FASTNET SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

OUR VILLAGE IS OUR SCREEN Chair & Artistic Director

Helen Wells Co-Chair, Admin & Submissions

Maria Pizzuti Co-Artistic Director

Hilary McCarthy Public Relations Officer

Pauline Cotter Fundraising

Bridie D’Alton Treasurer

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Welcome to Schull and CFSFF 2012!

festival patrons 2012 Tony Barry Steve Coogan Sinéad Cusack Greg Dyke Jack Gold Jeremy Irons John Kelleher Chris O’Dell BSC David Puttnam Jim Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan Gerard Stembridge

Thanks to all of our sponsors for sticking with us in 2012, and in particular to our title sponsors Michael and Kathleen Barry of Barry & Fitzwilliam, importers of Corona, who won an Allianz Business to Arts Award for their cheerful and encouraging sponsorship of CFSFF in 2011. These last years have been enormously stressful to festivals around the country as government funding for the arts in Ireland dries up, and just when it seemed like it couldn’t get any worse, there is a whisper that the sponsorship support that alcohol brands give to both arts festivals and sporting events around Ireland may be banned by the government within the next two years. If this goes ahead, it will accelerate the centralization of cultural events in larger population centres already well under way thanks to the economic recession and will consequently put huge pressure on all festivals in rural areas, including our own. This will have an extremely negative impact on an already under pressure tourism sector and is surely unnecessary at this time.

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TICKETS Festival 4 day PASS 450 Student 4 day PASS (Student ID required) 425 Submitters 4 day PASS 425 1 Day Adult PASS 415 1 Day student and submitters PASS 410 Ticketing policy Passes to the Festival are nominally priced and heavily subsidised and allow access to the Village Hall for all events on a first come first served basis. There is no facility to reserve seating. Most other festival activities are free of charge. Please note if no pass has been purchased at the Box Office a day rate of 315 will be charged on the door for entry into the Village Hall. We thank you for supporting Schull’s very own ‘Distributed Cinema’, an Intranet network dedicated to Short Film.

Cover still from submitted film ‘El Pescador’ Directed by Samantha Pineda and Davy Giorgi

STEERING COMMITTEE Maurice Seezer

Last year we developed Distributed Cinema and became a streaming festival for the short film competition submitters, all within the confines of Main Street Schull. This year, we will be streaming spoken events and Q&A content live from the Village Hall onto the web. This is an important step for us. Our programme and our web presence define us, the one as a record of our aspirations, and the other as our window to the world. The live stream is happening thanks to Martin Levis, our technical director, Brendan & Jane Hurley from Digital Forge, who provide the required upload and download bandwidth free, the Irish Film Board for financial support specifically regarding Streaming, Granite Consulting for web design and Iomega Ireland and Canon Ireland, who have both provided equipment. With such a coherent and strong line-up of guests appearing at CFSFF2012, and such an active audience of short film makers and enthusiasts from all over the world attending, it’s a wonderful opportunity to show that rural communities can develop their own response to cultural centralization. In fact thanks to online technology, the electronic arts and crafts can thrive here. By supporting a festival like ours, where the emphasis is on the art, craft and technology of filmmaking, friends, supporters, filmmakers and sponsors alike empower and inspire the next generation of filmmakers and their audiences.

Maurice Seezer Artistic Director, CFSFF 2012 CONTENTS distributed cinema THE AWARDs Submissions filmmaker in focus: pat collins Events schedule Events DETAILS Sponsors and friends SPECIAL THANKS sponsors

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Over 150 Short Films streaming to wifi and to the following venues: The Village Hall, The Courtyard, Courtyard Crafts (Upstairs), Whyte Books, The Black Sheep, Hackett’s (Upstairs), The New Haven, Regan’s Bar & Newman’s West (Upstairs). Welcome to ‘Distributed Cinema’, Schull’s very own intranet network dedicated to Short Film. There are many different facilities around the village, from HD plasma screens, to projectors, to the 720HD projector in the Village Hall. Outside each venue is a sandwich board with the day’s programme running order outlined.

Pat Connor

Creator of the Best Of Festival Award

‘Distributed Cinema’ was conceived of by The Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival Committee and John D’Alton, who coined the term and hatched a plan with us. We realised at Christmas 2010 that our main venue for the first two years, The Harbour View Hotel, had been closed down. (Thanks for the support over the first two years Denny & Sherrie Cullinane). We decided to create an intranet network in heart of Schull, a pilot scheme to connect a number of premises to our own server enabling streaming of our short films to these premises. The premises would also enable wifi access, for the duration of the festival, so that attenders of the festival could stream the submitted short film of their choice on their laptop, smartphone or iPad. Brendan Hurley, from local internet provider Digitalforge ran with it, planned and created the network, voluntarily giving of his time and expertise. 75% funding from West Cork Development Partnership helped the scheme to get off the ground. Granite Consulting from Skibbereen helped us to create an intranet copy of our website that enabled wifi access, but only from within the village. Martin Levis spent many sleepless nights converting the submissions to the formats required for the films to be seen in the highest resolution on every platform. Iomega Ireland contributed hardware, and Schull Community College, Schull Sailing Centre, Fingal Ferguson from Gubbeen, Sean Connell, Camille & Kerry Fenn and Mark McCarthy all provided much needed support at critical times to enable it all to run smoothly in 2011. Let’s hope 2012 runs as smoothly!

Pat Connor was born in Dublin and studied art at NCAD. He lived and worked in New York from 1987-1993. He now lives in Schull. His work can be seen in several public collections including The Arts Council of Ireland, The Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, The National Museum of Ireland and The AIB Collection, Dublin. Pat has represented Ireland at the Paris Biennale and in Japan, New York and Switzerland.

BEST OF FESTIVAL Cash prize of €2,000 and an original Pat Connor sculpture

BEST IRISH SHORT FILM Cash prize of €2,000

BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER (U22) Cash prize of €2,000

BEST IN CORK Cash prize of €500 – Sponsored by Cork County Council

BEST DRAMA Cash prize of €200

BEST COMEDY Cash prize of €200

BEST DOCUMENTARY Cash prize of €200

BEST EXPERIMENTAL Cash prize of €200

BEST DANCE Cash prize of €200

THE PIER (2011) 89m Written & Directed by Gerard Hurley

Village Hall / 8pm / Wednesday 23rd May, 2012 / Adm 46 “Among other pictures drawing positive notice was Gerard Hurley’s beautifully composed, gorgeously acted The Pier. It tells a common story in Irish literature and film: the returning emigrant confronts what has changed and what has remained the same. The director plays a man who, told his father (Karl Johnson) is dying, travels from New York to Cork to discover the old codger looking a little healthier than expected. An amusing, touching battle of wills then develops. The picture never comes close to striking a bum note…a small gem” (Donald Clarke, the Irish Times film critic). Come along and see what all the fuss has been about with this locallymade Festival kick-starter.

BEST ANIMATION Cash prize of €200

BEST DIRECTION Cash prize of €100

BEST SCREENPLAY Cash prize of €100

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC Cash prize of €100

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Cash prize of €100

Followed by Q&A with director Gerard Hurley chaired by Maurice Seezer.

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The following submission entries have not been given an official viewers classification. The films that contain obvious adult content, violence or improper language are in programmes 16 - 24 and have an over 18 recommendation.

Standard practice recommends that in the absence of classification, festivals classify their entire programme as over 18. We thus recommend that parents use their discretion as we aim to repeat parts of the programme in various venues throughout.

SUBMISSIONS PROGRAMME 01 Gareth Dakin

Reverse Rampager

2m/UK/Experimental/Over 18 RRP unexpectedly gets what’s coming to him.

Deborah Root

Regret Relief

4m/Canada/Under 22 A meditation on leaving a lover.

Yoi Suzuki

part me faraway

4m/Japan/Experimental/Over 18 Voice is a voice, image an image, I part, apart.

Stephen Cunnane

Oh the Accent!

9m/USA/Comedy/Over 18 Actor required with Irish accent. Simple, right?

Tatsuhiro Kimijima

The Magic Rabbit 2

5m/Japan/Drama/Over 18 A girl’s desperate search for her ex-boyfriend.

Tomisin Adepeju

Questions of Age and Love

7m/UK/Under 22 A young man’s notions of love and marriage.

Nicholas Ryan-Purcell

Short Film

5m/Ireland/Under 22 Can a relationship survive when one emigrates?

Colin Carroll

Falling to Earth

8m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 An Irish boy meets a Portuguese girl.

Barbara Deignan, Cian McDevitt

Diaspora

5m/Canada/Documentary/Over 18 Hopes and fears of the new Irish in Toronto.

Mohammad Alkazemi

Drum & Play

6m/USA/Drama/Over 18 Two buskers. Will music save the day?

PROGRAMME 02 Val Blakely

Flapjack

11m/USA/Comedy/Over 18 Jack’s favourite Anime character made flesh.

Catherine Donovan, Grace O’Mahony

The Popemobile

12m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 Building the original popemobile in Cork in 1979.

Rio Fitch

Found a Peanut

11m/Canada/Comedy/Over 18 The dire consequences of eating a bad peanut.

Arran Tenzin Bradstock

Trapped In A Loop

14m/Ireland/Under 22 Nightmares of a mysterious cloaked figure.

Brian Crotty

Eggs Again

9m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 An artist with an existential crisis.

PROGRAMME 03 Colin Carroll

Philadephia, Here I Pun!

15m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 An Irish motor-cyclist in search of greener pastures.

Emma Lu Romerein

The Lament

4m/Canada,Italy/Dance/Over 18 Expressing a lament of love lost through dance.

Josh Bradley

An Lae Ar An Mhargaid

4m/Ireland/Under 22 A day in the life of Clonakilty’s Friday Market.

Aoife Naughton

Oscar

12m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 Oscar waits every day for his minder to return.

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SUBMISSIONS Jackson Williams

Work Placement

8m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 A rascist recruiter helps the unemployed.

Pat Comer

The Daytrippers

9m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Pensioner’s sedate day trip to the countryside.

Terence White

Off Your Trolley

5m/Ireland/Dance/Over 18 Teenagers, a shopping trolley, mayhem.

PROGRAMME 04 A Calnan, J Hill, K O’Donovan, N Murphy, P Griffen, T Verlinden, T Madajczak

The Wheel of Life

9m/Ireland/Under 22 The journey of life passes by in front of our eyes.

Roy Lecane, Don Field

Patience

13m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Looking for company? Try the Barber Shop.

James McFay

Burning Hearts

15m/Australia, Japan/Experimental/Over 18 A taximan saves a model from the Yakuza.

Neil Boynton

Au fils du temps

8m/UK/Experimental/Over 18 If time and space is altered, how can we cope?

Hiroki Kamada

Alternative Reality

10m/USA/Under 22 A friendship develops over a video game.

Noel Brady

True-D

11/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A look at life from a different perspective.

Judy Somers

A Cod Bit My Kipper

1m/Canada/Animation/Over 18 A fishy tale about “the one who got away”.

Shaun O’Connor

Mutt

6m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 A housesitter copes with a dead “Mutt”.

Conor Dwane, Kevin C. Dwane

L’homme FarsICal

11m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Before sound, one man, one pie, one destiny.

Tomisin Adepeju

Nostalgia

10m/UK/Drama/Over 18 & Under 22 A film about remembering.

Johnathon Hnoudis, Josiah Hall, Khandis Newman

Zoe

10m/Australia/Drama/Over 18 A girl cares less about what others think.

PROGRAMME 05 Cameron MacKenzie

Letting Go

8m/USA/Drama/Under 22 Different stages of grief after losing someone close.

Steve Woods

Dutch Darkness

5m/Ireland/Experimental/Over 18 The dark secret of the Dutch Golden Era of painting.

PROGRAMME 06 Luca Nestola

Loss of Taste

3m/Italy/Drama/Over 18 An old man rediscovers his love of good wine.

Bernard Dowd

The Prehistoric Piper

8m/Ireland/Animation/Over 18 Ancient hominids invent the Uilleann Pipes.

Paul Grove

Strange Meeting

13m/UK/Drama/Over 18 Things go wrong for a lieutenant leading a patrol.

Rachel Ross

taylor

11m/New Zealand/Under 22 Two brothers reunite after three years.

Dónal O’Ceilleachair, Joan Mary McCarthy

Deartháir

9m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 An exploration of personal loss.

John Horan

The Dying Light

15m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Two soldiers stranded and awaiting the inevitable.

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SUBMISSIONS PROGRAMME 07 Rick Williamson

A Short Film

3m/USA/Comedy/Over 18 A short film with short actors and long credits.

Brian Stynes

Michael Notrica, Michael Rausch

12m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A family celebrates a child’s holy communion.

Delilah

10m/USA/Under 22 Coming of age story deals with love and tragedy.

Mark McCarthy

A Day on the Water

13m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 The sport of Team Racing up close and personal.

Amy Driver

Willa

11m/Ireland/U22 A couple want to share their life, but where?

Suzannah Mirghani

Hamour

11m/Qatar/Drama/Over 18 Disparate lives in Qatar during the Spring Equinox.

Tony Clifford

Dream In The Dark

10m/USA/Drama/Over 18 A man’s decision concerning the woman he loves.

PROGRAMME 08

Before The Car Arrives PROGRAMME 09

Feargal Ward, Tadhg O’Sullivan

Quarantine

15m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 A woman’s solitary time with illness, fate and faith.

Anna Byrne

Leave to Remain

13m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 A young man’s experience of residential care.

Olof Werngren

Bränner Staden 

9m/Sweden/Dance/Over 18 An attempt at shaking life into fixed things.

Lincoln Hall

Judgement

6m/Australia/Under 22 A priest dies and meets “the big guy”.

Prakash Mohandas

512

Rocko Paolo

5m/USA/Comedy/Over 18 A scrawny protagonist, a routine visit to the gym.

7m/Canada/Drama/Over 18 A man’s former business partner has a gift for him.

Joshua Izenberg

Ben Proudfoot

9m/USA/Comedy/Over 18 Two number one dads, but there can only be one.

GPS

Ink & Paper

9m/USA/Under 22 A paper shop and LA’s last letter press print shop.

Shaun O’Connor

Rint

5m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 A tenant/landlord misunderstanding.

Liane Costello/Sam Connor

Naked

7m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 People’s pride in their own natural form.

Alex Fegan

The Court Astronomer

15m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A Bishop tries to outwit a King in the 1600s.

Dads

PROGRAMME 10 Sean Breathnach

Into The light

4m/Ireland/Dance/Over 18 A girl explores beauty in everything around her.

Russel Frampton

Blind Torrent

15m/UK/Dance/Over 18 Imagined archeology and ritualised movement.

Orla Walsh

Riders to the Sea

5m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 A surfing duel off the West Coast of Ireland.

John Corcoran

Shellshock

11m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A young man returns home after serving in WW1.

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SUBMISSIONS Shiyan Feng

Bei Yao Wan, Shanghai

11m/USA/Documentary/Over 18 Two migrant families struggle for a better life.

Colin Hickey

The Builder

10m/Colombia/Drama/Over 18 A meditation between a father and his son.

PROGRAMME 11

Liane Costello

A Documentary About Me and Running Really Far

11m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 An exploration of running as a means of escape.

Tibo Torelli

The Last One

Philippa Carson

15m/UK/Animation/Over 18 The last moments of the last man on earth.

8m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 An old man and his neighbour connect.

Beau Burrows

Perrin Kerns

6m/USA/Animation/Over 18 A sleeping man finds that he attracts the moon.

Music Memories

Between Sasquatch & Superman: Living with Down Syndrome

10m/USA/Documentary/Over 18 Clark Kerns likes Sasquatch and Superman.

Andrew Ryland

Elvis Prestwick

14m/UK/Comedy/Over 18 Elvis Presley transforms an office worker’s life.

Kathy Coulter

The Rules

8m/UK/Comedy/Over 18 The seven rules for finding your soulmate.

Gionanni Antonio Gebbia

Three Ghosts from Edo

9m/Italy/Documentary/Over 18 Three Ghosts of Tokyo reconnect through dance.

Samantha Pineda, Davy Giorgi

El Pescador

10m/Mexico/Drama/Over 18 Using photographs to ‘recapture’ memories.

PROGRAMME 12 Lee Cronin

Billy & Chuck

14m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Billy’s walkie talkie advises him on manoevres.

Serena Hunt

Kerplonk

6m/Australia/Comedy/Over 18 A Scientist’s Rube Goldberg-style torture device.

Shane Reid

Four Walls

7m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 Memories of childhood in Waterford.

The Gravity of Being PROGRAMME 13

Mark Gill

The Voorman Problem

12m/UK/Comedy/Over 18 A prisoner who believes he is a god.

Brian Yung

Cart

7m/Canada/Comedy/Over 18 A grocery store shopping cart seeks justice.

Katia Shannon

Point Final

6m/Canada/Under 22 When time stops for a factory supervisor.

Niall Sheerin

Moon Rooster

13m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Be yourself, however bizarre your self may be.

Piet Sonck

Chit Chat

13m/Belgium/Drama/Over 18 Two sisters discuss life, but all is not as it seems.

Jeff Golden

What Remains

7m/USA/Animation/Over 18 If we give nothing and yet attain all we desire.

PROGRAMME 14 Kim Pimmel

Compressed 03

2m/USA/Animation/Over 18 Matter coallesces forming planetary bodies.

Ettore Nicoletti

Il Lucchetto

3m/Italy/Comedy/Over 18 When love is sealed to the universe, what’s next?

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SUBMISSIONS Hugh Stoddart, Nichola Bruce

Lifetime

9m/UK/Drama/Over 18 An old man and his cello arrive home.

Ross Whitaker

Lisa Mulcahy

14m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 An elegy to traditional methods of hand cutting turf.

Coming Home

14m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A journey to recovery from breast cancer.

Home Turf PROGRAMME 16

Kloee Ciuperger Özgül Gürbüz

Flawless Life

4m/Turkey/Animation/Over 18 A homeless man finds a way to live the dream.

The Child Inside

13m/USA/Under 22 A murderer sets his sights on young innocents.

Michael Mensah Damian McCarthy

Never Ever Open It

9m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A bored nightwatchman and a strange noise.

The Perfect Gentleman

5m/UK/Drama/Over 18 A picnic is brought to an unexpected end.

Draga Jovanovic Mark Monti

The Camp

10m/UK, Thailand/Documentary/Over 18 Many Burmese escape to Thai border camps.

7m/Canada/Experimental/Over 18 An older woman connects with her younger self.

León Fernandez

Brian Evans, Mary Niederkorn

8m/Mexico/Animation/Over 18 A humanoid confronts the purpose of his life.

4m/USA/Experimental/Over 18 A neurotic woman meets the man of her dreams.

Mutatio

PROGRAMME 15 Ged Murray

Small Time

12m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Rivaly between cocky student and professor.

John Hoey

Solaria

9m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 In space, Alex has one chance to save Rachel.

Caleb Slain

The Lost and Found Shop

9m/USA/Under 22 A young girl has lost her favourite memory.

Claire Dix

Downpour

4m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Pivotal moments remembered by a bride to be.

David Fain

Choreography for Plastic Army Men

Speed Dating

Sanela Grgic

Existence

16m/USA/Drama/Over 18 A frustrated girl with schizophrenic tendencies.

Talat Gokdemir

Leave

12m/UK/Drama/Over 18 A small child enables Maria to make a decision.

PROGRAMME 17 Andy Goldner, Joe D. Lindauer

“greetings to the moroccan farmers”

7m/Germany/Experimental/Over 18 1970, with music of exmagma, 1974.

Canada

Norman Magden

Café

13m/USA/Experimental/Over 18 An anonymous café for the undead hosts a star.

Leonard Martin

The New Life

5m/USA/Animation/Over 18 ‘Ohayoo Ohio’ by Pink Martini gets a workover.

15m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Pregnant Jane hits on a younger man on a train.

Duncan McDowall

Jennifer Dysart

5m/Canada/Dance/Over 18 Choreographic exploration of the notion of decay.

9m/Canada/Experimental/Over 18 A woman encounters messages in the moss.

Painted

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Your Self is a Reflection of Myself

Moss Origins

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SUBMISSIONS Thomas Hefferon

The Heist

9m/UK/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Three eager bank robbers and a big plan.

Simon O’Neill

Showtime!

4m/UK Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 An attempted date, a trip into the subconscious.

PROGRAMME 18 Dave Thorpe

Impetuous

12m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Kerrie wakens in a shed, unable to move.

John Gigrich

The Cabin

6m/USA/Comedy/Over 18 An uninvited guest appears at a weekend cabin.

Si Edwards

Birthday Girls

8m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Two sisters visit their mother’s grave.

Terence White

Baby Love

9m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Ber is told she may never become a mother.

David Bickley

The Deep

7m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Byron Copper’s dreams are getting dangerous.

Daniel Kontur

Simple Simon

9m/UK/Drama/Over 18 The struggle between what’s told and what’s seen.

Erlend Palm

Is There Anybody Out There?

9m/UK/Drama/Over 18 A thriller set inside a run-down toilet cubicle.

PROGRAMME 19 Martha Cristiana Merino

Alterego Y La Máscara Del Miedo

9m/Mexico/Experimental/Over 18 A mother and daughter confront their demons.

Paul Verhoeven

Une Larme de Plus

16m/France/Drama/Over 18 Jesus speaks to a boy and gives him a mission.

Bob Gallagher

Sometimes People…

13m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 An explosive attraction between two women.

Kajsa Ribbing

The Light

12m/Sweden/Drama/Over 18 An author imagines the games a young couple play.

Riley Morris

The Legend of Pimp Jacket

10m/U.S.A./Comedy/Over 18 A man’s jacket makes him irresistible to women.

PROGRAMME 20 Tadas Vidmantas

Ticking Boxes

9m/UK/Drama/Over 18 Barry Chilcot plans, he organises... he ticks boxes.

Hugh Noonan

Happy Family

11m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A boy takes matters into his own hands.

Stephen Patrick Kenny

Clowns

15m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 Four friends in debt kidnap the wrong guy.

Carlo Perassi

Déjà Vu

5m/Italy/Drama/Over 18 Sometimes imagining a relationship is simpler.

Zachary Wexelman

Four Questions

11m/USA/Drama/Over 18 A man remembering his fiance meeting his family.

Iñigo Castanedo

El Nuevo Sísifo

7m/Spain/Drama/Over 18 A woman is depressed at the death of her son.

PROGRAMME 21 Beaumont Loewenthal

King of Life

2m/UK/Under 22 A medic has to make a choice during combat.

Jonathan Albert Murphy

Oscar V

14m/Brazil/Drama/Over 18 Oscar V illegally enables a customer’s webcam.

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SUBMISSIONS Damián Cano

Los Derribados

9m/Mexico/Drama/Over 18 The adult world destroys Ramiro’s innocence.

Cathal Feeney

Ole-André Rønneberg

4m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 A father and son chat on a local bus journey.

9m/Norway/Drama/Over 18 Frank doesn’t go outside his flat much.

David Lassiter

Mauricio Arango

Oh

Like a Good Neighbour

8m/USA/Drama/Over 18 Suspicious noises in a neighbour’s apartment.

Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern

The Hatch

12m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Father and son witness a glowing object fall to sea.

Ruaidhri Mag Fhloinn

Punchline

3m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 Joe is a funny guy onstage, but not at home.

Ed Carter

The Funeral Director

5m/UK/Comedy/Over 18 A wearied existentialist finds solace in work.

PROGRAMME 22 Roger Barker

The Weekend Hostage

9m/UK/Comedy/Over 18 A kidnapped man confronts his elusive captors.

Ged Murray

Hell Cat

9m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 What does a talking cat actually say to its owner?

Liam Delahunty

Tom’s Sceadu

15m/Ireland/Comedy/Over 18 When Tom’s wife is asleep, he likes to unwind.

Sajjad Haider

Night of a Carnival

13m/USA/Drama/Over 18 A hooker is stranded in the wrong part of town.

Aidan Gault

Unjust

13m/UK/Under 22 A man struggles for the life of his family.

PROGRAMME 23 Samuel Steele

The Shot

7m/UK/Comedy/Over 18 Two hitmen partners develop relationship issues.

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The Night of the Moon has Many Hours

12m/Colombia/Drama/Over 18 A man recovers the ‘disappeared’ from a river.

J. Xavier Velasco

Juan y La Borrega

10m/Mexico/Drama/Over 18 Juan’s routine life is interrupted by La Borrega.

Robert Braiden

True Love

10m/Australia/Drama/Over 18 An ex-con meets a woman and finds hope.

León Rechy

Angustia

8m/Mexico/Drama/Over 18 An executioner relieves his conscience.

PROGRAMME 24 Paul L Garcia

One More Cup of Coffee

12m/USA/Drama/Over 18 A young woman ponders over a long cup of coffee.

Ruán Magan

Angel

9m/Ireland/Drama/Over 18 A young girl wanders alone through Dublin.

Anna Rodgers

Hold On Tight

12m/Ireland/Documentary/Over 18 An expression of love, not a political statement.

Jessica Nicholas

Heavy

8m/USA/Under 22 A preacher sacrifices his soul for that of his wife.

Ghazaleh Soltani

These Narrow Alleys

3m/Iran/Drama/Over 18 Three shared lives take very different directions.

Socrates Alafouzos

Mikros Vasilias

15m/Greece/Drama/Over 18 Ari is forced to face his secret childhood abuse.

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FILMMAKER IN FOCUS: Pat collins JOHN McGAHERN - A PRIVATE WORLD THE Courtyard / 5pm / Friday 25th May, 2012 Hummingbird Productions / Harvest Films (2005) 52m RTE / Bord Scannán na hÉireann

Pat Collins: Documentary Maker Pat Collins is originally from Drimoleague, West Cork and now lives with his wife and three children in Baltimore. Before making films he was editor of Film West Magazine and for three years was the programmer of the Galway Film Fleadh. Since 1999 he has made over 25 films. His first film Michael Hartnett, Necklace of Wrens won the Jury Award at the Celtic Film Festival in 2000. Since then he has directed Talking to the Dead which centred on the Irish funeral tradition. This was followed by Oiléan Thoraí, which won Best Irish Documentary at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2003.

Abbas Kiarostami - The Art of Living (co-directed with Fergus Daly) was

picked up for international distribution in 2004 by the French company MK2. Rebel County used the shooting of Ken Loach’s ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’ to explore the War of Independence in West Cork. He has directed documentaries on the Irish writer Frank O’ Connor, the poet Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and the Connemara based writer and cartograper Tim Robinson.

His film John McGahern: A Private World won ‘Best Irish Documentary’ at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2005. In the same year his documentary Marooned won the Best Irish Sports Documentary award. Locally, he has made films on the Copper Mines in Allihes, the Castlehaven GAA club and a historical documentary on the famine in Skibbereen. The feature documentary Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home was completed in 2009 and the film essay What We Leave in Our Wake in 2011. He has just completed his first feature film Silence and is working on a short film What Remains which is made entirely from archive film from the Irish National Film Archive.

www.harvestfilms.ie

On March 30th 2006, after a life-time of dedication to his art, John McGahern, one of Ireland’s most distinguished writers, sadly passed away after a long illness. Since the publication of his first book in 1963, John McGahern was at the cultural heart of Irish life. He was in the happy position of being universally praised by the critics and equally loved by the reading public.

John McGahern: A Private World was filmed in 2004 just prior to the

publication of his memoirs and these memoirs form the backbone of the documentary. Through intimate interviews, a strong and compelling sense of the man emerges, offering a rare insight into the creative process. Dir: Pat Collins Prod: Philip King Ed: Isobel Stephenson Camera: Donal Gilligan Sound: Eamon Little

WHAT WE LEAVE IN OUR WAKE Village Hall / 4.30pm / Saturday 26th May, 2012 Harvest Films (2010) 70m Bord Scannán na hÉireann

What We Leave in Our Wake is a filmic

essay which unfolds as a series of conversations on Ireland, exploring themes such as emigration, mythology, consumerism, socialism, the place of the church in Irish life, the central role of land in Irish history and the sense of a civic society. Combining images of contemporary Ireland with an evocative blend of archive, What We Leave in Our Wake questions what persists rather than the temporary fluctuations and trends, and talks to some of those uniquely placed to comment on how this country has evolved. Featuring contributions from Joe Lee, Patrick O’ Connor, Leila Doolan, Iain McGilchrist, Peter McVerry, Declan Kiberd, Desmond Fennell and Olivia O’ Leary and archive recordings of John McGahern and John Moriarty among others. Dir: Pat Collins Camera: Colm Hogan, Feargal Ward Sound: John Brennan Ed: Tadhg O’Sullivan

TIM ROBINSON: CONNEMARA Newman’s West, Upstairs / 11am / Sunday 27th May, 2012 Harvest Films (2011) 57m Reel Art: Film Base & The Arts Council of Ireland

Shortscreen Film School “Are you interested in making your own film?” At the Shortscreen Film School you can learn all the tips and tricks you need to make your film great. Editing, camerawork, sound, script and much more. Winter workshops starting October 2012.

Contact [email protected] or Mark on 086 875 8652.

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Tim Robinson has been extensively mapping and studying Connemara for the last thirty years. His work has reached international recognition through publications such as ‘Listening to the Wind’, ‘The Last Pool of Darkness’ and his forthcoming ‘A Little Gaelic Kingdom’. Tim Robinson: Connemara is a sixty minute film based on the three Connemara books and a visual interpretation of his work as a mapmaker and writer. An exploration of landscape, history and mythology - this film acts as an intersection between writing, film-making and the natural world. Dir: Pat Collins Prod: Sharon Whooley Camera: Colm Hogan Steadicam: Mick O’Rourke Sound: John Brennan & Susan Stenger Ed: Keith Walsh

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Submitted Short Films village hall programmes 1-9

festival launch

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Submitted Short Films

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village hall programmes 19-20 note: 10.15pm - 12.30am

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the owner

village hall programmes 10-18

village hall irish premiere

john mcgahern - a private world

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‘Ken wardrop: the art of the short His & village hall Hers Submitted Short Films

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village hall programmes 21-22 note: 11pm - 1am

SATURDAY 26th 9AM

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from script to screen: a masterclass with jack gold

local interest films

what we leave in our wake

village hall

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the keeper of the dream: a producer’s perspective

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focus on mexico

lenny abrahamson, the craft of Different Voices, direction Different Paths village hall

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garage

script to screen: a joint seminar

village hall

newman’s west - upstairs

newman’s west - upstairs

community filmmaking workshop

the art of the colourist

post production audio workshop

Submitted Short Films

the courtyard

the courtyard

village hall programmes 23-24 note: 11pm - 1am

the courtyard

bookshop reading

bookshop reading

whyte books david mitchell

whyte books Maurice O’callaghan

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diy filmmaking

village hall programmes 23-24

village hall mike hannon

what to shoot your film on?

canon workshop the courtyard

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tim robinson: connemara

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who sees what? mike leigh the relationship village hall between directors and dops village hall roundtable discussion

short film information clinic

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“it’s a wrap!” prizegiving ceremony village hall

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THURSDAY 24th bongo bong

undressing my mother

useless dog

Submitted Short Films

another year

ANOTHER YEAR

Village Hall / 9am – 6pm / thursday 24th may, 2012

(2009) 129m

Programmes 1 - 9

Written & Directed by Mike Leigh

Village Hall / 8pm / thursday 24th may, 2012

FESTIVAL LAUNCH

The Courtyard / 6pm / thursday 24th may, 2012

KEN WARDROP SHORTS Village Hall / 7pm / thursday 24th may, 2012

Hen (2001) 5m Dampened Spirits (2003) 3m Love Is Like a Butterfly (2003) 3m Raving (2004) 3m Undressing My Mother (2004) 6m Useless Dog (2004) 5m

Cast includes: Jim Broadbent (Tom), Lesley Manville (Mary), Ruth Sheen (Gerri), Peter Wight (Ken), Oliver Maltman (Joe), David Bradley (Ronnie), Karina Fernandez (Katie), Martin Savage (Carl), Michele Austin (Tanya), Phil Davis (Jack), Stuart McQuarrie (Tom’s Colleague) and Imelda Staunton (Janet). Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Family and friendship. Love and warmth. Joy and sadness. Hope and despair. Companionship. Loneliness. A birth. A death. Time passes… A happily married couple seek to maintain a balanced and non judgemental connection with their network of friends, despite the difficulties that such maintenance invariably throws up. Another Year was nominated for best film at Cannes 2010, and for best screenplay at the Academy Awards 2011. Producer Georgina Lowe, Danielle Brandon, (line producer) Gail Egan( executive producer), Tessa Ross (executive producer) Original Music Gary Yershon Cinematography Dick Pope Editing Jon Gregory Casting Nina Gold Production Design Simon Beresford Art Direction Andrew Rothschild Set Decoration Sophia Chowdhury Costume Design Jacqueline Durran.

Ouch! (2005) 10m Bongo Bong (2006) 5m Scoring (2007) 3m Farewell Packets of Ten (2007) 3m Tongue Tied (2007) 3m Contagious (2007) 3m The Herd (2009) 4m

SUBMITTED SHORT FILMS VILLAGE Hall / 10.15 pm – 12.15am / thursday 24th may, 2012 Programmes 19 - 20

Ken Wardrop studied filmmaking at the National Film School, IADT. In 2008, his work received the Grand Prix Award at Sapporo. His short film Undressing my Mother, one of Ireland’s best loved short films, won European Film Academy Award, Special Jury Mention at Sundance and an IFTA for Best Short Film. His Documentary on Circumcision Ouch! and Bongo Bong, were both nominated for an IFTA. Farewell Packets of Ten won Best Short Documentary at Toronto.

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FRIDAY 25th SUBMITTED SHORT FILMS Village Hall / 9am – 6pm / friday 25th may, 2012 Programmes 10 - 18

JOHN McGAHERN - A PRIVATE WORLD (2005) 52m Dir: Pat Collins

Courtyard / 5pm / friday 25th may, 2012 See page 20-21 for details.

THE OWNER (2012) 105m (Irish Premiere)

Village Hall / 6pm / friday 25th may, 2012

mairtín de barra

Dir: Xavier Agudo, Mike Canzoniero, Francois Coetzee, Mairtín de Barra, Todd Felderstein, Nicolas Fogliarini, Yango González, Nino Leitner, Craig Lines, Vishesh Mankal, Varun Mathur, Steve Murphy, Arne Nostitz-Rieneck, Asmit Pathare, Neha Raheja Thakker, Adam Ruszkowski, Alexander Schoenauer, Sabine Sebaali, Prashant Sehgal, Fahad Shaikh, Marty Shea, Brian Shephard, Nicole Sylvester, John Versical, and Rafael Yoshida. The first of its kind, ‘The Owner’ is a multilingual online CollabFeature Film. 25 filmmakers (most of whom have never met) from 5 continents joined forces online to write, direct, produce and now premiere this film in their own locations. The Irish CoDirector Mairtín de Barra has been to Schull before. His debut short film ‘Tart’ won ‘Best Cinematography’ at CFSFF in 2009. In January 2012 his documentary series “The Club” premiered on Setanta Sports. Mairtín has just wrapped his debut feature film ‘Beat Girl’ for BeActive Media.

This worldwide collaborative project called CollabFeature, was conceived by two Detroit-based directors, Marty Shea and Ian Bonner. The project is will break the world record for most directors on a film, surpassing ‘Paris je t’aime’, which currently holds the Guinness World Record of 21. This is the film’s Irish Premiere, one of 25 premieres happening across 5 continents on the same day. The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of characters along the way. The Owner brings together a variety of cultures, languages and film styles into a singular narrative plot. As the story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs. After the film, there will be a Q&A with Mairtín de Barra chaired by festival patron John Kelleher. CFSFF 2012 is delighted to welcome both Mairtín and John back to Schull.

ken wardrop

carmel winters

KEN WARDROP: THE ART OF THE SHORT Village Hall / 8pm / friday 25th may, 2012 (Make sure you see Ken Wardrop’s collection of short films on Thursday 24th May, 7pm in the Village Hall) Award-winning director Ken Wardrop has made a unique contribution to the art of the Short Film. His body of work is testament to the ability of Shorts to reveal the universal in the deeply personal, capturing the simple and the profound with lasting resonance. CFSFF 2012 is proud to present a chance to meet and be inspired by a true Master of the Short Film form. Ken Wardrop will be interviewed by director Carmel Winters, whose feature Snap (2010) won Best Irish Film and Best Irish Director at The Dublin Critics Circle awards 2011 and was shown at CFSFF last year. CFSFF is delighted to welcome her back to Schull. The interview will be followed by Ken’s feature His & Hers.

HIS & HERS (2009) 80m

Village Hall / 9.30pm / friday 25th may, 2012 Dir & Ed Ken Wardrop Prod Andrew Freedman Dops Michael Lavelle & Kate McCullough Music Denis Clohessy Cast Many and varied…

“A man loves his girlfriend the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” Old Irish Proverb

From kitchens, living rooms, and hallways across the Irish midlands, His & Hers delightfully combines observation and charm to tell a 90-year-old love story through the voices of 70 women. This intimate gender and cultural snapshot explores a woman’s relationships with the men in her life - father, boyfriend, husband, son. Following sequentially from little girl to old woman, each character portrait is woven with the others into one perfectly crafted cinematic quilt.

His & Hers won the Audience award in the Dublin International Film Festival, The Feature Award in the Galway Film Fleadh, an IFTA for Best Feature Documentary and the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2010.

SUBMITTED SHORT FILMS Village Hall / 11 pm – 1am / friday 25th may, 2012 Programmes 21 - 22

john kelleher

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SATURDAY 26th jack gold

chris o’dell

catherine tiernan

From Script To Screen: A Masterclass With Jack Gold

gaby smyth

fran keaveney eugene mccrystal

COMMUNITY FILMMAKING WORKSHOP WITH WEST CORK TELEVISION

Village Hall / 10am - 1.30pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

the Courtyard / 12noon / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

Filming and editing a simple scene from a short story: “Dusky Ruth” by A.E. Coppard.

Working with the region’s daily online paper, West Cork Times, West Cork TV, an internet station, aims to train local groups and individuals to provide video coverage/archiving for their community and the region as a whole. This workshop is designed for those who have no training whatsoever and may be somewhat intimidated by the prospect of a foray into the media world. We are looking for the young and the old to step up with whatever equipment they can lay their hands on, and with a few simple rules and guidelines produce clear stories and reflections from and for their communities.

Two actors, two chairs and a couple of props. Decisions have to be made. Where are the chairs? Where are the actors? How do they perform? How do they move? Where is the camera? Does it move? What size is the frame? Regarding editing, which shot do we use? How much do we use? What order do they go in? Remember this is a silent film, no dialogue. This is NOT a lecture. The audience are encouraged to participate. We will try to edit this sequence before your very eyes! Jack Gold, May 2012 Dir: Jack Gold Dop: Chris O’Dell Ed: Martin Levis Actors: Shauna McGowan and Jacob Cairns Jack Gold has had an outstanding career as a director. Of his best loved films, one is “The Naked Civil Servant” (1975) with John Hurt. Chris O’Dell, our founding chairman, has worked with Jack as director of photography on several films including the wonderful “Goodnight Mr. Tom” (1998). This is a unique opportunity to witness a very experienced and successful Director and Dop team at work. The camera image will be projected directly onto the large screen in the Village Hall. We are delighted to welcome Jack and his wife Denyse back to Schull for CFSFF 2012.

This workshop is facilitated by Clonakilty based broadcast television production company Alchemy Electronic Arts, with fully qualified level 9 trainers and educators.

Local Interest Films Village Hall / 2pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

THE LITTLE WAY CHARITY SHOP (2012) 4m Dir: Colm Rooney: Short Documentary on Nellie Cotter’s Little Way Charity Shop, Main Street, Schull. Made for the West Cork Development Partnership.

A DAY ON THE WATER (2012) 13m Dir: Mark McCarthy: A documentary about the sport of team racing shot in Schull. Sailing up close and personal.

THE KEEPER OF THE DREAM: A PRODUCER’S PERSPECTIVE Catherine Tiernan and Gaby Smyth, S.P.I.

AN INSPIRED GATHERING (2008) 30m

Newman’s West, Upstairs / 11am / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

Dir: Rob Bradstock: Members of the West Cork Craft and Design Guild at work, with commentary by Jeremy Irons. Six Degree Productions: www.sixdegreeproductions.com

“Manager, script editor, accountant, lawyer, banker, tea maker. A producer can be any and all of those things... from concept to the finished film on screen”. Catherine Tiernan

THE ART OF THE COLOURIST Eugene McCrystal

Catherine Tiernan is Membership Development and Communications Manager at Screen Producers Ireland. With Gaby Smyth, she will discuss the role of the producer, and S.P.I., in the rapidly changing world of film and TV production and distribution. She ran her own production company through the 90s, was later head of production and development at Octagon and has participated on a number of European training programmes for producers. She is currently on the panel of international assessors for the MEDIA Development Programme. Gaby Smyth is the Chairman of Screen Producers Ireland, the national representative organisation of over 140 diverse production companies. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and runs his own chartered accountancy firm, specialising in the music, film and theatre arts. He is currently on the board of the Dublin International Film Festival.

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Courtyard / 2pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 Eugene McCrystal qualified as a broadcast engineer from Ravensborne College, London in 1992. He worked in London, Rome and Sydney before returning to Dublin in 1999 to spend 5 years working in The Yard and Screen Scene. In 2004 Eugene co-founded EGG Post Production but went out on his own in 2009. His main speciality in recent years has been working as a colourist on Feature films, Drama, Documentaries and all sorts of short form projects. Eugene will be discussing the importance of the colourist in post production.

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FESTIVAL EVENTS

SATURDAY 26th david mitchell

niall Mahoney

maurice killian o’callaghan fitzgerald

SCRIPT TO SCREEN: A Joint Seminar Fran Keaveney, IFB Short Film Executive. Niall Mahoney, Cork Screen Commissioner.

Newman’s West, Upstairs / 2pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 Niall Mahoney will represent the role of the Cork Screen Commission in its primary purpose, that is, to nurture and develop indigenous film makers in Cork County. This will be followed by an in depth, step-bystep explanation from Fran Keaveney, Short Film Executive of the Irish Film Board, on the processes and requirements involved in submitting a Funding Application to the IFB for their various schemes. There will follow a Q&A potentially involving a short film producer who has been successful in getting an IFB award. The audience will get a chance to hear what it was like from the inside, to ask directly about the whole experience and how to avoid the pitfalls.

Carlos Garcia De Alba

FOCUS ON MEXICO

Village Hall / 3pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

Cortando Fronteras 2 (2012) 18m Four winning films from the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) Competition, and a fifth from Ireland, awarded by the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry and introduced here by his Excellency Carlos Garcia de Alba, the Mexican Ambassador to Ireland. 51 cell phone videos took part from 21 countries. The popular vote, via the internet, resulted in: i) Sara Nazareth Victoria Torres, from Manila, The Philippines

De muertos en Manila (The dead of Manila)

BOOKSHOP READING David Mitchell

Whyte Books / 3pm/ SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 David Mitchell’s first published novel, Ghostwritten (1999), had nine narrators in nine locations telling interlocking stories. Ghostwritten won

the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shorlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Both number9dream (2001) and the structurally remarkable Cloud Atlas (2004) were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2006, Mitchell wrote the semi-autobiographical Black Swan Green and in 2010, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, an historical novel set at a Dutch East Indies Company trading post in early nineteenth century Japan.

ii) Darío Rodríguez, from Texas, USA

El Exilo (The Exile) iii) Esteban Zúñiga, from France

Espero (I wait) The jury first place was awarded to: iv) Valeria Saavedra, from Sweden

Ahorita vengo voy por las tortillas (I’ll be back soon, I’m going out to get some tortillas)

Maurice O’Callaghan

Whyte Books / 5pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 Maurice O’Callaghan directed the 1995 feature film, Broken Harvest,

about the lingering after-effects of the Civil War in 1950’s Ireland. He wrote A Day For The Fire And Other Stories, (Irish Times Book Of The Year, 2005, Francis McManus Award Shortlist, RTE, read by Patrick Bergin). Maurice is directing the title story of this collection as a short film starring Jon Kenny, Jonathan Ryan and Patrick Bergin with Seamus Deasy directing photography. In 2007 he wrote the Celtic Tiger meditation novel, A Man Who Was Somebody. Maurice will read from his current novel In Their Dreams Of Fire.

POST PRODUCTION AUDIO WORKSHOP Killian Fitzgerald (web.mac.com/avatarpostproduction)

Suertes, Humores Y Pequeñas Historias (2010) 45m 26 animated shorts, 13 dealing with deeds from the Independence (Bicentennial) and 13 about the Mexican Revolution (Centennial). The shorts, lasting only 90 seconds each, were commissioned by Conaculta, through IMCINE, and brought together five of the best known Mexican animation directors, Luis Téllez, Karla Castañeda, Rigoberto “Rigo” Mora (1965 – 2009), René Castillo and Rita Basulto, along with over 150 illustrators, cartoonists and voices. Coproduced with CANIETI the National Chamber of Electronics, Telecom and IT Industries.

WHAT WE LEAVE IN OUR WAKE

Courtyard / 4pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

(2010) 70m Dir: Pat Collins

Killian Fitzgerald has been working in the sound post production business for over 20 years and won an IFTA in 2012 for his work on The Writing in the Sky (Real Films). Having worked on everything from student shorts to full budget feature films, from TV trailers to soap operas, dramas and documentaries. He will talk about the importance of sound editing, effects design, mixing techniques and how some simple planning at an early stage can make the difference between a film turning out with a decent sound track or not. For anyone interested in learning how to plan sound in their film, whether dialogue, sound effects, music or mixing, this presentation is a must.

(see Page 20 - 21 for details)

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Village Hall / 4.30pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012

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FESTIVAL EVENTS

SATURDAY 26th Pat Bracken Ken Paul rob harper Rosenthall

DIFFERENT VOICES, DIFFERENT PATHS TO MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY With an introduction by Dr. Patrick Bracken. Patrick will show Ken Paul Rosenthal’s film Crooked Beauty and will follow this with a talk on the recovery approach and the current attempt to define a new sensibility towards mental health issues.

CROOKED BEAUTY (2011) 34m Dir., Dop, Editor: Ken Paul Rosenthal

Village Hall / 6pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 A poetic chronicle of artist-activist Jacks McNamara’s transformative journey from childhood abuse to psych ward inpatient to pioneering mental health advocacy. It is an intimate portrait of her quest to live with courage and dignity and a powerful critique of standard psychiatric treatments. Poignant testimonials connect the fault lines of human nature to the unstable topography and mercurial weather patterns of the San Francisco Bay Area, reshaping mental health stigmas through a new healing culture and political model for living with madness as a tool of creativity, inspiration and hope. www.crookedbeauty.com Dr Patrick Bracken is a consultant psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Centre for Mental Health Care and Recovery in Bantry General Hospital. He advocates a ‘recovery’ approach to mental health issues, encouraging alternative ways of intervening and accepting different ways of framing such experiences. The recovery approach involves a mind-set based on an openness to negotiate how we frame, and intervene in, experiences of madness, distress and dislocation. Such a mind-set can be encouraged, promoted and supported but it cannot be reduced to a simple list of dos and don’ts. Importantly, the recovery approach is linked with moves to acknowledge and understand the links between states of madness and distress and the dynamics of human creativity. In the future, recovery-based services will be ones where the creative arts are not an ‘add-on’ to good mental health work but are instead at the heart of such work promoting new ways of exploring the nature of mental illness as well as providing positive ways for individuals to move on from being ‘stuck’. Pat will introduce and interview director Rob Harper about his film The Men In White Coats, made by Rob for the NFTS last summer.

THE MEN IN WHITE COATS (2012) 35m Dir., Prod & Dop: Rob Harper

lenny carmel abrahamson winters

LENNY ABRAHAMSON, THE CRAFT OF DIRECTION Village Hall / 8pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 Multiple-award-winning director Lenny Abrahamson has been a leading voice in the new wave of contemporary Irish and European cinema. Here he talks to fellow Irish director Carmel Winters about the much lauded but little understood craft of the director. This is a rare opportunity to meet the man behind an extraordinary cinematic vision and to share the insights he has gained on the journey from first short to latest feature. Lenny Abrahamson is from Dublin and is a TCD foundation scholar in Philosophy. After a period of post graduate study in Stanford University, California, he returned home to concentrate on filmmaking. His short film 3 Joes won many awards back in the 90s, including best European short film at the Cork Film Festival. His debut feature Adam & Paul, written by Mark O’Halloran who also acted one of the two leads, had enormous success winning best first feature at the 2004 Galway Film Fleadh, best director at the 2005 IFTAs and the Grand Prix at the 2005 Sofia International Film Festival. His second feature, Garage, again collaborating with O’Halloran as writer, won the CICAE Art Cinema Prize in Director’s Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Garage cleaned up at the 2008 IFTAs winning best feature, best director, best script and best actor. It also took the prize for best feature at the Torino International Film Festival, Italy 2007.

GARAGE (2007) 85m Dir: Lenny Abrahamson

Village Hall / 9.30pm / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 Josie (Pat Shortt) has spent 20 years as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station in smalltown Ireland. Despite the loneliness and the fact that his neighbours treat him as a harmless misfit, he is always good natured and absurdly optimistic. Josie’s world shifts over the course of a summer when a teenager comes to work with him, and as a result of one thoughtless action on Josie’s part, events spiral out of his control changing his life forever. Producer: Ed Guiney Exec. Prod: Peter Carlton, Andrew Lowe Screenplay: Mark O’Halloran Dop: Peter Robertson Actors: Pat Shortt, John Keogh, George Costigan, Anne-Marie Duff, Conor J Ryan Orig Music: Stephen Rennicks Editor: Isobel Stephenson.

SUBMITTED SHORT FILMS Village Hall / 11 pm – 1am / SATURDAY 26th may, 2012 Programmes 23 - 24

Forty years ago they told Denis he was schizophrenic, but he doesn’t believe a word of it. Jake’s been stuck on the acute ward for months and Rory’s doing his best to get him out. It’s an increasingly fine line between wisdom and insanity for all involved, struggling to keep it together on the South West Coast of Ireland.

www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk Rob Harper graduated from Westminster University in 2008 and arrived at the NFTS in 2010. He enjoys directing intimate, narrative led films that explore the deeper psychological undercurrents of everyday life, often finding that a little humour can go a long way.

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SUNDAY 27th Pat collins

john kelleher

SUBMITTED SHORT FILMS

michael lavelle

fran keaveney

Village Hall / 9am - 1pm / SunDAY 27th may, 2012 Programmes 23 - 24

CANON WORKSHOP Courtyard / 10am - 12 noon / SunDAY 27th may, 2012

WHAT TO SHOOT YOUR FILM ON? WITH MICHAEL LAVELLE

Courtyard / 12.30pm – 2pm / SunDAY 27th may, 2012

Canon EOS Digital SLR: Leave No Story Untold Canon Ireland are proud to present the latest in EOS Digital SLR technology at the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival. Hear from Canon how the next generation in EOS Full HD Digital SLR cameras redefines creativity unlocking unprecedented possibilities in film making. This is a chance to try for yourself the groundbreaking EOS 5D Mark III as well as the multi award winning EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D, EOS 60D & EOS 600D. Leave no story untold with Canon EOS.

TIM ROBINSON: CONNEMARA (2011) 57m Dir: Pat Collins

Newman’s West, Upstairs / 11am / SunDAY 27th may, 2012 For details see pages 20 – 21 CFSFF 2012 is delighted to welcome West Cork resident Pat Collins for a Q&A with John Kelleher and a screening of three of his documentaries in a special director’s focus. Pat has over ten years experience of producing and directing creative documentaries. He has won numerous awards both nationally and internationally and has directed over 17 documentaries, including one on the Irish writer Frank O’ Connor and the Irish language poet Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill In 2004, Pat’s documentary ‘John McGahern: A Private World’ won the Best Irish Documentary Award at the Irish Film and Television Awards and in 2011, ‘What We Leave In Our Wake’ received another IFTA nomination. John Kelleher continues to be one of Ireland’s leading independent film and television producers. He has produced six cinema films, including ‘Eat the Peach‘ (1986), which he co-wrote, ‘Speakeasy’ (1999), ‘The Halo Effect’ (2002) directed by Lance Daly and ‘Bang, You’re Dead’ (2002) directed by Martin Daneels. In a colourful career, he has been controller of programmes in RTE, managing director of The Sunday Tribune, Director of Irish Film Classification, writer and producer. John has been an honorary patron of CFSFF from our first year and chairs a Q&A with this year’s filmmaker in focus, Pat Collins.

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What should you shoot your film on? What are the broader implications of shooting on different cameras, different formats? How does the camera you choose affect the look of your film, your budget, your schedule and how you work with actors? Award-winning filmmaker Michael Lavelle will guide participants through the range of options for shooting today, using his invaluable experience as both director and cinematographer to demystify the options that are available to a film-maker. Michael Lavelle is a screenwriter, director and dop. He began his collaboration as a dop with director Ken Wardrop in 2004 on “Undressing My Mother”, which went on to garner over 20 international awards including a European Academy Award. “Out of the Blue”, his debut short film as a writer/director picked up numerous international awards including Best Short Film at the London Independent Film Festival, the Audience Award at Cork Film Festival and the Grand Prix for Cinematography at the Rhode Island Film Festival.

“His & Hers” was his first feature film as a Dop. It was screened at Sundance 2010 where Michael (along with his co-dop Kate McCullough) scooped the World Cinematography Award for Documentary. Michael was selected as a finalist for the Berlinale Today Award 2011 with his short screenplay “Mother’s Little Helper”. Funded by the Berlinale and produced by Germany’s Macchiato Pictures, the film was shot on location in Berlin and screened at the Berlinale in 2011. It went on to win the award at CFSFF 2011 for best Drama as chosen by director Kirsten Sheridan. We’re delighted to welcome Michael back to Schull for this talk.

Short Film Information Clinic FRAN KEAVENEY, Irish Film Board

Newman’s West, Upstairs / 1pm / SunDAY 27th may, 2012 Following on from Fran Keaveney’s seminar on Saturday 26th, this is an opportunity to book a one-on-one 10 minute session with the Irish Film Board’s Short Film Executive. Please book your slot through our box office and be on time.

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SUNDAY 27th mike hannon

MIKE HANNON: DIY FILMMAKING Village Hall / 1.30pm / SunDAY 27th may, 2012

mike leigh

greg dyke

GREYHOUND TRACK (2010) 17min Exhibiting an anthropological style, Greyhound Track appropriates a personalised version of the methodologies of direct cinema and ethnography to problematise the camera’s role.

RAT’S ISLAND (2011) 12min An observational account of how, in the face of personal and economic adversity, a father has made a home for himself and his son. It documents his efforts to survive in a social and geographic margin, as he tries to hold on to his family.

TERMINAL CONVENTION (2011) 30min Terminal Convention was an ambitious hybrid event that inhabited the disused terminal of Cork Airport, Ireland, for two weeks in March 2011. This film considers curated artist’s work, specifically created for the buildings they were exhibited in, in the light of their surrounds.

All three films were directed by Mike Hannon. “The style of each film, their meaning and the way they were shot are very closely linked. Because I made these films by myself, I had complete control over every aspect of the film making process, from the initial concept to the final film. Traditionally, filmmaking is characterised by compartmentalisation of labour. I am an advocate for a do-it-yourself approach, where everything you do is in service to a personal vision.” (Mike Hannon, 2012) Mike Hannon is an independent film maker and video artist whose work ranges from the experimental to the conventional, spanning a number of genres. He holds BAs in Fine Art and Applied Psychology. He has won many awards for his work, including Best Doc and Best in Cork at CFSFF 2011 for Rat’s Island. We were very taken with his DIY aesthetic, how this actually benefits his approach, particularly regarding Rat’s Island, where his camera never seems to intrude. Unusually, Mike’s approach benefits by the fact that he doesn’t need to work with a crew.

MIKE LEIGH INTERVIEWED BY GREG DYKE Village Hall / 5pm / SunDAY 27th may, 2012 Writer-director Mike Leigh was born in 1943 in Salford. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Camberwell, Central Art Schools London, and at the London Film School, of which he is now Chairman. He has directed more than 20 films as well as having made a name for himself as theatre director, dramatist and screenwriter. His films have received countless international awards as well as several Oscar Nominations and awards. In 1971 he made his directorial debut with Bleak Moments, which went on to win the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. In Cannes he won the Best Director Award in 1993 for Naked, and the Palme d’Or in 1996 for Secrets and Lies, which in itself received a total of five Oscar nominations. In 2004, Vera Drake, his highly regarded study of society whose characters display an extraordinary depth, was awarded the Golden Lion in Venice.

Another Year is Leigh’s most recent full length movie. It screened in competition at Cannes in 2010 and it also went on to be nominated for an Oscar. CFSFF will screen it on Thursday 24th May 2012 in the Village Hall. His latest film A Running Jump is one of four shorts to be screened as part of the London 2012 Festival. After an early career as a journalist, Greg Dyke started his broadcasting career at LWT in 1977 and by 1991 he was Group Chief Executive. In January 2000, he was appointed Director General of the BBC. In November 2004 he became chancellor of University of York, and in March 2008 he was appointed Chair of the British Film Institute. CFSFF are delighted to welcome Greg back to his now familiar role as chair of the final day interview at Schull’s own film festival.

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Festival Prizegiving Ceremony WHO SEES WHAT? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIRECTORS AND DOPS Village Hall / 3pm / SunDAY 27th may, 2012 This roundtable discussion brings leading directors and cinematographers together to discuss how each collaborates to arrive at the shared vision we see on screen. Drawing from their own experience, the discussion will centre around the nuts and bolts of managing this most crucial relationship at the heart of film-making. Participants are: Jack Gold, Lenny Abrahamson, Chris O’Dell, Carmel Winters and Michael Lavelle. Chaired by Aidan Stanley, who is a founding member of the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork and has presented and produced several radio and television documentaries broadcast on RTÉ.

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Village Hall / 8pm / SUNDAY 27th May, 2012 Followed by Wrap Party in the Village The Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival Prizegiving Ceremony is open to all and takes place in the Village Hall, Schull at 8pm. The Best of Festival Short Film, The Best Irish Short Film and the Best Under 22 Short Film will be shown. Special guests, friends and sponsors will award prizes to the winning filmmakers. Don’t miss this very special occasion in Schull’s calendar and hang around for a night of fun in the CFSFF Wrap Party 2012.

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FESTIVAL EVENTS

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THE TENTED FRINGE The Harbour View Car Park What could be happening in 4 tents and a horsebox? This is little taste of what will be going on but make sure to check the daily schedule by the venues and box office for more surprises.

JUNIOR ACTIVITY TENT STORYTELLING AND DRAMA all weekend for all ages

DOWTCHA PUPPETS 12noon, 2pm & 4pm / Sunday 27th May, 2012 “Grandma’s Garden” is a delightful puppet show for younger children aged from 3 to 6. Seán is staying with his Grandmother for the first time while his mother is having a baby. He´s sad to be away from his games and his toys, and worries that he will have to share his parents with a new brother or sister. Things get worse when he finds out there are no computer games, DVD´s or even a television in his Grandma’s house. “Grandma´s Garden” is full of surprises, magical characters, and funny songs. It encourages play, imagination and an interest in nature, while also introducing the idea of change, and being really, really good fun! “Listen Janey Mac” is a charming, fun exploration of the history of Cork City through puppetry and song, and a mildly cautionary tale reminding us all how lucky we are to live in the 21st Century. Janey Mac and her puppy wander into a magical stone circle that takes them back in time. They meet a boy from a ring fort, help build a monastery and escape a medieval slum trying to get home. “Listen Janey Mac” is a gentle and humorous piece with plenty of songs and a taste of adventure suitable for a younger audience. Dowtcha Puppets is a Cork based puppetry company established in 2002 by Cliff Dolliver and Mick Lynch, as a trading name of Dolliver Design Limited. They have produced nine new puppet shows for young audiences, seven street parades; two commissioned one-off adult pieces and have developed a programme of puppetry and puppet making workshops. www.dowtchapuppets.com

JUNIOR CINEMA Grown ups must be accompanied by a child… (even if you have to borrow one) The cinema interior will be decorated by the wall hangings created during the “TWO HOUR TAPESTRY PROJECT” (the fastest tapestry making session in the west), made by the students from 6th Class in Scoil Mhuire, Schull. They illustrate the life of Zorro who was… wait for it… An Irishman from Wexford!

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GAVIN HARTE’S FAMOUS RE:CYCLE CINEMA 6 bikes, 12 legs, a 2000 Lumen projector and 150W of audio system for screening short films. You want to watch? Then pedal. Gavin Harte, Sustainable Development & Carbon Coach, holds a master’s degree in sustainable development. He has been a high profile spokesperson on environmental and sustainability issues for many years. He has worked as the national director of An Taisce and was the founder and developer of Ireland’s first eco-village in Cloughjordan Co Tipperary. Currently Gavin is working with Codema to help homeowners to start Energy Smart Communities to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. Gavin is also providing Education for Sustainable Development and climate change throughout Ireland. In a voluntary capacity Gavin works with the climate change campaigning group Stop Climate Chaos.

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DAMIAN MCCARTHY’S HORROR HORSEBOX Four horrific short films, one director, one horsebox. There’s no escape in this retrospective of Damian McCarthy’s four horror shorts submitted one for every year of our festival’s existence. See them all on a loop over the weekend. He Dies At The End (2009), Hatch (2010), Hungry Hickory (2010) and Never Ever Open It (2011).

ADVENTURES ACTIVITIES SHOWCASE TENT A tent dedicated to adventure activities in West Cork, with presentations from many of West Cork’s leading providers. Looped video presentations of many eye catching, attention grabbing adventures, showcasing the natural beauty of our unique and pristine habitats. The issues of conservation, sustainable tourism and the promotion of West Cork as an eco-friendly destination and a film location managers’ paradise will be highlighted. Organised and overseen by Jim Kennedy of Atlantic Sea Kayaking and supported by Fáilte Ireland and West Cork Development Partnership. www.atlanticseakayaking.com and www.wcdp.ie

The Mexican ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency Carlos Garcia de Alba, will visit the exhibition and will also introduce a compilation of wonderful animations illustrating the story of the Mexican Revolution and Mexican Independence in a humorous way. Check the daily schedule by the cinema or the box office for details on the screenings.

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FESTIVAL SPONSORS Title Sponsor Corona

Grant Aided by Cork County Council West Cork Development Partnership Fáilte Ireland Culture Ireland Irish Film Board

Festival Associates William and Judith Bollinger Benny and Cliona McCabe Michael Satke Frank Daly – Ronan, Daly Jermyn Solicitors Vivian Edward Nathan Digitalforge Subaru: Denis & Mary Ryan

Business Friends John & Patti Bennane John & Josephine Bennett Jean-Michel & Anne Marie Cahier - The New Haven Nellie Cotter - Little Way Charity Shop Sue & Tez Hackett - Hackett’s Bar Ken Kilkenny – Aseco Ireland Ltd Sabine Lenz & Len Lipitch Enibas Pat & Sandra Maher David O’Reilly Frankie Ross Eanna & Mary Timmoney Sheila Whyte - Whyte Books

Friends Vincent & Josephine Ahern Jack & Maura Allen Peter Andrews Claire Barrett Pat Bracken and Joan Giller Jim & Maureen Carrig Annie Chance Moira & Deirdre Collins Tim and Noreen O’Connor Audrey Dunphy Credit Union Skibbereen James & Debbie Crowley Ann & Peter Dellar Irene Flynn Carol Gilbert Diana & Jeremy Gilbert Susan Hurley Con Lynch and Betty O’Donoghue Sean McCarthy Pat McManus

Ann Martin Barry Monahan Zena Mulligan Chris & Patricia O’Dell Noel & Peggy O’Donovan Peggy O’Hara John & Susan O’Shea Dorothy Quinlan Jean Regan Julia & Jack Zagar

in kind Sponsorship Jeremy Brosnan - Brosnan’s Eurospar Tom Brosnan - Centre Parks Harbour Homes Developments Brendan & Jane Hurley Digitalforge Liss Ard House Catherine Kelleher - The Moorings Maria & Jim Kennedy - Atlantic Sea Kayaking Arthur & Lydia Little Andrea & Martin Mueller Corthna Lodge Seamus O’Donoghue Thomas Newman Photography Walter & Josephine Ryan-Purcell Loughbeg Farm Colin Vearncombe IOMEGA Ireland The Iomega® ScreenPlay® DX HD Media Player will change how you experience digital entertainment in your home -bringing you Internet access right to your TV! Enjoy TV programs, movies, videos, music and photos. And with more media formats (including H.264, WMV, RMVB), brilliant 1080p HD quality for a magnificent picture and superior sound (DTS) you’ll enjoy it all even more. Plus, ScreenPlay DX is DLNA certified for easy streaming to anywhere in the house. Iomega Protection Suite software is included to ensure all your digital content is safe and secure. Store up to 2TB of digital content directly on your ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player.

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THANK YOU A sincere ‘Thank You’ to all the people listed below The success of the Corona Fastnet Short FIlm Festival is a testament to your support

@ your Leisure, Davey Ahern - Synth Eastwood, Vincent and Josephine Ahern, Atlantic Sea Kayaking - Maria & Jim Kennedy, Tony and Mairead Barry, Carlos Benyalo, Donal Beecher, David Bickley, Demian & Bruno Bichir, Black Sheep, The Bodega – Cork, Pat Bracken, Tom & Jeremy Brosnan – Brosnan’s Eurospar, Gabrielle Byrne, Bunratty Inn, C103, Dan Cahill, Clare Carey, Jim & Maureen Carrig, Michael Collins, Edel Connor, Johanna Connor, Pat Connor, Jacqui Corcoran, Arena, Sarah-Jane Sinnott – Cork County Council, Niall Mahoney, Cork Screen Commissioner, Suzi Coughlan, Courtyard Crafts, John D’Alton, Enibas, Father Alan and The Parish Council, James Flynn, David & Venita Galvin, His Excellency Carlos Garcia de Alba, the Mexican Ambassador to Ireland, Carol Gilbert, Joan Giller, Richard Gostyn, Granite Consulting, Camilla Griehsel, Gubbeen Farmhouse Products, Raul Padilla, Ivan Trujillo, Anjelica Barba, Anna Zambon & Sarah Ross from FICG, Guadalajara, Hackett’s Bar, Harbour Homes Developments, Gavin Harte, Clair & Ian Haseldine, Brendan and Jane Hurley – Digitalforge, Gerard Hurley, Hopkins Communications, Iván Gutiérrez, Pablo Briseño and Maru Garzon – IMCINE, Catherine & Kevin Kelleher, Tom James – IOMEGA Ireland, Clair Lalor, Jason Lee, Teri Leiber, Arthur & Lydia Little, Little Way Charity Shop, The Moorings, Martin Levis, Liss Ard House, Len Lipitch & Sabine Lenz, David Long Coach Hire, Sarah & Derek McKnight, Luisa McCarthy, Mark McCarthy, Tom McCarthy, Aileen Maguire, MCS, Pat McCabe, Toma McCullim, Kevin McGowan, Karen Minihan, Andrea & Martin Mueller - Corthna Lodge, Florence Newman, Newman’s West, Deirdre Ni Challanain, Tim O’Connor – Principal, Schull Community College, Sean O’Connell, Chris O’Dell and Patricia Coogan O’Dell, Seamus O’Donoghue, Fergus O’Farrell, Eleanor O’Driscoll, O’Regan’s Bar, David O’Reilly, Geraldine O’Reilly, Bernadette O’Shea, Mags O’Sullivan, IFB, Jonathan Parson & Caragh MacCloskey, John and Nona Pettersen, Con Power, David & Patsie Puttnam, Denis and Finola Quinlan, Frankie Ross, Ed Roycroft, Denis & Mary Ryan, Walter and Josephine Ryan-Purcell, Schull Community Council, Ger Prendeville & Schull Gardaí, Schull Drama Group, Schull Development Association, Schull & Fitbones, Schull Tidy Towns, Kirsten Sheridan, Akira Hatsusegawa, Sapporo Film Festival, Aidan Stanley, Gerard Stembridge, Team D.A.D.D.Y., The Calvinists, The Parish Hall, Thomas Newman Photography, Colin Vearncombe, Robin Wells, Brendan Whyte, Sheila Whyte & Whyte Books, Carmel Winters, Laura Rascaroli, Gwenda Young, Barry Monahan, Pierluigi Ercole & Nuala Finnegan – UCC Film Studies, Julia Zagar.

To all the volunteers who have given up their time to help over the past 4 years – we salute you! A special thanks to Logistics at Collin’s Barracks, Cork A very special thanks to Martin Levis for dedication above and beyond, and to Brendan Hurley for the bandwidth and the enthusiasm. Many thanks to our social network administrators in 2010/2011/2012, Mark McCarthy, Pauline Cotter and Hilary McCarthy, who have focused on Facebook in 2012

www.facebook.com/fastnetshortfilmfestival As regards myspace & youtube, we’ll be back in 2013 or sooner

www.myspace.com/fastnetshorts www.youtube.com/fastnetshorts And to all the businesses of Schull for their continued support, thank you. A huge thanks goes to all our guests, none of whom take any payment for taking part in our festival.

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