Bray Music Video Festival

Best Shot Winner

2010-07-01T02:23:00.000-07:00

Best International Winner

2010-05-21T06:37:00.000-07:00

WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane

Producer: Michael Vogt
Director: William Stahl
Editor: Frank Grimes
Cinematographer: William Stahl

Best Video Winner

2010-05-18T08:48:00.000-07:00

Winner of best video and best directed at the awards ceremony on Saturday night:

The Coronas - Listen Dear

BrayMVF 2010 Nominees

2010-05-18T08:47:00.000-07:00

Best Video

The Coronas - Listen Dear

The Ambience Affair - Devil in the Detail

Julie Feeney - Love Is A Tricky Thing

Mayonnaise -Last Chance

Fight Like Apes – Do You Karate

Best Directed

Mayonnaise - Last Chance

The Parson - The Frank and Walters

The Coronas - Listen Dear

The Chapters - Moving

Fight Like Apes - Do You Karate

Best Shot

Cloud - Hunter Gatherer

Major Bullhorm - You Were With Me

The Whatmans - Devil Shoes

The Coronas - Listen Dear

Julie Feeney - Love Is A Tricky Thing

Best Cut

Niall Connolly - She Makes Me Want To Be Clean

Placebo - Bright Lights

The Codes - You Are Here

Identity Parade - Ooh Ooh

Mayonnaise - Last Chance

Best International

Race Horses - Man In My Mind

Wave Machines - Keep The Lights On

Idealipsticks - The king has died

Dananananaykroyd – Some Dresses

Whomadewho - Keep me In My Plane

Best Artist

Simon Fagan

Delorentos

Fight Like Apes

The Codes

Julie Feeney

BrayMVF Rising Star Award

Simon Eustace

Vittoria Colonna

Piers McGrail

Cashmere Media

Eoghan Kidney

BrayMVF 2010 Winners

2010-05-16T15:12:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post with the winners from last nights awards:

Best Shot::
Hunter Gatherer - Cloud
DOP: Piers McGrail

Best Cut:
Placebo - Bright Lights
Editor: Tony Kearns

Best International:
Whomadewho - Keep Me In My Plane
Director: William Stahl

Best Directed:
The Coronas - Listen Dear
Director: Simon Eustace

Best Video:
The Coronas - Listen Dear

Best Artist:
Delorentos

BrayMVF Rising Star 2010
Piers McGrail

Now that it's all over I'm going to catch up on some sleep. We'll post some pictures and videos from the last few days along with clips of the nominees.
Thanks again to anyone who could make it down.
Was a pretty awesome weekend.

Mike

1 Day To Go

2010-05-10T08:21:00.001-07:00

THURSDAY

Ardmore Studios Open Day
The festival will kick off next Thursday with an open day in Ardmore Studios & The Production Depot hosted by Cine Electric, Team FX and Production Depot.
This event is free to drop into and will run between 10-3 in and around Cine Electric. & The Production Depot

Opening Screening
7.30pm in The Harbour Bar

Live Music: Frantic Jack & Empire Saints
8.30pm

FRIDAY

Screening 2
7pm in The Harbour Bar

Live Music: Clodagh Kearney, History of Harry & Special Guest
8pm

SATURDAY

Tony Kearns Editing Workshop
12.15pm in The Harbour Bar

Screening 3
3.15pm in The Harbour Bar

Screening 4
5.30pm in The Harbour Bar

Awards Ceremony
7pm in The Harbour bar

Live Music: Autoban, Sweet Jane, Le Galaxie , Noise Control
8pm

We are hoping to offer a bus service into the city centre when the bar closes that night.

SUNDAY

Chill Out Session
2pm-5pm
We're inviting anyone who's still around to drop down to The Harbour on Sunday for a BBQ, Smoothies and an acoustic set by Simon Fagan.
We'll probably also screen the winning videos from the previous night in case anyone missed them
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Weekend tickets are available now from tickets.ie
These cost 25euro plus booking fee

If you're only coming down for one day you can buy a one day wristband on the door

Pints of Bavaria will be 3euro with a festival wristband all weekend.

2010-04-21T03:24:00.000-07:00

Bray Music Video Festival DEADLINE

The deadline for submissions to Ireland's only music video festival is now one weekaway. This May 13th-16th the seaside town of Bray will again play host to a weekendof the best music videos Ireland has to offer. Last years festival was anoverwhelming success Lorcan Finnegan sweeping the board at the awards ceremony and picking up the BrayMVF Rising Star award.

This year the festival has moved locations from the Mermaid Arts Centre to theHarbour Bar as we had far too much fun there last year. “With a slightly less formallocation we've been offered a lot more freedom with our planning of the weekend.”says festival director Ross Bradshaw, “For example we'll be putting on a gig eachnight as we really want to give video makers a chance to meet bands. We're alsohoping to finish off the weekend with a chill out session on the Sunday completewith BBQ, smoothies and an acoustic set from Simon Fagan. ”

The festival is scheduled to start on Thursday with an open day/exhibition by CineElectric, TeamFX and Production Depot held up in Ardmore Studios. “We often findthat when people are starting out they feel a bit intimidated or something aboutcoming up here and talking to us about rentals.” says Jason Foran, Manager of CineElectric “The open day will provide those people with a great opportunity to come upand see what we have going on as well as being a chance for everyone else to see ournew toys.”

Details of the festival are still being announced but among the confirmed events is a workshop with editor Tony Kearns. Tony has edited some of the most iconic videosof all time such as Radiohead “Just”, The Prodigy “Firestarter” and Snow Patrol“Run”.

Among the musical acts confirmed for the weekend are Noise Control, Autoban, SweetJane, Scarecrow Disco and Le Galaxie. The festival's commitment to the musicians endof promo has been further cemented with the announcement of a new award for BestArtist.

The full awards lineup now reads as:
Best VideoBest
Directed
Best Shot
Best Cut
Best International
Best Artist
and
The BrayMVF Rising Star

As well as the beautiful awards statues the BrayMVF Rising Star award also boasts aprize which amounts to a full video shoot. C-Stage in Ardmore for the day, A REDcamera and lenses from Production Depot, 2000 euro worth of lighting from CineElectric, 1000 euro worth of practical FX from TeamFX and a casting in the CourtyardStudio.

The awards will be voted on by members of the BrayMVF jury. Members include DavePennefather (Former CEO of Universal Ireland), Lorcan Finnegan (Winner of BrayMVFRising Star 2009), Ronnie Trouton (Creative Director, DDFH&B Advertising), HeroesFor Zeroes, Mary McCarthy (Red Jam Productions) and renowned DOP Tim Fleming.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 26th April 2010. To obtain a submission form just email submissions@braymvf.com. Submissions must be sent in by post andaccompanied by a cheque or postal order for 10euro.

Weekend tickets for all events will be available from Tickets.ie. These go on saleThursday 22nd April and will be priced 25euro each.Check out last years BrayMVF Rising Star nominees:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGBBPszXD4w

Bavaria Beer Back On Board

2010-03-08T03:46:00.000-08:00

Just to let you beer drinking fans out there know that Bavaria Beer are back on board as a sponsor for this years festival. This means some great beer for less while you sit and enjoy some cool new videos.

Promo News

2010-03-03T02:28:00.000-08:00

We here at the festival have got to admit that we really have neglected our blog over the last year but it stops here. From now until the festival we will post as much as we can. Most posts will be on the latest updates on the festival but also on videos we come across that just blow us away.

Today Promo News (http://www.promonews.tv/) posted information on the festival for English and international directors. If you haven't been to Promo News before you got to visit the site. Its great to check out the latest videos from every level of bands and directors.

Something else we want to try out is passing on great videos for you guys to watch so we're going to start off with an amazing video. You got to check it out.
Its Foals
Spanish Sahara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7tyLdKaru0&feature=popular

Such a great video

The Second Annual Bray Music Video Festival is now officially open for submissions.

2010-02-25T02:38:00.000-08:00

Please email submissions@braymvf.com for an entry form and more details.
The deadline for all submissions is 26th April 2010.

The 2009 festival was a huge success with Lorcan Finnegan scooping four of the top awards including the coveted BrayMVF Rising Star award with a prize including C-Stage in Ardmore for the weekend, 2000 euro of lighting rental fro Cine Electric, 1000 euro of special FX from TeamFX, Red camera rental from Production Depot, Casting in The Courtyard Studio and much more. We're working on finalizing the prize for this year and hope for it to be bigger and better.

The 2010 festival will be held in May (starting Thursday 13th and ending the 16th) and will be primarily in the Harbour Bar in Bray.
This should mean we can put on music every night. Hopefully of the caliber of last year which featured performances by Colm Lynch, Padraig Rushe, The Hot Sprockets, Scarecrow Disco, Grand Pocket Orchestra and Autoban to name just a few.

It's not all pints, screenings and gigs though. Last year we had workshops from Tony Kearns and Heroes for Zeroes and we hope to continue on the workshops in a brand new venue this time around.
There will be more information coming in the next couple of weeks so keep an eye on www.braymvf.com and if you have any general queries e-mail us on: info@braymvf.com

Look forward to hearing from you

2009 Shortlist Videos

2009-08-31T04:32:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-22T02:02:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-11T16:39:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-28T16:07:00.001-07:00

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

2009-05-05T08:05:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-04T05:38:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-30T06:20:00.000-07:00

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