Fantasic Irish Films

ITFN reports on the current line-up of Irish nominees for the annual European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF) awards: the Méliès d'Or (for short films), and the Méliès d'Argent (for feature films).

Over the course of the year, participating fantastic film festivals around Europe nominate films in the d'Or or d'Argent category. All the nominees are entered into competition and judged by an international jury.

This year the winners will be announced at the 11th Méliès d'Or Ceremony at the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, on the 16th of September 2007.

• Written, directed, and edited by Ciaran Foy, "The Faeries of Blackheath Woods" was nominated for a Méliès d'Or at the Cinénygma Luxembourg International Film Festival.


• "Final Journey", written and directed by Brendan Muldowney, was nominated for a Méliès d'Or at the Scienceplusfiction Film Festival in Trieste. The previous short film Brendan wrote and directed, "The Ten Steps", was also nominated for a Méliès d'Or.


• The feature film, Isolation, written and directed by Billy O'Brien, won the Méliès d'Argent nomination at Fanomenon, the Leeds International Film Festival.

It's great to see a strong representation of Irish talent at such a high level of competition, and it's interesting to note that each film was written and directed by the same person.