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Maggie nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at 36th Galway Film Fleadh
World Premiere of ‘Peat’ – Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Focus Short Films at the 36th Galway Film Fleadh
‘Peat’ written and directed by Paudie will premiere at the 36th Galway Film Fleadh alongside other Screen Ireland supported short films. Paudie describes the film as “The Coen Brothers directing a Guillermo del Toro film set in Ireland.”
EPM TV SERIES “Goodnight Girl” 1 of 9 TV Projects Selected for Innovative SeriesLab Workshop with TorinoFilmLab 2024.
Italy’s TorinoFilmLab, the international film and TV series incubator linked to the Torino Film Festival, has unveiled the nine projects selected for its 2024 SeriesLab workshop dedicated to fostering production of innovative TV shows from around the world.
DOCS IREALND – Winner LUMI Prize – Docs Ireland 2023
Escape Pod Media & LORE Production “Where Do All The Old Gays Go?” has been awarded the LUMI award by the LUMI Programmers, a group of dedicated 18-26 year old film fans and young programmers at the Queen’s Film Theatre.The award is given to the short film that the programmers believe has the greatest impact on young audiences while also taking into consideration films that have been innovative in their approach to filmmaking.
Here is what the programmers had to say about Where Do All The Old Gays Go?: ‘We believe this film has made a huge impact on young audiences by offering fresh perspectives from older members of the LGBTQAI+ community while raising engaging questions about activism, heteronormative healthcare, and youth-focused queer culture. We felt inspired by the positivity of the film and admired the fact that it was created during the pandemic, showing incredible innovation in overcoming practical challenges.’
EPM Producer Maggie Ryan 1 of 12 Irish Filmmakers chosen to participate in LIM: Boosting Ideas Workshop in Cork, Ireland.
Boosting Ideas Workshops; Targeting national and local talents of LIM Partners (12 participants per workshop who can be writers, directors or producers), the Boosting Ideas Workshops offers to tackle initial ideas, reinforcing them to become strong future feature projects before entering the long-run development process.
The workshop introduces how budget constraints can trigger creativity when you introduce them early enough. Through the Boosting Ideas Workshops, the aim is to help stimulate the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers within LIM partnering countries/regions.
Maggie represented the team behind Faloadh at this year’s FEST – Pitching Form in Espinho in their FEATURE GEMS category and WON the Bleat Post-Production Award.
Pitching Forum is an international competition for film projects and an international event for financing and co-production. It focuses on providing opportunities for the development, support, financing and co-production for film projects.
In total, 24 projects will be selected. The selected finalists will present their project to the international film industry decision-makers: producers, investors, fund managers, sales, distributors and festival programmers, in order to win awards, receive feedback and partake in one-on-one meetings. They will also have access to training sessions, headed by world-renowned project development experts, who will guide and advise them in order to prepare a perfect pitch.
Escape Pod Media Short “Missing” secures Special recognition and “The Innkeeper” secures First Runner up at Oscar Qualifying Foyle Film Festival.
FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL’S LIGHT IN MOTION COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS 2023 ANNOUNCED AT CLOSING NIGHT GALA – WINNERS. Special recognition in this category went to the haunting and powerful Missing directed by Maura Foley. Produced by Escape Pod Media. A new mother, struggling with postpartum anxiety, becomes convinced her new neighbours are harbouring a dark secret that she must investigate.
First runner up in the Irish Short Film category went to The Innkeeper directed by Paudie Baggott for its humour and humanity in an all too relevant story set at Christmas during a housing crisis. Service Produced by Escape Pod Media. When a spirited eight-year-old lands the part of Innkeeper in the school nativity play, she battles her perfectionist teacher who insists that she “stick to the script” and refuse Mary and Joseph a room.
Escape Pod Media Short “Bean Feasa” wins BEST Short Film (Light in Motion Award) at Oscar Qualifying Foyle Film Festival.
LIGHT IN MOTION COMPETITION 2022 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED – WINNER Bean Feasa directed by Donegal filmmaker Daniel Butler. Produced by Escape Pod Media won the award for Best Irish short film. The winning film was commended by the jury as “mesmerising and frightening work of ambiguity with a pitch perfect tone of superstition meeting reality”. Recipients of the Light in Motion Award for International and Irish short film qualify for consideration in the Annual Academy Awards®.