COLÁISTE DHÚLAIGH FILM PRODUCTION NEWS ISSUE 5 SEPTEMBER 06 A Silent Movie, directed by Gary Lambert and Graham Seely, was nominated for Best Film at the Oxygen SMEDIA Awards 2006. The film received special mention from the judging panel. Elvis and Monsters, directed by Tim Gannon and Glen Reilly, was screened as part of the programme for the Temple Bar Film Festival in June. RTE are planning to screen Elvis and Monsters and Stalking Colin Farrell, directed by Jamie O'Halleron and Cora McNabb, as part of their Shortscreen series this autumn. In January of last year Jonathan Lambert represented Coláiste Dhúlaigh at FIPA, a film festival held in Biarritz, France. This Irish Film Institute initiative sees four individual film students from four individual film colleges attend the festival and shoot a documentary while staying there. The completed documentary – FIPA 2006: A Student Perspective – will be screened as part of this year's Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival in the IFI. During the summer, 2nd year film student Michael Whelan took part in The One Minute Junior Network project. This project provides young filmmakers from Europe and Central Asia with the opportunity to make a one-minute film. These films are then entered into an overall competition. Michael's film Mind Games can be viewed at www.theoneminutesjr.org Any news about yourselves, your films or your work …. Contact Rob at the college Ph: 8481400 Email: info@cdc.cdvec.ie Take care, Robert |