Signatures is a short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents aspiring to write, direct and produce films for the cinema. The scheme aims to encourage strong, original storytelling, visual flair, and production values appropriate to the big screen.
Reality Bites is a scheme to enable the making of short documentaries. The scheme aims to encourage experimentation and the realisation of fresh approaches to non-fiction filmmaking
Crossing Salween
Brian O’Malley
Ireland | 2010 | 20mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled
A young girl must make the journey through Burmese jungle to the Salween River and the safety of Thailand beyond. But will her late father’s promise of a guardian angel be enough to shepherd her across the river where so many have fallen?
Blue Rinse
Matt Leigh
Ireland | 2010 | 12mins | Beta | Colour
Time may be a great healer, but he’s a lousy beautician. Still, blonde, brown, grey or even blue – your hair is your crowning glory no matter how old you are.
Pentecost
Peter McDonald
Ireland | 2010 | 10mins | Beta | Colour
Against his will, Damian is called in to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. He faces a choice: conform to the status quo or serve an extended ban from his passion in life, football.
Collaboration Horizontale
Ciaran Cassidy
Ireland | 2010 | 14mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled
Inspired by Robert Capa’s image of the newly liberated French town of Chartres, the film discovers the fate that befell the young son of a German soldier, seen in the arms of his shaven-headed mother.
The Christening
Oonagh Kearney
Ireland | 2010 | 14mins | Beta | Colour
Ailbhe is 14. Smart, confident and outspoken, nothing fazes her – except the christening of her nephew this weekend.
Needle Exchange
Colm Quinn
Ireland | 2010 | 10mins | Beta | Colour
Two recovering addicts practice tattooing on each other and find over time they mark each other in more ways than merely the physical.
This Is A Test
Ruairi Robinson
Ireland | 2010 | 12mins | Beta | Colour
A guy starts seeing aliens after taking pills.
Shoe
Nick Kelly
Ireland | 2010 | 13mins | 35mm | Colour
Vince is about to kill himself – but that crazy beggar keeps killing the mood.
Hearing Silence
Hilary Fennell
Ireland | 2010 | 12mins | Beta | Colour
In a world where sound plays an increasingly frustrating role, we learn how professional musician Elizabeth Petcu is coping with going deaf.
Hearing Silence
Return to Roscoff
Ken Wardrop
Ireland, France | 2010 | 15mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled
Gayle, a single mother, has been coming to terms with her life since suffering a brain injury. Her relationship with Luc, her headstrong 8-year-old, has become increasingly difficult.
A French / Irish co-production.
