Thank you so much for purchasing a ticket for the upcoming Give Me Direction conference.
Due to popular demand a number of extra tickets for the conference went on sale today. To facilitate this growing number of delegates it has been necessary to change the venue. Therefore the day long conference will now take place in The Shelbourne Hotel on St. Stephen’s Green from 9am sharp on Friday, 5th June instead of the Chester Beatty Library.
Confirmed guests to date include Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser (A Room for Romeo Brass, Somers Town), Eran Kolirin (The Band’s Visit), Conor McPherson, Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe, Roddy Doyle, Kirsten Sheridan and Mark O’Rowe. The full line up of panelists will be announced shortly.
The structure of the conference is as follows:
THURSDAY 4TH JUNE
Location: Light House Cinema, Smithfield, Dublin 7
16.45
REGISTRATION for Give Me Direction conference delegates
17.30-19.00
MY ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN-TRADE Public Interview with Shane Black
Followed by a screening of KISS-KISS BANG BANG (Shane Black)
FRIDAY 5TH JUNE
Location: Shelbourne Hotel, St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2
9.30 Sharp
INTRODUCTION Simon Perry, IFB Chief Executive
10.00-11.30
DON’T GET WEIRD ON ME
The arthouse versus commercial cinema debate: in search of some middle ground, we discuss the respective limitations and realities.
11.30 – 11.45: Teabreak
11.45 – 12.45
LIVE LONG & PROSPER
A hard-headed discussion on the realities of the screenwriting life…
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-15.15
NEW, NEW, NEW WRITING SHOWCASE
Rehearsed reading of scenes from MEMORABILIA by Kevin Barry.
15.15 - 16.00
GRAB ‘EM BY THE THROAT
Writer-director team Shane Meadows and Paul Fraser discuss how to get the best, and the worst, out of your creative collaborators.
16.00 Teabreak
16.15-17.30
HYPHENS
The freedoms and restrictions of writing screenplays: with contributions from our very best hyphenates.
18.30 - 20.00
PREVIEW SCREENING: THE ECLIPSE directed by Conor McPherson and written by Conor McPherson & Billy Roche
Location: Light House Cinema
Please note lunch is not provided as part of the conference.
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