In one of the biggest signs that the video game industry has hit the mainstream, for the first time ever, a video game trailer has become eligible to win an Oscar. Video game enthusiasts are all doing a collective fist pump right now because of the news. It’s been evident that the production value of not only the games themselves but the marketing for said games has gone through the roof in the last decade. Now it’s validated that the quality has skyrocketed too. According to IGN In a recent tweet, Irish artist David OReilly confirmed the 11-minute trailer for
Video Game Trailer Becomes Eligible to Win an Oscar for the First Time Ever...
Video Game Trailer Becomes Eligible to Win an Oscar for the First Time Ever...
- 6/8/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Vis Vienna Shorts, an annual short-film festival held in Austria, recently announced its award winners, and tucked away among the details is an odd, historic moment for interactive storytelling. Everything, David Oreilly’s recently released game that lets you play as everything you see while listening to philosophical quotes about the nature of being, was awarded the festival’s jury prize for animated short film. As it so happens, that automatically puts Everything on the longlist of possible Academy Award nominees for the Best Animated Short category, making it the first video game to ever qualify for an Oscar. Whether it’ll actually make the list of nominees come awards season is another story.
It’s unclear what form Everything took at the festival. It notably includes a mode where you can sit back and watch as the game plays itself, jumping from trees to deer to buildings and everything...
It’s unclear what form Everything took at the festival. It notably includes a mode where you can sit back and watch as the game plays itself, jumping from trees to deer to buildings and everything...
- 6/7/2017
- by Matt Gerardi
- avclub.com
The new issue of Senses of Cinema features a good handful of pieces on Michelangelo Antonioni and two on Paul Thomas Anderson. Also in today's roundup of news and views: A new short film from Jean-Luc Godard; Martin Scorsese on John Ford's The Searchers; an issue of Criticism devoted to Andy Warhol, desistfilm on Alfred Hitchcock, Isidore Isou, Peter Tscherkassky, Michael Robinson and David OReilly; an interview with Terence Stamp; articles on Thom Andersen's The Thoughts That Once We Had, Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Lisandro Alonso's Jauja and Alain Resnais—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/16/2015
- Keyframe
The new issue of Senses of Cinema features a good handful of pieces on Michelangelo Antonioni and two on Paul Thomas Anderson. Also in today's roundup of news and views: A new short film from Jean-Luc Godard; Martin Scorsese on John Ford's The Searchers; an issue of Criticism devoted to Andy Warhol, desistfilm on Alfred Hitchcock, Isidore Isou, Peter Tscherkassky, Michael Robinson and David OReilly; an interview with Terence Stamp; articles on Thom Andersen's The Thoughts That Once We Had, Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Lisandro Alonso's Jauja and Alain Resnais—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/16/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The new issue of Senses of Cinema features a good handful of pieces on Michelangelo Antonioni and two on Paul Thomas Anderson. Also in today's roundup of news and views: A new short film from Jean-Luc Godard; Martin Scorsese on John Ford's The Searchers; an issue of Criticism devoted to Andy Warhol, desistfilm on Alfred Hitchcock, Isidore Isou, Peter Tscherkassky, Michael Robinson and David OReilly; an interview with Terence Stamp; articles on Thom Andersen's The Thoughts That Once We Had, Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Lisandro Alonso's Jauja and Alain Resnais—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/16/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The new issue of Senses of Cinema features a good handful of pieces on Michelangelo Antonioni and two on Paul Thomas Anderson. Also in today's roundup of news and views: A new short film from Jean-Luc Godard; Martin Scorsese on John Ford's The Searchers; an issue of Criticism devoted to Andy Warhol, desistfilm on Alfred Hitchcock, Isidore Isou, Peter Tscherkassky, Michael Robinson and David OReilly; an interview with Terence Stamp; articles on Thom Andersen's The Thoughts That Once We Had, Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Lisandro Alonso's Jauja and Alain Resnais—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 3/16/2015
- Keyframe
Top brass have announced 60 films culled from 8,061 submissions across four categories – Us and international narrative, documentary and animation.
“This year’s short film-makers have broken through their limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after each film has ended,” said senior programmer Mike Plante.
The Short Film programme is presented by YouTube.
Sundance 2015 is set to run in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, from January 22 to February 1.
All synopses provided by the festival.
Us Narrative Short Films
Actresses
Jeremy Hersh
The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.
A.D. 1363, The End Of Chivalry (USA-New Zealand)
Jake Mahaffy
A little-known historical catastrophe leads to the definitive end of the era of chivalry and questing.
Color Neutral
Jennifer Reeves
A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm film. Jennifer Reeves utilises...
“This year’s short film-makers have broken through their limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after each film has ended,” said senior programmer Mike Plante.
The Short Film programme is presented by YouTube.
Sundance 2015 is set to run in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, from January 22 to February 1.
All synopses provided by the festival.
Us Narrative Short Films
Actresses
Jeremy Hersh
The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.
A.D. 1363, The End Of Chivalry (USA-New Zealand)
Jake Mahaffy
A little-known historical catastrophe leads to the definitive end of the era of chivalry and questing.
Color Neutral
Jennifer Reeves
A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm film. Jennifer Reeves utilises...
- 12/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
After a seriously ridiculous string of parodies and mashups (and let's not forget James Franco's ruminations on the movie), here's a look back on Spike Jonze's lovely, aching and bruising "Her" that turns the spotlight on a portion of the film you might have forgotten about. As the movie lays out its not-so-distant future world, among the technologies that are laid out—including the very personalized, Siri-esque O.S.—are immersive, interactive, gesture-controlled, 3D video games. It's sorta like Kinect on crack and with much more filthy language. Anyway, the film's animator David OReilly cut together an edited video of those sequences, with Joaquin Phoenix playing the alien world game, and not only that, has announced his first actual real game. And sorry, it's not the one from "Her." Instead, it's called "Mountain," but it certainly does allow for lots of player input. Here's Mashable's summary of what...
- 6/20/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Caesar Must Die has won the Golden Bear at this year's Berlinale. The other awards, presented by Mike Leigh and his International Jury (Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa):
The first Silver Bear, the Jury Grand Prix, goes to Bence Fliegauf's Just the Wind. (Last year, this prize went to a Hungarian as well, to Béla Tarr for The Turin Horse.)
Silver Bear for Best Director: Christian Petzold for Barbara.
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza for her performance in War Witch.
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Mikkel Følsgaard for A Royal Affair.
The Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution goes to Director of Photography Lutz Reitemeier for his work on White Deer Plain.
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg for A Royal Affair.
The Alfred Bauer Award...
The first Silver Bear, the Jury Grand Prix, goes to Bence Fliegauf's Just the Wind. (Last year, this prize went to a Hungarian as well, to Béla Tarr for The Turin Horse.)
Silver Bear for Best Director: Christian Petzold for Barbara.
Silver Bear for Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza for her performance in War Witch.
Silver Bear for Best Actor: Mikkel Følsgaard for A Royal Affair.
The Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution goes to Director of Photography Lutz Reitemeier for his work on White Deer Plain.
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay: Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg for A Royal Affair.
The Alfred Bauer Award...
- 2/18/2012
- MUBI
Directors: Andrew Cull and Steve Isles.
Writer: Andrew Cull.
Cast: Giles Alderson, Francesca Fowler and Paul McGuinness.
Very rarely will audiences find a protagonist who will know how to prevent a dark force from entering a house. Equally impossible is finding a variation of the possession theme that does not get explored. The Possession of David O'Reilly is a movie that thankfully gets a male character possessed rather than the traditional female.
Quite often, the gentler sex is perceived as the weaker soul that can succumb to the whims of the Devil. French Historian Michel de Certeau and anthropologist I.M. Lewis suggest possession happens because women were quite often denied a representation and a public voice during the Late Middle Ages.
But the Devil is an equal opportunist when it comes to other cases, especially those reported ones dating from the 20th century on, like Robbie Doe's, the boy who inspired Blatty's novel,...
Writer: Andrew Cull.
Cast: Giles Alderson, Francesca Fowler and Paul McGuinness.
Very rarely will audiences find a protagonist who will know how to prevent a dark force from entering a house. Equally impossible is finding a variation of the possession theme that does not get explored. The Possession of David O'Reilly is a movie that thankfully gets a male character possessed rather than the traditional female.
Quite often, the gentler sex is perceived as the weaker soul that can succumb to the whims of the Devil. French Historian Michel de Certeau and anthropologist I.M. Lewis suggest possession happens because women were quite often denied a representation and a public voice during the Late Middle Ages.
But the Devil is an equal opportunist when it comes to other cases, especially those reported ones dating from the 20th century on, like Robbie Doe's, the boy who inspired Blatty's novel,...
- 2/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
"27 films from 22 countries will be competing for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear Jury Prize, the Daad Short Film Award and a short film nomination for the European Film Prize," the Berlinale's announced today. The International Jury will be comprised of German actress Sandra Hüller, Palestinian artist Emily Jacir and Irish-American filmmaker David O'Reilly. We'll get to the lineup in a moment, but first, this:
"Due to the political events in Hungary, the Berlinale Shorts is presenting a special screening on February 18, 2012 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele: Magyarország 2011 (Hungary 2011) – an omnibus film, which reflects also in its aesthetics, the radical political and social developments in this crisis-ridden country. The directors of the work are Ágnes Kocsis, Márta Mészáros, Bence Fliegauf, Miklós Jancsó, and others [András Jeles, Ferenc Török, Simon Szabó, Péter Forgács, László Siroki, György Pálfi and András Salamon]. Following the screening, Béla Tarr will conduct a discussion on the current situation in Hungary."
On to the main program, with a few descriptions from the festival:
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"Due to the political events in Hungary, the Berlinale Shorts is presenting a special screening on February 18, 2012 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele: Magyarország 2011 (Hungary 2011) – an omnibus film, which reflects also in its aesthetics, the radical political and social developments in this crisis-ridden country. The directors of the work are Ágnes Kocsis, Márta Mészáros, Bence Fliegauf, Miklós Jancsó, and others [András Jeles, Ferenc Török, Simon Szabó, Péter Forgács, László Siroki, György Pálfi and András Salamon]. Following the screening, Béla Tarr will conduct a discussion on the current situation in Hungary."
On to the main program, with a few descriptions from the festival:
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- 1/19/2012
- MUBI
Irish director David O'Reilly's 'The External World' has taken the top prize at the 13th Animated Dreams film festival in Tallinn, Estonia 'The External World' is an animated short written by O'Reilly and Vernon Chatman and tells the story of a boy who learns to play the piano. The film also won the audience award at the festival. It was produced by David's own production company Henning Kamm. The film previously picked up the Best Animation award at the 2011 IFTAs.
- 11/23/2011
- IFTN
A selection of Irish shorts have been chose to screen at the Bristol Encounters International Film Festival 2011, with seven Irish shorts screening in competition. Included in the Animation Encounters competition at the festival are Ferg Brennan's 'The Fisherman', Richard Kelly's 'Paperman' and Aoife Doyle's 'Nana's Strawberry Preserve'. Brief Encounter Irish competition shorts screenings include Colm Quinn's 'Needle Exchange', Cathy Brady's Bifa nominated 'Rough Skin', David O'Reilly's Ifta winning 'The External World' and Cathal Burke's 'Screenshot'.
- 11/2/2011
- IFTN
David O'Reilly's short animation 'The External World' has been nominated for this year's Cartoon d'Or, which will be presented at an awards ceremony on Sept 15th during the Cartoon Forum in Sopot, Poland. 'The External World' has been nominated alongside three German shorts, including UK/Germany co-production 'The Gruffalo', and productions from Poland and the Netherlands.
- 7/11/2011
- IFTN
Review by Michael Pickle
The Possession of David O'Reilly is last year's supernatural UK import from directors Andrew Cull and Steve Isles. It's not likely to please every horror fan out there, but it's the kind of horror film that I personally enjoy discovering. A film that's very low budget, but not afraid to take chances. It's not perfect, but it's scary.
With solid acting, a few bare bones, but effective camera tricks, and some special effects make-up; this supernatural thriller is not afraid to be subtle. Nor is it afraid to be straight-forward. It seems to drag in a couple parts, but that even worked well for me and made the scary scenes that much scarier. In a constant state of unease you never know if the next scare is going to creep up on you or jump in your face. Kind of like feeling the hairs stand up...
The Possession of David O'Reilly is last year's supernatural UK import from directors Andrew Cull and Steve Isles. It's not likely to please every horror fan out there, but it's the kind of horror film that I personally enjoy discovering. A film that's very low budget, but not afraid to take chances. It's not perfect, but it's scary.
With solid acting, a few bare bones, but effective camera tricks, and some special effects make-up; this supernatural thriller is not afraid to be subtle. Nor is it afraid to be straight-forward. It seems to drag in a couple parts, but that even worked well for me and made the scary scenes that much scarier. In a constant state of unease you never know if the next scare is going to creep up on you or jump in your face. Kind of like feeling the hairs stand up...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Filed under: Video, Cinematical
The opening night shorts program at this year's Sundance Film Festival was full of some pretty strange material, including David O'Reilly's animated film 'The External World,' which wound up taking home an honorary mention from the shorts jury once the festival wrapped up.
It's probably one of the oddest pieces of animation you'll watch this week year, and, as with any piece of art that takes risks with its storytelling and presentation, the short itself has elicited mixed reactions. Some feel it's brilliant in every conceivable way -- a trippy yet creative look at how technology is slowly consuming us. Others, however, think it hits you a little too hard with its message and that its 17-minute runtime could've been chopped some.
We fell somewhere between the two after watching it at Sundance. It's definitely a unique piece of entertainment, that's for sure,...
The opening night shorts program at this year's Sundance Film Festival was full of some pretty strange material, including David O'Reilly's animated film 'The External World,' which wound up taking home an honorary mention from the shorts jury once the festival wrapped up.
It's probably one of the oddest pieces of animation you'll watch this week year, and, as with any piece of art that takes risks with its storytelling and presentation, the short itself has elicited mixed reactions. Some feel it's brilliant in every conceivable way -- a trippy yet creative look at how technology is slowly consuming us. Others, however, think it hits you a little too hard with its message and that its 17-minute runtime could've been chopped some.
We fell somewhere between the two after watching it at Sundance. It's definitely a unique piece of entertainment, that's for sure,...
- 2/15/2011
- by Erik Davis
- Moviefone
Filed under: Video, Cinematical
The opening night shorts program at this year's Sundance Film Festival was full of some pretty strange material, including David O'Reilly's animated film 'The External World,' which wound up taking home an honorary mention from the shorts jury once the festival wrapped up.
It's probably one of the oddest pieces of animation you'll watch this week year, and, as with any piece of art that takes risks with its storytelling and presentation, the short itself has elicited mixed reactions. Some feel it's brilliant in every conceivable way -- a trippy yet creative look at how technology is slowly consuming us. Others, however, think it hits you a little too hard with its message and that its 17-minute runtime could've been chopped some.
We fell somewhere between the two after watching it at Sundance. It's definitely a unique piece of entertainment, that's for sure,...
The opening night shorts program at this year's Sundance Film Festival was full of some pretty strange material, including David O'Reilly's animated film 'The External World,' which wound up taking home an honorary mention from the shorts jury once the festival wrapped up.
It's probably one of the oddest pieces of animation you'll watch this week year, and, as with any piece of art that takes risks with its storytelling and presentation, the short itself has elicited mixed reactions. Some feel it's brilliant in every conceivable way -- a trippy yet creative look at how technology is slowly consuming us. Others, however, think it hits you a little too hard with its message and that its 17-minute runtime could've been chopped some.
We fell somewhere between the two after watching it at Sundance. It's definitely a unique piece of entertainment, that's for sure,...
- 2/15/2011
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Bosnian war drama As If I Am Not There received three Ifta awards for Best Film, Director and Script for the film's Irish writer/director Juanita Wilson at tonight's Ifta awards, celebrating the Irish film and television industry.
Martin MCCann was named Best Actor for 'Swansong - Story of Occi Byrn', while Amy Huberman was got Best Actress for 'Rewind.'
Pierce Brosnan and Saorise Ronan took home the supporting honours at the awards with Brosnan winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'The Ghost', while Ronan's part in The Way Back earned her the supporting actress honour.
In the international categories, 'The Social Network' won the best international film, with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning Best Actor. Annette Bening took Best Actress for 'The Kids Are All Right'.
Winners Of The 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards:
Outstanding Contribution to Industry...
Martin MCCann was named Best Actor for 'Swansong - Story of Occi Byrn', while Amy Huberman was got Best Actress for 'Rewind.'
Pierce Brosnan and Saorise Ronan took home the supporting honours at the awards with Brosnan winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'The Ghost', while Ronan's part in The Way Back earned her the supporting actress honour.
In the international categories, 'The Social Network' won the best international film, with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning Best Actor. Annette Bening took Best Actress for 'The Kids Are All Right'.
Winners Of The 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards:
Outstanding Contribution to Industry...
- 2/12/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Mostly I've been just motoring along, not too sad about having missed Sundance this year until it occurred to me what a jump start it gave me on this current Oscar race -- not too mention my own rooting interests at the film bitch awards. Whoa unto us who cannot afford a week in the snowy Utah mountains. I'm dying to see Vera Farmiga's directorial debut but otherwise I have poured over precious few Sundance articles. There was too much Oscar noise this week to give it much thought. But here's what Sundance went for with a passion.
Vera Farmiga, Dr. Nner and America Ferrara (photo from Zimbio)
The Sundance 2011 Awards broke down like so...
Juried
Grand Prize Dramatic Like Crazy
Grand Prize Documentary How To Die in Oregon
World Cinema Dramatic Happy, Happy
World Cinema Documentary Hell and Back Again
Like CrazyThe big breakout of the festival was Like Crazy,...
Vera Farmiga, Dr. Nner and America Ferrara (photo from Zimbio)
The Sundance 2011 Awards broke down like so...
Juried
Grand Prize Dramatic Like Crazy
Grand Prize Documentary How To Die in Oregon
World Cinema Dramatic Happy, Happy
World Cinema Documentary Hell and Back Again
Like CrazyThe big breakout of the festival was Like Crazy,...
- 1/30/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
End of year lists, a very fine tradition indeed. Like previous years I've assembled a list of the best films I've seen the past 12 months. No new content, all films and reviews have been featured on Twitch before, but a very good reminder of things you should definitely put on your "to-see" list before you forget about them altogether. Brace yourself for a selection of cinematic excellence (at least according to my taste).
10. Pk.com.cn
Chinese films are often quite traditional both in themes and presentation. Pk.com.cn is a welcome variation on the regular output, serving a hyper-modern romance dominated by social media and internet-savvy characters. The resulting film is quite unique, even outside the somewhat limiting confines of Chinese cinema. This one is for people who feel at ease in these modern times and dare to embrace the social revolution. Comes highly recommended.
09. Valhalla Rising
Chances...
10. Pk.com.cn
Chinese films are often quite traditional both in themes and presentation. Pk.com.cn is a welcome variation on the regular output, serving a hyper-modern romance dominated by social media and internet-savvy characters. The resulting film is quite unique, even outside the somewhat limiting confines of Chinese cinema. This one is for people who feel at ease in these modern times and dare to embrace the social revolution. Comes highly recommended.
09. Valhalla Rising
Chances...
- 12/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
There are a couple of independent United Kingdom shot horror films coming to DVD Tuesday November 16th. Also, showing are several blu-ray releases from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Included in the former are Stuart Hazeldine's Exam, which puts eight executives in one room, with one mysterious question. More plot details on Exam are (here). Also showing is The Possession of David O'Reilly, with trailer (here).
Anchor Bay Entertainment is distributing Children of the Corn (2009), Crowley (1987), Ghost Machine (2009), Staunton Hill (2009) and the "Twilight Zone" Season Two on Blu-Ray. The trailer for Staunton Hill can be seen (here) More details on Exam and The Possession of David O'Reilly are below. Details on the Blu-Ray releases at Amazon (click title).
The Possession of David O'Reilly:
The film's synopsis:
"The Posession Of David O'Reilly marks the UK as the next hot source for original, inventive horror. Giles Alderson stars as David O'Reilly, a...
Anchor Bay Entertainment is distributing Children of the Corn (2009), Crowley (1987), Ghost Machine (2009), Staunton Hill (2009) and the "Twilight Zone" Season Two on Blu-Ray. The trailer for Staunton Hill can be seen (here) More details on Exam and The Possession of David O'Reilly are below. Details on the Blu-Ray releases at Amazon (click title).
The Possession of David O'Reilly:
The film's synopsis:
"The Posession Of David O'Reilly marks the UK as the next hot source for original, inventive horror. Giles Alderson stars as David O'Reilly, a...
- 11/14/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Festivals tend to have more than one jury so let's deal with the sidebar prizes first, before we get to the main competition jury, headed by Quentin Tarantino. But a little preview: Natalie Portman went home empty-handed for Black Swank but Mila Kunis didn't. Interesssssssting.
Various Sidebars
Europa Cinema Award: This honor comes from the Venice Days sidebar and the winning film was Bertrand Blier's Le Bruit des Glacons (The Clink of the Ice), a dark French comedy about an alcoholic dealing with cancer.
The Queer Lion: This prize focuses on the way films portray gay characters and themes. The winner was En el futuro (In the Future), a 62 minute black and white film directed by Mauro Andrizzi. None of the summaries seem to tell you what it's about. Hmmmm. It played in the Orizzonti sidebar of the festival. Guess they didn't like the disturbing sapphic tryst angle of Black Swan all that much.
Various Sidebars
Europa Cinema Award: This honor comes from the Venice Days sidebar and the winning film was Bertrand Blier's Le Bruit des Glacons (The Clink of the Ice), a dark French comedy about an alcoholic dealing with cancer.
The Queer Lion: This prize focuses on the way films portray gay characters and themes. The winner was En el futuro (In the Future), a 62 minute black and white film directed by Mauro Andrizzi. None of the summaries seem to tell you what it's about. Hmmmm. It played in the Orizzonti sidebar of the festival. Guess they didn't like the disturbing sapphic tryst angle of Black Swan all that much.
- 9/11/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Breaking News: The Sofia Coppola-directed Somewhere has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The film, which stars Stephen Dorff, Michelle Monaghan, and Benicio Del Toro, won by unanimous decison of a jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. Focus Features releases the film in the U.S. Here's the full list of winners: Winners Of The 67Th Venice Film Festival International Competition Jury Golden Lion Somewhere - Sofia Coppola (U.S.) Silver Lion The Last Circus "Balada triste de trompeta" - Alex de la Iglesia (Spain, France) Special Jury Prize Essential Killing - Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland) Actor Vincent Gallo - Essential Killing Actress Ariane Labed - Attenberg (Greece) Marcello Mastroianni Prize For Young Performer Mila Kunis - Black Swan (U.S.) Best Screenplay Alex de le Iglesia - The Last Circus "Balada triste de trompeta" (Spain, France) Technical Contribution -- Best Cinematography Mikhail Krichman -...
- 9/11/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Dublin's Darklight Film Festival has announced the participants for the Heroes Edition Guest Programmers for the festival which takes place in October. Festival Director Nicky Gogan has also announced that Lance Weiler will return to the festival this year as Symposium Key Note speaker. Early bird tickets are currently available for the event and participants are being accepted for Tyrell's 'My Environment, My Film' workshop and competition event. The guest programmers chosen for 2010 include Animator David O'Reilly (Please Say Something); art/music/technology collective Synth Eastwood; independent gig promoters and record label Skinny Wolves; Film & Animation History lecturer and musician Michael Connerty; digital rights expert and documentary filmmaker Caroline Campbell (Alibi) and producer Katie Holly (One Hundred Mornings). Darklight 2010: Heroes Edition will take place 28 - 31 October 2010 in and around Temple Bar.
- 8/25/2010
- IFTN
The Possession of David O'Reilly is an Authentic Films production that claims to be based on "real events" (Epic). However, after doing some digging and researching the film, there is no evidence to suggest the reality of these claims. At the Authentic Films website the film is not named and at the distribution company, Epic Pictures Group, there is no additional information on the truthfulness of the story. The true story, or based on actual events labels are slapped on to horror films in an attempt to add legitimacy to the movie, but fans are likely seeing through this scheme by now. Is there any truth to The Possession of David O'Reilly?
The only truth available right now is the two minute trailer below. The trailer shows a few shocking moments and some menacing looking muppets, that will create fear, or some giggles. Check it out below and decide if David O'Reilly deserves an exorcism.
The only truth available right now is the two minute trailer below. The trailer shows a few shocking moments and some menacing looking muppets, that will create fear, or some giggles. Check it out below and decide if David O'Reilly deserves an exorcism.
- 3/5/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Did you miss the Sundance Film Festival this year? The best of the 2010 Sundance shorts will be playing this Saturday in Montreal, Quebec. In fact, the event "Prends ça court!" is back at the Nuit blanche du Festival Montréal en lumière on Saturday, February 27, at the Monument-National from 8 Pm to 3 Am.
In addition to screenings of films, musician Slim Williams will be performing. Other guests include: Ben Charest, Al Baculus, Eric Roberts, Orson Clarke, Coco Thompson, Al Prater, and Dan Martel.
Best Of Sundance Shorts 2010
* Let's Harvest The Organs Of Death Row Inmates, from Chris Weller and Max Joseph.
* Mary Last Seen, from Sean Durkin.
* My Mom Smokes Weed, from Clay Liford.
* The Six Dollar Fifty Man, from Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
* Seeds Of The Fall, from Patrik Eklund.
* Logorama, from H5.
* My Invisible Friend, from Pablo Larcuen.
* N.A.S.A (A Volta), from Alexei Tylevich.
* The Armoire,...
In addition to screenings of films, musician Slim Williams will be performing. Other guests include: Ben Charest, Al Baculus, Eric Roberts, Orson Clarke, Coco Thompson, Al Prater, and Dan Martel.
Best Of Sundance Shorts 2010
* Let's Harvest The Organs Of Death Row Inmates, from Chris Weller and Max Joseph.
* Mary Last Seen, from Sean Durkin.
* My Mom Smokes Weed, from Clay Liford.
* The Six Dollar Fifty Man, from Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland.
* Seeds Of The Fall, from Patrik Eklund.
* Logorama, from H5.
* My Invisible Friend, from Pablo Larcuen.
* N.A.S.A (A Volta), from Alexei Tylevich.
* The Armoire,...
- 2/25/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Let's suppose you can't make it to Sundance this year. As always, it's happening the third week of January in Park City, Utah, and we have one of the international animated short films you could catch if you were there, but since you're not going, why not watch it here?
Please Say Something comes from Germany and director-screenwriter David O'Reilly...and it's a little different. The Sundance site describes it as "A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant future," and I think you're either going to really be into it, or you'll make it about one-tenth of the way through it. It's just one of those movies.
But we love short films, and animated shorts have a loyal following all their own. Plus, if you are hitting Sundance in a couple weeks, you can skip this one and freeze your ass off in line waiting to see something else.
Please Say Something comes from Germany and director-screenwriter David O'Reilly...and it's a little different. The Sundance site describes it as "A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant future," and I think you're either going to really be into it, or you'll make it about one-tenth of the way through it. It's just one of those movies.
But we love short films, and animated shorts have a loyal following all their own. Plus, if you are hitting Sundance in a couple weeks, you can skip this one and freeze your ass off in line waiting to see something else.
- 1/2/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Tomorrow the famed Studio Ghibli is to announce their next full length feature film. Following up Miyazaki's Ponyo, will it be Paku-san's (Takahata Isao) long longed for comeback film? Or perhaps will it be by their new director about whom producer Suzuki told some time ago (rumoured to be Yonebayashi Hiromasa)? Well, the latter might certainly be the case as two days ago Suzuki noted the director is 36 years old and that his animating skill is the best in Studio Ghibli. He didn't expect to be become a director, but nowadays though Miyazaki often sits next to him to encourage him. Either way, more news tomorrow at GhibliWorld.com, but for now it's a good excuse to spice up this Twitch-o-Meter with the animated flavor of five random works worth checking out.
Summer Wars
This ToM won't reside in the land of the rising sun though, as Hosoda Mamoru's latest...
Summer Wars
This ToM won't reside in the land of the rising sun though, as Hosoda Mamoru's latest...
- 12/15/2009
- Screen Anarchy
With the success of Paranormal Activity , you can expect to hear about another dozen or so similar projects. Just this morning, we did a news post on a UK project titled The Possession of David O'Reilly , which bares a resemblance to Oren Peli's sleeper hit. Ever heard of In Memorium ? The low-budget indie pic starring Erik McDowell, Johanna Watts, Levi Powell and Mary Portser dates back to 2005, a few years before Paranormal Activity . Written and directed by Amanda Gusack, this cinéma vérité film follows Dennis Wade, a young film student diagnosed with terminal cancer who decides to document his illness only to capture something else on tape. Have a peek at the teaser trailer below. Gusack recently directed The Betrayed starring Melissa George and...
- 10/27/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
One of the many cool things about Paranormal Activity's success is that the supernatural subgenre is roaring back in a big way. I’m sure every major studio in Hollywood is looking through their scripts to find comparable material. Overseas the doors are opening as well with one such flick, The Possession of David O'Reilly, well under way!
The supernatural “mockudrama” follows a young couple in their London flat as they're besieged by some unknown entity. We don't know much else about this one yet, other than it's coming from writer/director Andrew Cull with Giles Anderson, Francesca Fowler and Nicolas Shaw in starring roles. Watch this space, though, as we'll keep you updated on the plight of poor David O'Reilly.
With the huge success of Paranormal Activity, my only hope is that filmmakers don't decide that every film has to be done in that
"documentary" style. I do want more supernatural horror,...
The supernatural “mockudrama” follows a young couple in their London flat as they're besieged by some unknown entity. We don't know much else about this one yet, other than it's coming from writer/director Andrew Cull with Giles Anderson, Francesca Fowler and Nicolas Shaw in starring roles. Watch this space, though, as we'll keep you updated on the plight of poor David O'Reilly.
With the huge success of Paranormal Activity, my only hope is that filmmakers don't decide that every film has to be done in that
"documentary" style. I do want more supernatural horror,...
- 10/26/2009
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
With Paranormal Activity making a killing at the box office, the knock-offs have already begun production. One such film is the UK horror flick The Possession Of David O'Reilly, which is said to be based on actual events. The synopsis reads the following: "The film a terrifying supernatural shockumentary about a demonic presence in a young couple's home in London." Everything about this synopsis bleeds rip-off - a young couple? Really? Check out the art below from Andrew Cull's "original" film starring Giles Anderson, Francesca Fowler, Nicholas Shaw and Zoe Richards. Andrew Cull is the writer behind the UK TV series "Urban Gothic."...
- 10/26/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
Irish animation company, Brown Bag Films, came away from the 2009 Cartoon forum with the title of European Producer of the Year while Irish born David O'Reilly was awarded the Cartoon d'Or prize for his cartoon 'Please Say Something'. Producers from all over Europe voted on Friday, September 25th at the festival, held this year in Norway. Over the past 18 months Smithfield-based Brown Bag Films has produced 20 hours of computer animation for international broadcasters. They presented their new 'Granny O'Grimm' series, based on the 2008 Ifta-winning short film, during the Cartoon Forum. They tell Iftn: "We were all delighted with the news, it's great for the Irish animation sector and demonstrates the important role that animation plays in the creative economy."...
- 9/28/2009
- IFTN
While U2 travels around Europe on the first leg of their 360 Tour, director David O'Reilly has released the band's latest music video for I'll Go Crazy, If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight. Film fans might recognize O'Reilly for his short film, Please Say Something, which earned him the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlinale. The director also earned some Internet credibility for his Octocat videos...
- 7/23/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
David O'Reilly's 'Please Say Something' has been chosen as one of the five finalists for the Cartoon d'Or 2009 competition as nominated by The European Association of Animation Film. 'Please Say Something' is a 10 minute short concerning a troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant future. The final film was completed in January 2009 and contains 23 episodes of exactly 25 seconds each. Written and directed by David O Reilly, the film won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film earlier this year at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
- 7/14/2009
- IFTN
CG Filmmaker David O'Reilly has picked up the Golden Bear for the Best International Short Film at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival for his series of micro shorts entitled 'Please Say Something'. The short, which is designed for the web is made up of 23 episodes of 25 seconds, is set in the distant future and is concerned with a troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse. David is also the animator behind 'Octocat Aventure' and 'Rgb Xyz'. The Silver Bear in Short category went to 'Jade' directed by Daniel Elliot while the short 'The Suffering of Herr Karpf The Birthday' by director Lola Randl was picked from the Berlinale short film nominees to go forward to the European Film Awards 2009.
- 2/19/2009
- IFTN
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