Congratulations to CDM Year 2 students Eoin Smith and Kaya Keats whose films have been shortlisted for the Fingal Film Festival. Both films will be screen on Friday 10th of May at the Odean Cinema Blanchardstown. (more…)
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IFI Stranger than Fiction, Dublin’s Documentary Film Festival Call for Entries
CALL FOR ENTRIES: SUBMISSION DETAILS
IFI Stranger Than Fiction is accepting entries of Irish and international short documentaries (under 20-minutes) and for Irish feature-length documentaries (over 60-minutes). International features are programmed on an invitation-only basis and no entries in this category will be accepted. (more…)
Documentary Festival Seeking Submissions
Dublin Doc Fest at 10 Days in Dublin
Dublin Doc Fest is seeking short documentary submissions (maximum duration 15 mins) for its first short documentary screening as part of 10 Days in Dublin Arts Festival in July 2013. (more…)
ICCL Human Rights Film Award Competition
Applications are now open for ICCL Human Rights Film Award
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Uniquely Dublin Competition
Deadline: 28th January
Uniquely Dublin is a public arts competition that invites the public, both amateur and professional, to submit work in a number of categories answering the question “Why love Dublin?”
There is a €10,000 prize for the winning entry, and €1,000 for the winner of each category. Work will be shown all over Dublin in the Spring of 2013.
Submit a film, written work, photography or other.
For more info and how to enter, please visit www.uniquelydublin.ie
Digital Biscuit Film and Animation Competition
Deadline: 18th January
As part of their Digital Biscuit event the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland is launching its first Young Animators Award. Digital Biscuit is a series of 20 programmed talks and technology expositions over three days on the 24th -26th of January 2013 in the Science Gallery that will bring together global film industry leaders including directors David Yates (Harry Potter) and Pete Doctor (Toy Story).
The rules:
- Your animation must be between 10 seconds and 2 minutes long.
- You animation must incorporate the ‘digital biscuit’ theme in some way – visually, verbally or conceptually.
The judges:
- Jason Tammemagi (COSMO, Monster Animation)
- Joel Simon (Flickerpix Animations)
- Steve Woods (National Film School, Head of the SDGI Animation Committee)
The prize:
- Your animation will be premiered at Digital Biscuit to an audience of animators, directors, industry professional and film-loving public.
- A day of mentoring at Academy Award Nominated Brown Bag Studios
Submission:
Animations should be uploaded as a private video to youtube or vimeo and the link sent to admin@sdgi.ie. with subject line “Animation Award Your Name”
For more details Click Here
Channel 4 Film Competition
For a chance to win a spot on Film4 check out this competition to recreate a scene from a movie.
Third year CDM student’s first TV live-action credit
One Thursday 19th July third year CDM student Derek Joyce will have his first credit on a series that airs on Setanta at 9pm. This programme is called ‘It’s Not The Taking Part’, an Ob-Doc following 8 Irish atheletes as they attempt to quality for the Olympics. Derek’s role was first production assistant. Tune in!
