Narrowly missing out on a Best Animation BAFTA this week, Ainslie Henderson’s excellent stop-motion short (and University of Edinburgh graduation film) tells the story of a nervous amateur as he takes to the stage on open mic night at the Egg and Sparrow pub.
Making of featurette here.
http://vimeo.com/86067309
Oliver Nolan writes:
“The MSc Course in Digital Feature Film Production at Filmbase, Temple Bar [Dublin] are in the midst of a campaign to fund the production of two feature films. ‘Poison Pen’ is a romantic comedy written by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, while ‘The Light of Day’ is a mockumentary billed as ‘The Office meets Heart of Darkness’, by course alumnus Chris Brennan.
“We’re looking to raise €25,000 to cover the production costs of the films, and with less than two weeks left in the campaign, and we’re trying to spread the word as best we can,. Funding details ( below). Thank you.”
Thanks Sam Fitzpatrick
Broadsheet friends Doris/Magee do a quick word association game with the Choice Music prize 2014 nominees.
Starring Lisa O’Neill, O Emperor, Bell X1, Villagers, And So I watched You From Afar, Little Green Cars and Girls Names.
The Choice Music prize winner is announced on Saturday night TONIGHT
O Emperor Favourites To Win Choice Music Prize (RTETen)
Update:
Viacar Strret, Dublin tonight.
John Gallen writes:
Villagers won….
Hello you.
Mark Dennehhy writes:
Seems the GCHQ [UK intelligence] were watching all of us through our webcams from 2008 to 2012 and shipping the data back to the NSA. And 3% to 11% of the images “contained undesirable nudity” (begging the question, what do the NSA class as “desirable nudity”?). …Charles Stross, sci-fi writer of some renown from Scotland, has the best take yet on this:
Turns out, UK law on child pornography and the GCHQ’s status as a defence agency and not a law enforcement agency, makes for a bad combination from GCHQ’s perspective (they may just have become the worst case study in child pornography in the history of the UK).
And the automatic porn filters that GCHQ were trying to use on the images collected should result in future Al Queda videoconferences being held “in the nude, on Yahoo! video chat” :D
GCHQ intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide (Guardian)
(BBC)
John Deasy tears strips off Angela Kerins. “You need to get a grip,” he says on the Rehab salary “song-and-dance” #spoton #pac
— Lise Hand (@liseinthecity) February 27, 2014
Watch live here
Earlier: That’d be The Brother
[From top: Rory O’Neill, the audience at Liberty Hall; from left: SIPTU’s Rachel Mathews McKay, Dr Katherine O’Donnell, of UCD, Una Mulally, Irish Times, Rory O’Neill and Seamus Dooley of the NUJ]
We thought it was next Wednesday.
The SIPTU LGBTQ members’ network marked LGBT History Month last night with a FIGHT discussion on media representation featuring Rory O’Neill and Una Mulally and a screening of the film ‘Did Anyone Notice Us? Gay Visibility in the Irish Media 1973-1993’ in Liberty Hall, Dublin.
Cakephobes!
Thanks Rachel
Meanwhile…
It’s fun to dance at the I O N A, etc.
Rua O’Donnachu writes:
A video myself and my mate made, a bit of sexy dancing outside the Iona Institute headquarters [Merrion Square, Dublin].
How well do YOU know your Rowling?
Cian O’Mahoney writes:
Our monthly table quiz is back next Tuesday, March 4th with our Harry Potter table quiz. Our previous table quizzes have been a huge success with the Love/Hate and Father Ted quizzes raising funds for SpunOut.ie. Our most recent ‘Friends’ quiz was our most successful yet and all tables sold out. The Harry Potter table quiz will feature questions on all 7 books with picture and video rounds on all 8 movies. We will have some great prizes so come along. We expect tickets to sell out so book now (). Tickets are €6 per person or €24 for a table of four (plus EventBrite booking fee).
German mashup artist NilsOfficial creates an unholy union of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up, Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping, AVICII’s Wake Me Up and, eh, John Travolta.
. @RichardbrutonTD is online now and ready for your questions. Tweet us on #APJQA pic.twitter.com/ztxEVxFNPr
— MerrionStreet.ie (@merrionstreet) February 27, 2014
@merrionstreet @RichardbrutonTD Where else in the world does a Government sponsor internships for tablewaiting/shelf stackers? #APJQA
— Gerard Murphy (@Gerard_Murphy) February 27, 2014
@RichardbrutonTD Do you think there’ll be a job going in the Department of Justice soon? #APJQA
— Shane Doyle (@ShaneDoyle19) February 27, 2014
Liffey Valley Jobs Fair cancelled due to too many arriving.
Richard Bruton taking live Q's on Twitter since 2:30 & has got 4Q's & answered 2
— Barry (@Wexford_tweeter) February 27, 2014
More as he gets it.