DVDs
Helen
Main Feature: 79mins | Extras: 37mins 20secs | Dolby 2.0 stereo/5.1 surround | PAL | Region 2 | Rated PG
HELEN marks the extraordinary debut feature for Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor. HELEN was premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Film Festival where the film's originality and elegant shooting style received praise and critical attention, being described by one critic as "the latest sign of a UK art cinema resurgence" (Jonathan Romney in the Independent on Sunday) and "a hypnotic first feature" (Allan Hunter in Screen International). HELEN marks another exciting discovery for British cinema.
An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to "play" Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joy's last known movements. Joy represents all that was missing from Helen's life – she had parents, a boyfriend, a future. Gradually Helen immerses herself in the role, and by borrowing elements of Joy's life begins to unravel her own troubled past.
DVD includes JOY - the companion short to HELEN, and an interview with the directors.
HELEN is available on DVD and to download in the UK and Ireland and US and is on release in France (KMBO).
Civic Life
Films: 71mins | Extras: 30mins | Stereo | PAL | Region 0 | Unrated
The CIVIC LIFE DVD reflects on and features the first 7 short films in the CIVIC LIFE series including WHO KILLED BROWN OWL, winner of the Best British Short Film Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2004. Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor embarked on the CIVIC LIFE series in July 2003 with the desire to create a unique and richly cinematic series of short films made in negotiation with local residents and community groups and foregrounding the relationship these local communities have to the environments in which they live and work. Each of the films was shot on 35mm cinemascope making extensive use of the long shot and using largely non-professional casts made up of volunteers from the local communities. The DVD offers audiences the opportunity to view the first seven films in the series and includes an accompanying 56 page illustrated book edited by Gareth Evans and featuring texts by Ben Slater, Chris Darke, Lucy Reynolds and Sukhdev Sandhu.
Best v Best Vol One
The world's major award winners and best short films are brought together on one DVD including Oscar-nominees and winners of the Sundance, Berlin, BAFTA, Edinburgh, Montreal and other major short film prizes. Best v Best represents a selection of moving and brilliantly realised stories from today's most promising international filmmaking talent. Featured on Best v Best is WHO KILLED BROWN OWL, the first film in the CIVIC LIFE series.
Darklight Compendium Vol. 1
The Darklight Festival is Ireland's premier festival for filmmakers, animators and artists who use contemporary filmmaking techniques. Since its inception in 1999, Darklight has brought new and exciting work to Irish and international audiences through cinema, exhibition, touring, networks and performance. The Darklight programme focuses on work that challenges; concepts, visual aesthetic, narrative, access, methods of production and dialogue, work that pushes boundaries, displays creative excellence and creates new possibilities for the imagination. Compendium Vol. 1 is a collection of animation, film and video works to inspire and entertain. The selection varies from the sublime to the hilarious - abstract animation to live action short films. Featured on Compendium Vol. 1 is REVOLUTION, the third film in the CIVIC LIFE series.