This
has been a pretty good year for Irish film. Quite a few have made it to the cinemas
and this is the first year in some time, where there have been deservedly critically
acclaimed (Grabbers, What Richard Did,
Silence). It is good to see and with luck and good management of funds by
the Irish Film Board, let us hope this will continue on a more consistent
basis. We need to see more Irish films in the cinemas (particularly in
multiplexes) to hopefully get people seeing them on a regular basis. That is
the dream. But at the lower end of the scale where the funding does not reach, what
kinds of films are being made?
What
of the films that have either been rejected by the IFB for funding or were just
made with no help whatsoever? Is there an audience for these films? The big
question to consider would be: is there an interest in seeing these films and
following that is there a platform for viewing? With the rise of VOD services
in Ireland such as Netflix and Volta, is there now an opportunity for some of
these low budget films to be seen commercially? This brings forth yet another
question, namely if you want to read up on such films to help inform you as to whether
they are actually worth seeing or not, where do you go?
Well
in the spirit of this article I am going to offer just that service. If you
want to send me a copy of an independent film you have made for review, please
do. For my part I will be fair but honest with my reviews. This may well end up
being more about discovering emerging talent than necessarily discovering great
films straight away. Please note that due to time constraints I cannot review
short films at the moment so please send features only. Also as it is clear by
the title of my blog, this is just for Irish
independent films. You can contact me on twitter @jaycoyle or leave a message
on my blog below this article.
First
up for review is a film by Jason Figgis called The Railway Children. I will be watching it this week and
reviewing. I have attached the trailer below.
RAILWAY CHILDREN - Official Trailer from Jason Figgis on Vimeo.
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