We’re excited to announce that renowned choreographer, Fearghus O’Conchuir, will join Solas Nua at our special screening of dance on film as part of CIFF 2011 Shorts programme!
These shorts will surely make you kick off your Sunday shoes and get into the holiday spirit, if you aren’t already feeling festive!
Here’s more info on the films featured in Shorts: Dirty Dancing:
Deep-End Dance
Directed by Conor Horgan, Choreographed by David Bolger
A fully dressed man is pushed into a swimming pool by his mother. He brushes himself off and starts dancing underwater, always aware that she’s watching. After a while she joins him, and they play out the story of their relationship through the underwater dance.
This short film was the winner of Best Short Drama at Celtic Media Festival, 2011 and Best Dance at Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, 2011
Admit One – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Steve Woods
A dancer enticed by the cinema – will he get out alive?
Her Mother’s Daughters
Directed by Oonagh Kearney
An older woman sits before a telephone in an empty house. Her daughters have flown the nest. as she prepares to call them, their memory is brought back to life…
This short film was the winner of ‘Best Experimental Film’ & ‘Best Cinematography’ at Fastnet Film Festival, 2010 and official selection at Galway Film Fleadh in 2011.
Swing Talking – U.S. Premiere
Directed by Anna Rodgers
Swinging in and out of love…
Flatbed
Directed by Tom Merilion
The end of a relationship and a 30-tonne articulated lorry hurtling down a deserted motorway at night; flatbed is not a conventional love story.
Unsung
Directed by Morleigh Steinberg
A pub session, a heartbreaking song – and an unexpected guest.
Why The Irish Dance That Way
Directed by Nick Kelly
A witty take on sean-nós dance, shot in the rathcairn gaeltacht.
Mo Mhorchoir Fein
Directed by Dearbhla Walsh
In a church, after mass – a dancer, an altar-boy and a watcher from the shadows.
To purchase tickets, click here: http://www.irishfilmdc.org/shortsdirtydancing.html
