I was delighted to get news of the shortlisting of my Poetry Film “Red Line Haiku” in the 4th Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Competition. I have to acknowledge the fine work of Bao Zhu who made the film with me and used her expertise as a film maker to marry her vision to my words. The film has been chosen to be included in a shortlist of 28 from 163 films entered from 28 countries. It will be shown on the afternoon of 16th October as part of the IndieCork Film Festival along with the other shortlisted films at the Blacknight Festival Centre, Kino Cinema:
Competition Screening A Sun 16th Oct / 12:00pm / 50 mins
Sun Hours / Dotan Gur / Israel
Once in Whitley Bay / Diana Taylor / UK
Dictionary Illustrations / Marie Craven / Australia
One Dream Opening Into Many / Marie Craven / Australia
Red Line Haiku / Bao Zhu / China,Ireland
SMART USER / Kuesti Fraun / Germany
Two Story Train / Martha McCollough / USA
Song of Calling / Jason Lam / Australia
DADA! / Stephen Chang and John Weselcouch / USA
Peter and the Wolf (Aladdin Sane?) / Patrick O’ Shea / Ireland
The Nat King Cole Post Office / Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran / USA
Repères (Landmarks) / Karoline Georges / Canada
Love Mykolaiv if you dare / Angie Bogachenko / Ukraine
Adondar a lingua (Kneading language) / Celia Parra / Spain
Competition Screening B Sun 16th Oct / 2:00pm / 50 mins
What The Waves Brought In / Paul Broderick / USA
Joining the Lotus Eaters / Marie Craven / Australia
Eclipse / Eugenia Lindblat / Italy
SADDLE / Corbin Louis and Devin Ensz / USA
Thames Way / Diarmuid Fitzgerald and Ciarán Ó Floinn / Ireland
Known Unto God / Suzie Hanna / U.K.
Baisan and Buben – F5 / Anatoly Kuris / Belarus
Helvetinjumalankone (Hell’sgodmachine) / Sanna Larmola / Estonia, Finland
The Eternal Footman / Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran / USA
The Bloom / Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran / USA
Chamada Geral (Calling All) / Manuel Vilarinho / Portugal
A Demonstration / Pádraig Burke (Ireland)
Wat Zegt De Zee? (What Does The Sea Say?) / Jan Peeters & Paul Bogaert / Belgium
We are the ones who were born / Urs Mader / Germany
The awards will be made later that night at The Gate Cinema, Cork. Wish us luck!
