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NEWS IndieCork Fim Festival
TCork’s IndieCork Film Festival
announces award to support
Female Directors
IndieCork Festival, Ireland’s festival of independent film, has announced that the award created in 2018 to help support Irish female film directors, will again take place for the 2019 edition.
he festival takes place from the 6 - 13 October this year.
“IndieCork has created an award that is effective and meaningful in creating change,” said Chairperson of IndieCork, Dr. Eileen Hogan, “in encouraging female filmmakers in Ireland, to take on the role of directing, and bringing their vision to fruition.
Female participation in filmmaking is not so much
a problem, with women
taking on many roles in the
industry. However, female
directors currently
represent just 30% or our
entries, which we at
IndieCork would like to see improve vastly. This is the only such award in Ireland, so hopefully we can make an impact with this initiative. We are all the poorer if we do not have a female vision or expression adequately represented in Irish filmmaking.”
the festival is on creativity and aims to champion cinema that engages with social, political and cultural matters. It supports young and emerging filmmakers and gives audiences an opportunity to meet with filmmakers. The overlap between music and cinema whether as music docs or music promo films is also explored and they look at the vibrancy of the local filmmaking sector in the Creative Cork programmes.
student and graduate artists as part of the IndieCork Film Festival.
The IndieCork award for ‘Best Emerging Irish Female Director’ was won in 2018 by Caoimhe Clancy for ‘Coco Dreams of Blue’. The award carries a cash prize and will be announced
The festival has become synonymous with the presentation of experimental and interdisciplinary film, music, and visual art. It shares CIT’s strong local and national focus, and emphasis on the development of the individual voice within a community of practice.
This is the seventh year of the festival which champions independent productions from Cork, from Ireland and from across the world looking to promote great films, special experiences and some fun along the journey. Many films continue to be made but don’t often get to cinemas or TV and this is where the festival believes it needs to showcase such productions and that the network of festivals is an important alternative distribution and exhibition circuit.
One of the other key awards is the Ronan Phelan Script Award which is intended to encourage filmmaking talent in Ireland, in memory of Cork filmmaker Ronan Phelan. The shortlisted scripts are pitched by either the writer, director or producer to a panel of judges. The award will recognise the best script entered, through the awarding of a trophy at the closing night of the festival.
art(ist)FILM offers a platform for screenings and discussion in a variety of contexts and venues. Films are selected through an open application process. By bringing together students, graduates, experienced professionals, and supportive audiences, art(ist)FILM aims to highlight and foster the artistic and professional development of a new generation working with the moving image. Entry is open to those who are enrolled in or have graduated from a third level college on the island of Ireland in the last 5 years.
IndieCork presents short films, documentaries and features and a number of special events. The focus of
Earlier this year in June, in partnership with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT Arts Office, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design, and CIT Cork School of Music), the festival announced the second edition of art(ist)FILM. The programme aims to present moving image works by
Ken Loach, one of the world’s most socially engaged contemporary film directors is patron of the festival.
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His film The Wind That Shakes The Barley won the Cannes Palme D’Or in 2006.