SHORTS PROGRAMME

The Phoenix Cinema - friday 19th - 12noon - €5

Panel discussion will follow with film makers

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Brother
Director/Producer/Writer - Keith Mannix
29mins/colour/Ireland/DVD/2007

Nameless walks the streets, homeless and alone, seeking. But what 
is it he really needs or wants? A home, money, warmth, family, a 
community or an answer to the voices in his head.

Un Café pour l'Amérique
Butterflies do no drink Coffee
Director/Writer - Jossy Mayor
19.57mins/colour/Lux-Belgium/DVD/2009

A last twist, as bitter as coffee        
Pierre is retired. He is a very shy man in his sixties, with no 
family or friends.        
What will he do now ? He can’t even travel due to his poor health.        
Fortunately, the next door café, where he has drunk his evening 
coffee for thirty years, becomes his sole daily activity.         
The owner’s wife has remained so attractive…        

 

Inviolate Rose
Director/Producer - Joanna Bowers Houghton Writer - Maureen Ganz
19mins/colour/USA/DVD/2009

Inspired by a true story 'Inviolate Rose,' follows three sisters who
travel to Ireland to scatter their mother's ashes. The film takes a
unique look into a family's dance between tragic loss and hope,
showing us that relationships with the deceased can transcend the
physical world and continue on.

 

THE SACRIFICE

Director/Writer - Diane Namm Producer - Eric Mofford
5mins/Colour/USA/2009/DVD

Is about the day when polygamous cult leader Rev Dobbins comes to take 13-year-old Esmee for his bride, and her family resists him.

The Barber Game
Director - Mark Noonan
5.14mins/colour/DVD/Ireland/2009

A seventy-two year old Dublin barber talks about his life in the ‘game’ and the life lessons he has learned while cutting hair.

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The Phoenix Cinema - Saturday 12th - 10.30am - €5

 

Bow Bow Uhm
10mins/IRE/Colour/DVD/2009
Brian Folan - Director & Writer
Joanne Cunningham - Producer

This is a surreal romantic comedy that tells the story of Dionne, a young woman who is going through a relationship break up. To take her mind off things she house sits for an eccentric gentleman, only to discover, that she has the extra task of taking care of his dog Brutus. As they spend time together she finds that his dog treats her better than most men have treated her in the past, but what are his motives?

Free Chips Forever
11.06mins/colour/Ire/DVD/2009
Director/Writer Claire Dix
Producer Freya Mackenzie

Becky and her Dad are invincible chip robbers. Every week Becky keeps
watch while her Dad and reluctant brother Tom rob the local chipper.
Their luck is set to run out however but Becky’s Dad isn’t about
To give up his heroic image too easily.

Jesus of Limerick

2.35mins/colour/Ire/DVD/2009

Written & Directed: Dermott Petty

Producers: Dermott Petty & Graeme Towell

Jesus and his Ma Mary are at a Wedding, the liquid refreshments have all run out… Can Jesus (address Limerick) pull off his first miracle?

Irish Holiday Rental
1.30mins/colour/USA/DVD/2009
Produced by: Stacey Mead & Scott Calonico
Written & Performed by: Stacey Mead & Scott Calonico
Directed by: Scott Calonico

Ahh, summertime in Ireland. What could be more brilliant?
Scott and Stacey are a comedy duo from Austin, Texas now based in the UK. They are regular performers at The Velveeta Room where they entertain drunken tourists with their aphorisms and playful stage banter.



È FINITA LA COMMEDIA
13mins/B&W/Belgium/DVD/2007
Director/Writer Jean-Julien Collette & Olivier Tollet
PRODUCER: Anthony Rey

A car is parked in a residential area. Inside the car a father and son are having an intense conversation about life, love, sex, death and the wife/mother of the family. The two appear to be in collaboration over something and it is obvious that they have an unusually close relationship. Time goes by and although the questions keep coming they remain unanswered. What are they waiting for?

 

It’s all about George
4mins/Colour/Ire/DVD/2009
Director/Writer/Producer/ Roy Lecane & Don Field

 

Meet George & Irene. George likes to think he can make a difference. Irene is just looking for the simple relaxed life. Throw three kids into the mix and George the DIY expert along with your typical household arguments will have you thinking “Sometimes you are better left alone”.



Drinking Time
7mins/colour/Ire/DVD/2009

Directed/Produced
Ma Ji , Joan Maguire, Alberto Millan, Magdalena Sliwa

Calimocho, Vodka, Stout and Green Tea everyone has their poison, an amusing look at aspects of drinking habits in four countries.

Rental Boys
7mins/colour/Ire/DVD/2009
Director Garret Daly
Producer Garret Daly & Gemma Creagh

Rental Boys follows the lives of two competing DVD rental chain stores in the Dublin suberb of Finglas.



Samhlaiocht
1.55mins/colour/Ire/DVD/2009
Director/Producer/Writer - Louise Ní Chonchúir

This story portrays the innocent imagination of two young sisters.

Achoimre- Tá an scéal seo faoi an Samhlaíocht neamhchiontáil atá ag beirt deirfíureacha agus iad óg.

Lucky Escape
3.06mins/Colour/Ire/DVD/2007
Director/Producer/Writer/ Shane McCabe

When a high powered career woman is asked on a romantic date by her boyfriend, she decides to end their relationship there and then. Not content to let her man down gently, she goes in all guns blazing, prepared even to vent her spleen, but is she really prepared for the outcome?......

Some Like it Rented
2.05mins/B&W/Ire/DVD/2009
Director/Writer/Producer Kelley O Sullivan



The Bet
5.17mins/Colour/Ire/DVD/2008
Director Philip Lewis
Writer Richard Kearney

Jimmy (Paddy Courtney) is your average young man…drifting through life, not sure what he’s after, working a crummy job in call centre and yearning to be more than he is. Although charming, chatty and good looking, he is prone to landing himself in debt and he is scared of talking to attractive girls, especially Lynn, who is the woman of his dreams…and the company receptionist.

The Aquarium
9.15mins/colour/Austraila/DVD/2009
Director/Writer/ Ben Young
Producer/ Martina Breen

The Aquarium is a bizarre, character driven, short comedy, about a young man forced to choose between his own future success in the fish finger company he works for, or the happiness of a five year old girl.

The story revolves around Miles, who arrives at his boss’s home to baby-sit for a bit of extra cash. However, Miles’ expectations are soon turned on there head when he enters the house.

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award winning comedy shorts

The Phoenix Cinema -
sunday 21st - 11am - €5

Sponsored by the Irish film board

granny o’grimm’s sleeping beauty / 6.04 mins

Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter.
Director: Nicky Phelan Writer: Kathleen O'Rourke
Producer: Darragh O'Connell Main Cast: Kathleen O'Rourke
Production Company: Brown Bag Films

teeth / 2 mins

Teeth is a short “last laugh” tale of two old friends, their teeth and a series of events that leaves them lost for words.
Directors: Ruairí O’ Brien, John Kennedy Producer: Noreen Donohoe
Script/Photography: Ruairi O’Brien Main Cast: Neil Tobin, Niall O’Brien
Production Company: Diva Media

ding dong denny’s history of ireland / 5 mins

A tourist walks into a Dublin pub looking for directions and encounters Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly at the bar who insists on telling him the "real" history of Ireland over a number of pints.
Director: Cathal Gaffney Writer: Paul Woodful Producer: Brian Gilmore
Main Cast: Paul Woodful Production Company: Brown Bag Films

whatever turns you on / 4 mins

The well ordered running of an electronics store is disrupted when a homeless man arrives to make a purchase. A humorous but poignant story of the need to belong.
Director/Writer/Editor: Declan Cassidy Producer: Bill Tyson
Main Cast: Luke Cameron, Caoimhe O'Malley, Richard Wall
Production Company: Timesnap Ltd

the wednesdays / 13.39 mins

Sometimes, when you’re in the autumn of your days, you’ll try anything just to put a smile on your face again. And so in this funny, sad (and sometimes wobbly) tale we meet two pensioners who manage to re-ignite the love they’d almost forgotten about. Unfortunately, the law comes knocking at their door…
Director: Conor Ferguson Producer: AnneMarie Naughton
Script: Luke Clancy, Conor Ferguson
Main Cast: Doreen Keogh, Des Keogh, Alan Devlin, Tina Kellegher, Pat Laffan
Production Company: Park Films

agricultural report / 2.26 mins

A short comedy about the bliss of ignorance.
Director: Melina Padua Producer: Barry O’Donoghue
Production Company: Barley Films

boris / 3 mins

Shannon Airport, September 199 , the Irish Government waits for Boris Yelsin to come off his airplane.
Director: Stephen Burke Producer: Catherine O’Flaherty
Production Company: Mammoth Films

maybe if you / 3 mins

Director: Michael McCudden Producer: Ciaran O’Connor
Production Company: New Decade Film & TV

no, no, no / 3 mins

Producer: Ashling Ahmed Director: Stephen Bradley
Production Company: Comet Films

right now ladies and gentleman / 10 mins

A darkly comic tale of a lonely young man who is persecuted by an over zealous pub bouncer.
Director/Script: John Paul Murphy Producer: Rebecca O’Flanagan
Main Cast: Eamonn Owens, Pat Kinevane, Barry Murphy
Production Company: Rubicon Films

the end is night / 3 mins

When a farmer discovers an ancient amulet with the power to destroy the world, he doe what any of us would do!
Director/Writer: James Cotter Producer: Cormac Fox
Main Cast: Pat Kinevane Production Company: Vico Films

3minute 4play / 3 mins

A surreal tale of desire and jealousy set in an empty white space.
A lonely, frustrated young man conjures up a beautiful girl who is unwilling to satisfy his desires. The film dramatizes in an absurd way a simple conflict between the sexes.
Director: Johnny O’Reilly Producer: Rachel Lysaght
Production Company: Snapshot

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