Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, which began yesterday and will conclude tomorrow, is an independent festival that aims to provide a forum in which filmmakers and musicians can network, establish intercultural connections and celebrate the artistic mediums of film and music. The events and screenings of which this festival is comprised will be held in Cineworld, The Sugar Club and The Generator over the festival’s three days.
This year marks the seventh anniversary of the festival and sees 117 short films screened, painstakingly selected from over 600 submissions which were received from all corners of the globe. These films represent a wide variety of genres, such as comedy, drama, animation, horror, documentary and music videos.
A large proportion of the films elected for screening at the festival are of Irish origin. These include Liam O’Neill’s drama Danny Boy, Aislinn Clarke’s music video Let This Remain, Garret Walsh’s mystery-thriller The Observer Effect and Maureen O’Connell’s comedy Meitherhood, among many others.
While the festival actively champions Irish filmmakers, many international films also feature, with pieces from Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America making the cut. Intercontinental filmmaking is represented by works such as Elizabeth Dean’s American horror Creak, Sebastian Egert’s German comedy Probably In The Very Near Future, Arman Fayaz’s Iranian drama Manicure and Jonathan Nix’s Australian animated music video Sola.
There will also be a concert as part of the festival held in The Sugar Club. Nono, an accomplished gospel soloist, has been named as the performer. The South-Africa born musician is a singer of both contemporary and traditional gospel as well as South African and Irish hymns. She has been described as one of the country’s most sought-after gospel singers, having previously performed at various church and gospel events as well as on numerous television and radio programmes.
An awards ceremony will be held in The Sugar Club on October 7th to announce the winners of the 14 awards that are bestowed as part of the festival. These awards acknowledge the best director, actor and actress, music score, sound design, script, student, genre films and most importantly, the best overall Irish and international short films.
Ticket prices range from €5/10 per programme and tickets are available at the door of the venues. There are 12 programmes overall and each programme screens approximately 10 short films.
