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WFT member Sinead Walsh is looking for an Avid Edi WFT member Sinead Walsh is looking for an Avid Editor who might be interested in putting the finishing touches to a feature documentary feature edit & for future minor edit tweaks who might be interested in the editor credit. The project is based on an avant garde visual arist's journey to Ireland. This is a passion project without funding, however the Director will cover all expenses & basic rate, if required.

Please email swalshout@gmail.com with a link to recent work and a copy of your CV.
Festival founder, director and WFT Member Siún O’Connor (Walterstown, Co. Meath) has announced the programme of events for the upcoming Meath Film Festival at its launch event in Solstice Arts Centre, Navan. So far, it will feature film related workshops throughout the day, an ‘In Conversation’ event with Arthur Lappin, screenings short films, screenings of 60 Second films by young people and a screening of the festival’s feature film ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ followed by a Q&A. The festival will provide great opportunities for filmmakers to get involved, showcase their work and strengthen the vibrant filmmaking community in the county. Meath Film Festival is due to take place on Saturday the 17th of September 2022 at Solstice.

Submit Your Film Today

Meath Film Collective are now accepting submissions for short films from both local and national filmmakers. Films will be selected by a panel of industry professionals and successful submissions will be screened during the festival. The Collective are looking for all varieties of short films (15 mins max.). Submissions are open to any genre and language and can include (but are not limited to): documentaries, animation, experimental film and live action. The only stipulation is that your film has a connection to Meath, be it cast, crew or location.

The Collective are also looking for more submissions to the 60 Second Film Challenge for U18s. They would particularly like to welcome submissions which take inspiration from Irish mythology, locations in Meath, inclusion or friendship, the future or environment. Only four weeks left to make your films, so get cracking!

To request a digital application form for submissions of Short Films or 60 Second Film Challenges, please email: filmfestivalmeath@gmail.com with the relevant subject line – ‘MFF-SHORTFILM’ or ‘60SECFILM’. You can also find the application forms on their social media channels. 
Both submissions are free of charge. If you don’t have a short film but would like to get involved with Meath Film Collective,  get in touch!

Deadline for submissions: 17th August 2022.
With the support of Screen Ireland & in partnershi With the support of Screen Ireland & in partnership with the Cork International Film Festival, last November, WFT Ireland presented a very special panel ‘In Her Own Voice: Spotlight on Crew’. Moderated by our chair Dr Susan Liddy, this lively discussion featured director/camera woman Edel O Brien, Grip Hollie Tsan and DOP & WFT Vice-Chair Jaro Waldeck. Listen over at WFT.ie now. 

Hollie Tsan is an assistant grip. At 5 years old she was out on the set of single handed helping her dad with loading trucks and prepping grip equipment and meeting new people. She was a trainee on Striking Out, End of Sentence, Miss Scarlet and the Duke and Conversations with Friends and then an assistant grip on holding, and a second grip on the Queen Mary in London. She helped build rigs for the Galway Girl music video. She also flies drones, she did her first drone shot when she was 14 on a commercial and did a few drone shots on Holding.

Edel O’Brien: For over 30 years, Edel has worked in documentary and factual programming in Ireland and abroad as both a Series Director and Shooting DP. Over the last decade, award-winning Irish television series include: Raised By The Village, The Rotunda, The Shelbourne, Life & Death, Ireland’s Battle With Covid and Bullyproof. It all began donkey’s years ago with a short live-action animation combination Bread & Honey, which won awards at Cork, Annecy, Berlin and Chicago Film Festivals as well as C4’s First Work award.
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