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President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins was in Galway last week to honour filmmaker Bob Quinn and celebrate 10 years of Galway as a UNESCO City of Film 🎥🌎 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eG5uBhTX Galway City of Film Ardán

Ardán is delighted to announce that the application process has finished for the Ardán / RTE Short Film Commission 2024. There was a huge uptake on the commission, with 50 teams applying. After an assessment period with external readers assessing all of the scripts, five filmmaking teams have been chosen as finalists to interview for this next round of the Commission. In alphabetical order, the finalist teams and their projects are: "Cold Winter" Writer - Georgina Brennan Stynes Director - Oisin Mac Coille Producer - Darren O'Mahony Logline: A grieving mother and a reclusive caretaker connect through heartache at a crumbling train station. "Debs Night" Writer - Gillian Grattan Director - Oonagh Quinn Producer - Jacqui Butler Logline: When a lovestruck teen’s dream Debs Night ends in devastation, an unexpected connection turns heartbreak into new possibilities. "EYES TO LISTEN, HANDS TO SPEAK" Writer - Cathriona Slammon Director - Jaro Waldeck Producer - Alan Markey Logline: About to receive a long-awaited hearing device, a deaf woman secretly suffering from Pica, struggles with being part of the hearing world. "Little B*tch" Writer - Niamh O'Connor Director - Sinead O'Brien Producer - Kira Fitzpatrick Logline: When 13-year-old Amy’s Christmas and birthday wishes are ignored, a substitute teacher sets about confronting her parents to establish what constitutes neglect. "SHOWPIG" Writer - David Power Director - Emily Power Producer - Billy Buckley Logline: A young amputee faces the reality of modern disability and the marketability of diversity during preparation for a school fashion show. Each of the teams will take part in an interview on December 13th. One team will then be funded €15,000 to make a short film. Follow Ardán’s socials to find out which finalist will be selected!

Learn more about the history of Galway as a UNESCO City of Film / Ceantar Scannán, dating back to 1898, up as far as 2024, through this visual historical archive created by the Galway City of Film team over the last year with the kind archival support of Tom Kenny of Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries and William Henry Historian & Writer. For those who don't use LinkedIn, this archive is also shareable from Ardán's YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/dZ8vTfvN Read the slides in detail here: https://lnkd.in/dziqP3kS The tradition of film in Galway goes back as far the first screening at Mr. Mack’s Assembly Room on Eyre Square in 1898, and the first film was reportedly shot here in 1905 by Burton Holmes. This timeline includes notable films, venues, organisations, companies, and designations related to film that are/ were based in the city/ county and have contributed to Galway as a region of film. Please note: This timeline is a work in progress, and we will be updating it as we gather more information. If you have suggested insights or edits to make to this archive, please email info@ardan.ie Galway City of Film is managed by Ardán on behalf of Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council and Galway County Council. Visit Galway thisisgalway.ie

Who are the artists and decision makers behind the scenes? In partnership with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and with the support of Griffith College Dublin, we will be hosting Screen Sessions – an afternoon of in-depth conversations on craft, career and creativity between talent from the Irish Screen industries. On Friday, 13th December we’ll be joined by: - BAFTA and Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) winning Director/Producer Ciaran Donnelly (Kin, Altered Carbon, Vikings, The Tudors) - Casting Director Maureen Hughes (The Miracle Club, Small Things Like These, Once, Abigail) - Artist and Graphic Designer Annie Atkins (The Grand Budapest Hotel, West Side Story) and Production Designer, Art Director and Concept Illustrator Jill Beecher (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, The Revenant, Alien: Covenant) Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eZDUxMqB Ardán National Talent Academies Bow Street Academy National College of Art & Design IADT Dún Laoghaire Dublin Business School School of Media at TUDublin

Thanks to IFTN - Irish Film & Television Network for covering our 10th anniversary City of Film celebrations where President of Ireland / Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higginss and Lelia Doolan presented Bob Quinn with the fourth Ceantar Scannán award. 💚 📽️ ✨ Read about the reception, speeches, award ceremony and the screening of "Poitín" at the link: https://lnkd.in/edvAtfR4 Here's a couple more images from the evening: 1. President Michael D. Higgins arriving at the Galway City of Film 10th anniversary event. (📷Dave McDonagh) 2. Seamus Deasy, Maggie Uí Cuaig, and Bob Quinn. (Maggie starred in "Póitín" in 1978. (📷Avi Ratnayake) 3. Ceantar Scannán Honouree 2024 Bob Quinn (Avi Ratnayake) 4. Bob Quinn receiving his Ceantar Scannán brooch from President Higgins and Lelia Doolan. Brooch by Berina Kelly (📷Emilija Jefremova) 5. Trailblazers of Irish film: Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Seamus Deasy, Joe Comerford, Vivienne Dick, Pat Murphy, Lelia Doolan and Bob Quinn. (📷Avi Ratnayake) 6. Bob Quinn and Patricia Melly. Patricia was in Bob's documentary "The Silent World". (📷Avi Ratnayake) 7. Sabina Higgins, Lelia Doolan, and Bob Quinn listening to President Higgins' speech (📷Emilija Jefremova) 8. Attendees included Bob's family, friends, and peers, Irish film industry professionals and City of Film programme participants (📷Emilija Jefremova) 9. The Galway City of Film team, the President and his team, and Bob’s family, friends, and peers at the awards ceremony at the Pálás Cinema (📷Avi Ratnayake) 10. Bob Quinn at the House Hotel with his children Robert, Hannah, Toner, Bairbre, Marcus, and Dominic. ((📷Avi Ratnayake) The Galway City of Film UNESCO designation and programme is managed by Ardán on behalf of Galway City and County Council.

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Yesterday evening the Galway City of Film team had the privilege of hosting a special event at the Pálás Galway honouring acclaimed filmmaker Bob Quinn for his contributions to Irish cinema. 📽️ 💚 ✨ Former Ceantar Scannán recipients President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and cultural trailblazer Lelia Doolan presented Bob with the award. The evening brought together figures from the film community to celebrate Bob’s pioneering work, particularly his focus on the West of Ireland and his groundbreaking use of the Irish language in film. Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins and Lelia Doolan delivered inspiring speeches about Bob Quinn's legacy and what it means for Galway as a City of Film. We rounded off the evening with a screening of Bob’s remastered Irish language crime-drama “Poitín” (1978), with new music from Bill Whelan, praised for its historical and cinematic significance. Thank you to every one of our distinguished guests - friends and supporters of, and industry and initiative participants in City of Film - for joining us to mark Galway’s 10 year UNESCO status. Here are some initial snapshots of the night including our guests of honour; A Uachtaráin Michael D. Higgins, Sabina Higgins, Lelia Doolan, Bob Quinn, Declan Gibbons, Miriam Allen, Kate O'Toole, Toner Quinn, Celine Curtin with Alan Duggan (Formal Photos: Emilija Jefremova) (Ceremony/ Screening Avi Ratnayake) Galway City of Film is managed by Ardán on behalf of Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council Arts Office and Galway County Council Arts Office. Áras an Uachtaráin Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Galway Film Fleadh thisisgalway.ie

A lovely evening yesterday celebrating 10 years of #galwaycityoffilm, honouring filmmaker Bob Quinn and watched a remastered edition of Poitín. I went down quite a few boreens to find his house to interview him for the bid! #ceantarscannán

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