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To celebrate our members’ wonderful short films, To celebrate our members’ wonderful short films, WFT Ireland will once again be running our annual Short Film Showcase. Submit your short film now for this special showcase and you can be in with the chance of winning some very special prizes. A €500 bursary for your next film from Production People One year of WFT Membership A Colour Grade and DCP for your next short-form project with Element Post-Production A year’s membership to the IFI A grip package from Celtic Grips for your next short film A lighting package from Apollo Film Lighting for your next short film A festival pass and marketplace application fee for Docs Ireland 2023 A festival pass for VMDIFF 2023 A prize sponsored by Vast Valley We want your film! The deadline for submissions is Friday 16th September at 5pm. There is no submission fee to enter your film, you just need to be a current WFT Ireland member. We hope to show as many as possible, but there will not be time to screen all the films we receive, in which case we have some judging criteria which include production values, women on the crew, feminist theme/narrative, quality of vision and writing. We want to encourage filmmakers from all backgrounds and with unique voices to apply. Read more over at WFT.ie.
WFT is delighted to showcase the talents & achieve WFT is delighted to showcase the talents & achievements of two talented women filmmakers at the inaugural Achill Island Film Festival. Hosted by WFT Vice-Chair Jaro Waldeck, this intimate discussion with Kate Haley and Emily Swain will explore the work it takes to get their short films across the line. This event is followed by a networking drinks event later in the evening hosted by WFT Chair Dr. Susan Liddy. Where: Saturday 21st May, 12 noon. When: Lourdies Pub, Main Road, Slievemore, Dooagh, Co. Mayo, F28 F586 Check out the full festival line-up over at achillinternationalfilmfestival.com This event has been made possible with the support of the BAI. Kate Haley Kate Haley is a writer/director from Co. Donegal. Her credits include writing and directing the short films Risk (2017), A Park Bench (2017) & more recently A Death in the Family (2020). A Death in the Family was selected to take part in the CIACLA Irish Short Reels Series (2021), won Best Irish Short at Disappear Here Film Festival (2020) and was nominated for Best Cinematography at The Richard Harris International Film Festival. Kate has just completed an M.Phil. in Screenwriting at TCD & developing her debut feature. Emily Swain Emily has been in and around show business since she was a child. Emily has performed around the world including for award-winning playwrights & filmmakers. Her first feature was shooting with Sir Michael Caine & Martin Landau. Emily won Best Supporting Actress in the film Toby’s Song at the Independent Shorts Awards LA. Her first feature as producer & co-writer was The Confessional (2018) and her shortcut version The Shriving (2019) was selected for Indie Short Fest, LA, and also awarded at the ISAs. Latest acting projects include features and shorts with BAFTA crew members, OSCAR award-winning composers, multiple festival award-winners and Hollywood DOPs. Among the list of notable alumni from ALRA. Emily is a proud member of our sister organisation, WFTV (UK). Emily's debut short (writer/director/producer/actor) Verses is showing at the Achill Film Festival; a 3-min comedy short Problème d'Étang (Pond Trouble) has recently finished post-production.
WFT Ireland welcomes our new Ukrainian members. If WFT Ireland welcomes our new Ukrainian members. If any producers or PMs are looking for creatives, cast, or crew, look no further than Olga Solo, Alina Chornodub and Elmira Asadova-Oyetoro. Untitled design(6).pngOlga Solo Olga Solo is a professional actress and model from Ukraine. She speaks fluent English, Russian, Ukrainian as well as Spanish. A talented dancer, she's also fond of sport - everything from gymnastics to horseriding. Olga is experienced in working across a number of fields, from advertising to short films and TV drama. While her work experience is mostly focused in Ukraine, she worked on a number of projects in foreign languages and is a fast learner. Check out Olga's self-tape here as well as her Spotlight Profile via our site. Alina Chornodub Alina is a theatre and film actor from Ukraine. A dedicated performer, she has tread the boards for 10 years at the Dnipropetrovsk Ukrainian National Theatre. In that time she has played more than fifteen roles on stage. Alina has worked prolifically in the film industry too. In 2019, she starred in the powerful short Anna, directed by Dekel Berenson. This film represented Ukraine at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival and has won awards around the world including Best British Short as well as being nominated for BAFTA. Check out her Casting Profile here and Instagram Profile over at WFT.ie. Elmira Asadova-Oyetoro A film producer, project manager and programmer, Elmira Asadova-Oyetoro is from Kyiv, but has now relocated to Ireland and is looking for work in any of these areas. Having worked on festivals for years, she made her name working in the programming department of the Odessa International Film Festival. She was a founding member of the Ukrainian Film Academy in 2017, creating something new - a space for Ukrainian filmmakers. She has worked across various film productions for eight years, generating short and feature films in production in contemporary Ukraine cinema as well as family production. If you would like to hire these women about professional opportunities, you can find their details over at WFT.ie.
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