Janey Pictures News

London and Cork - 32A in festivals

2011-11-01T04:25:00.000-07:00

We're screening 32A at the London Irish Film Festival in the Tricycle this week and the Cork Film Festival next week.

London - Saturday 5th at 15:00 in The Tricycle.

Cork - Friday 11th at 11.00 in Gate Cinema.

Marian will be attending the Cork screening and bookings can be made via the links above.

All Over

2011-10-14T03:44:00.001-07:00

One of our side projects is supporting the work of Ivan Robertson, a writer whose site we maintain and who comes up to record his great short stories for releasing via the web. Ivan also wrote and appeared in our short film, The Angelus. An old colleague of Ivan's, Joe Pignato, who teaches in the Music Department of SUNY Oneonta, responded to one of Ivan's short stories. He composed a special piece of music and then devised a really great event we were happy to participate in.

All Over centered around a performance of Joe's own composition to an audience in SUNY Oneonta. Beamed into the auditorium were live orchestrated performances from a dozen or so musicians from across the US, Israel, Canada, New Zealand all interspersed with live readings from Ivan here at Janey Pictures in Leitrim. The photograph above shows them setting up testing the connections to us and to New Zealand. It was a hectic 90 minutes or so here trying not to miss our cues and hearing what we could over the headphones. As soon as there's a link to video we'll post it up here. A great vision and huge ambition from Joe and we were happy it all came together.

Janey Pictures wins award for the Creative Sector in Leitrim

2011-10-04T03:38:00.001-07:00

Delighted that we won in the Creative Industries section of the County Enterprise Awards this month. Thanks to all the gang up at County Leitrim Enterprise Board who have supported our work since the early days of Janey and continue to provide the service they do. We were thrilled.

32A Review in The Reel Bits

2011-09-05T00:39:00.000-07:00

"Quinn effortlessly captures the in-between stage of adolescence, complete with awkwardness, uncertainty and more than a little angst. Both thoughtful and tender, as well as sweet and sincere, her film unravels as an intimate and personal journey through puberty."

A lovely review from Sarah Ward for The Reel Bits, Australia. 32A toured there representing Ireland as part of the Windows on Europe Festival.

Update: The link is down, Sarah has a new review site Play Slash Pause which she will be moving her reviews too, We’ll update the link when it’s available.

32A in New York - Irish Film NY

2011-08-31T01:14:00.000-07:00

IRISH FILMS NEW YORK - 32A at Cantor FIlm Center, NYU, Sat 1st Oct

We're delighted to be back in New York to screen 32A. Both Director and Producer will be there and looking forward to the screening and Q&A. Lots of other great Irish films on that weekend so lots of reasons for people to come.

Saturday 1st October, 6.00PM
Cantor Film Center, NYU
36 East 8th Street
(East of University Place)

32A on the IFNY Festival Site
Purchase Tickets for 32A at IFNY
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South America - screenings in Argentina and Bolivia

2011-08-30T08:39:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update on the latest tour of South America for 32A.

After screenings in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Asuncion, Paraguay in May, the film was shown in Bahia Blanca, Argentina at the end of July. We also screened in Rosario, Argentina: 13 August and in Salta, Argentina: between 9 and 19 August.

Upcoming screenings include:
- Córdoba, Argentina: 1-4 September
- Chaco, Argentina: during the months of October and November.
- 5 cities in Bolivia: between 10-24 November, more details as we get them.

All of which is fantastic and thanks to the Dept of Foreign Affairs and the Irish FIlm Institute in co-ordinating all of this. We get a lot of visitors from South America to our site and it's a pleasure to know how well the film is received there.

Nick Miller installation in Kilkenny

2011-08-22T12:54:00.001-07:00

After a lovely install in Kilkenny, Nick Miller's short film "Painting Patrick: after Olympia and Venus' which we produced received a great review from the Sunday Times. There's a short clip showing the installation on our site too.

Cinegael Buffalo

2011-06-02T01:44:00.000-07:00

32A screens on the 3rd of June in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo New York as part of the Cinegael Film Festival

Later on they have a talk which sounds fascinating about the recently unearthed cache of over 800 short films shot in Dublin around 1900.

Upcoming Festivals

2011-03-01T06:59:00.000-08:00

Very nice of the Ukraine film festival to put us on the front of their film journal and thanks to the good people at Reel Ireland for sending us on the picture. We’re in a flurry of festivals still around the planet this March as St. Patrick’s day approaches. 32A is participating in festivals and screenings in the Ukraine, Zagreb, Florida, The Hague, Guyana, Vienna, Dusseldorf, Cuba, and Marian’s hometown (finally...) Chicago.

Netherlands

2011-02-15T00:51:00.000-08:00

We see we were on television in The Netherlands last night. Hi to all of you, very nice of you to come and visit.

If any of you missed it and will be near Den Haag this coming St. Patrick’s Day we will also be screening outdoors there, which sounds like a lot of fun.

Bonjour France

2010-12-17T13:29:00.000-08:00

One of the joys of the internet is we know when our film has screened in different territories from all the visitors to our site. We are very happy to have screened in France, a country which has inspired us as filmmakers. To the land of Truffaut et al, thanks for coming by, merci bien.

Mount Analogue Revisited premiere and launch

2010-12-15T02:13:00.000-08:00

Just to let you all know that Mount Analogue Revisited by Joe and Pat Walker will have it's official first screening this week in Mother's Tankstation gallery in Dublin.

Full details are available on the Mother's Tankstation site.

Admission today for the premiere with screenings this Thursday and Friday.

Marian off to 32A Washington Premiere

2010-12-04T15:50:00.000-08:00

Marian is off to Washington DC this week to participate in the wonderful Capital Irish Film Festival, run by the very good folks at Solas Nua who do an incredible amount of work showcasing all aspects of Irish culture in Washington.

If you're in the Capital you can purchase tickets on the site, 32A screens this coming Tuesday at 7PM with Marian doing a Q&A afterwards. There's even a meetup organised by a group called The Culture Club.

On a side note it was very nice to see a still from 32A at the top of the Washington Posts listings guide today.

32A for the Leaving...

2010-08-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

First things first, 32A is on the Leaving Cert English course for the class of 2012. Which is fantastic. And we really do hope that the students enjoy 32A.

Secondly, we thought we should let you know that the good folks at the IFI have done a study guide which is available from their site. This features interviews and an analysis of the film which should be useful. In addition to that, we also have a study guide prepared for students of English in Germany which accompanied our tour around cinemas over there. People might find the differences and similarities interesting.

Feel free to peruse and download the stills and clips and reviews and history here on our site.

And finally, and not least, the DVD is still available for sale at these links!

The Future of Cinema in 1979

2010-04-25T15:13:00.000-07:00

Francis Ford Coppola calls it in 1979.

It's the year 32A is set in so... heck we thought we'd share. They're about to award the directing Oscar to Michael Cimino for The Deer Hunter and something tells me he didn't let Ali McGraw know what he was going to chat about. And while he was wrong about the Eighties... in principle he was right on the money.

OpenIndie

2010-03-24T04:36:00.000-07:00

We’ve been big fans of Arin Crumley and Susan Buice’s Four Eyed Monsters project, a pioneering approach by two filmmakers who blended their online presence, video podcasts, crowd-sourced screenings and the feature itself to bring a small film to a global audience.

Arin has partnered with Kieran Masterson in the UK to develop a new venture OpenIndie. And we’re proud to be a part of that with our feature 32A.

Essentially it’s way that distribution can happen in a very local way, people can log in and express interest in exhibiting feature films to audiences. It could be an individual theatre, or a film society or a particular College or Festival. Filmmakers can, in turn, choose where to show and in what way, either via download or print.

Why the need for this? Independent filmmakers are seeking new ways of reaching audiences as the global market becomes ever more cautious and studios move towards guaranteed success with hugely marketed rides like Tron Legacy or Avatar. Moviemaking becomes more like engineering and less like storytelling. Part of the answer lies in embracing the web technologies, from audience reach and promotion to actual film downloads, when you make a connection with your audience that’s based upon a relationship.

OpenIndie is at an early beta phase right now and things are still being rolled out but they're off to a great start and it’s a ground up venture initiated by filmmakers themselves.

A few new things underway

2010-03-20T09:38:00.000-07:00

It’s March... My goodness. How did that happen. We must have been busy...

We’ve recently been producing a website for an author friend of ours Ivan Robertson. He’s someone we’ve known for a while and who’s written work for us, including the low budget The Angelus, an Irish Film Board Short Short a few years ago. It toured on 50 prints around Ireland with Bruce Almighty, so quite well known to a few people. A spoof of Ireland’s Angelus on television, it’s even spawned a few spoofs itself.

Ivan is an author and we’re publishing with him a set of short stories entitled Routes 1&9. A collection of ten stories covering the distance between a roadside motel in Oregon, a gas station in Ohio, a dead man’s basement in Upstate New York, and the Harry Truman Museum. Some of the stories were first published in The Stinging Fly and Books Ireland.

We’re releasing the stories progressively, people can download the audiobook format, the PDFs or listen directly on the site. Heck, there’s even a podcast. Ivan writes a mean blog as well, an interesting twist on what a writer’s blog can be.

Anyway, hope you enjoy, please check it out. www.ivanrobertson.com

On the Telly over the Christmas…

2009-12-23T20:53:00.000-08:00

First of all, thank you to all of you who picked up the DVD of 32A. It means a lot to us that so many of you rented the DVD. In fact a lot of you bought it which is amazing. We’ve had wonderful comments and feedback from everyone, which is much appreciated, thanks to all.

Now it’s Christmas and hopefully a few of you will be getting up to a DVD of 32A in your stocking. And in case Santa doesn’t pop one in, you’ll be glad to hear that 32A is on RTE2 this coming New Year’s Eve at 9.00PM. We’re not quite a Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special but it’s still nice to be part of so many people’s Christmas.

Bit Torrent

2009-11-26T13:24:00.000-08:00

It’s like picking up mercury... or herding cats... or supporting the Irish soccer team... Keeping 32A off BitTorrent can feel like a pretty futile exercise however worthy.

So, while we’d really appreciate if people bought the DVD we realise that many people are watching downloaded copies. So we just decided we might as well up a virtual Tip Jar. So if you enjoyed 32A. perhaps you might like deposit a few shekels in it. All of which will help us get to our next project. Cheers...

In the afternoon..

2009-10-23T11:15:00.000-07:00

32A got a nice recommendation on the Afternoon Show on RTE 1 this afternoon which was terrific.

And the wonderful Ian Dempsey on TodayFM gave 32A great mention on the show. His daughter has apparently watched it 450 times...

We're on the buses...

2009-10-08T12:20:00.000-07:00

We're happy to see these running on the streets of Dublin... a great move from our distributors, Element Pictures.

32A DVD cover

2009-09-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

The cover art is in... getting closer now :-)

32A DVD

2009-09-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

Great news! The DVD of 32A will be released in Ireland on Friday, October 16th. Available to purchase on that day directly via this site and our distributor, Element. We'll also be available for rent in Xtravision and other stores nationwide.

You can pre-order on Amazon.co.uk. It'll be a little longer there, a couple of weeks. I'll have Irish links up as soon as we have them.

Made in Leitrim

2009-08-30T03:37:00.000-07:00

32A is being shown in Dromahaire next weekend as part of the Made in Leitrim festival, screened by Cinema North West.

From the CNW prrogramme...

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In recent years, Leitrim and the surrounding counties has become the base for a number of filmmakers. It's also host to a unique venue in Ireland, Cinema North West, a touring cinema which highlights world cinema.

This weekend these two come together in a celebration of recent films by these filmmakers in the village of Dromahair.

As our industry faces its most serious challenges in decades it's a chance to come and see some of the work that has been made locally to date.

The programme is:

Saturday 5th September
3.00 - surprise Kids movie
7.00 - 32A, directed by Marian Quinn
9.00 - Fall into Half Angel, directed by Roisin Loughrey
9:30 - Korea, directed by Cathal Black

Sunday 6th September
3.00 - surprise Kids movie
5:30 - Three Days in Summer, directed by Ronan Gallagher
7.00 - Teamhair (Tara), directed by Colm Stapleton
9.00 - Na Coisithe (The Walkers), directed by Johnny Gogan

32A, directed by Marian Quinn and produced by Tommy Weir, both based in Dromahair, is a multi-award winning feature which tells the story of 13-year old Maeve and her three best friends in Dublin of 1979.

Fall into Half Angel, directed by Manorhamilton based Roisin Loughrey, has won several awards, it tells the story of two trapeze artists who used to go out together but who must still remain on intimate terms. Roisin also has an exhibition opening in Leitrim Sculpture Centre on Friday 18th September.

Korea, directed by Cathal Black, designed by Sligoman Frank Conway, is a classic in Irish film history. Shot in and around Dromahair, this adaptation of a John McGahern short story is set in the 1950s. It tells of a father's attempt to get his son to enlist for the Korean war.

Three Days in Summer, directed by Mohill-based Ronan Gallagher, is a documentary about his neighbour, the late John McGahern.

Teamhair (Tara), directed by Riverstown based Colm Stapleton, is a documentary focussing on the Hill of Tara and her 5,500 year long history. It explores the web of spiritual and temporal power that has held a fascination for Ireland against the current backdrop of the the construction of the M3.

Na Coisithe (The Walkers), directed by Dromahaire based Johnny Gogan, profiles his grandfather, a poet, politician and inventor of words. In 1915, the Leitrim revolutionary, Séan MacDiarmada asked Liam Gógan if there was a word for 'republic' in Irish. There wasn't, but Gogan came up with the word "poblacht' and it ended up the first word in the 1916 Proclamation.

Reviews in Germany

2009-08-17T05:46:00.000-07:00

Well, we’ve gotten some excellent reviews in Germany thanks to the sterling efforts of our distributor Fugu Films and coproducer Flying Moon. Now the only English links below are the two ExBerliner magazine articles, but for the others we did a quick Google Translate and have pulled a quote or two out.

Thomas Vorwerk - www.satt.org
“A film by Marian Quinn, who also worked as an actress, sister of Aidan, but also aesthetically a revelation”

Hendrike Bake - www.programmkino.de
“a film for teenagers and adults: tender, wistful, funny, very close to the experiences and emotions of the girls”

Diego Hernandez - Exberliner 73, June 2009 (pdf, e)
“Unlike many others of its kind, this film actually manages to evoke the spirit of pre-teen girls as they discover the joys and frustrations of finding an identity” Also ExBerliner featured an interview with Marian - Exberliner 73 (pdf, engl)

Michael Pöppl - Zitty 13 / 2009 (pdf)
“The film lives primarily from the naturalness of the group of girls, perfect acting.”

Thorsten Krüger - Blickpunkt:Film (pdf)
“a gorgeous, half-autobiographical memory of youth”

Manfred Riepe - epd Film (pdf)
“an atmospheric, lushly staged teenage comedy”