Margaret 'Peggy' Walsh's color footage of US President John F. Kennedy's historic visit to Ireland in 1963 was unearthed by her family earlier this year.
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Cork Midsummer Festival: The show must go on, but how?
9 min read A DYNAMIC BLEND OF OUTDOOR AND ONLINE EVENTS RUNS FROM BREAKDANCING TO DOORSTEP PERFORMANCES AS THE CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL WILL MARRY INGENUITY AND FLEXIBILITY, NO MATTER WHAT THE RULES HAPPEN TO BE
Imagine this. You’re standing in Cork city’s Elizabeth Fort, one of 15 socially distanced people, right in the midst of Alex Petcu’s percussion sextet Bangers & Crash, buried by the raw power and immediacy of live percussion, that “immersive, visceral feeling of the music up at the fort”.
Or this: “You’re standing underneath the Port of Cork sign, facing out to the water, the quay, the city, headphones on”, listening to sounds, spoken word, electronic beats, opera, teasing out the life of Kate “Birdie” Conway. “You’ll be encouraged to dance, if you want to… or it’s perfectly acceptable to stand there. It’ll be very interactive.”
A documentary about the everyday lives of women on a halting site, an animated film about life, death and rebirth, and a dark comedy about bereavement, have been chosen as the successful applicants for Screen Wexford’s ‘Short Film Fund Initiative’.
The three projects, all featuring local filmmakers, will now receive €2,500 in funding for production costs, as well as equipment support from lighting company Teach Solas to the value of €1,500, and a professional mentor to support them throughout the process.
The fund is an initiative of Wexford County Council’s Arts Office in conjunction with Bodecii Film and is run by Screen Wexford, the county’s agency for promoting Film and TV production and training.