The Cork Film Festival has presented a programme of nine Irish short films a the MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival in the city of Gyor, Hungary.
The MEDIAWAVE festival was founded in 1991 as an independent, cultural initiative which was rooted in underground and alternative art movements taking place in Hungary during a time of great political and cultural change. The MEDIAWAVE festival now focuses on experimental films, animation and documentaries, with special attention paid to music films. The festival prides itself as a meeting point of the western and eastern film culture.
Festival manager, Eimear O’Herlihy, who represented Cork Film Festival in Hungary this week, said “We are delighted to have this opportunity to bring Irish short films to new audiences. The Irish showcase was very well attended and all of the films received a great response from Hungarian audiences.”
The films screened were:
‘Imagine This’, directed by John Callaghan
‘Joyride’, directed by Margaret Corkery
‘The Faeries of Blackheath Woods’, directed by Ciaran Foy
‘Christy’, directed by Alex Gill
‘Wednesday’, directed by Sam Keogh
‘Joyriders’, directed by Rebecca Daly
‘Pilgrim’, directed by Matthew Darragh
‘POV’, directed by Heroesforzeroes
‘Bongo Bong’, directed by Ken Wardrop
The 52nd Cork Film Festival will run from 14 to 21 October 2007.
