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05/01/2005
RTE Shortscreen begins 2005 with a selection of Irish short films
Shortscreen, a new RTE 2 compilation programme that includes award-winning short films from the Short Cuts and Frameworks film schemes, is to begin the New Year with one short film screening every Saturday night.
Viewers will get an opportunity to see the latest films produced by new and established talent currently working in the Irish film industry.
'Two Fat Ladies', which is the first film to screen on January 8, scooped the Claire Lynch Award for Best First Short by an Irish Director when it premiered at the Cork Film festival in 2003.
The programme continues with Brendan Muldowney's short 'Beauty Queen', Barry Dignam's 'A Ferret Called Mickey' and Dennis McArdle's 'Burning The Bed' starring Gina McKee and Aidan Gillen. Burning The Bed has had a very successful run on the international festival circuit and picked up the award for Best Short Film at the DeadCentre Film Festival in Oklahoma.
There is also be an animation strand included in Shortscreen, which will feature the Frameworks short films 'The Popes Visit', directed by Gary Blatchford, and the 'Hugo Mellon Show', directed by Joel Simon.
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Viewers will get an opportunity to see the latest films produced by new and established talent currently working in the Irish film industry.
'Two Fat Ladies', which is the first film to screen on January 8, scooped the Claire Lynch Award for Best First Short by an Irish Director when it premiered at the Cork Film festival in 2003.
The programme continues with Brendan Muldowney's short 'Beauty Queen', Barry Dignam's 'A Ferret Called Mickey' and Dennis McArdle's 'Burning The Bed' starring Gina McKee and Aidan Gillen. Burning The Bed has had a very successful run on the international festival circuit and picked up the award for Best Short Film at the DeadCentre Film Festival in Oklahoma.
There is also be an animation strand included in Shortscreen, which will feature the Frameworks short films 'The Popes Visit', directed by Gary Blatchford, and the 'Hugo Mellon Show', directed by Joel Simon.
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