Emma-Jane Dempsey writes:
With all eyes on gender imbalance in the Irish media industry it is important to look at the people who are trying to smash the status quo.
Tonight, at the Cork Film Festival, the premiere of Fading Away will be screened at the Gate Theatre in Cork at 8.45pm. This female-lead psychological horror is directed by a woman, the cinematographer is a woman, and the production designer is a woman…
The cast of Fading Away is led by two of the strongest young actresses to come out of Ireland this decade, the amazing Antonia Campbell-Hughes (The Other Side of Sleep, Kelly & Victor) and Kate Stanley Brennan (Dollhouse). Also starring are Emma-Eliza Regan (Darkness at the Edge of Town, Out of Here), Mark Huberman (Frank, Band of Brothers) and the marvellous Jerry Fish, with music by Irish band The Minutes.
Fading Away tells the story of Leila, the fearsome front-woman of a struggling rock band who has a diehard belief that her music will change the world. After meeting a mysterious mentor she inadvertently wishes the iconic album ‘Golden Boy’ from the band Double Eagle out of existence, leaving the music hers for the taking. As she struggles with music, her band and new love, her other-worldly mentor proves to be a darker force than she realised.
The film is directed by Edwina Casey, David Johnston, Lisa Winstanley and produced by Dave Minogue, Grace Coughlan and Andrew Loughran.
Get tickets (€10/€8) for tonight’s premiere here
Fading Away (Cork Film Festival)
This sounds painfully amateur dull and joyless…..
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/139208/indie-horror-fading-away/
I dunno did a bit of googling abd I like the premise. Joyless yeah, but its dark…. Fupp happy music, sounds like a 27 club member waiting to happen
Im up for that
Oh cool this actually looks pretty cool. Like the actress, premise…cant wait to hear more
Hail Corporate!
Ohhh so like josie and the pussycats meets black Swan or something?
Sounds alright. ‘Black swan meets Josie and the pussy cats’ I’m down with that.
Wait….JEM’s already out right? Pft bandwagon jumping female lead band nonsense.
Get back in the kitchen :P
Can’t watch Antonia C-H
Careful now Lily
That girl’s Mammy is a pal’a mine
Ok I take it back, she’s the Katherine Hepburn de nos jours! Just bring pizza next time you’re calling over, not the spinach one either.
I remember Antonia Campbell-Hughes when she was a Punk and drank in The Chinaman back in the early 90s. She was always the prettiest girl in the pub.
(I say ‘drank’, but she really just sat there with her mates so don’t go ratting her out to her Ma Frilly.)
See
There’s more that unites us than divides us
An you
Keep it together tonight
If I did I can’t remember
Ha, she ‘sang’ in my ‘band’. Good times and cheap pints in the Chinaman.
I’m in Dublin. Would’ve gone to that. Loved ‘Kelly & Victor’.
The Minutes were on the late late with Jerry Fish last week. Was that to do with this?
Suppose it makes sense, did they mention it?
The stills photographer is a woman… me!
Go you Emily!!!! So sorry I didn’t put that in! Well done it really looks great.
I’d watch that.
But, if the blurb is all about “With all eyes on gender imbalance in the Irish media industry it is important to look at the people who are trying to smash the status quo.” ….then why neglect to mention one of the directors is a man, instead it’s down as “directed by a woman” when it’s two women and a man at the bottom of the blurb and on the poster…. strikes me as odd is all. Still, I’d like to see it.
That’s good detective work
Edwina Casey is the main director. No idea how it works but sometimes they get new directors to take over or something and still have to credit people. Happens to writers all the time. But Edwina Casey is definitely the main director.
Hello Edwina
I’ve never actually factored in whether the Director of a film I might see has a penis or a vagina.
I probably need to ‘check my privilege’ or something like that?
You definitely need to check your privilege, you cis gender pig.
Psychological rock horror?! Ha. Love it. Will check it out if it ever comes to Dublin.
Great, give yourselves a big slap on the back. Now, is it any good? Because that’s what really counts when you want to sell a play or film ticket to a punter.
Sounds different. In a good way tho.
Never heard of a psychological rock film before. Loving the soundtrack compilation on Spotify so far!
Are double barrels a thing now?
I can’t imagine exhorting people to go and see a movie because the Director is black or gay or muslim- what an insult that would be to those minorities.
How about judging art on its merits and promoting it in the same way.
Totally agree
You’re assuming that art is based solely in merit. Who the artist is plays a pretty big party in the version of that art, which cannot be separated from the art itself. And don’t even start on how art is judged based on who the artist is.
Take spike Lee – people went to his films because he was an important voice in representing black culture. I doubt his films would have worked as well with a white guy directing.
“The marvellous Jerry Fish”.
I’ll file that one away for the day my son needs an example of an oxymoron for his homework.
To each his own. I caught his show at electric picnic. Was great craic.
After ‘sober dad’ of course.
Never forget: https://youtu.be/lET-WXTsSwc
Heck yeah, I love flicks like this the dreadcentral link thing has real details of the film. Wish I could see this, whebs it screening elsewhere?
3 directors means it will be poo.
I liked “Sin City”. That had three directors.
And “Four Rooms”. That had four.
And “The Longest Day”. I’m going to say five directors but you get my point.
All poo
You are poo
Also, they had different directors for seperate vignettes / sections. Not 3 people directing the one 2hr story.
Is that the case with “Fading Away”?
Is that the case with “Fading Away”?
sounds like one of those cringey 90s films with a lame concert sequence where an artist who nobody knows is inexplicably playing in front of an ecstatic full house. lessons will be learnt, acoustic ballads shall be penned.
In this thread: some of the worst attempts at astro-turfing I’ve ever seen.
Actually nevermind, actually checked it out.
This thing is pretty for real what it sets out to be.
I take back my previous attempt to sound smart.
This film is ACTUALLY Smart.
Thumbs up on the hard work filmmakers.
I couldn’t love the above fake post more.
Thumbs up on the hard work friends/family/social-media-coordinators of the filmmakers!
Because honestly, they are pretty groovy chaps & dames.
Why do I like replying to myself, ah its just because I have so much to say.