New Volta Film Blog

Sunday, February 7, 2010

February Poster

This months poster lovingly designed by Claire Duggan.

Monday, February 1, 2010

February Volta

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.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Totally Dublin Write Up

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.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

December Volta

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?