Hey there Dear Listener:
As one of the only podcasts in this area that does some sort of vague reportage we here at LTA get sent a lot of press releases. Don't usually publish them. Frankly, a lot are pretty dire. But...every once in a while one catches our eye like the Cinemagic Festival.
Running from November 17th to December 3rd the Festival is all about getting the young folks enthused about the magic of motion pictures. So, with this end in mind they're screening a whole bunch of pics to appeal to the young 'uns and also getting a host of people who work in the industry to come and talk.
Sounds like fun.
Oh, oh.
I've just found out that it's called the Coca-Cola Cinemagic World Screen Festival for Young People.
Crap.
Is Coca-Cola evil? I can't keep track anymore dear listener. Hard to live an ethical life here as an American White Guy in the West in the 21st Century.
Anyhew, they seem like good people. Why not get the young folks you know to attend? Detailed Press Releases utilising a variety of fonts follow below:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE YOUR FILM SCREENED IN THE CINEMA?
Cinemagic is looking for imaginative and original films made by young people to be screened as part of CINEMAGIC YOUNG FILMMAKER 2006 in association with First Light. The films can be about anything at all fact or fiction, comedy or drama, news programme or documentary.
CINEMAGIC YOUNG FILMMAKER 2006 will take place during the Cinemagic festival in November, featuring the best short film entries and a series of workshops with renowned members of the film and TV industry. A prize will be awarded for best film - the winning entry will be screened during next year's CINEMAGIC WORLD SCREEN FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE in December 07. Winning films will receive digital prizes from our sponsor Xtra-vision.
The competition is open to anyone aged 25 and under from the UK and Ireland.
Please send a VHS or DVD of your film with details of cast and crew and a short synopsis by FRIDAY 3rd November 2006. Films should be no longer than 20 minutes. Entries should be sent to CINEMAGIC YOUNG FILMMAKER 2006, Cinemagic, 49 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JL.
For more information on the event and up-to-date details of the workshops available visit www.cinemagic.org.uk or contact Chris Shaw at Cinemagic.
email: chris@cinemagic.org.uk
website: www.cinemagic.org.uk
The Coca-Cola Cinemagic World Screen Festival for Young People in association with Xtra-Vision has launched its much anticipated annual film festival programme! The film festival now in its seventeenth year is set to run from 17 November to 3 December 2006 at various venues across Belfast.
This year’s
programme boasts an eclectic range of film screenings including special
premieres, international feature films, documentaries, shorts, foreign
language films, education packages and accompanying industry workshops
which are both practical and fun for young people aged between 4-25.
Visit www.cinemagic.org.uk to find out more!
Film Screenings: 17 November-3 December.
The programme includes an impressive array of special preview screenings including The Santa Clause3: The Escape Clause (Buena Vista International), Flushed Away (Dreamworks/Aardman); competition features from around the world such as Kirikou and the Wild Beasts, Opal Dream, Paula’s Secret, Lapislazuli, Finding Friends, Tsotsi, Charlie II, Children of the Moon and Young Andersen; and family, teenage and kids’ classics including Singin’ in the Rain, Meet me in St Louis, The Princess Bride, Toy Story, Beetlejuice, Time Bandits, and Down at Fraggle Rock!
Talent Lab: 30 November & 1 December.
Cinemagic’s
successful Talent Lab returns offering twelve creative masterclasses
for 18-25 year olds in areas such as Film Directing with Aisling
Walsh (Song For a Raggy Boy), Acting with Liam Cunningham
(The Wind that Shakes the Barley), and Sally Lindsey (Coronation
Street), Writing for Film with Martin Duffy (The Boy From
Mercury), Film Production with David Thompson (Iris, Match
Point), Costume Design with Anushia Nieradzik (Dr Who,
Middlemarch),Television Presenting with Dermot O’Leary
(Big Brother’s Little Brother), Puppetry with Martin
Baker and Pete Coogan (The Jim Henson Company), Advertising
with Fire IMC, Publicity with Una Maguire, and Gaming
with David Perry (The Matrix and The Earthworm Jim series).
Education Programme: 27 - 30 November (inc)
Primary school pupils can look forward to an entertaining and fun series of workshops which will visit schools across the province. Kids’ favourite television specials such as Kipper, Pingu, and Angelina Ballerina will be screened in various schools, along with fun and games from Belfast Zoo’s education team and characters such as Bob the Builder, and Fireman Sam will come alive with the help of professional animators, to show children the tricks of the trade!
Secondary school pupils will have the opportunity to watch a selection of fantastic films and documentaries before taking part in industry workshops. Highlights include The Mighty Celt and Mean Creek, accompanied by a discussion on the key themes of the film, led by the Irish Film Institute; What Makes Me Happy supported by Save The Children; The Evacuees produced by Belfast based Double Band Films; and The Oscar nominated Good Night and Good Luck which will be followed by a workshop focusing on the world of News Journalism. The critically acclaimed The Motorcycle Diaries from BAFTA award winning director Walter Salles and the documentary film sensation Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price are sure to be firm festival favourites! The colourful programme also includes must-see Shorts packages including Irish Language Shorts, Animated Antics and Shorts for Shorties.
Masterclasses and Q&A’s: various dates.
Cinemagic Stars (a three day acting workshop for 13-18 year olds featuring Suranne Jones, ex- Coronation Street), Young Film Maker (a three day workshop and discussion programme in film making, hosted by industry professionals, for various age groups showcasing young talent across Northern Ireland and the UK), Drama with Masks, and Q&A’s that include Donal MacIntyre (MacIntyre Undercover) and Emap Editor-in-Chief of New Product Development, Barry McIlheney, are just some of the additional highlights which the programme has to offer!
Cinemagic Chief Executive, Joan Burney, encourages young people throughout Northern Ireland to get involved:
“The annual
Cinemagic festival has grown from strength to strength over the past
17 years. Whether it is going to the cinema to experience new films
or taking part in a workshop to find out more about a career in the
film and television industry there is something for all ages to enjoy.
We feel that this year’s programme is the best to date, with a newly
developed education section, fantastic screenings and many top industry
professionals set to visit Belfast in November.”
Maire Campbell,
Public Affairs and Communications Manager for Coca-Cola Bottlers (Ulster)
Ltd looks forward to their three year partnership with the festival:
“Coca-Cola is delighted to be strengthening our commitment to Cinemagic. As title sponsor for the next three years we hope to assist in the development of a youth based arts and media culture by supporting an organization which provides opportunities for young people to actively engage with the arts.”
Martin Higgins, Managing Director for Xtra-Vision, Cinemagic’s ‘in association’ partner said:
“Xtra-vision
has been integral in providing a broad range of entertainment to the
people of Northern Ireland for over 25 years. At Xtra-vision, we are
proud to be involved in such a worthwhile event. We are committed to
delivering entertainment options which will appeal to young people.”
HOW TO BOOK TICKETS FOR FILMS:
Tickets for festival films can be purchased online from the Cinemagic website: www.cinemagic.org.uk or by visiting the Cinemagic offices, 49 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, Alternatively tickets can be purchased from the Belfast Welcome Centre, 47 Donegall Place Belfast, Tel: 02890246609. Full details on the festival programme and how to apply for classes and events are available on the Cinemagic website or by telephoning 028 90 311 900
Ticket prices: Under 18s £3/ Adults £3.50 Excluding Special Premieres which are Under 18s £4/ Adult £5. Group Bookings: 1 free adult ticket for every 10 tickets purchased (excluding Special Premieres)
Film Festival
Programmes are available from all Xtra-Vision stores across Northern
Ireland.
For further
information on this press release and other press enquiries please contact
Claire Baxter, Press and Marketing Officer at Cinemagic on 028 90 311
900 or email [email protected]
NB
PRESS/MEDIA PASSES ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FOR FILM SCREENINGS AND
SPECIAL EVENTS. PLEASE CONTACT CLAIRE BAXTER ON 028 90 311 900 TO REGISTER
INTEREST.
Notes to Editor
Cinemagic is
a Belfast based award winning charity that embraces the magic of film,
television and digital technologies to educate, motivate and inspire
young people through the medium of film screenings, workshops, and industry
led masterclasses. Over the last number of years Cinemagic has been proud
to welcome guests such as Brian Cox, Danny Boyle, Sir Alan Parker,
Colin Hanks, Mike Hodges, Helen Mirren, Ralph Fiennes, Lindy Hemming,
Stephen Warbeck, The Henson Company, Roy Disney, Hamish Hamilton,
Dermot O’Leary and many more industry professionals to Belfast,
where they have given their time to share their knowledge and skills
with young people across Northern Ireland. The festival is currently
one of the top five leading international young people’s film events
and the largest in the UK and Ireland, attracting over 20,000 people
annually to a wide range of events. Designed for and attended by young
people, Cinemagic caters for a wide age range of young people with just
about every level of interest in film covered – whether they want
to watch and enjoy, create their own work or take things one stage further
and find out more about a possible career in the film or television
industry.
Thanks to
support from Translink we are able to provide a number of FREE buses
to schools to participate in Cinemagic events in Belfast. These are
subject to availability so please book early to avoid disappointment.
FILM SCREENINGS:
STORM Cinemas, Odyssey Pavillion, Belfast:
DATE/ START TIME FILM
Thursday 21st September
7.00pm BARNYARD (Prem)
Friday 17th November
7.00pm THE SANTA CLAUSE 3 -
THE ESCAPE CLAUSE (Prem)
Saturday 18th November
10.30am SHORTS
FOR SHORTIES
3.00pm WATERSHIP DOWN
6.30pm TOY STORY
Sunday 19th November
3.00pm WHISTLE
DOWN THE WIND
7.00pm SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Monday 20th November
7.00pm KIRIKOU AND THE WILD BEASTS
Tuesday 21st November
7.00pm IRISH LANGUAGE SHORTS
Wednesday 22nd November
7.00pm IN THE EYE OF THE BEAR
Thursday 23rd November
7.00pm PITBULLTERJE
Friday 24th November
7.00pm OPAL DREAM
Saturday 25th November
10.30am DOWN AT FRAGGLE ROCK
3.00pm TOY STORY
6.00pm CHARLIE II
Sunday 26th November
3.00pm MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
7.00pm REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Monday 27th November
8.00pm YOUNG ANDERSEN
Tuesday 28th November
7.00pm CHILDREN OF THE MOON
Wednesday 29th November
7.00pm PAULA’S SECRET
Thursday 30th November
7.00pm BONKERS
Friday 1st December
11.00am WALLACE AND GROMIT – THE
CURSE OF THE WERE RABBIT
Saturday 2nd December
11.00am WALLACE AND GROMIT – THE
CURSE OF THE WERE RABBIT
Sunday 3rd December
7.00pm CLOSING
NIGHT FILM &AWARDS
Movie House Cinemas, Dublin Rd, Belfast:
DATE/ START
TIME
FILM
Monday 25th September
7.00pm HOODWINKED
(Prem)
Saturday 18th November
7.00pm THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Sunday 19th November
7.00pm TIME BANDITS
Monday 20th November
7.00pm THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIIES
Wednesday 22nd November
7.00pm ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Thursday 23rd November
7.00pm WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
Friday 24th November
7.00pm TSOTSI
Saturday 25th November
7.00pm THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Sunday 26th November
7.00pm BEETLEJUICE
Monday 27th November
7.00pm FLUSHED
AWAY (Prem)
Wednesday 29th November
7.00pm MY LIFE AS A DOG
Thursday 30th November
7.00pm WALMART – THE HIGH COST
OF LOW PRICE
Friday 1st December
7.00pm TSOTSI
EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
21st
-24th November and 28th
November- 1st December
Queen’s Film Theatre, University Square, Belfast
The education film programme in the QFT is accompanied with FREE workshops and panel discussions relevant to the film screenings. The workshops are facilitated by accomplished historians, journalists, social commentators and filmmakers. Each daily package costs £3 per student. Translink supports the 2006 education programme and are pleased to offer a number of FREE buses (travel to and from the venue). Numbers are limited and we operate on a first come first serve basis.
Daily Schedule
10.15am Schools Arrive
10.30am Workshop
1.00pm Lunch
1.30pm Film
2.30pm Schools Depart
Tuesday 21st November
Short Film Development with Screenwriters Ink
+ Growing Pains (A collection of short films that deals with the complexities of growing up)
Wednesday 22nd November
The Evacuees (Documentary) + Directors Discussion and Evacuee Q&A
+ Animated
Antics (A collection of short animations from around the world)
Thursday 23rd November
Become a Filmmaker with Eyeshot Studios
+ Growing Pains (A collection of short films that deals with the complexities of growing up)
Friday 24th November
Become a Filmmaker with Eyeshot Studios
+ Growing Pains (A collection of short films that deals with the complexities of growing up)
Tuesday 28th November
Mean Creek (Feature Film) + Irish Film Institute Workshop
The Mighty
Celt (Feature Film) + Irish Film Institute Workshop
Wednesday 29th November
World Cinema Showcase:
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (Feature Film)
Young Andersen (Feature Film)
Thursday 30th November
What Makes Me Happy (Shorts Package) + Save the Children Disscussion/Q&A
+ Opal Dream
(Feature Film)
Friday 1st December
News Journalism Workshop
+ Good Night
and Good Luck (Feature Film)
EDUCATION WORKSHOPS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
27th-30th November (inc)
TOURING PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAMME
Book for the following to visit your primary school:
Monday 27th November – Pingu Animation/Belfast Zoo + Shorts for Shorties
10.00am – 12.00pm AND 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Tuesday 28th November - Pingu Animation/Belfast Zoo + Shorts for Shorties
10.00am – 12.00pm AND 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Wednesday 29th November – Bob the Builder/Fireman Sam + Shorts for Shorties
10.00am – 12.00pm AND 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Thursday 30th November - Bob the Builder/Fireman Sam + Shorts for Shorties
10.00am – 12.00pm AND 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Workshop Price: £1 per student
“Xtra-Vision
and Cinemagic have received an investment from Arts and Business New
Partners to further develop their creative partnership. Arts & Business
News Partners is funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.”
CINEMAGIC STARS
17th-19th November (inc)
The Waterfront Hall, Belfast.
Cinemagic Stars is a 3-day intensive masterclass, open to 13-18 year olds that will offer young people the opportunity to develop acting techniques in Shakespeare, Contemporary or Musical Theatre. Each group will be lead by renowned industry professionals Suranne Jones, Mikyla Dodd, Chris Hoyle and Musical Director, Lee Bryn Heywood. This high energy, exciting workshop will allow you in 72 hours to be create a stage production that you will perform on the Sunday evening to your family and friends!
Deep River
Rock and Cinemagic have received an investment from Arts and Business
New Partners to further develop their creative partnership. Arts &
Business News Partners is funded by the Department of Culture, Arts
and Leisure.”
YOUNG FILM MAKER in association with First Light
24th-26th November (inc)
Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast
Cinemagic is looking for imaginative and original films made by young people to be showcased over three nights, and the best of young film making talent in Northern Ireland and the UK will be awarded in various age categories and the winning entry will be screened during Cinemagic’s festival 2007.The competition is open to anyone aged 25 and under and films should be no longer than 15 minutes.
The event will also include workshops and masterclasses with renowned members of the film and television industry. Please contact [email protected] for further details.
TALENT LAB
30th November and 1st December
Castlereagh College, Belfast
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SHORT FILM IN 48 HOURS:
Winning participants
from the Talent Lab Masterclasses will get the opportunity to form part
of a film making team chosen at the end of day two, which will have
48 hours to create a short film under the guidance of experienced film
makers which will then be screened on 3rd December, the closing
night of the festival in STORM Cinemas!
Guest Biographies
Dermot O ‘Leary
Having started
out by establishing the hugely successful T4 for channel 4, Dermot is
now known to millions for Big Brother’s Little Brother, a show he
has anchored for the last six years. Recently, Dermot has added Associate
Producer to his impressive CV, along with forming his own production
company, Murfia, which is now developing a number of pilot shows. More
recently, Dermot has fronted his own immensely successful Saturday afternoon
show on BBC Radio 2.
Aisling Walsh
Aisling Walsh
is a graduate of Dun Laoghaire School of Art in Dublin and The National
Film School in Beaconsfield. Her film credits include the multi award
winning ‘Song for a Raggy Boy’, ‘Invisible State’ (Ireland’s
segment for the prestigious European Film Omnibus), ‘Sinners’ (for
which she won several international festival awards), and ‘Joyriders’.
Television credits include the recent BAFTA nominated ‘Fingersmith’,
‘Trial and Retribution’, ‘Forgive and Forget’, ‘Little Bird’,
‘Roughnecks’ and ‘Doctor Finlay’ for which she won a BAFTA Award
in 1993.Recent screenplay credits include ‘Song For A Raggy Boy’
and ‘Lyn’, an adaptation of the book by Lyn Madden and Carring David
based on the life of world boxing champion Glenn McCrory.
Martin Duffy
Martin is an Irish filmmaker and writer now living in Berlin. He has extensive experience as a film editor, writer, script analyst, and director. Presently Martin is attached to direct the Irish-German-Swedish co-production ‘Summer of the Flying Saucer’, a family comedy, in Summer 2006. In 2007, his ghost story screenplay ‘Little Boy Priest’ goes into production in Northern Ireland as a German-UK production. The US-German-UK project ‘Fellowship’, which he co-wrote, also goes into production next year in Northern Ireland with Martin directing and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright attached to star. Martin has directed three feature films ‘The Testimony of Taliesin Jones’ in Wales, the cast of which includes Ian Bannen, Jonathan Pryce, Geraldine James and Griff Rhys Jones. ‘The Bumblebee Flies Anyway’ in New York. Martin co-wrote the script from the novel by Robert Cormier. The film stars Elijah Wood, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Perrino and Rachael Leigh Cook. Martin’s first feature, in 1996, was ‘The Boy From Mercury’ which he also wrote. It was produced through the Irish Film Board, RTE, and Le Studio Canal Plus. It stars Hugh O’Conor, Rita Tushingham, Tom Courtenay and nine year old James Hickey.
Liam Cunningham
Irish actor Liam Cunningham spent much of his early years on stage, but his film and television credits highlight an extremely varied and accomplished career. He made his movie debut in Mike Newell's Irish fantasy ‘Into the West’. He has since played roles in productions such as ‘War of the Buttons’, Michael Winterbottom's ‘Jude’, ‘First Knight’, ‘Dog Soldiers’, ‘Breakfast on Pluto’, ‘The League of Gentlemen Apocalypse’ and Ken Loaches award-winning ‘The Wind that Shakes the Barley’. Cunningham’s stage credits include stints with the Passion Machine theater company and London's Royal Court Theatre. His television credits include guest-starring roles on such British television series as ‘Cracker’, ‘Prime Suspect’, ‘Roughnecks’ and ‘Murphy’s Law’.
Sally Lindsey
Sally went
to Hull University - intent on becoming a journalist. Whilst there she
became involved in the drama group and decided at that point to become
an actress. After completing her B.A. she returned home to the North
West of England and trained at North Cheshire Theatre School. Her first
'break' came with a three year tour of 'Girls' Night Out' - a No.1 smash
hit across the country. In 2000 she was 'spotted' by the Casting Director
of 'The Royle Family' and became 'Michelle' in one of the final episodes
of the series, a few months later viewers saw her star in the award
winning ‘Fat Friends’ . Later in 2000 she worked with Peter Kay
in Phoenix Nights and in 2001 the part of 'Shelley' in Coronation Street'
was created for her which she played until her departure in June 2006.
2006 has also seen Sally return to the theatre in ‘Ella, Meet Marilyn’,
in which she plays Marilyn Monroe and ‘The Ho-Ho Club’.
David Thompson
David Thompson began his career at the BBC as a documentary filmmaker. He began producing drama while working for the BBC’s Everyman documentary series, where he produced the original ‘Shadowlands’, which won the British Academy Award for Best Drama and an International Emmy. Past BBC Films productions include the acclaimed ‘Mrs. Brown’, ‘Billy Elliot’, the Academy award-winning ‘Iris’, ‘Dirty Pretty Things’, ‘The Mother’, ‘Sweet Sixteen’, ‘Sylvia’, ‘In this World’, ‘Ratcatcher’ and ‘Last Resort’.
Recent releases include the Golden Globe winning ‘Life and Death of Peter Sellers’, ‘My Summer of Love’, ‘The Mighty Celt’, ‘Bullet Boy’, ‘Millions’, ‘Mrs. Henderson Presents’, Woody Allen’s first UK set film ‘Match Point’, and ‘A Cock and Bull Story’.
Current releases
include Michael Caton-Jones’ powerful and moving drama ‘Shooting
Dogs’, and ‘Confetti’. Future releases will include ‘The History
Boys’ adapted from Alan Bennett's award-winning stage play.
Anushia Nieradzik
Polish born Anushia Nieradzik attended the prestigious St. Martins College of Arts in London. Beginning her career in theatre, Anushia has worked as a costume designer for TV commercials, television dramas and films for many years.
Having recently
completed the film ‘The 10th Man’, her other credits
include, ‘Dr Who’, the BAFTA winning ‘Middlemarch’, ‘Madame
Bovary’, ‘Sex Traffic’, ‘Wondrous Oblivion’, ‘Best’, ‘The
Revengers Comedies’ and the romantic comedy ‘Circle of Friends’.
Una Maguire
After working as a Press Officer and Public Relations manager on the Northern Ireland arts scene for four years Una Maguire left Belfast for London where she worked for the world famous contemporary dance company Rambert before joining the BBC as one of their senior publicists. After another stint back in Belfast at BBC NI she moved to the BBC in London to work on high profile dramas such as, ‘Messiah’, and ‘The Lost World’ among others. After leaving the BBC two years ago she now works as a freelance publicist on a range of diverse projects which included ‘Arch Angel’ with Daniel Craig and the hit 2006 drama ‘Hotel Babylon’. Una is currently working on ‘Jane Eyre’ starring Toby Stephens, ‘The Ruby in the Smoke’ starring Billie Piper and Julie Walters and ‘Shadow in the North’.
Martin Baker and Pete Coogan
In 20 years spent working with the Jim Henson Company, Martin gained enormous experience in a wide range of production from TV series/specials/mini-series, film, TV, Home Video, Theme Park Attractions and Event Production. During his time at the company as executive vice-president, Martin had oversight and responsibility for all worldwide production; producing many of the projects himself. His credits include: Producer of the three Muppet Movies, Executive Producer on The Sesame Street Movie and he received an Emmy for his work as producer on ‘Muppets Tonight’. Martin has also produced the Royal Variety Performance and the BAFTA Television Awards. He was executive producer on the film ‘Mirrormask’ and was co-executive producer on ‘Farscape’. He currently has a consulting agreement with the Walt Disney Company.
Another veteran of the Jim Henson Company for over 22 years, Pete has broad and extensive experience in film and television production, having held numerous and varied positions on many Henson’s productions. Including; Co-Producer of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story’, Production Manager for the feature films ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’, and ‘Muppet Treasure Island’, and executive in charge of production on the Emmy – nominated television series ‘Farscape’ as well as hundreds of hours of family and children’s TV programmes. In 2003, he became the managing director of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. In his role he was responsible for managing the Creature Shops in London, Los Angeles and New York.
David Perry
Queen’s University and Belfast City Council are hosting the visit of video games visionary, David Perry, to Belfast during November 2006. David is globally recognised as a leading figure in the video games industry. He is founder and CEO of gamesconsultants.com and formerly was President of Shiny Entertainment. He is an Expert Video Game Industry columnist for Businessweek.com and sits on the advisory board of the Game Developers Conference and the Video Games Expo.
Based in Los
Angeles, although hailing from Northern Ireland, David has produced
games such as the Matrix and the Earthworm Jim series. He launched his
career at just 15 years of age when he started writing computer game
programming books while still at school in Northern Ireland. Today his
games have recorded nearly $1 billion in global sales. Please Note:
This ‘Talent Lab’ class will take place at Queens University.
As a Visiting
Fellow in the Creative Industries at Queen’s University, David will
deliver a keynote address at the university on Wednesday 29 November
in which he will explore the past, present and future of the interactive
entertainment industry. For further information contact Stephen
McGowan on 028 9097 2573 or at [email protected]
Advertising Talent Lab
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board, the body responsible for promoting Northern Ireland as a tourist destination and FireIMC, one of the top integrated communications agencies in Northern Ireland, have had a successful three year marketing relationship promoting Northern Ireland short breaks.
Day One will be spent at the offices of FireIMC where the group will meet with some of Northern Ireland’s top advertising executives, who will reveal how the advertising industry works and what it takes to make it in this competitive environment.
Day Two will see the group hurled into the world of advertising executives when they are presented with a brief for their client, NITB, to produce creative for a TV Ad. The teams will pitch to a judging panel made up of marketing professionals who will select the winning creative.
Day Three will provide the whole group with the opportunity to see how the winning Ad is transformed from page to screen at a Belfast based production house.
The winning Ad will be shown
at the closing night of the Cinemagic Film Festival and the winning
team will then have the opportunity to work, for a few weeks, with FireIMC
to learn more about the trade.
Q&A’s
“In Conversation with…”
Cinemagic, in partnership with BT, will host three events “In conversation with” highly respected media professionals.
These events are FREE and open to everyone – simply book your place by contacting Cinemagic, tel. 028 9031 1900.
Martin Baker and Pete Coogan (Biog above)
Thursday 30th November
12.30pm (exit 1.30pm)
Castlereagh
College
Donal MacIntyre
Thursday 30th November
5.00pm (exit 6.00pm)
Castlereagh College
Donal’s first
work in television was for the award winning BBC investigative sports
strand, ‘On The Line’ in 1993. For this programme he won awards
in both Ireland and the U.S.A. He then moved from the BBC to ITV's BAFTA
winning ‘World in Action’ investigative programme. Donal won
two Royal Television Society Awards for a film on drug dealing by night
club bouncers. His profile led him to being poached back by the BBC
to front a major undercover series. The series would be shown around
the world and made headlines everywhere it was broadcast. ‘MacIntyre Undercover’ was screened in November 1999 and was
the culmination of almost two years research by MacIntyre and his BBC
team. In January 2003 MacIntyre joined FIVE in a high profile move.
Programmes included, ‘MacIntyre UK Undercover’, ‘MacIntyre's Millions’,
‘MacIntyre's Underworld’, ’Big Stings’ and ‘Can Your Trust….?’
He continued to work on BBC projects while developing films and strands
for FIVE. Donal’s investigative journalism has changed government
policy, led to the conviction of dangerous criminals and exposed injustices
in many high profile organizations and societies.
Barry McIlheney
Friday 1st December
5.00pm (exit 6.00pm)
Castlereagh College
Barry is Editor-in-Chief of New Product Development at emap consumer media, and was most recently responsible for the successful launch of Zoo magazine. After a spell in local newspapers and the now-defunct Melody Maker, Barry joined emap in 1986 as Editor of Smash Hits, before launching Empire, now the UK's biggest-selling movie magazine, in 1989. After this and a period as Publisher of a number of emap titles, he became Managing Director of emap metro from 1994-99, during which time he oversaw the launch of heat. In 2002, he moved back into editorial as Editor-in-Chief of New Product Development, and is now working on a host of prospective launches for emap consumer media. Barry has twice been voted emap Editor of The Year, and was Editor of Empire when it won the PPA Magazine of The Year in 1992.
Masterclasses
Puppet Masterclass
Date: Wednesday 29th November
10.00am (exit 4.00pm)
Age: 8 – 13
Venue: Castlereagh College
If you would
like to spend a day with one of the best puppet designers and builders
in the country and a world renowned puppeteer, who has worked for, amongst
others, The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Street and The Walt Disney Company.
In this class participants will make their own simple puppet and learn
some techniques that will allow you to develop and perform your character.
Acting with Kelvin Fletcher
Date: Friday 1st December
10am: (exit 4.00pm)
Age: 13 -18
Venue: Castlereagh College
Kelvin Fletcher
has played Andy Sugden in Emmerdale since 1996, winning the British
Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance in 1999.Kelvin’s part in
Emmerdale follows a string of television roles, in programmes such as
In Suspicious Circumstances, Cracker, Heartbeat and Chiller
Drama with Masks
Date: Saturday 2nd December
10.00am (exit 4.00pm)
Age: 6 – 13
Venue: Dee
Street Community Centre, 12-16 Dee Street, Belfast
"Time Bandits"??! I am there.
And no, Coca-Cola is not evil. It is sweet nectar, and should never be disparaged.
Posted by: Phil | October 16, 2006 at 10:46 AM
My understanding is that Pepsi is signifcantly less evil - am not sure if this is true but will be looking around the web for corroborating evidence.
Posted by: Jett Loe | October 16, 2006 at 11:24 AM
That is considered blasphemous talk around my parts, and could have you subject to arrest or hanging.
Posted by: Phil | October 16, 2006 at 04:23 PM