And Finscéal Pháidí was chosen to screen in Filmbase on Friday which is cool. We hope people enjoyed it!

More here, here and here.

Whilst browsing the interweb just now I came across a couple of reviews of Finscéal Pháidí from people who’d seen the short film at festivals around the world. Here’s some snippets of the reviews…

From Fringe Report…

Finscéal Pháidí (Paddy’s story) has touches of magic realism, where a nine-year old boy whose father is absent has a close relationship with his grandfather – and sees monsters, hooded phantoms and hidden treasures as part of his daily life. When tempted by a hooded figure to attack his mother’s boyfriend, the true nature of his fantasy world is revealed. The story has a delightful quality to it, with plenty of black humour spread in a light way.

From Gael Movies…

FINSCEAL PHAIDI plays on the Gaelic myth traditions to tell a tale of a small boy’s relationship with his father and his (possibly evil monster) step-dad. Part comedy, part monster movie, part tearjerker, all brilliant. 9/10

Also from a seperate post on Gael Movies….

The film, concerns a small boy who loses himself in a world of Irish myths and legends with his grandfather, but can’t come to terms with his widowed mother remarrying. These two strands of his life clash at first but ultimately tie together in an affectionate and touching film that I thought was very good indeed.

So, faint praise indeed.
Makes me want to go and watch the film all over again. In fact I might yet try to get to Saskatoon!

Produced by Dave Leahy from Warrior Films, Dead Load is currently in post-production. For updates, stills and stories from the making of the Dublin-based short film check out the brand spanking Dead Load blog. Do. Go!

Cheers,

Greg

Producer – Finscéal Phaidí (Paidi’s Tale)

Known also as Saskatchewan’s International Film Festival, Flicks was founded in 1995. It is the only annual film festival exclusively for young people in the province of Saskatchewan. Now entering its 15th year, Flicks represents a rare opportunity for children and youth to view international films they would otherwise not have the opportunity to see, and the opportunity to participate in hands-on workshops taught by industry professionals.

The Flicks festival will run from May 12-15th, 2010. We’re delighted Finscéal Pháidí will be taking part.

The festival takes place between October 4-17, 2009. More than 150 films from around the world will screen in Los Angeles for children and teens at the festival. Finscéal will  be screened on Saturday October 17th, the closing day of the festival, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

We’re delighted that Páidí will be seen by audiences at such a great festival geared towards children and youth audiences.

In other festival news the programming panel of the 19th Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People has selected Finscéal Pháidí (Paidi’s Tale) to be screened at their Belfast festival (18th November – 4th December 2009). Thanks to the programmers for selecting our short and for their kind words… “the film is absolutely fantastic and we would be delighted to screen it to the young people of Northern Ireland”. The pleasure is all ours!

We look forward to Páidí being screened at both festivals.

The screening will take place tomorrow morning in the Town Hall Theatre at 09.30 on Saturday the 11th of July.

Rock and Roll.

The screening will take place in the Town Hall Theatre at the ridiculously early time of 09.30 on Saturday the 11th of July. Oh well.

If you see us in the Rowers Club that night do say hello! Mine’s a Carlsberg.

Cheers,

Colm and Greg

Finscéal Pháidí (Páidí’s Tale) has been invited to screen as an official selection of the 35th Seattle International Film Festival to be shown during the Short Film Weekend (May 29-31, 2009).

All of the shorts will be screened at the new state-of-the-art SIFF Cinema where all formats are brilliantly projected. Sounds good to us.

SIFF is also a recognised Oscar nominating Festival which is most excellent.

The Seattle International Film Festival is the largest and most well-attended film festival in the United States with 150,000 attendees expected in 2009. SIFF screens a wide selection of the best new international features and documentaries over the 25-day festival, presenting more than 400 films from over 50 countries. With extensive local, national and international media coverage, the Festival has emerged as one of America’s most accessible and highly publicised film events.

The organisers tell us they “would be honored to present your film in Seattle”.

The honour is all ours.

Still from Finscéal Pháidí (Páidí's Tale)