Office, call us on +353 (0)28 28600. Development Partnership, Fáilte Ireland, and very importantly our Free events are on a first come, first served, basis. Unfortunately there festival associates, W. Michael Satke, Benny and Cliona McCabe, Ken is no facility to reserve seating. Individual prices to all other events Kilkenny and Miriam Brew, Vivian Nathan, Peter Roberts, David are displayed with each entry in this programme. Puttnam, Denis & Mary Ryan, Bill and Aisling O’Callaghan, the Ferguson family, Katarina Runske, Peter and Sabine Kelly and finally, a huge thank you to all of our Friends and Business Friends. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to our technical experts Martin Levis CONTENTS PAGE and Seamie Hegarty, graphic designer Paulo Goode and our amazing volunteers who return year after year. THE AWARDS 03 SUBMISSIONS 04 We are a small festival with a big heart. With all our hearts we hope EVENTS SCHEDULE 22 you enjoy Fastnet 2016. EVENTS DETAILS 24 FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS 42 Hilary McCarthy SPECIAL THANKS 43 Chair, FFF 2016. FESTIVAL SPONSORS 44 01 APPETISERS... THE AWARDS BALLYDEHOB SCREENINGS PRIZE-GIVING & CLOSING CEREMONY THE LIDO CINEMA | THE VAULT CINEMA | THE CAPITOL CINEMA THE PALACE CINEMA | SUNDAY 19.30 - 21.00 FREE ENTRY ith the festival growing each Wyear, we are delighted to he Awards Ceremony will take place on include 3 new screening venues in TSunday 29th of May at 7.30pm, hosted by Tony Ballydehob. The Lido Cinema (Levis’ O’Callaghan of EastEnders. The wrap party will Pub – a “Viewers’ Choice” Venue), The follow with drinks reception, canapés, live music Vault Cinema (The Old Bank) and The and fun till late. Free entry and all welcome! Capitol Cinema (The Living Stone Gallery). Each venue will screen the BEST OF FESTIVAL competition shorts as part of our Distributed Cinema from Thursday CASH PRIZE OF €2,000 & AN ORIGINAL PAT CONNOR SCULPTURE through to Sunday. BEST IRISH SHORT FILM BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS FOR LONG ISLAND CASH PRIZE OF €1,250 CASH PRIZE OF €200 THE BEDROOM CINEMA | FRI, SAT & SUN | ENTRY - €15 BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER BEST ARTHOUSE isit the most isolated cinema in (U22) CASH PRIZE OF €200 VIreland. Cinemagoers looking CASH PRIZE OF €1,250 for the ultimate viewing experience BEST ANIMATION can take the 10 min ferry ride to Long BEST JUNIOR FILMMAKER (U17) Island, followed by a 2-minute walk to CASH PRIZE OF €200 the Ferryman’s House. The Bedroom CASH PRIZE OF €500 BEST DIRECTION Cinema, courtesy of Maurice Coughlan BEST IN CORK and Helen Tilson, seats 24. Refreshments CASH PRIZE OF €250 Sponsored by Cork County Council will be followed by an hour-long programme of shorts, then take a few CASH PRIZE OF €500 BEST SCREENPLAY minutes to soak up the island beauty CASH PRIZE OF €250 before returning to Colla Pier. WILD ATLANTIC WAY WINNER BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC Screening plus ferry to Long Island is €15 per person. CASH PRIZE OF €500 CASH PRIZE OF €250 BOOKING THROUGH THE BOX OFFICE IS ESSENTIAL +353 (0)28 28600. BEST DRAMA CASH PRIZE OF €200 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY CASH PRIZE OF €250 VIEWERS’ CHOICE BEST COMEDY CARLTON CINEMA | 11.00 - 17.00 DAILY CASH PRIZE OF €200 O’REGAL CINEMA | 10.00 - 16.00 DAILY FREE ENTRY Drop in anytime and choose your own 1 hour programme from this year’s submission entries. FRINGE EVENTS GROVE HOUSE | FRIDAY 27TH | 20.00 | ENTRY - €15 Gerard Stembridge presenting the 2015 ive music with Liam Ó Maonlaí, one of Best of Festival prize to Ulli Crespo on LIreland’s best sean nós singers at Grove House, behalf of the winner Miriam Bliese for An Der Tür. Colla Road, Schull. Tickets €15. Bookings 087 2494722 or call in to Anna B’s Bookshop, Schull. PAT CONNOR CREATOR OF THE BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD Pat was born in Dublin and studied art at NCAD. HACKETT’S BAR | SATURDAY 28TH & SUNDAY 29TH | FREE ENTRY He lived and worked in New York from 1987- 1993. He now lives in Schull. His work can be Live music. seen in several public collections including The Arts Council of Ireland, The Crawford SCHULL COUNTRY MARKET | SUNDAY 29TH | 10.00 – 14.00 Municipal Gallery, Cork, The National Museum of Ireland and The AIB Collection, Dublin. Pat has Choose from a unique selection of locally-produced foods and crafts, represented Ireland at the Paris Biennale and in presented by the people who made them. An absolute must. Japan, New York and Switzerland. 02 03 The following submissions entries have not been given an official Standard practice recommends that in the absence of classification, viewers classification. The films that contain obvious adult content, festivals classify their entire programme as over 18. We thus violence or improper language are in programmes 18, 19 and 27 and recommend that parents use their discretion as we aim to repeat parts have an over 18 recommendation. of the programme in various venues throughout. SUBMISSIONS PROGRAMME 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 PROGRAMME 01 – Under 22 45 mins PROGRAMME 03 – Under 22 38 mins 10.00 - Wed 25th May Palace Cinema | 19.00 - Thu 26th May Adelphi Cinema 12.00 - Wed 25th May Palace Cinema | 21.00 - Thu 26th May Adelphi Cinema 15m | Ireland | U22 10m | Ireland | U22 10m | Germany | U22 3m | Singapore | U22 4m | USA | U22 4m | USA | U22 Come As You Are Keep Dreaming Let Me In BLK 401 Raconteur Sid STEPHEN HANNON STEPHEN HANNON EDVINAS MACIULEVICIUS STANLEY XU RUIYANG SAM BARTZ MEREDITH MORRAN Hide-and-seek always An employee in a Mysterious events A man finds the feeling A young nursing A grown man who ends in tears. A dead end job seeks begin to unfold in of home in the coffee intern debates telling thinks that he is a hostile environment, retribution but it the day of a young shop he used to visit. a dying war veteran snail must come to a marriage on the doesn’t turn out how woman’s life. patient about his terms with his place in brink of collapse, a he planned.