Dingle Film Fest offers €5,000 for Irish language Short Film Proposal
‘Físín' - a call to filmmakers to submit a short film proposal in the Irish language
Dingle Film Festival offers €5,000 cash prize for Irish language Short Film Proposal
The Dingle Film Festival is delighted to announce ‘Físín', a call to filmmakers to submit a short film proposal in the Irish language. The competition has a cash prize fund of €5,000 and €1,000 worth of lighting equipment hire sponsored by Cian de Buitléar's company Teach Solais.
Five filmmakers will be selected to travel to the next Dingle Film Festival which opens on St. Patrick's day 2011. Each of the five will be treated as festival guests and will be given the opportunity to pitch their proposal to a panal and a live audience in The Phoenix Cinema during the festival. A wonderful panel has been put together, including the iconic Eamon de Buitléar, writer Louise Ní Fhiannachta, who writes for TG4, local writer Marina Ní Dhubháin and head of Ealain Na Gaeltahta, Micheál Ó Fearraigh.
The opportunity has been put together by the festival to encourage writing of film scripts in the Irish language. Tor Cotton, one of the festival sponsors came up with the idea.
"As an ardent supporter of the Dingle Film Festival I asked Maurice (the director) why he wasn't screening much, if ever, ‘as gaeilge' in order to reflect the festival's location in the Corcha Dhuibhne Gaeltacht. The reply I got saddened and alarmed me, it couldn't be true. Were there really virtually no films being shot through Irish? There must be some and I am sure there are some, only a few mind." Tor went on to say "Just as I am shy to speak and thus progress my Irish, it may be that others are cautious about taking the risk to develop their films through Irish. However unlike my toe in the water of the language, the risk of making a bad film is equal in either tongue, I hope to speak more Irish and to see more films ‘as gaeilge'. It seemed a logical conclusion to be constructive rather than critical and set up a competition to encourage film making through Irish."
The competition is aimed at people who combine a special interest in film alongside a commitment to the Irish language. The festival is keen to see proposals from all local dialects. This opportunity is open to any individual or group from Transitional students right through to professionals. The application is available to download at www.dinglefilmfestival.com or you can email fisin@dinglefilmfestival.com. The closing date for entries is January 31st 2011.
The winning pitch at the festival will receive €3,000 cash prize and €1,000 worth of rental lighting equipment and will return to Dingle with their finilised film in 2012. . Four of the pitches will receive a cash prize of €500 and each filmmaker will receive a personalised commemorative leather notebook designed by Conor Holden.
The Dingle Film Festival, established in 2007, home to The Gregory Peck Award and who's guests have included Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Jim Sheridan, Sir Alan Parker, Saoirse Ronan & Sarah Miles, will have its 5th edition next March opening on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th March and running until Sunday the 20th March 2011.
For further information please contact Festival Director, Maurice Galwayon: 00 353 (0) 87 9139962
or e-mail: maurice@dinglefilmfestival.com
Tá Féile Scannán an Daingin ag tairiscint duais airgid €5,000 don Togra Gearrscannán as Gaeilge is fearr.
Tá áthas ar Fhéile Scannán an Daingin 'Físín' a fhógairt, a fháiltíonn roimh scannánóirí togra gearrscannán as Gaeilge a sheoladh isteach. Tá duaischiste €5,000 sa chomórtas maraon le luach €1,000 de threallamh soilsiúcháin ar chíos, urraithe ag Teach Solais, cuideachta Cian de Buitléar.
Roghnófar cúigear scannánóir chun teacht go dtí an chéad Féile Scannán an Daingin eile a sheolfar ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig 2011. Beidh an cúigear mar aoínna speisialta ag an bhféile agus tabharfar an deis dóibh a dtograí a chur i láthair phainéil agus lucht féachana beo i bPictiúrlann an Phoenix le linn na féile. Tá painéal iontach curtha le chéile, lena n-áirítear Éamon de Buitléar féin, an scríbhneoir áitiúil Louise Ní Fhiannachta, a bhíonn ag scríobh do TG4, an scríbhneoir áitiúil Marina Ní Dhubháin agus ceannasaí Ealaín na Gaeltachta, Micheál Ó Fearraigh.
Tá an deis seo á chur ar fáil ag an bhféile chun spreagadh a thabhairt do scríobh scripteanna scannán as Gaeilge. Tor Cotton, ceann de urraithe na féile a tháinig suas leis an dtuairim.
"Mar thacaí dílis ag Féile Scannán an Daingin, d'iarras féin ar Maurice (an stiúrthóir) cén fáth nach raibh níos mó, nó in aonchor fiú, á chur ar scáileán as Gaeilge a léireodh láthair na féile os rud é go mbíonn sí ar siúl i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne. Chuir an fhreagra a fuair me díomá orm agus imní, níor chreideas é. An fíor nach bhfuil aon scannán á dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge? Caithfidh go bhfuil roinnt éigin, táim cinnte go bhfuil cúpla ceann ar a laghad." Lean Tor air "Cosúil leis an scáth a bhíonn orm féin mo chuid Gaeilge a labhairt agus as sin í a fheabhsú, an amhlaidh go bhfuil imní ar dhaoine dul sa tseans agus a gcuid scannán a fhorbairt trí Ghaeilge. Pé cosúlacht atá ann idir mo chuid iarrachtaí féin sa teanga, fiú agus an baol ann drocscannán a dhéanamh in aon cheann den dá theanga, tá súil agam-sa níos mó Gaeilge a labhairt agus níos mó scannáin as Gaeilge a fheiceáil. Mheasas gur ciallmhar an rud é a bheith dearfach seachas a bheith cáinteach agus bheartaíos ar chomórtas a eagrú a thabharfadh spreagadh don scannánaíocht Ghaeilge."
Tá an comórtas dírithe orthu siúd a thugann le chéile a spéis speisialta i scannáin agus a ndíogras don Ghaeilge. Is mian leis an bhféile tograí a fheiceáil ó na canúintí áitiúla go léir. Tá an comórtas oscailte do dhaoine aonair nó grúpaí, do mhic léinn na hIdirbhliana agus ar aghaidh suas go dtí scannánóirí gairmiúla. Tá foirm iarratais ar fáil le híoslódáil ar www.dinglefilmfestival.com nó is féidir rphost a sheoladh go fisin@dinglefilmfestival.com. Is é an dáta deiridh a nglacfar le hiarratais ná 31ú Eanáir, 2011.
Bronnfar duais airgid €3,000 agus luach €1,000 de threallamh soilsiúcháin ar chíos, ar an gcur i láthair rathúil ag an bhféile agus filfidh siad ar an nDaingean lena scannán críochnaithe i 2012. . Bronnfar duais airgid de €500 ar cheithre cur i láthair agus bronnfar leabhar nótaí leathair chuimhneacháin ar an gcúigear scannánóir agus iad deartha ag Conor Holden.
Beidh an 5ú eagrán d'Fhéile Scannán an Daingin againn, mar a bhíonn an The Gregory Peck Award agus i measc na n-aoínna go dtí seo, áirítear Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Jim Sheridan, Sir Alan Parker, Saoirse Ronan & Sarah Miles, agus seolfar í ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig 17ú Márta agus leanfaidh sí ar aghaidh go dtí an 20ú Márta 2011.
Chun breis eolais d'fháil déan teagmháil le Stiúrthóir na Féile, Maurice Galway ar: 00 353 (0) 87 9139962 nó ar rphost ag maurice@dinglefilmfestival.com
Published on: 30 November, 2010
