NEW IRISH STORYTELLERS AGAIN!

A while back I said there would be more posts about the book New Irish storytellers. There were some interesting ideas mentioned in this average book. So I had another browse through it last night and noted these points:

1. SHORT FILMS - this was a result of the first Film Board closing down. There was a campaign to keep Irish filmmaking going so everyone focused on making short films.
2. EUROPUDDINGS - these are films funded by different countries together. Thus there was a delay in directors following on to a second feature because it was so difficult to obtain funding from different sources.
3. 1980'S DIRECTORS - they were more interested in having control over their projects and were not bothered with finding a full budget. That's explains why their titles are more interesting than most stuff funded by the second Film Board.