The Arts Council has launched Reel Art, a scheme designed to provide three film makers with an opportunity to make documentaries with an artistic theme. Successful titles will be made for theatrical screenings as well as screening at the Dublin International Film Festival in February 2010.
Operated in association with Filmbase and the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Reel Art will support the three films with a grant of up to €80,000 per project.
Speaking about the scheme, Fionnuala Sweeney, Head of Film and International Arts, said "Reel Art offers film artists a unique opportunity to make documentary films on the arts that are imaginative and aesthetically-driven. It is a scheme for creating art about art and for making films that would not otherwise get made."
Deadline for applications should be sent in hardcopy to Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 before 17:00 on Wednesday, 5 November 2008.
Further details and application forms for Reel Art are available on the Reel Art website www.reelart.ie or from Filmbase, the operator of the scheme, www.filmbase.ie.
