NED DOWD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF APOCALYPTO

Sunday 9th at 10.30 am in St.James Church Dingle

Not to be Missed

To Book Ned Dowd and other Workshops call Tom on 087 2400606

4 Irish Premieres amongst 6 Features at Dingle Film Fest

Apart from its short film competition, masterclasses, workshops and panel discussions the DFF will screen 4 Irish Premieres over the course of its 4 day run.

The festival will open with Julie Delplys directorial debut, the delightful 2 Days in Paris starring Delpy and American comedian Adam Goldberg. Described as a biting romantic comedy Stephen Holden of the New York Times says it reveals more about emotional and sexual chemistry than any film I can recall.

Andrew Piddingtons eagerly anticipated drama The Killing of John Lennon, which is not due for release until late October, explores the bizarre and warped mind of Mark Chapman as it traces his journey from Hawaii to New York to murder Lennon. An Indie Masterpiece CNN

The festival also features 2 Irish Premieres for children from Belgium the beautifully animated Azur et Asmar by director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress) and the profoundly moving The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey starring Tom Berenger and Joely Richardson. The films director Bill Clark and producer Ros Hubbard will be on hand to introduce the film. The screening will be followed by a tea party for the children in Benners Hotel.

Regarded by many as one of the great Australian movies Ten Canoes will be given its first Kerry screening and Puffball the latest film from world renowned director Nicolas Roeg, which was shot on location in Ireland, will be introduced by the films producer Julie Baines.

Senator Eoghan Harris and Producer Ned Dowd to Masterclass at Dingle Film Festival
The Dingle Film Festival is pleased to announce a series of top class workshops during the festival
Senator Eoghan Harris will give a one day Master Class on The 3 Principles of Plot an intensive hands-on practical introduction to the fundamentals of plotting a feature film. Senator Harris is a well renowned guest lecturer on film at various colleges including the Gregory Peck Film School, UCD, the National Film School (DLIADT) Dun Laoghaire, the National Media College, Dublin; and Moonstone Labs, Leipzig, Germany. The master class will take place on Saturday 8th September starting at 10.00am sharp and finishing at 5.00pm. It is limited to 25 people and will cost 25 euro so early booking is advisable.
Irelands leading Lighting Camerman Eoin Mcpolin will join with Brian Nolan lecturer in Film and TV Production in a workshop titled The Beginers Guide to Digital Creation Tools and Lighting with HD cameras which will give an overview to the main low budget tools available to digital filmmakers and the secrets of lighting with HD cameras. This is a 2 hour workshop on Saturday morning and costs 15.euro.
Internationally renowned film producer Ned Dowd (Apolcalypto, King Arthur, Last of the Mohicans) will present a Master Class on Production and Finance in Film a rare insight into what it takes to finance and produce a Hollywood blockbuster. The master class is on Sunday morning 8th September and costs 15 euro. For bookings and further info contact tom@kerryiff.com

Oscar nominated Irish film director Ruairi Robinson (50% Grey, Silent City) has joined Alan Parker and Colin Vaines as an adjudicator at the Dingle Film Festival. Ruairi, whose work in digital film has been widely acclaimed, will judge in the Best Digital Film category.

International Dingle based visual artist Andrew Duggan will be holding screen tests during the festival for his latest video based art project iarsma_remnant. The project will investigate the legacy of David Lean's film Ryans Daughter and the dramatic effect of a given action on a community and on the social and geographical landscape. The screen tests, which will use dialogue from Ryans Daughter, will take place in the famous Krugers Bar in Dun Chaoin on Saturday 8th September between 10.00am - 1.00pm and is open to all. The completed work will be presented in New York in 2008.

Dingle Film Festival are delighted with the news that The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey has this weekend been voted Best Picture at The Gloria Film Festival.

A Master workshop will take place with Owen McPolin in St. James' Church on Sunday 9th September.
Owen was Cameraman on such feature as, Eden, Trouble with sex, Spin the bottle, Headrush, H3, Flick, Mapmaker, I could read the sky and T.V series, The Catalpa Rescue, Rough Diamond, Hide & Seek, Pure Mule, Black day at blackrock and Showbands 1.

Senator Eoghan Harris will conduct a Master Class in "The 3 principals of Plotting your feature film" on Saturday 8th September.
This is an intensive, hands-on, 1 day practical introduction, fundamental to plotting a feature film.
Workshop will begin at 10am sharp.

Ned Dowd will give an insight into production with a Master Class on production in St. James' Church on Sunday 9th September.
Ned Dowd was executive producer on Apocolypto and producer of King Arthur,Last of the Mohicans, Wonder boys and State of Grace.

Brian Nolan will give a workshop on "The beginners guide to Digital Creation Tools" -
This workshop is an overview of the main low budget production tools available to the
Digital Film Maker.

Bookings please to tom@kerryiff.com