Its Cork Film Festival time, and yours truly is starring (I use the term loosely) in The Peoples Food, which screens on November 11th. As for the rest of the fringe, here it is…
This year for the week of the Corona Cork Film Festival The Pavilion is doing its own Film Festival Fringe. We have come up with a unique and broad programme of events that showcase some of Cork’s top young gun directors as well as features and visionaries from out foreign!
Cork’s Grandmaster Cash premieres his new comedy gem Steamin’ and Dreamin’ 2 - Ca$h Back. Colour Me Obsessed a film about the Replacements makes it’s Irish premiere. Feel Good Lost present a night of moving images with music accompaniment from Solar Bears, Sert One and Reid. Egomotion presents Fright Night! an evening of 6 delectable horror short films made by Cork directors. Sharp Shooters we have with the help of the film festival put together a 2 hour programme of some shorts that strayed off of the main festival to make their way to us. Galway’s finest bootlegger extraordinaire Phil Retrospecter brings his eclectic and cinematic style to musical and visual mashups.
Sunday November 6th 8pm €7
FEELGOODLOST present a night of moving images with music by Solar bears, Sert One & Reid.
Brendan Canty is one of the most talked about young Irish directors working under the name Feel Good Lost. He has directed music videos for acts such as Jape , Slow Magic , Moths, Sun Glitters , Boy 8-Bit , Wintercoats , Daithà O'Dronaà and Mark Geary. For the Fringe Feel Good Lost will be magically merging new images & mashing his vast visual library along with the Live sounds from Solar Bears(planet mu),Sert one(N.I) and Corks own Reid.
Monday November 7th 8pm FREE in the bar
GLITTER & TRAUMA Cork boy/girl Dj combo bring a melting pot of songs and sights from the 20's all the way up to modern day images with their eclectic mix of indie pop and classic sounds. Expect old cork sights and sounds plus uplifting tunes a plenty
Tuesday November 8th 9pm FREE
Egomotion presents FRIGHT NIGHT an evening of delectable horror short films from award winning directors, all of which are made in Cork! The evenings lineup features favorite twisted tales of murder, torture and revenge! Expect high drama with the following delectable delights!
Mr. Smuggles - Adrian Looney
A Forrest, a Hiker and there's something odd in the darkness.
The Sign - Paddy O'Shea
If you go down to the woods today you better read the sign!
I Remember - Dan O'Connell
A fond memory invites an eerie visitor.
He Dies at the End - Damian McCarthy.
Working late alone an office worker takes an online quiz which promises to tell him how he will die. But is he really alone?
Th3 Room - Sean Breathnach.
Jean receives a very strange email from a friend. When she clicks on the link it seems to be just a static shot of an empty room but on closer inspection all is not what it appears to be!
Hungry Hickory - Damian McCarthy
Staying in an old room a girl is terrorized by the small door at the end of her bed.
And maybe even a few more treats!
Wednesday November 9th 10pm €8
GRANDMASTER CASH presents STEAMIN' AND DREAMIN 'PART2 - CA$H BACK
Following the success of 2009's "Steamin' + Dreamin' The Grandmaster Cash Story", we meet again with Cork's own hip hop superstars, Grandmaster Cash and Dr. Feekinstein. In a new series of interviews, the self proclaimed "Kings of Cork" show the effects new found fame has had upon them as well as divulging their plans for the future.
While promoting his debut novel, "Grandmaster Cash and the Lazerwolvez", Cash is approached by Cian 'Hollywood' Norris, a Cork native working as an agent in London. Could this be Cash and Feek's chance to finally achieve international stardom? Is London ready for the 'Daycent Duo'? Or are their hopes and dreams no more than just that?
Thursday November 10th 10pm FREE in the bar
PHIL RETRO SPECTOR in the bar with Walking Fishbones til late.
Phil RetroSpector is an audio-visual artist. Widely regarded as the ‘undisputed master of melancholy’, his eclectic and cinematic style has taken this global underground scene by storm. This reclusive figure mixes emotion rather than beats, stretching the very fabric of popular music (from Hi-Brow to Lo-Fi), to new and exciting contextual arenas. His debut audio sampler, Intro/Version is a sonic journey featuring moody bootlegs & haunting remixes of Johnny Cash, David Lynch, Charles Bukowski, via The Beatles & Muse.
Friday November 11th 8.30pm €6
"Sharp Shooters: Short films from Cork's young guns"
On friday we have with the help of the film festival put together a 2 hour programme of some shorts that strayed of of the main festival to make their way to us.
Spoon...er? Dir: Michael O'Dowd. Duration: 3 mins.
A young man brings a soup spoon into a local Cork pub, as you do – with interesting consequences.
Reeltime: Georgie Remove the Body. Dir: Eugene D'Arcy. Duration: 17 mins.
A documentary about cinemas in Cork.
Heartless Man. Dir: Brian Cronin. Duration: 4 mins.
A music video from Cork-based musician, Mick Flannery.
The Guilty Rogue. Dir: Eoghan Dunne. Duration: 12 mins. Animation:
A young boy who tortures animals learns a lesson.
Stuck In The Past. Dir: Maciek Klich. Duration: 19mins.
Documentary about DJ Gary Baus, the Cork-based Saxophonist.
Banking On Busking. Dir: Group: Mark Blake etc. Duration: 16 mins.
A girl’s experience of busking on the streets of Cork, including interviews with other familiar and well-loved Cork buskers.
The Double Life Of Don Fuller. Dir: Gerard Browne. Duration: 7 mins.
Exploring the bizarre inner workings of a Director's mind which inludes an awesome dance sequence!
A Box And A Hole. Dir: Lorraine O' Donovan. Duration: 12 mins.
A Documentary about those who work as gravediggers in St. Finbarre's Cemetary, Cork.
The People's Food. Dir: Michael O' Gorman. Duration: 12 mins.
A Mocumentary: The changes to a fast food menu causes mixed reactions in Cork, with an appearance from Grandmaster Cash, Dr. Feekinstein and Cork City!
Echogram: Conspiracy. Dir: Shaun O' Connor. Duration: 5 mins.
Music video from this Cork-based band.
Sunday November 13th 9pm FREE in the Bar
Silent Light - Vintage Cartoons, Comedy Capers, and High Drama shown on their original 8mm film format with live musical accompaniment. In the Bar at 9pm
Justin from FRED invites some musical guests to provide a live soundtrack to a selection of classic silent 8mm films, including Felix the Cat, Charlie Chaplin, and selected scenes from 'Born Free' amongst others.
Sunday November 13th 9pm FREE
Colour Me Obsessed .A film about the replacements.
A documentary on the last good band, the greatest band you've never heard of, the greatest rock band
of all time period: The Replacements. Love, hate, obsession, tears, vomit...it might not be the prettiest story ever told,
but it certainly rocks.
