New Volta Film Blog

We've Moved!

2010-10-20T09:19:00.000-07:00

Check it out. We have a new blog.

More coming for this site soon.

http://newvoltafilmclub.wordpress.com

From now on all information will be found on this site.

NEW VOLTA FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY

2010-08-17T13:13:00.000-07:00

The next New Volta Film Club screening will be September 7th (Bewley's, Grafton Street) and devotees should notice that next month will mark our first year anniversary!

That's one whole year of films and animation seen and made by you all who have made this club successful by merely being there.

We're hoping to make something of this special night ahead of us so if you have anything that you would like to be shown please contact us at newvoltafilmclub@gmail.com as soon as possible.

More news when it comes. Can't wait to see you there!

Le Cool write up

2010-04-01T03:57:00.000-07:00

This month a write up about Volta in online magazine 'Le Cool':

New Volta Film Club

Since beginning its monthly residence in Bewley’s Cafe last September, New Volta Film Club has provided ample evidence of a new generation of young Irish Film-makers unwilling to let a lack of funding hinder their craft. Showcasing an eclectic pick’n’mix of new Irish shorts and animations, the events provide young filmmakers with an audience for their work and an opportunity to interact with like-minded individuals that share their passion. Also welcome are those, like me, who can barely figure out the ‘video’ function on a digital camera. Among this months screenings are ‘Lost Cause’ by Emmet Driver, which follows survivors of an apocalyptic deluge, 'Tethered' by David Boyle, about the perils of young love, as well as the second and third installments of Seamus Hanly’s arty oddity ‘Lonely Days’. / Joey Kavanagh

http://lecool.com/cities/dublin/newsletters/current.html

April Poster

2010-04-01T03:51:00.001-07:00

Design by Seamus Hanly...

April Volta

2010-04-01T02:22:00.000-07:00

In the line up so far...

Patrick
Diarmaid Hanly

St.Patrick has had enough.

Willy Wonka's Dippy Doo
Diarmaid Hanly

A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most egocentric and wonderful randy factory of all. It's everybody's pollutionary, anti-constitutionary, pro -infectionery factory of funk!

Craic Whores
George Kane

On their last night in Toronto, two Irish lads mingle at a Parkdale flat party while their other Irish mate struggles to find the venue. Canadian/Irish relations are damaged in a night of sex, alcohol, Gaeilge, bad breakdancing and strained conversation.

Craic Whores II

The Ballad of Slutmagic

George Kane

In the year and a half since the party, Canadians Bowman and Sandra have formed an anti-folk style band. In Dublin for their first Irish gig, they are reunited with the Irish lads, and things start going downhill in an oddly familiar fashion.

Lonely Days #1

Seamus Hanly

An unexpected encounter causes some unexpected

consequences with Seamus Hanly and Breffni O'Sullivan.

Lonely Days #2

Seamus Hanly

An awkward moment at breakfast with Seamus Hanly and Bob Gallagher.

Lonely Days #3

Seamus Hanly

A commute conflict with Seamus Hanly.

Lost Cause

Emmet Driver

A rising sea level and torrential flooding has devastated Ireland. Cillian is among a few survivors. When he runs out of petrol, and gives himself food poisoning. His life is on the line. Can he survive?

Tethered

Dave Boyle

A young couple have to cope with unexpected complications in their relationship.

Demon Hunter

Zoey Kavanagh

Taryn Barker has lost everything. Her sister has been murdered. When Taryn is drawn to a mental assylum to investigate another death she finds a necklace that reminds her of one she had given her sister and realizes that the two my be linked. Taryn journeys to the darkest corners of the assylum, fighting any evil that gets in her way.

So you like short films...

2010-03-04T17:28:00.000-08:00

These folks from the Filmmakers Network are organizing screenings on the 6th of March. The shorts program includes Aaron O'Reilly's 'Circus Porcelina' and Emmet Vincent's 'Before I Die', which have both screened at New Volta. If you're free on Saturday it would be great to see them supported at this event.

Following on from the success of the Galway Fringe Fleadh June 2009, FilmmakersNetwork.ie presents Dublin’s first Film Fringe Festival on 6th March 2010, the FilmmakersNetwork.ie Dublin Film Fringe.
The Dublin Film Fringe festival aims to focus on exciting new shorts from Irish filmmakers as well as showcasing classic or unseen shorts from established directors. The festival will take place in sites across the city and we aim to host talks by directors, as well films screened in unusual and diverse locations.
“The Dublin Film Fringe is an opportunity for audiences in the capital to see some of the best shorts from emerging Irish filmmakers,” says Jason Butler from FilmmakersNetwork.ie. “The theme of our mini-festival is ‘D.I.Y.’ We’ll showcase films and filmmakers that display the invention, ingenuity and raw energy required when working independently.”
FilmmakersNetwork.ie is an Irish networking space for people who want to make films. For everyone from novices to busy professionals, it’s a place to make contacts, share opinions, discuss movies, contribute ideas, discover talent, build creative relationships and make films. It’s a not-for-profit initiative and as Ireland’s largest filmmaking community currently boasts over 1500 active members.

March Poster

2010-03-02T17:54:00.000-08:00

This months poster by Mr. Seamus Hanly

March Volta

2010-03-02T17:29:00.001-08:00

In the line up this month...

Mashed Potatoes, a Retrospective Aprés Les

Helena Ní Chonchuir

Mashed Potatoes, a Retrospective is video piece inspired by a poem written by Leslie Cullinan. It is a humourous examination of the origin of an everyday staple food that has come from the ground, potatoes too forget their roots.

A Fishy Tale

Helena Ní Chonchuir

This video was part of my Graduate Show at NCAD 2007. It was chosen for ‘Launch’, an awards programme for recent graduates, curated by Mark Garry, and Four Gallery, Dublin.

Gears

Paul Dodd

Three small time career criminals who are fresh off a robbery are making their getaway. As the three make their way North both passengers, in a prearranged plan, turn on the driver in an attempt to getaway safely, ditch him and take the money.

Sabotage

Paul Dodd

Re-imagining of the classic beastie boys track sabotage. Started out a simple Halloween costume idea but we decided to make a video. There is a slight behind the scenes extra at the end where the actual Garda pulled us over in full 80's cop gear!

Bad Clamp

Sean Hunt

On an empty train carriage, barreling its way through a city at night, two seats clamps awake, and decide they've had enough of each other...

Blackness

Paudie Baggott

A girl finds herself, under unknown circumstances, in a pitch black room. Her dying mobile phone the only source of light. No coverage. No idea where she is. With a feeling that she's not alone.

Amanda's Tears

Diarmaid Hanly

A rousing experiment in silly looping. Tediously created to compliment a 3 year old piece of music that goes nowhere.

Library Historian

Seamus Hanly, James McDonnell,

Heber Hanly

A history show spoof telling the untold story of a great Roman hero.

Henry & Sunny

Fergal Rock

In a time of unprecedented economic depression, mass unemployment and civil unrest, one group has borne the brunt of society’s scorn – the clowns. Henry & Sunny is the bittersweet tale of Henry, an unemployed clown, in love with soap opera actress, Sunny Carmichael. He writes her letters daily yet fear of rejection prevents him from disclosing his return address. Sunny reciprocates Henry’s feelings but is tragically unable to reach him.

The Scanner

Gerard Lough

A science fiction short film with the energy and pace of a music video. An alien uses a strange device to scan an area in search of a hidden craft that will take him home.

The Stolen Wings

Gerard Lough

Fantasy film packed with in camera special effects and striking visuals. A babysitter makes up an elaborate fairytale to keep a little girl amused but is she all she seems?

February Poster

2010-02-07T15:02:00.001-08:00

This months poster lovingly designed by Claire Duggan.

February Volta

2010-02-01T13:29:00.000-08:00

The line-up this month:

Utter Contempt
Seamus Hanly

An insight into the in depth madness of cabin fever

Matrix Re Somethinged
Seamus Hanly

A superior interpretation of the 90s classic.

Film Jungle
Seamus Hanly

A previously unaired TV show segment.

Eoin's Fortune

Anthony McFadden & Dom Browne

A man wanders through a re-ocurring dream, a gameshow, a birth canal and a bowling alley full of bears.

Ode to Volta

Directed by Helena Ní Chonchuir

This video is about an imaginary meeting between Alessandro Volta and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly.The experiments being carried out by Volta and his contemporaries in the late 17 early 1800's, were the inspiration behind Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.

Boy's Don't Get Pregnant

Directed by Brian Dunster

Produced by Seamus Hanly

Dylan, a young boy imagines up being pregnant when his mother miscarries. Thinking he is helping by taking responsibility of the unborn child, Dylan causes tension within the family.

My Afternoon with Harold

Directed by Binne MacManamon

Produced by Jennifer Allen

A lonely man seizes his last chance
at happiness.

In This Winter Sun: A Community of Musicians

Directed by Sean Plunkett

A portrait of Kinvara, a small rural town in the west of Ireland which has become a haven for musicians from all over the world. This film analyses why musicians love Kinvara as well as the problems the town faces in modern Ireland.

The Chronoscope

Directed by Andrew Legge

Produced by Ben Keenan

When a female scientist from Ireland in the late 1930's invents a camera that can see back through time she sparks an international controversy and is kidnapped by the Third Reich who attempt to use her device to verify their race theories. After they condemn her to death she escapes using her ingenuity and disappears from history forever.

Dying on the Street

Luke Sweetman & Matt R. Nicastle

“Dying on the Street” is an eye opening glimpse into the desperate lives of homeless friends, Gary and John, trying to survive without shelter or understanding in Dublin, Winter 2006 as the Celtic Tiger roars by.

Totally Dublin Write Up

2010-01-22T08:30:00.000-08:00

Here is a write up from Totally Dublin that we just discovered:

Cinephiles with short attention spans are in for a treat tonight, as the New Volta Film Club returns to the Bewley’s Café Theatre for their third installment. The monthly film sesh has been gathering fans and momentum since September, showcasing new and emerging talent in both film and animation. Among this month’s slew of up’n'comers, Finn Keenan takes his pile of arse drum-kit and ctrl-pastes it into something raucous, some muppets from Inchicore take the young Dublin social scene by storm, and Aaron O’ Reilly plays with the dark spaces created by sexual abuse and regret.

While there’s a definite student feel to some of the productions, that shouldn’t be taken as a by-word for a non-starter. The talent is self-evident, as is the imagination, energy and craftsmanship. Whatever these guys may lack in funding and its professional feel, they more than make up for it through their vibrant and reckless enthusiasm, both from the filmmakers themselves, and in the initiative of New Volta’s organizers. The night is billed as a three hour event, so unless there’s 50+ films for your eyeball enjoyment, you can expect a chance to shoot the breeze with emerging film makers and fans alike, with the ever glamorous allure of a sneaky can of Dutch.

December Volta

2009-12-06T17:47:00.000-08:00

Fantabulous
Directed by Joasia Goldyn
Produced by Trisha Flood

Seán, a teenage cross dresser, transforms himself into a dazzling contestant of a dance show.

The Spiderman Three
Directed by Seamus Hanly

A homage to one of the worst things that ever happened. Starring Heber Hanly as the Spiderman.

Argh!
Directed by Séamus Hanly

A vibrant and fast paced video to the track 'Argh!' by Bored With Cereal.

http://www.myspace.com/boredwithcereal

彼の行った
Directed by Séamus Hanly

The trailer to a moving piece of japanese cinema that sadly never was.

(Japanese, No Subtitles)

Tog Mise Leat

Directed by Aaron O'Reilly

Produced by Brian Bourke

Late on Christmas Eve expecting to find Santa Claus in his living room Daithí makes a disturbing discovery and embarks on a remarkable journey to change the future.

Bando á Parte

Directed by Alessandra Cunha

Produced by Fernanda Parente

The film is a re-enactment of the famous Madison scene in Godard's Bande a Parte (1964). It is a new take on the scene which brings together the French New Wave and the Brazilian Bossa Nova. (Portugese, English Subtitles)

Swalk

Directed by Dan Powell

A man receives a letter from his girlfriend while in the middle of a major break-up. She packs her bags as he reads the letter and he decided to try catch her before she leaves. Will he meet her on time?

New Poster

2009-11-28T09:38:00.001-08:00

Poster for December New Volta by Maeve Clancy

The Destructor's Manifesto

2009-10-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

New Volta is proud as punch to be invited to screen shorts and animations at the Destructor's Manifesto Halloween Festival.

Friday October 30th

The Tivoli Theatre

Doors 7pm - 3.00am

Tickets €10

Click here to see the destructor's facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/destructorsmanifesto

November Volta

2009-10-28T11:07:00.000-07:00

This Months Programme so far...

Before I Die

A very short film about mortality. Made by Ger Duffy, Orla Malone and Emmet Vincent.

PrE tZeL .

Bryan O'Sullivan & Seamus Hanly

From the creators of Lipnicki. Rockstar Doug and Uncle Gordon discover something very strange is at hand. Or do they? And is there?

Scarlett's Bodies

Directed by Charlene Lydon

An artist fantasizes over the various incarnations of his muse, Scarlett.

Drum Edit

Finn Keenan

"Seeing as my drumkit is the biggest pile of arse I decided to spice it up a little with some editing"

- Finn

Unanimous Gary Breen

A collection of very short shorts by Finn Keenan, David Barry, Liam Allen, Tom Lennon, Pauric Carroll, and Jac Allen.

Chronicles of Inchicore - Ep. 1

Ger Duffy & Daire Glynn

A Day in the life of Ger and Daire...

Phear

Directed by Maria Mulhall

Shot on location in Ricany, a small rural village on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic as Maria's Diploma film at Prague Film School.

Circus Porcelina

Directed by Aaron O'Reilly

Bluehair Productions

Young Celina is abused by her father in her own bed. Clutching to her doll for safety she recoils into a fantasy fairytale to stop her pain.

Birthday Cake

Diarmaid Hanly

A short sketch comedy incorporating everything from clowns to Streets of Rage.

OJ Meets Letterman

Diarmaid Hanly

Created as a response to a news article, 'OJ Meets Letterman' was animated through a mixture of Flash and Photoshop.

Chronicles of Inchicore - Ep. 2

Ger Duffy & Daire Glynn

Daire and Ger take a day off...

Chronicles of Inchicore - Ep. 3

Ger Duffy & Daire Glynn

The morning after the night before...

New New Volta...

2009-10-03T19:00:00.000-07:00

The line up for this weeks show...

White Rabbits
Claire Duggan

A Journey Home....

Music by Vienna Teng

Fightings!
Directed by Seamus Hanly

In a world without hope there is no tomorrow.

Starring James McDonell & Heber Hanly

Fite Klub
Diarmuid, Heber & Seamus Hanly

The movie 'Fight Club' in sixty seconds... but better

Lipnicki
Bryan O'Sullivan & Seamus Hanly

A movie about a heist gone wrong.

Music by Milford

On His Return

Finn Keenan

A man, another man, and a blue wall...

Starring Tom Lennon and David Barry

Feet

Finn Keenan

The wild, weird, and wonderful world of feet... with a few twists.
Starring Tom Lennon, David Barry and Pauric Carrol's feet.

Tindum

Directed by Tony Flynn

In the wake of his parents divorce a young boy goes on the last journey of his childhood.

3 Tears for Cecil Martinez

Directed by Anthony McFadden

When Cecil gives a sample of his DNA to a television corporation they use it to make him into a celebrity by killing him on air... Every night.

The Masterpiece
by Maeve Clancy

The Artist finishes his painting. He is convinced that it is a masterpiece, but what does everyone else think?

Harvey and Friends
by Bryan O'Sullivan

Harvey and his friends come across a stranger in this off-beat animated short.

Inaugural Night

2009-09-01T17:19:00.001-07:00

Tonight was the first night of New Volta Film Club. Thanks to everyone who came out in support, thanks to all the filmmakers and animators who showed their work and thanks to Lisa and Ger in Bewley's for their help.

Here's a list of what went on:

Film Society and You
Seamus Hanly and Brian Dunster

Some misinformation about the nature of a film society. Presented by James McDonnell.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Sophia Kansanniva

When their honey turns black and begins to taste weird two bears go on a mission to find out what the cause is. Along the way they learn a few new things and teach the culprit not to mess with them again.

Balaye Par La Vent
Carol Freeman

Lough Lynn Wood
Carol Freeman

Where Are We Going?
Directed by Luca Rocchini

Funny, eccentric and at times insightful, Where Are We Going? explores the infinite number of answers to a single question.

Audience Winner - Darklight 2008

Dabda - by Diarmaid Hanly

A man finds himself in a strange place and has to come to terms with his situation before he can move forward. Created with a semi-rotoscoped style, digitally emulating a cut-out aesthetic.

Stargatte - Seamus Hanly

A humurous summary of the film Stargate. With improved special effects. Starring James McDonnell and James McDonnell.

Star Trek - Seamus Hanly

A re-imagining of the new Star Trek film. Heavily featuring a pineapple and some penne pasta.

Photobooth
Directed by Rosie Pender
Produced by Sarah Dunphy

When Margeret O’Sullivan enters a photo booth, little does she know what’s in store for her. Will her photos be picture perfect? Or will they be a complete disaster?

Rosie and the Klup Klups - Directed by E.G. Cooper

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Directed by Michael Heneghan

Goodnight, Black Pitch - Luca Rocchini

Music Written & Performed
Luca Rocchini
Recorded & Mixed
Niccolo' Giulianelli
Camera
Aisling Carragher & Luca Rocchini

The Office Environment
Mark Mullery

When an apathetic office worker finds a plant growing underneath his desk, caring for it in secrecy becomes the only meaningful thing in his life.

Dorn - Directed by Daniel De Butleir

Not Where You Are
Directed by Tony Flynn,
Produced by Jason Cullen

Ben is an eight year old boy who dreams of being a detective.. As his first assignment, he is going to look for his father, who disapeared when Ben was only one year old.