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UCC Film and Screen Media at the Fastnet Short Film Festival, Schull May, 2017

6 Jun 2017

Celebrating its ninth year, the Fastnet Short Film Festival, located in the picturesque village of Schull, West Cork, continues to attract the cream of filmmakers from Ireland and beyond.

Among this year鈥檚 guests were the former Head of BFI, Greg Dyke; Oscar-winning producer and UCC鈥檚 Adjunct Professor of Film and Digital Media, David Puttnam; award-winning directors Jim Sheridan, Lenny Abrahamson, Peter Foott, Juanita Wilson; and our Film and Screen Media鈥檚 Film Artists in Residence for 2014-15 and 2015-16, Carmel Winters and Gerry Stembridge.

As in previous years, UCC Film and Screen Media students and staff were at the heart of the Festival, as both volunteers and guests. We hosted our annual student showcase, introduced by Gerry Stembridge, on Saturday 27^th, and the audience was treated to films from each year of the BA, including Amy O鈥機allaghan鈥檚 A Change of Heart; What鈥檚 in a Cup by Emma Creaner; Michael Hussey鈥檚 & Antoine Thomas鈥檚 Sound Affect; The Bugler鈥檚 Son by Alex Sanchez Ballestin; John Gleeson鈥檚 Idol; and Shaun McWhinney鈥檚 Just a Bit of Banter.

Film and Screen Media鈥檚 involvement continued as the Festival welcomed one of its special guests, Oscar-winning historian/filmmaker Kevin Brownlow, for a special Q+A hosted by Gwenda Young. Kevin discussed the key films of his career as a filmmaker and a restorer of silent cinema, as well as his contribution to writing film history.

The Festival鈥檚 Gala Event was a premiere of a restored 1925 masterpiece of the American silent screen, Clarence Brown鈥檚 The Goose Woman starring Louise Dresser and Jack Pickford. The screening was introduced by Kevin Brownlow and accompanied by live piano from Carl Davis, OBE, the world-renowned conductor and composer. Film and Screen Media and the College of Arts were among the key sponsors of this special event.

The film received a standing ovation and a Q+A moderated by Gwenda Young then followed.

The hectic pace continued when, on Saturday night, FSM students beat off fierce competition and displayed their formidable knowledge of film in the annual 鈥淏ig Quiz鈥�. FSM teams picked up the first and second prize!

And rounding off an incredible weekend, the prize for best Irish documentary of the Festival was awarded to BA 3 student John Gleeson for his moving and beautifully-executed film, Beautiful Boy.  Congratulations go to John and his crew and, of course, to Dan O鈥機onnell!

Special thanks goes to the incredible Festival organisers that have made this the highlight of FSM鈥檚 year: Helen, Hilary, Pauline, Maurice, Chris, Maria, Aidan鈥� and many more鈥�.you really are the dream team!

Gwenda Young, 2017

'Beautiful Boy' by BA 3 Film and Screen Media student John Gleeson. Winner of Best Documentary Ireland at Fastnet Film Festival. 
Poster design Dan O'Connell.