Filmography
Film productions pre 1996:
1991 NICER THAN THEY THINK THEY ARE, 16 mm, 6 min, clay animation
1994 GAME OF RULES, in collaboration with Phil Croxall, 16 mm, 7 min, model animation
1994 HURRY-HURRY, 16 mm, 1 min, cut-out/ puppet animation
Since 1996:
1996 THE IMPERIAL MESSAGE, 35 mm, 6.5 min, photo/puppet animation, adaptation of a parable by Franz Kafka
1998 SEAMAI THE SEAL, 16 mm, 3.5 min, cut-out / clay animation, educational film
2000 SEAMAI 2, Composting is Cool, 16 mm, 3.5 min, cut-out / clay animation, ed. film
2004 SEAMAI 3, Taking Care of Hazardous Waste, 16 mm, 3.5 min, cut-out / clay animation, educational film
2003 AUNT BRIDGET, 35mm, 6 min, puppet / cell animation in collaboration with Vlad Bairamgulov. Adaptation of a short story by Patrick Galvin
2006 ..JOY.., 5 min, 16 mm experimental silent film, animated super-projection of live action footage. Visual adaptation of the organ piece ‘Transports du joies d’une âme...’ by Olivier Messiaen and part of a Ciné-Concert to live organ music at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral Cork
2012 DAS VERMÄCHTNIS, 42 min, audio-visual reflection on collective memory. Archive and documentary footage, digital format. Part of a Ciné-Concert that includes light projections in collaboration with Katarina Veldhues and Gottfried Schumacher
2014 THERE ARE NO OTHER ‘OTHERS’: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE ETHICS, 25 min, audio-visual reflection using excerpts from THE LEGACY to quotations from Rosi Braidotti (2006, 2013)
Production awards:
1991 Production Award by the Welsh Arts Council for NICER THAN THEY THINK THEY ARE
1992 Production Award by the Welsh Arts Council and the Wales Film Council for GAME OF RULES
1996 Production Award by The Irish Film Board, The Arts Council, RTE and The Northern Ireland Film Council for THE IMPERIAL MESSAGE
2003 Production Award by The Irish Film Board, The Arts Council and RTE for AUNT BRIDGET
2005 Project Award 06 by the Irish Arts Council for ..JOY..
Bursaries:
1992 Equipment Bursary by Filmworks Wales for HURRY-HURRY
Screenings include:
1992 International Film Festival Aberystwyth, Wales
1994 International Animation Festival Cardiff, Wales
1994 International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland/Derry, N. Ireland
1994/95/96/03/06 International Film Festival Cork, Ireland
1994/97/99 Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland
1994/97 International Animation Festival, Dublin, Ireland
1997/98 Manchester Irish Film Festival, UK
1997/99 Krok, International Animation Festival, Ukraine
1998/00 Trickfilmfestival, Stuttgart, Germany
1998 Irish Film Festival Montreal, Canada
1998 International Film Festival, Halifax, Canada
2004 Irish Film Festival, Chicago, US
2004 International Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Dublin Biennial, Ireland
2000 Member of the International Jury, Trickfilm-Festival, Stuttgart
2001 Member of the International Jury, Moscow International Children’s Animation Film Festival
Current project work: The staging of the film event DAS VERMÄCHTNIS
DAS VERMÄCHTNIS, a 42 min. film that is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, formed the practice-based part of a PhD and was completed in 2012. The film is meant to be screened as part of a live music event with large scale light projections to a German audience.