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ONLINE EVENTS
Screenwriters Panel
Learn more about contemporary Irish screenwriting – where the inspiration springs from, how the ideas develop and the process through drafts and redrafts to the final version. Whether you’re an aspiring screenwriter, a film lover or passionate about storytelling, this is an opportunity to learn about the behind-the-scenes process of writing a great script.
PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Tiernan Williams & John Connors, Andrew Legge, Ailbhe Keogan, Fiona Bergin & Fintan Connolly
Documentary Panel
The panel will be pre-recorded next month in the second week of February and then released on the festival platform during the 2023 festival. We hope that the panel will provide an opportunity for both the general public and filmmakers of all levels to learn more about contemporary Irish documentary – where the stories come from and the background to bringing them to the screen. Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker, a film lover or passionate about storytelling, we want to give Irish audiences an opportunity to learn about the behind-the-scenes process of making a great film.
PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Margo Harkin, Cara Holmes, Sinead O’Shea
LGBTQ+ panel
In response to a request from one of our international filmmakers who could not attend this year’s DIFF in person, we are delighted to share this online discussion on how "the queer" has influenced filmmaking and representation in cinema. In recognition that queerness influences not only what these filmmakers do, but also how they approach making it. Queer representation in cinema, and the limits of the private sphere of actors and filmmakers.
PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Daniel Vallejo, Columbian filmmaker; Cracks Will Come, Nathan Fagan; Mud Queen & Tania Notaro (Glitterbug)
DIFF Circle
HOW TO SELL YOUR FILM WITH MICHELLE RYAN
Based on years of explaining to filmmakers how important it is to create a good Electronic Press Kit (EPK) It's such a good idea to start planting this seed in filmmakers' heads before they get started on how important this side of filmmaking is. Very often it can become a box to be ticked with no further thought or planning put into it other than it “having to be done” (EPK material). To elevate storytelling and brand identity and translate that into effective content is essential especially in a cluttered market.
Michelle Ryan talks nitty-gritties of working on fast-paced projects to extract daily embedded coverage, on ability to self-produce and how to market films by landing the right press coverage.
DIFF Online films
We're delighted to offer a programme of film highlights online during the festival from Friday February 23 – Saturday March 4. Our digital programme comprises a selection of features and shorts that screened in cinema in the Festival, giving you a second chance to catch them no matter where you are in Ireland. The programme also includes events and films that are exclusive online-only.
Online Exclusive
Online and in Cinemas
Victim (See page 45)
My Sailor, My Love (See page 33)
My Imaginary Country (See page 30)
Notes From Sheepland (See page 67)
I Must Away (See page 66)
Mincéir (See page 66)
Day after... (See page 71)
Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapers (See page 70)
Shorts Programme 1 (See page 78)
Shorts Programme 2 (See page 81)
Shorts Programme 3 (See page 83)
Just like cinema screenings, online screenings have limited capacity so we recommend pre-booking. See www.diff.ie to book and watch.
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SCREEN IRELAND SHORTS CURATED BY THE DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DURATION: 15 mins 51 sec
DIRECTOR: Sinead O’Loughlin
PRODUCER: Lara Hickey
COUNTRY: Ireland
An ordinary day takes a sinister turn for a woman and her child when a stranger walks into their isolated rural home.
Safe as Houses
DURATION: 16 mins 11 sec
DIRECTOR: Mia Mullarkey
PRODUCER: Claire Mc Cabe
COUNTRY: Ireland
On a hot summer’s day, Aggie, a woman with Down syndrome, offers shelter to a young girl, Lucy, when her home life is not so welcoming.
Regular Rabbit
DURATION: 7 mins 40 seconds
DIRECTOR: Eoin Duffy
PRODUCER: Jamie Hogan
COUNTRY: Ireland
The good name of a seemingly regular rabbit falls victim to an unstoppable tide of disinformation.
Bad Boy BuckRed Rabbit
DURATION: 21 mins 18 sec
DIRECTOR: James Fitzgerald
PRODUCER: Simon Doyle
COUNTRY: Ireland
After a one night stand with another man, a married farmer attempts to hide the affair from his family as the truth drives him to breaking point.
Shadow
DURATION: 14 mins 51 seconds
DIRECTOR: Janna Kemperman
PRODUCER: Maggie Ryan
A young girl is her Dad’s shadow as they work their farm. When a family tragedy causes her Dad to retreat into himself “Shadow” takes it on herself to secretly keep the show on the road while her Dad finds his way back to her.
DURATION: 04 mins 52 seconds
DIRECTOR: Rory Kerr
PRODUCER: Ciara Roche
COUNTRY: Ireland
A rabbit struggles to find peace and relaxation at home. These attempts are thwarted by a destructive shoulder devil, who takes glee in ruining any chance of tranquility.
Hermit
DURATION: 02 mins 27 seconds
DIRECTOR: Sarah Benson
PRODUCER: Stephen Fagan
COUNTRY: Ireland
In a dystopian future, Mother Nature guards the last of Earth's flora deep underwater. When the last of humanity - a hermit building a sheltermakes a discover, greed takes over.
DolorosaWill You Look At Me?
DURATION: 10 mins 22 sec
DIRECTOR: Emma Martin, Hugh O’Connor
PRODUCER: Zlata Filipovic
COUNTRY: Ireland
A young woman yields to a predetermined story. Someone’s son wrestles inside the abyss of his own skin. A woman’s face marked by hope, pain and triumph; a young girl rebels against expectation and success. Dolorosa is a short film reflecting on humanity in all its glory, innocence and desperation, power and vulnerability.
DURATION: 20 mins
DIRECTOR: Shuli Huang
PRODUCER: Shuli Huang
COUNTRY: China
As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
Baths
DURATION: 14 mins 16 sec
DIRECTOR: Nell Hensey
PRODUCER: Claire Mooney
COUNTRY: Ireland
An intimate anthology short, with each chapter thematically centred on someone taking a bath at a turning point in their life.
Wednesday’s Child
DURATION: 10 mins 6 sec
DIRECTOR: Laura O’Shea
PRODUCER: Caroline Harvey
COUNTRY: Ireland
Marie faces her first day on the job as a Social Care worker. Despite her optimism, a house call to a family in crisis quickly brings her down to reality.