Dingle Film Festival

Gabriel Byrne to receive the Inaugural Gregory Peck Award at Dingle Film Festival.

2008-08-20T15:22:00.005Z

The Dingle Film Festival announced Gabriel Byrne as the first recipient of the Gregory Peck Award for Excellence in the Art of Film. Gregory Peck once said the secret of film acting is complete candor with the audience, when you let them see the real you - and this perfectly captures the essence of Gabriel in his many roles and makes him an ideal choice for this new prestigious award said festival director Maurice Galway. Byrne, who is nominated for an Emmy Award for his role in HBO's In Treatment, will be in Dingle to receive the award during the festival, which runs from September 11 to September 14. It is an honour to accept the Gregory Peck Award in memory of a great actor whose work transcends time and continues to inspire said Gabriel Byrne.

The award will be made in conjunction with Gregory Pecks family who are delighted that the award is being presented in Dingle. My fathers grandmother came from Dingle, his granduncle was the Hero, Thomas Ashe and any time he visited there, he always had a sense of coming home says Pecks daughter Cecilia. So the whole family is looking forward to attending the Dingle Film festival next month. The festival has commissioned local artist John Holstead to design the award, which will be unveiled at the festivals opening reception in the Greenlane Gallery, Dingle on September 11.

Kevin Moriarty, MD of Ardmore Studios, will present Gabriel Byrne with The Gregory Peck Award following a special screening of A Conversation with Gregory Peck on the Friday night of the festival in The Phoenix Cinema. Its producer, Cecilia Peck and director Barbara Kopple will introduce the film to the audience. Irish poet Medbh McGuckian has written a poem on Gregory Peck, which she will recite at the event. Mr. Pecks wife, Veronique and son, Anthony will also be travelling from LA for this special occasion. The festival will open with a screening of John Boynes best selling novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Winner of the audience award at this years Sundance Film Festival, Ben Kingsleys new film The Wackness is sure to prove popular with the Dingle punters. A huge hit with audiences at film festivals around the world and described by Rolling Stone Magazine as this years great rock movie, Anvil: The Story of Anvil documents the story of an ageing rock band, who refuse to give up on the dream of someday being big enough to play stadium rock.

Two time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple will present a masterclass on her documentary film Wild Man Blues. She will also present, along with co-director Cecilia Peck, the award winning film Shut Up & Sing .The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the two filmmakers.

Another Oscar winner and inventor of the Steadicam camera Garrett Brown will be on hand to talk about The Art of the Moving Camera while producer Ned Dowd Apocalypto, Last of the Mohicans wiill give a production masterclass on the classic American film noir State of Grace starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman. BAFTA and Grammy winning producer Anthony Wall will be bringing it all back to Dingle with two films on Bob Dylan Dylan in the Madhous and The Other Side of the Mirror, Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival 1963 -1965.

A visual film progamme, curated by Maurice Galway for the Siamsa Gallery and Cork Film Centre will also be presended along with locally produced films, Beal Tuinne and Vinyl Frontier.
To close the festival Cecilia Peck will introduce a special screening of her fathers definitive role as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird for which he was awarded the Academy Award Oscar for Best Actor.
Tickets details are on our website or available at our office in The Garden Cafe in Dingle.

Chips Chipperfield

2008-08-17T20:28:00.002Z

Our friend and collegue Chips Chipperfield recently passed away. Our thoughts are with all his friends and his family. He was much loved locally and was a dear friend to so many. Chips was best know for producing The Beatles Anthology for which he won a Grammy. He was a board member of the Dingle Film Festival and our adviser on so many things. Chips was directly involved in organising this years programme. We will miss him dearly.

Local Artist to Design Gregory Peck Award

2008-07-23T14:16:00.006Z

Ventry based sculptor, John Holstead, has been commissioned by the Dingle Film Festival to design The Gergory Peck Award which will be presented at the festival in September. The award, which is in memory of the late actor who had close family ties to Dingle, will be for Excellence in the Art of Film.
Well known for his unique sculptures, John has exhibited throughout Ireland, with his most recent exhibition i to i taking place in Dingle.

On being asked to create the award John said: It is a rather daunting task to be asked to create a work for such an icon of the film world, and I feel honoured that I should have been chosen. My intention is to create a work that brings together the threads of Gregory Pecks career and his connections with the Dingle Peninsula, by using lengths of film taken from his work entwined in a glass tube, and closed at the ends with local stone. I have been very fortunate in having Kilcummin based glass craftsman, Terrence McSweeney, and the Ventry based stone carver, Antonio Fazio to help me to bring the idea to fruition, so that the recipient, whoever he or she may be, will have a piece that is very much ‘of Kerry.
The recipient will be announced shortly and the award will be presented on the last day of the festival Sunday 14 September.

The Award will be unvailed in the Greenlane Gallery at the opening of the festival on Thursday 11th September.

Ventry Artist to Design Gregory Peck Award

2008-07-23T14:12:00.001Z

DFF Commission Local Sculptor

2008-07-10T10:55:00.002Z

Ventry based sculptor John Holstead has been commissioned by the Dingle Film Festival to design The Gergory Peck Award which will be presented at the festival in September. The award which is in memory of the late actor who had close family ties to Dingle will be for Excellence in the Art of Film.
Well known for his unique sculptures John has exhibited throughout Ireland with his most recent exhibition i to i taking place in Dingle.

On being asked to create the award John said It is a rather daunting task to be asked to create a work for such an icon of the film world, and I feel honoured that I should have been chosen.
My intention is to create a work that brings together the threads of Gregory Pecks career and his connections with the Dingle Peninsula, by using lengths of film taken from his work entwined in a glass tube, and closed at the ends with local stone.
I have been very fortunate in having Kilcummin based glass craftsman Terrence McSweeney and the Ventry based stone carver Antonio Fazio to help me to bring the idea to fruition so that the recipient, whoever he or she may be will have a piece that is very much of Kerry.
The recipient will be announced shortly and the award will be presented on the last day of the festival Sunday 14 September.

Dingle Short Film Winners to Screen in London

2008-04-04T11:35:00.006Z

The 3 winners at last years Dingle Film Festival are to be screened in the 3 houses of the prestigious Soho House group. Head programmer with Soho House Mandy Kean said The inaugural DFF was such a resounding success, contributed to by the high standard of shorts entries, skilled, innovative programming of the AD and the enthusiasm of the people of Dingle. We look forward to continuing our DFF connection in 2008. Overall winner, selected by Sir Alan Parker, Steph Greens New Boy will screen with Mike Leighs new film Happy Go Lucky at Babington House (11th April), Soho House (16th April) and before Lucia Puenzos XXY, winner of the Critics Week at Cannes 2007, at the Electric House (4th May). Orla McHardys The Grass is Greener, selected by Colin Vaines, will support Morgan Spurlocks Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden, in which the director tours the Middle East discussing the war on terror with the local people, at the Babington and Soho Houses (30th April/2 May). Pavle Vuckovics Minus, selected by Ruairi Robinson, will be screened with Mitchell Lichtensteins Teeth, a comedy/gorefest in which the heroine literally gets her teeth into it, at the same venues on 19th and 23rd May. Preparations are well under way for Dingle Film Festival 08 with many distinguished guests already lined up. However, there will not be a shorts competition this year but the festival will include a number of short screenings so organisers are still seeking high quality shorts (particularly as gaeilge and also shorts with a music theme).

Dingle Festival Dates

2008-02-08T11:51:00.000Z

We are happy to announce our festival dates for 2008. The Dingle Film Festival will open on Thursday 11th September and close on Sunday the 14th September.

We are also happy to announce that a very special guest to the festival this year will be Cecilia Peck.

DFF will honour the Hollywood screen legend Gregory Peck who won an Oscar for his performance in To Kill A Mocking Bird. Pecks connection with Dingle has been well documented, with many of his relatives living there. DFF will also welcome his daughter Cecilia Peck to give a public interview discussing her fathers roots in Dingle and his legendary career. A screening of her film In Conversation with Gregory Peck will take place at the festival. This film was produced by Cecilia Peck and directed by 2 time Oscar winning director Barbara Kopple.

Gregory Peck: A Dingle Legend
I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is. This is where my grandmother, Catherine Ashe, came from.

DINGLE WINNERS

2007-09-11T09:22:00.000Z

The inaugural Dingle Film Festival closed on Sunday evening with the announcement of the 3 winning films. The top prize of 2000 euro for Best Film went to New Boy directed by Steph Green and produced by Tamara Anghie for Zanzibar Films. Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle this poignant and comedic film deftly captures the experience of being the new boy in school through the eyes of Joseph a nine-year-old African boy. The Best Digital film was won by the Serbian film Minus directed by Pavel Vuckovic. It tells the strange tale of 2 people on a weekend away in a mountain house. Orla McHardy who has just completed her studies at IADT in Dun Laoghaire won Best First Short with The Grass is Greener an animated short based on the poem by Ivor Cutler. Colin Vaines also gave a special mention to The Guitar Players Girlfriend produced by Charlie Chu and directed by Janet Harvey who both attended the festival from LA. Organisers Maurice Galway and Tom Hogan were delighted with the success of the festival. The weather was glorious over the four days so the many festival visitors saw Dingle at its finest and despite the good weather all screenings and workshops had very strong attendances said Maurice. We are already looking forward to next year when we hope to bring the people of Dingle an even bigger and better festival.

Thank you to all the film makers who attended the festival representing their films and especially to those who travelled so far from Austin Texas Vancover and LA. I know you will all agree with me when I say the energy at the festival was simply wonderful with so many people and great films contributing to the success of this our first year.

For those of you who got to visit the Blasket Islands and saw the hundred dolphins out in the bay I know your time in Dingle was a special one and will not be forgotton for a long time to come. Thank you and lets meet again next year.

THANKS TO ROB

2007-09-10T17:38:00.000Z

We will be bringing you news of our incredibly successful first festival in the coming days. For now I want to say a major thank you to Mr. Robert Condon Kerrynet Solutions for putting this website together and doing such a wonderful job of keeping it updated. Thank you Rob.

Festival launch

2007-09-08T10:55:00.000Z

Maurice Galway, Sarah Miles and Sir Alan Parker at Inch beach Thursday 6th of September launching the Dingle Film Festival

Sarah Miles re-enacts scene from Ryan's Daughter

2007-09-08T10:49:00.000Z

NED DOWD IN DINGLE TO DISCUSS APOCALYPTO

2007-08-28T20:15:00.000Z

NED DOWD EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF APOCALYPTO

Sunday 9th at 10.30 am in St.James Church Dingle

Not to be Missed

To Book Ned Dowd and other Workshops call Tom on 087 2400606

2 days in Paris to open festival

2007-08-25T19:25:00.000Z

4 Irish Premieres amongst 6 Features at Dingle Film Fest

Apart from its short film competition, masterclasses, workshops and panel discussions the DFF will screen 4 Irish Premieres over the course of its 4 day run.

The festival will open with Julie Delplys directorial debut, the delightful 2 Days in Paris starring Delpy and American comedian Adam Goldberg. Described as a biting romantic comedy Stephen Holden of the New York Times says it reveals more about emotional and sexual chemistry than any film I can recall.

Andrew Piddingtons eagerly anticipated drama The Killing of John Lennon, which is not due for release until late October, explores the bizarre and warped mind of Mark Chapman as it traces his journey from Hawaii to New York to murder Lennon. An Indie Masterpiece CNN

The festival also features 2 Irish Premieres for children from Belgium the beautifully animated Azur et Asmar by director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress) and the profoundly moving The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey starring Tom Berenger and Joely Richardson. The films director Bill Clark and producer Ros Hubbard will be on hand to introduce the film. The screening will be followed by a tea party for the children in Benners Hotel.

Regarded by many as one of the great Australian movies Ten Canoes will be given its first Kerry screening and Puffball the latest film from world renowned director Nicolas Roeg, which was shot on location in Ireland, will be introduced by the films producer Julie Baines.

Senator Eoghan Harris

2007-08-25T19:23:00.000Z

Senator Eoghan Harris and Producer Ned Dowd to Masterclass at Dingle Film Festival
The Dingle Film Festival is pleased to announce a series of top class workshops during the festival
Senator Eoghan Harris will give a one day Master Class on The 3 Principles of Plot an intensive hands-on practical introduction to the fundamentals of plotting a feature film. Senator Harris is a well renowned guest lecturer on film at various colleges including the Gregory Peck Film School, UCD, the National Film School (DLIADT) Dun Laoghaire, the National Media College, Dublin; and Moonstone Labs, Leipzig, Germany. The master class will take place on Saturday 8th September starting at 10.00am sharp and finishing at 5.00pm. It is limited to 25 people and will cost 25 euro so early booking is advisable.
Irelands leading Lighting Camerman Eoin Mcpolin will join with Brian Nolan lecturer in Film and TV Production in a workshop titled The Beginers Guide to Digital Creation Tools and Lighting with HD cameras which will give an overview to the main low budget tools available to digital filmmakers and the secrets of lighting with HD cameras. This is a 2 hour workshop on Saturday morning and costs 15.euro.
Internationally renowned film producer Ned Dowd (Apolcalypto, King Arthur, Last of the Mohicans) will present a Master Class on Production and Finance in Film a rare insight into what it takes to finance and produce a Hollywood blockbuster. The master class is on Sunday morning 8th September and costs 15 euro. For bookings and further info contact tom@kerryiff.com

Ruairi Robinson completes jury line-up and Visual Artist to Screen Test at Dingle Film Fest

2007-08-15T16:48:00.000Z

Oscar nominated Irish film director Ruairi Robinson (50% Grey, Silent City) has joined Alan Parker and Colin Vaines as an adjudicator at the Dingle Film Festival. Ruairi, whose work in digital film has been widely acclaimed, will judge in the Best Digital Film category.

International Dingle based visual artist Andrew Duggan will be holding screen tests during the festival for his latest video based art project iarsma_remnant. The project will investigate the legacy of David Lean's film Ryans Daughter and the dramatic effect of a given action on a community and on the social and geographical landscape. The screen tests, which will use dialogue from Ryans Daughter, will take place in the famous Krugers Bar in Dun Chaoin on Saturday 8th September between 10.00am - 1.00pm and is open to all. The completed work will be presented in New York in 2008.

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

2007-08-06T19:10:00.000Z

Dingle Film Festival are delighted with the news that The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey has this weekend been voted Best Picture at The Gloria Film Festival.

Lighting Your Film

2007-08-04T10:47:00.000Z

A Master workshop will take place with Owen McPolin in St. James' Church on Sunday 9th September.
Owen was Cameraman on such feature as, Eden, Trouble with sex, Spin the bottle, Headrush, H3, Flick, Mapmaker, I could read the sky and T.V series, The Catalpa Rescue, Rough Diamond, Hide & Seek, Pure Mule, Black day at blackrock and Showbands 1.

Senator Eoghan Harris will conduct a Master Class in "The 3 principals of Plotting your feature film" on Saturday 8th September.
This is an intensive, hands-on, 1 day practical introduction, fundamental to plotting a feature film.
Workshop will begin at 10am sharp.

Ned Dowd will give an insight into production with a Master Class on production in St. James' Church on Sunday 9th September.
Ned Dowd was executive producer on Apocolypto and producer of King Arthur,Last of the Mohicans, Wonder boys and State of Grace.

Brian Nolan will give a workshop on "The beginners guide to Digital Creation Tools" -
This workshop is an overview of the main low budget production tools available to the
Digital Film Maker.

Bookings please to tom@kerryiff.com

Sarah Miles

2007-08-04T10:45:00.001Z

Sarah Miles in Dingle

2007-07-31T14:36:00.000Z

The wonderful Sarah Miles will be visiting Dingle as a special guest to The Dingle Film Festival. Sarah will be part of an evening being programmed in Ionad An Blaschaoid Mhoir. The evening will involve a panel discussion with Sarah Miles and locals who worked on David Lean's Ryan's Daughter back in 1968/69. Godfrey Graham will also be in attendance with a documentary he shot in 1969 entitled "On Location" for RTE. The festival are thrilled to have Sarah Miles attend the festival and the evening in The Blasket Centre will make for a very special event. There will be a reception and music.

Alan Parker to Open Dingle Film Festival

2007-07-25T14:16:00.000Z

We are delighted to announce that Sir Alan Parker will open The First Dingle Film Festival on Thursday the 6th September in The Phoenix Cinema. Sir Alan Parker will be adjudicating our "Best Short Film" Award and the winner will receive a cash prise of 2,000 euro. Entries for our shorts competition were received from all over the world, including Brazil, USA, Australia, New Nealand, Israel, Greece, Italy, France, Portugal, Germany, Russia, UK and Ireland.
Colin Vaines, Executive Vice President, European Production And Development, The Weinstein Company will adjudicate our "Best First Short" and the winner will receive a cash prize of 750 euro.

The shorts programmes will be screened in The Phoenix Cinema and St. James' Church Dingle - full programme very soon.

A Premier for the family

2007-07-10T14:44:00.000Z

Dingle Film Festival are pleased to announce that Director Bill Clark and producer Ros Hubbard will be in Dingle to introduce their film " The Christmas Miracle of Jonaton Toomey" which will have its Irish Premier screening in St. James' Church on Sunday 9th September. The films stars Tom Berenger and Joely Richardson. Trailer will be here to view very soon.

Weinstein Boss to Judge at Kerry International

2007-07-01T20:51:00.000Z

Coiln Vaines, executive vice-president with the Weinstein Company, is set to join director Alan Parker on the judging panel for the Kerry International Film Festival which takes place from 6th -9th September in Dingle, Co Kerry. Colin's entire career has been dedicated to the film industry and he has acted as executive producer on many high profile films, most notably The Gangs of New York and Cold Mountain.

Board

2007-06-21T09:34:00.000Z

I am happy announce that Mandy Kean, of Soho House/Electric Cinema, London; Mark Mulqueen, the Director of IFI; Ned Dowd, Producer and Brian Nolan, Film Maker have all agreed to be part of The Kerry International Film Festival Board. You will be able to read more about these wonderful people in About Us later. Brian Nolan has some very exciting plans, (very exciting), for the festival. So, fingers crossed, with the right financing we will bring you the best in digital seminars/workshops.

Soho House

2007-05-21T09:30:00.000Z

Soho House are publishing a new magazine entitled "House" and I have been invited to write up my top 10 ever Short Films for the first edition. It will be distributed in London, New York and L.A

Cannes

2007-04-21T09:25:00.001Z

Off to Cannes we go! (Well it is my Birthday) The KIFF team will be in Cannes checking out the lastest Shorts and Features on offer and using its charm to attract these entities to Dingle. The Irish Pavillion is a good place to meet up. Send us an email and we can have a coffee together in the sun. Believe me it isn't all parties, but I have to say as far as parties go they know how to do it in Cannes. We will be there to learn from the best.