FESTIVAL SHORT FILMS ScreeningFriday,July29that7:30pm 2016AtWEEIRISHFILMNIGHT atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRouge

VIOLET‘Violet’ is the dark, cautionary tale of a young girl whodespisesherreflection.RunTime:8minutesGenre:Animated|DramaDirector-Animator:MauriceJoyceWriter-Producer:MarkHodkinsonKeyCast:AidanGillen(narrator)Company:TidyToysPictures,FestivalFormulaAwards: 2015 Galway Film Fleadh – Best Short IrishAnimation, 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival – JuryAward,2016PheonixFilmFestival–BestShortFilm

THEWAYBACKFaye,ascientistblamingherself for thedisappearanceofheryoungsister25yearsbefore,buildsatimemachinetodiscoverwhat happened. She is unready for the horribletruth.RunTime:14minutesGenre:Thriller|Sci-FiDirector:JohnCarlinWriters:AaronGray,PaulSkillenKeyCast:DaisyHaggard,LacyMoore,LiamMcMahonCompany:causeAsceneFilms

MULLINSFAIRDonnaandDavidMullins havebeen touring theWest ofIrelandwithMullinsFairforthelast25years.Theyspeakaboutsurvivingasasmallbusinessintheharsheconomicclimate in Ireland and give us an insight into howtownshipshavebeenaffectedinruralIreland.RunTime:4minutesGenre:DocumentaryDirector-Producer:LouiseMortonMurrayProducer:MichelleTofi

THEIMMACULATEMISCONCEPTION

Sinead,underage,pregnantandavirginwholiveswithhergrandparents. Her grandmother, the matriarch of thisdysfunctional family and a pious Catholic, will stop atnothingtogetthisbirthproclaimedimmaculate.RunTime:25minutesGenre:Family|Comedy|DramaCoWriter-Director:MichaelGeogheganCoWriter:SimonRileyProducer:RussellCurtisKeyCast:OrliathFeenan,NiallCusack,HelenaBereenCompany:PartizanFilms

THEGURUAnintrepiddocumentaryteamfilmarevealingportraitofaspiritualsuperstar.RunTime:6minutesGenre:ComedyWriter-Director-Producer:CarlMurphyProducers:JackNorton,TomLynchKeyCast:A.J.Kennedy,CiaraSmyth

UNHINGEDThesqueakyhingegetstheoil,but if thesqueakescapestheoils,it'ssuretogetyou!RunTime:3minutesGenre:Animated|ComedyWriter-Director:TomCaulfieldProducer:BarryO’DonoghueCompany:StudioOkinami

CITYOFROSESOneHalloweennightasmolderingsuitcasewaspulledoffabonfireinDublinandthuswassavedatruestoryoflove,lossandhope.RunTime:9minutesGenre:Animated|DramaWriter-Director:AndrewKavanaghWriters:PaddyFitzpatrick,RosalieFriedelFitzpatrickKeyCast:PeterCoonan,SeánDoyle,AoibhinGarrihy

BLIGHT

AyoungpriestissenttoaremoteislandofftheIrishcoasttohelpprotectanestrangedfishingcommunityfromdarksupernaturalforces,butnothingisasitseems.RunTime:15minutesGenre:HorrorDirector:BrianDeaneWriter:MatthewRocheKey Cast: George Blagden, Donncha Crowley, AliciaGerrardAwards: 2016 Fantasporto – Best Short Film, 2016Filmquest–BestActor(GeorgeBlagden)

THEYSHOOTPEOPLETwelve year-old Jane has always been good with guns.When she gets a chance to prove it, her life is changedforever.RunTime:9minutesGenre:DramaWriter-Director:MarkNoonanProducer:JohnKevilleKeyCast:HarryBehan,LaurenKinsella,KillianScottCompany:SavageProductions

MORETHANGOD

A religious doctor attempts to uncover his wife'ssuspectedaffair,but instead is confrontedby the rigidityofhisreligion,theboundariesofhisloveforhisdaughter,andhisobligationtoresuscitateherlover'shusband.RunTime:9minutesGenre:ComedyWriter-Director:KevCahillProducers:AliCoffey,SorchaO’BeirneKey Cast:Donncha Crowley, Brian Fortune, Lorna Larkin,AllyNiChiarain,MarieRuaneAwards:2015RhodeIslandInt’lFilmFest–GrandPrizeforBest Director, 2015 Bahamas Int’l Film Fest – Best ShortFilm, 2016 Boston Irish Film Fest – Best ShortFiction/Animation

ScreeningFriday,July29that10:30pm,beforeTRADERS atManshipTheatreattheShawCenterfortheArts ThirdStreetatNorthBoulevard,BatonRouge

ANYLASTWORDSA short film about kidnap, revenge and redemption inmodern Ireland. We follow Driver, a man who has losteverythinghecaresabout,asheseeksvengeanceagainstthemanresponsible.RunTime:11minutesGenre:DramaWriter-Director-Producer:CraigMooreProducer:AngelCroitorKeyCast:GeorgeBracebridge,GrahamEarleyCompany:MooreForLessProductions

ScreeningSunday,July31stat5:30pm,beforeATLANTIC atCelticMediaCentre 10000CelticDrive,BatonRouge

LIMINALA short documentary that explores the relationshipbetween folklore and conservation by looking at thefolklore of selkies and seals, and how it affectsconservationofsealsinIreland.RunTime:12minutesGenre:Documentary|Nature|FolkloreDirector-Producer:LizWilkProducers: Caroline Baginksi, Florence Wilk, Mary PatHoltschlag,CamillePitts,KathleenWilk

ScreeningMonday,August1stat7:30pm,beforeONTHENOSE atPhilBrady’sBarandGrill 4848GovernmentStreet,BatonRouge

BIGBIRDBigBird is the storyabout twounderdogs in love findingeachother.RunTime:10minutesGenre:Comedy|RomanceDirector:JanBoonWriter:DerekO’ConnorKeyCast:JohnnyVivash,LiesaNaertAwards: 2015 Making Waves Film Festival – Best Int’lShort,2015DiamondintheRoughFestival–BestShort

TEACHER’SPETA short quirky comedy about Billy, a young boy with acrushonhisteacher.RunTime:4minutesGenre:ComedyWriter-Director:MeganDevaneyProducer:NiamhMacNamaraKeyCast:AlexMahon