One cannot help but feel that Galways Film Fleadh festival is going by the way of Dublin's International Film Festival by slowly petering out its short film content. I remember a proud moment during the 10th Dublin film festival where my animated short "Timer" was screened as part of the festival to a huge audience. Sadly Dublin slowly put an end to shorts in their program and it fills me with sadness that Galway seems to be going in the same direction.
My film Shut the Fuck Up was deliciously rejected from the Galway Film Fleadh along with what seems a LOT of rejections from short filmmakers this year. So much so that it has spawned a Fringe!
As Jeff Goldbloom said in Jurassic Park; "Life finds a way..."
The reason givin by the Fleadh was time constraints. I investigated further and got in touch with the shorts coordinator for the Fleadh and he stated; that more time has been alloted for feature length programming and therefore shorts were, well, being cut short!
Short film is such a great platform for the emerging filmmaker and for those who enjoy the freedom to experiment. To do away with the opportunity for a larger audience to see, usually more cutting edge work is appalling.
My hats off to Jason Butler and all at
FilmmakersNetwork.ie for putting on this fringe and also for selecting my short Shut the Fuck Up for screening. (Ironically, their selection process was plagued with time constraints also!)
I've booked my ticket to show my support by attending, sadly I'll be taking the red eye back home straight after, such is the plight of the father/filmmaker.
In other news, post production on The Other Marty is progressing... slooooowly, but its progressing. My wife went back to work after maternity leave making me a full time stay at home dad... Its getting there though!
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