Interview with Dede Maitre, Director and winner of Best Documentary 2017 ,,Sound is Half the Picture”, USA
DISFMF 2017
Winners at Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival 2017
Thank you all for attending the Awards Ceremony at The Sugar Club. o Best Director – Julian Quintanilla The Whole World, Directed by Julian Quintanilla, Drama, 29min, Spain o Best Producer – Charlo Johnson Sober Minds, Directed by Charlo Johnson,...
German Short Films at Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival 2017
The shorts will be screened at the Cineworld on Saturday the 7th of October, see programmes and time here. https://www.disfmf.ie/the-festival/tickets/ Keoma/Black directed by Aviv Kosloff Black is a twisted story of vengeance and betrayal that starts with two Santas...
Israel Shorts at the Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival 2017
The shorts will be screened at the Cineworld on Saturday the 7th of October, see programmes and time here. https://www.disfmf.ie/the-festival/tickets/ The French Revolution directed by Hai Afik, is now a finalist for a Student Academy Award Noni and Tamar, a young...
Awards 2017
We are an independent festival dedicated to bring together established musicians and filmmakers in a forum to celebrate the short films. For 2017 we have 14 awards o Best Director o Best Producer o Best Script o Best Music Video o Best Cinematography o Best Edit o...
Press 2017
DISFMF is an independent festival dedicated to bring together film makers and musicians from around the world in a forum to celebrate short films and music. The goal of the festival is to show variety of all genres, drama, comedies, animations, documentaries, music...
Advice for the Aspiring Screenwriters
There are many articles about screenwriting on the internet—too many, if we’re really honest—but here are some suggestions we feel haven’t been made as much as they should be. 1. Do your research. Check out websites
Rules and Regulations 2017
You hereby grant the Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival all rights necessary to exhibit and promote the above-referenced film at the 2017 Festival if the film is selected. You represent that such exhibition will not violate or infringe upon any rights...
Filmbase Filmrace
Being a film student is awful. I’ve been one, and it’s a wonder I didn’t end up in hospital with a stomach ulcer from worry. While other students may feel their lot is bad, nothing, NOTHING is as poor as the lot of a film student. You attend class, talks, workshops,...
A MANIFESTO FOR SHORT FILMS
The following is a list of suggestions which you may heed or ignore as you see fit. Mostly, it’s a list of elements we’ve seen many times, and if something has been done many times, it would be worth your while to find a new way to do it. If you’re thinking of making...
Irish Film Festivals
To start the new year off with a bang, here’s a list of Irish, and Irish-themed, film festivals that—although they’re not this one—still have their merits. Some are more focused on shorts than others (ADIFF, for example is more of a feature film festival, so sending...
DISFMF 2016 Winners
Winners 2016 Best Director, Gui Campos, Rosinha, Brazil Best Producer, Savio Sequeira & Anthony Renwick Mc Gill, The Job Paradox, Ireland Best Script, Maurice O’Connel, Proclaim, Ireland Best Music Video, Veto By Son Directed by Abderrezak Chriette, Germany...
Short Films Programme 2016
Programme 1, Thursday 6th October, Cineworld 12:00pm Proclaim!, Directed by Maureen O’Connell, 20min, Ireland 2016, Drama History Silence, Directed by Dejan Mrkic, 15min, UK and Australia 2016, Drama Tunisia 2045, Directed by Ted Hardy-Carnac, 4min, France 2016,...
Short Films Selection 2016
Here is the short film selection for 2016, a programme will be up by the end of the week. Congratulation to all the selected. Nach Spiel (Aftermath), Directed by Ralf Beyerle, 10min, Germany 2016, Comedy Drama Space & Time, Directed by Camps Aureliane, 16min,...
Maggie’s Plan
Directed by Rebecca Miller and released in Ireland on 8th July 2016, Maggie’s Plan raises the question as to whether the need to control others is an individual personality trait or an encompassing human one. The off kilter comedy set in New York is often sobering...
DISFMF 2016
Fragmented Notions in ‘The Hopeless End of a Great Dream’
The Hopeless End of a Great Dream is the new 16mm film commissioned by Irish artist Declan Clarke and freshly exhibited at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. The greatly anticipated project benefited from the support of Belfast Exposed, Centre Cultural Irlandais Paris and...
Filmic Kaleidoscope at the Japanese Film Festival 2016
The Japanese Film Festival 2016 marked celebrations of the successful collaboration between the Embassy of Japan and access>CINEMA for the eighth year in a row. Comprised of forty five screenings countrywide, the assortment was unveiled in locations at Dublin,...
Sleeping with Inspiration
By AEDIN DONNELLY He comes over unannounced and demands I let him in. He sweettalks his way up to my room and we find ourselves deep in conversation, debating, bouncing off one another for hours before we sleep. But even when we lie down, he won’t let me sleep. He...
Nathan Bell Composer and Musician
Nathan was awarded the top prize for best score at the this year edition for his work on The Day After Stonewall Died, the short won the Best Short at the Cannes Short Film Festival in 2014 The upcoming European release of his new album, a collection of songs about...
Winners 2015
After four days of screening in 4Dame Lane, Cineworld and The sugar Club we had great time at The Sugar Club last night were we had the honor to have the presence of the Romanian Ambassador her Excellency Manuela Breazu The 2015 winners are: Best Student Short ...
Full Programme 2015
Full programme can be downloaded here now DISFMF2015 programme
Workshop by John Dower
Workshop, Saturday the 10th of October, by John Dower winner of ,,Cannes Short Film Festival,, “Linear Storytelling in an interactive age -How do we protect our personal stories when the audience expects to be a part of them?” Entry 5 euro, the workshop include the...
Romanian Short Films Day in Dublin
The Romanian short films will be presented at Cineworld alongside with a selection of Irish Shorts on the 10th of October, starting 11:00 PM. The Romanian Shorts are: Iulian. A True Story, Directed by Alex Mironescu, Romania, 2014, 9 min, Documentary True Romance,...
Short Film Programmes 2015
O Daddy Dear, Directed by Ray Lamb, Ireland, 2015, 18 min, Comedy Dreaming of Home, Directed by Hamilton Niculescu, Ireland, 2014, 6 min, Documentary Firefly, Directed by Ian Mrak, USA, 2015, 3 min, Animation Head Coach, Directed by Sergey Pesin, Ukraine, 2015, 19...
Eleonora Cupcencu
,GOD IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ARTIST I CARRY INSIDE,, Eleonora Cupcencu Together with the screenings, this year we decided to go forward with the events and we decided to bring Romanian and Irish Culture together in a painting exhibition. This exhibition is done in...
Official Selection 2015
After a very short and busy month finally here are the 125 shorts that we are going to present at the 4th edition of DISFMF. A total of 882 short films have been submitted since last November until the 5th of August and because we don’t have a late deadline we...
DISFMF 2015
DCP
And because most film festivals are requesting DCP here is one of the greatest offers on the market. IndyDCP is an Irish Company Specialising in Creating Digital Cinema Packages for Cinema Projection having a cost efficient, professional Digital Cinema Package...