2009 Shortlist Videos

We uploaded these videos of the shortlists and winners for the awards.
Thought those of you who missed out on the awards night might appreciate it.

Best Shot:


Best Cut:


Best International:


Best Directed:


Best Video:


BrayMVF Rising Star:

Gravel Sweeps The Board at BrayMVF Awards Ceremony

Best Directed

Nominees:
The Frank and Walters: Miles and Miles (Directed by Mairtin De Barra)
Orba Squara: Gravel (Directed by Lorcan Finnegan)
The Hot Sprockets: Sleep Shane (Directed by Luke Sweetman)
Fight Like Apes: Tie Me Up With Jackets (Directed by Eoghan Kidney)
The Guggenheim Grotto: Her Beautiful Ideas (Directed by Aaron Copeland & Johnny Fitzsimons)
XXTeens: Darlin' (Directed by Simon Green)

Winner:
Orba Squara: Gravel (Directed by Lorcan Finnegan)

Best Shot

Nominees:
Brian Hannon: What Was (Cinematogrpahy by Eamon Nolan)
Valarie Francis: Punches (Cinematography by Paddy Jordan)
The Peakin' Trippers: Forgotten Man (Cinematography by Piers Mc Grail)
Orba Squara: Gravel (Cinematography by Fiachra Judge)
Dirty Epics: We're Coming Up (Cinematography by Stevie Russell)
Hogan: I Want You (Cinematography by Adam Ozmin)

Winner:
Orba Squara: Gravel (Cinematography by Fiachra Judge)

Best Cut

Nominees:
Christopher: Warning Sign (Edited by Ger O'Donnell)
Brain Hannon: What Was (Edited by Kieran Fitzgerald)
The Ambience Affair: Vacant Hearts (Edited by Brian O'Brien)
Sickboy: Taken Away In A Car (Edited by Damien McDonnell)
Hombre: This Means Disaster (Edited by James Duffy)
Valarie Francis: Punches (Edited by Eoghan Kidney)

Winner:
Sickboy: Taken Away In A Car (Edited by Damien McDonnell)

Best International

Nominees:
Gastello: Como El Sol (Alvara Leon Rodriguez, Madrid)
Future Kings of Spain: Syndicate (Josh Sachs, New York)
Vetusta Morla: Salvese Quien Pueda (Alvara Leon Rodriguez, Madrid)

Winner:
Gastello: Como El Sol (Alvara Leon Rodriguez, Madrid)

Best Video

Christopher Robin: Warning Sign (Produced by Christopher Robin)
Orba Squara: Gravel (Produced by Brunella Corchiglia)
Sickboy: Silence In Conversation (Produced by Brunella Cocchiglia)
Valarie Francis: Punches (Produced by Tim Duggan)
Fight Like Apes: Tie Me Up With Jackets (Produced by Eoghan Kidney)
The Guggenheim Grotto: Her Beautiful Ideas (Produced by Aaron Copeland and Johnny Fitzsimons)

Winner:
Orba Squara: Gravel (Produced by Brunella Corchiglia)

BrayMVF Rising Star Award

Nominees:
Lorcan Finnegan
Eoghan Kidney
Ger O'Donnell
Aaron Copeland and Johnny Fitzsimons
Souljacker

Winner:
Lorcan Finnegan

Awards night

With the festival only a week away it's probably about time we gave some details of the awards ceremony on the Saturday night. It's going to be lots of fun, I promise, with Amy Stephenson and Shane Langan from Diet of Worms hosting the event. They won't be doing it all alone as there'll be musical performances from Padraig Rushe, Grand Pocket Orchestra and The Hot Sprockets.

On the night there will be six awards handed out:

Best Directed
Best Shot
Best Cut
Best International
Best Video
and
The BrayMVF Rising Star Award

We won't be releasing details of the nominees before the ceremony itself so if you come along and you fancy your chances you might be joining the others on stage before the night is out.

So lots of entertainment and the excitement of the awards, and the best part, it's only 5 euro for the lot. So please do call and book your tickets for this special night as we'd hate anyone to miss out.

Thanks again for all your support and I hope to see you next week.

New workshop announced

Tickets will be going on sale from Saturday for a special workshop with Heroes for Zeroes

Directing Workshop with Heroes For Zeroes
Saturday 20/6/09
10AM
€20

Heroes for Zeroes are a directing team who have worked with bands such as The Blizzards, Electric Eel Shock and Kaiser Chiefs. In this two hour workshop the guys will discuss things like teamwork, making your first video, seeking representation, treatments and how to get commissioned. The workshop will hopefully be a fascinating insight into what it's like working in the music video industry in Ireland and how to get yourself there.

You can get yourself a ticket by calling the Mermaid Box Office on +353 1 272 4030

Check out one of their videos below:

Programme announced

First few details of the programme for the festival is as so:

Screenings

Screening 1
Thursday 18/6/09
7.30PM
€7

This screening is mostly an invite only affair however we are releasing 50 tickets for general sale to the public. Everyone who has a video accepted to the festival will recieve an invite to this screening along with their welcome pack.

Screening 2
Friday 19/6/09
12PM
€7

Screening 3
Friday 19/6/09
4PM
€7

Screening 4
Saturday 20/6/09
2.30PM
€7

Screening 5
Saturday 20/6/09
6PM
€7

Awards Cermony
Saturday 20/6/09
8.30PM
€5

Everyone nominated for an award will recieve a free ticket to this screening.
Most of the rest of the audience will be invite only but we are releasing 100 tickets for general sale. It's sure to be a great night with top drawer entertainment and you never know, you might be lucky enough to pick up an award.

Steve Barron Retrospective Screening
Friday 19/6/09
7pm

€10

The Steve Barron Retrospective is already set to be one of the highlights of the festival.
We're pleased to announce here first that the screening will be preceeded with a live performance from Irish musician colm Lynch.
Sure to be a sell out!

Editing Masterclass with The Colonel Tony Kearns
Saturday 20/6/09
1pm
€20
Theres likely to be a couple of workshops as we have three confirmed already so this is just a taste of what's to come.
As one of the top promo editors in the world Tony Kearns has cut videos such as The Prodigy: "Firestarter", The Artic Monkeys: "When The Sun Goes Down", Radiohead: "Just" and Blur: "Parklife", to name but a few. Over and hour and a half Tony will pass his insights and advice on how to not just survive but be at the top of the pile in promo editing.
We are selling just 50 tickets for this and it is highly recommended for anyone who's serious about making music videos.

We've been busy watching all the entries over the last few weeks and all the hard decisions have now been made so we'll be letting everyone know if their videos are in or not in the next week. If your video is chosen for a screening and you wish to attend you will be entitled to a free ticket but it's important that you contact the Mermaid to confirm that you will be taking your ticket.

Ticket for all screenings and the Tony Kearns workshop will go on sale from Friday morning from the Mermaid Arts Centre box office on 00 353 1 272 4030

In the meantime you can check out some of Tony Kearns editing here:
http://www.beam.tv/beamreel/drDMbrYvFV

The Point of No Return

Hi all. It's down on paper so we can no longer go back. BrayMVF will take place in The Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray on June 18th to 20th. You can check us out in the brochure on their website along with a still from one of the videos we've recieved:

http://www.mermaidartscentre.ie/index.htm

We'll be announcing details of the workshops at the end of April along with where to get tickets from. Tickets will be very limited as the workshops are designed to be intimate so everyone has a chance to contribute. So be sure to snap them up while you can. Keep checking back here for all the updates first.

Steve Barron Retrospective Announced

We decided to host a retrospective of a great Promo director’s body of work.
It was important for the first subject to be an Irish director, and what better director than the godfather of Irish promo directing.

Steve Barron can be credited with some of the videos that truly changed and pushed the industry.
We decided to host a retrospective of a great Promo director’s body of work.
It was important for the first subject to be an Irish director, and what better director than the godfather of Irish promo directing.

Steve Barron can be credited with some of the videos that truly changed and pushed the industry.


A-ha - Take on me (second version)




Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-cHBv7UpA

Dire Straits – Money For Nothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvAEY0x6Mhw

The screening will be held outdoors on the night of Friday 19th June 2009 and preceded with live music.
We'll announce more details of the night here first over the coming weeks.

Peace
BrayMVF