Filmbase Shortlist 2009

Filmbase and RTÉ have decided on the final ten projects for the January round of the Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Award scheme.

343 scripts were submitted for the award, so the panel had a difficult job whittling it down to a shortlist of ten.

The shortlisted projects are:

• An Incident in Room 307 - writer/director John Mulvaney
• Cold Turkey - writer/director Gavin Keane, producer Ruth Coady
• Cured - writer Louise Ní Fhiannachta, director Mary Redmond
• No Lies - writer Nora Windeck, director Eoin Heaney
• The Corporate Support Superstar - writer/director Anthony Garvey
• The Early House - writer Derek O'Connor, director Danann Breathnach
• The Letter - writer Pól Ó Conghaile
• The Nation Held Its Breath - Writer/Director Emmet Vincent, Producer Charlene Lydon
• Warmth - writer John Sheahan
• Windows - writer/director Ken Walshe

Three awards will be made in this round, each consisting of €10,000 in cash and a matching level of production equipment and editing facilities supplied from Filmbase.