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WFT would officially like to invite all our member WFT would officially like to invite all our members to our 2021 Annual General Meeting which will take place online on Thursday, July 8th at 5pm. We encourage all members to attend; however please RSVP by registering at the Billetto link below before July 1st and you will be sent a link to the meeting. Register to attend here via Billetto. Note: If you cannot make it, you are welcome to return the ‘proxy form’ and nominate another member to vote in your place. You must complete and return the proxy form via email before July 1st. Members, check your email inbox, where you should find the following documents: Official 2021 AGM Notification 2020 Financial Statements Minutes of the Directors’ Meeting setting the date of the AGM Proxy Form You must be a current member in good standing to attend the AGM. Please make sure you are up-to-date with your WFT membership by logging in to the site and checking your subscription. At the AGM we will: review/approve the financial accounts for 2020, elect/re-elect the board, and vote on some proposed constitutional changes. Regards, The WFT Board
Suspicious Minds is a short film set at a rave fea Suspicious Minds is a short film set at a rave featuring Irish dance, Irish culture and the Irish language. WFT Member Imelda O'Reilly received a residency at Catwalk in Hudson, New York where she is shooting this narrative film, and needs help funding its completion. About Imelda O'Reilly Imelda O’Reilly is a native of Ireland and an award-winning filmmaker. Her published works include plays, poems and fiction. As a filmmaker she has written and directed seven award winning films that have played internationally at over a hundred film festivals. Most recently, a short documentary film titled Tumbling Towards Home, Her Moroccan film Bricks, Beds and Sheep’s Heads was a regional finalist for the Student Academy Awards in 2007. Her feature screenplay titled We’re the Kids in America was an official selection for L’Atélier Cinéfondation, part of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2018. Imelda was a commissioned writer on Song for New York with Mabou Mines. This piece was developed through the Sundance Theater Lab. She just finished shooting a short narrative film titled Suspicious Minds filmed in Hudson, NY. O’Reilly is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Morocco in 2007. She graduated from Columbia University with honors and has an MFA in film. Imelda is an Associate Professor at JMU. Prior to JMU Imelda was an Assistant Professor at NYU’s Graduate Film Program in TischAsia in Singapore. To contribute to the film PAYPAL - imelda.oreilly@gmail.com
When it comes to shooting films, they say never wo When it comes to shooting films, they say never work with children or animals – but what about filming an entire feature around the life of one impressive horse? On Friday 28th May, WFT Board Member Fiona Kinsella was in conversation with fellow producer Tracy O’Riordan about her film Dream Horse. Based on a true story, this warm, wonderful feature, which features Toni Colette and Damien Lewis, is released in Irish cinemas this month. Listen to the podcast now over at WFT.ie. Tracy O’Riordan Bio Tracy set up Moonspun Films in 2008. Most recently she produced filmmaker Clio Barnard’s fourth feature Ali & Ava, a love story starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar. In 2018 O’Riordan produced Monsoon, the second feature from Hong Khaou (Lilting), which was shot entirely on location in Vietnam and starred Henry Golding of Crazy Rich Asians. O’Riordan worked as a drama development executive and story editor before moving into physical production in 2002, when most notably she worked on the multi-award-winning feature The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears. Following this O’Riordan worked as a production executive overseeing a slate of micro-budget feature films as part of Liverpool: European Capital of Culture 2008, which included the acclaimed Of Time and the City, directed by Terence Davies. In 2010 O’Riordan produced The Arbor, directed by Clio Barnard, which won several national and international awards and was nominated for a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut. In 2012 she produced The Selfish Giant, Barnard’s second feature, which was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for a BAFTA (Outstanding British Film). In 2016 O’Riordan produced Barnard’s third feature Dark River, which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (Platform Prize: Honorable Mention) and the London Film Festival in 2017.
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