Factual and Best Interactive Media respectively. ‘Faeries’, an interactive CD Rom / Film that aims to encourage a renewed interest in the Irish storytelling tradition, and bring it to a new, modern audience. Moving away from the modern, sanitised perception of faeries, the project portrays them as they were originally perceived in Celtic mythology as sinister, mysterious beings. Users can explore the piece and uncover various pieces of information relating to the Faeries and the creepy ‘otherworld’ that they inhabit.
Following on from the success of 2004’s Irish Film & Television Award winning short ‘Undressing My Mother’, Ken Wardrop’s ‘Ouch!’, is a candid, funny portrayal of three men talking about their experiences with adult circumcision. Venom Films, the company founded by Ken Wardrop and producer Andrew Freedman are travelling to the Belfast Film Festival this weekend, where there will be a screening of ‘Ouch!’, as well as two of Venom’s previous productions, ‘Raving’ and ‘Useless Dog’.
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