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A delegation of Irish producers, directors, acting talent and crew will be in New York City next week to attend Robert De Niro's renowned Tribeca Film Festival.
The festival, which kicks off on April 17th, features a strong Irish line-up including the world premiere of the Irish feature film RUN & JUMP directed by Academy Award® nominated Steph Green (New Boy) together with Neil Jordan's BYZANTIUM, the US premiere of Lenny Abrahamson's WHAT RICHARD DID, the horror film DARK TOUCH and the short films FEAR OF FLYING and THE GIRL WITH THE MECHANICAL MAIDEN.
Along with the screenings, the Irish delegation which includes directors Steph Green and Lenny Abrahamson along with producers, cast and crew will be using the opportunity to network and make valuable contacts with the international industry.
Both RUN AND JUMP and WHAT RICHARD DID will screen with 20 other international features and documentaries in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca festival which focuses on stories told from distinctly male and female perspectives.
Neil Jordan's BYZANTIUM stars Saoirse Ronan and will screen along with films from well know filmmakers including Mira Nair, David Gordon Green, and Neil LaBute in the Spotlight section.
DARK TOUCH is a French Irish co-production starring Marcella Plunket (Stella Days) and Padraic Delaney (The Wind that Shakes the Barley) and will have the honour of opening the Midnight section of the festival. DARK TOUCH is co-produced by Element Films in Ireland.
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre and has become one of the most important festivals on the international calendar.
The Tribeca Film Festival will take place in New York City April 17th - 28th.
More About RUN AND JUMP
Run and Jump was produced by Tamara Anghie, Martina Niland, Astrid Kahmke and Philipp Kreuzer for Samson Films and Bavaria Pictures. It was funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB), Eurimages , Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, RTÉ, Bavaria Pictures, DFFF, FFF Bayern, Senator Film München, Cine Postproduction. Global Screen Entertainment is handling sales.
More About WHAT RICHARD DID
WHAT RICHARD DID is the third film from acclaimed director Lenny Abrahamson, whose previous work includes GARAGE and ADAM & PAUL. He is currently in post-production on FRANK which stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
The film stars Jack Reynor, who is set to star in the next Transformers Hollywood blockbuster, as Richard Karlsen a golden-boy athlete and undisputed alpha-male of his privileged set of South Dublin teenagers. The world is bright and everything seems possible, until one night Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him.
WHAT RICHARD DID was produced by Ed Guiney for Element Pictures with Andrew Lowe executive producing and was funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) and Screen Scene.
More about BYZANTIUM
Neil Jordan's latest feature film BYZANTIUM stars Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, The Lovely Bones) and Gemma Arterton (St. Trinian's) as Eleanor and Clara, two mysterious and penniless young women who flee the scene of a violent crime and arrive in a run-down coastal resort. They try to find money and refuge along the tawdry seafront and in the dilapidated hotels.
Clara, ever-practical, sells her body. She soon meets shy and lonely Noel, who provides a roof over their heads in his seedy guesthouse, Byzantium. Clara, always looking towards the future, turns it into a ‘pop-up' brothel. Meanwhile Eleanor, the eternal schoolgirl, meets Frank, a kindred spirit who unwittingly prompts her to tell the truth about her life. She tells him that Clara is her mother; yet Clara is only a few years older. She says that she was born in 1804; yet she is just sixteen. She confesses that she must drink human blood to stay alive - and so must her mother. In the small, quiet town, people start to die. And the past that the girls have been running from for so long, finally catches up with them - with astonishing consequences.
Dublin's Parallel Films co-produced with Number9 Films in the UK with funding from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Bord (IFB), Demarest Films, StudioCanal and Lipsync.
More About DARK TOUCH
DARK TOUCH is directed and written by Marina de Van and tells the story of Niamh, the lone survivor of a bloody massacre after the furniture and objects in her family's isolated house take on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories and the family friends and social worker who take her in try to introduce a new life. But in this psychological thriller, Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path. The film is produced by Element Pictures, Filmgate Films and Ex Nihlo/Agat Films with Wild Bunch looking after international sales.
More About FEAR OF FLYING
FEAR OF FLYING is written and directed by Conor Finnegan and tells the story of a small bird which makes the decision not to migrate for winter due to his fear of flying. Miniature sets and hand-made puppets set the scene for the animation, while Mark Doherty (A Film with Me in it) voiced main character Dougal.
FEAR OF FLYING was funded by the Frameworks short film scheme funded by the IFB, RTÉ and the Arts Council. The film picked up the Best Animation Award at the Galway Film Fleadh and the LA Shorts Festival.
More About THE GIRL WITH THE MECHANICAL MAIDEN
In THE GIRL WITH THE MECHANICAL MAIDEN written and directed by Andrew Legge, an inventor takes an unorthodox approach to childrearing after the death of his wife.
THE GIRL WITH THE MECHANICAL MAIDEN was funded by the Arts Council and received DCP support from the IFB.