Tag Archives: For Your Consideration

Concerned about youth mental health?

Want to help make a film?

Read on.

Irish filmmaker Nathan Fagan writes:

‘Flicker’ is an upcoming short drama exploring the experiences of Danny, a young college-age Dubliner, whose life begins to unravel after becoming the victim of a violent assault.

‘Flicker’ dramatises the psychological after-effects of violence and the subtle pressures – both internal and external – that often stand in the way to recovery. The film will explore the internalised shame and stigma that often surrounds mental health issues among young Irish men. .

Flicker is currently raising funds (€3,000) for production via Indiegogo

The new short film will be written and directed by directing team, myself and Luke Daly , otherwise known as Luna. It’s produced by Aaron McEnaney, for Irish production company Bold Puppy, and shot by DoP Kevin Minogue. It will feature a number of Ireland’s most exciting up-and-coming young actors.

Flicker: irish Short Film (Indigogo)

Shooting the Darkness.

A new documentary by Tom Burke (Losing Alaska) telling the story of local press photographers who “unwittingly became war correspondents during the Troubles in Northern Ireland”.

‘Shooting the Darkness’ will have a preview this Saturday at the Irish Film Institute, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 at 3.30pm followed by a Q and A with Tom, producer Thomas Kelly and photographer Alan Lewis.

Tickets here

Shooting The Darkness (Broadstone Films)

Top picture: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Derry by Stanley Matchett (with permission)

Dreaming Squares.

Paddy Cahill writes:

Back in 2013 myself and Shane O’Toole filmed an interview with Ronnie Tallon – the most prolific architect in 20-century Ireland, and one of its most discerning – about his masterwork, the former Carrolls Cigarette Factory in Dundalk (top) – now, half a century later, an Institute of Technology.

This (above) is our recently completed short documentary from this interview, filmed shortly before Dr Tallon’s death in 2014, where he talks about why he loved the square shape for the infinite freedom it offers within fixed constraints….

Paddy Cahill

Stewarts Special School, Waterstown Avenue, Palmerstown Lower, Dublin 20.

Many pupils.

No playground.

Laura writes;

Stewarts School is a special education primary school that caters for children with a range of physical and intellectual disabilities, many of these children have severe and profound disabilities and need specialist care and equipment.

The school is moving to a new building in 2019 order to increase the capacity of students they can look after, but this move is leaving them without any playground or useable outside yard area.

As many of the students have physical disabilities they need a playground that includes very specialist equipment and the cost of an inclusive playground that will allow all the students the chance to play – regardless of their abilities or disabilities – is going to cost €200,000.

Stewarts is receiving no government funding at all for the playground so the mammoth task of raising 200k is being left to the families, teachers and special needs assistants of the 120 students.

These past few months the school has been working insanely hard trying to fundraise, doing everything they can from backpacking to marathon running and hosting various events, but they still have only made a small dent in their target.

I am hoping you might be able to share this video and their story, and help them reach their target.

Donate here

Stewarts Special School (Facebook)