Fastnet Short Film Festival
Wednesday 26th to Sunday 30th May 2021
13 Years of Fastnet Film Festival
Cork County Council and Fastnet Film Festival online short film programme – week 3
Cork County Council and the Fastnet Film Festival have come together to bring you 16 family friendly short films, all with a Cork Connection. These shorts have been screened over the years at the Festival in Schull. We will screen four new shorts each week during the month of December and all 16 will be available to viewers for the month of January.
Cork County Council is honoured to help bring 16 visual representations of the county from the big screen and in to the homes of the people of Cork. Speaking about how important the film festival is to Cork, Chief Executive of Cork County Council Tim Lucey said “Having supported the Fastnet Film Festival since its inception, it was a bitter blow to lose the escapism experienced in previous iterations, especially in this year of all years. To be able to bring a bit of Fastnet in to homes across the county and countrywide is a massive boost for the Arts and for culture in County Cork.”
This re-imagining of the festival and this focus on Cork film for the month of December and January, is a beacon of hope for the Arts, for filmmaking and for Ireland. We hope it will whet the appetite for Fastnet Film Festival 2021.
Programme No 3:
Available Dec 17th – 23rd
All the Stars, All the Heavens
Directed by Paul Heiney
Two Irish towns: one with a thriving bakery, the other (Schull) where the bread oven has gone cold.
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Beautiful Boy
Directed by John Gleeson
A slice of life documentary depicting the life of an autistic man.
Mary
Directed by Shaun O’Connor
When he manages to destroy the town’s Virgin Mary Statue, Charlie does the only thing he can do; frame his brother.
Women’s Christmas Night
Directed by Oonagh Kearney
A highly visual and feminist response to Séan Ó Riordáin’s famous Irish Language poem.
Programme No 2:
Available January 2021
An Open Door
Directed by Aoise Tutty Jackson
Explores new approaches to mental health services within Ireland by shining a light on Skibbereen’s pioneering space.
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My Ireland
Directed by Myles O’Reilly
My Ireland is a poem by Irish poet Stephen James Smith narrated over visuals of Ireland.
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Somebody, Somewhere, Who Looks After Critters
Directed by Sarah Ingersoll
A man living a remote life finds solace in a refuge created for injured animals.
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Sonnet 91 William Shakespeare
Directed by Mary Curtin
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 91, a story is told of two families, united or perhaps not, through adoption.
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Programme No 1:
Available January 2021
The Estuary
Directed by Carl Dixon.
Three fishermen, Mike, Matt and Henry, reminisce about outlawed fishing traditions on the Shannon Estuary.
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The Shift
Directed by Megan K. Fox
It’s the last disco of the Gaeltacht and thirsty fifteen year old Denise is determined to get her first shift against all odds.
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The Swimmer
Directed by Thomas Beug
An Irish long-distance swimmer tries to make sense of his life in the isolation of the cold Atlantic Ocean.
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The Wheel
Directed by Anne-Marie Green
The lovingly restored Coosheen Mill in West Cork through the eyes of people who know its past.
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