Short Summary

Dingle International Film Festival is a boutique festival that makes room for everyone. Couched within the breathtaking town of Dingle, home to The Gregory Peck Award and Murakami Award. The festival takes place annually in March. Housed within this Gaeltacht area, DingleIFF is proud to promote the Irish language and is the only festival offering an award for Irish script writing with it's Físín event. Dingle is home to many filmmakers, one of Ireland's only independent cinemas, is a known film location (Star Wars, Ryan's Daughter) and a major tourist destination, making it the perfect hot for out festival.

Guests to the festival have included: Maureen O’Hara, Laura Dern, Stephen Frears, Cillian Murphy, Gabriel Byrne, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Aidan Gillen, Scott Wilson, 2-time Oscar nominated director Sir Alan Parker, inventor of the Steadicam Garrett Brown, 2-time Oscar winner and sound artist Tom Johnson, 2-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple, producer Ned Dowd, and Oscar nominated actresses Sarah Miles and Saoirse Ronan.

Now in our 12th year, we are delighted to launch for the 2nd year an event aimed specifically at young creatives in the film industry to assist them in gaining knowledge of both film and television. This festival day long event entitled Dingle Pow-Wow will bring together industry leaders from Ireland and abroad to assist in the growth of film and television here in Kerry. in 2017 5 panels and 19 guest speakers came together with an audience of 80 artists against the dramatic backdrop of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir.  Our guest speakers are globally recognised for their contributions to the film & television industry, bringing a new & dynamic element to the festival. Professional leaders will give their story to assist young filmmakers in achieving theirs.

We are also planning a new event this year - a FREE outdoor screening event, offering a unique cinematic experience, with the dramatic backdrop of Dingle Bay.

What We Need & What You Get

The money that the festival gets from our Indiegogo campaign will go to: Our Pow-Wow networking event for filmmakers, covering the costs of guests accommodation and transport, providing lunch for guests and audience during the break where people have an opportunity to talk to a filmmaker and guest speaker; transport to and from the venue for both guests and audience; hiring of the venue itself; equipment and technical hire; costs towards our FREE Outdoor Screenings, placing film into the heart of the town with state of the art screen, projector and bespoke sound equipment, giving an unsurpassed quality cinematic experience.

The Pow-Wow event will have a number of inspiring panel discussions; with actors, directors, writers and producers. Dingle Pow-Wow is a daylong event open to all festival attendees and is FREE to all selected filmmakers screening at the festival. Includes, Dialogue, Chinwag & Banter events where industry experts share knowledge, assisting upcoming filmmakers. Held in the stunning Ionad an Bhlascoid Mhoir, transport is provided.

Committed to engaging local audience we will maximise local participation with a selection of culturally significant and fun films screened at our FREE outdoor screening and will include popcorn!

If we don't reach our goal of €5,000 we will invest all funds secured from this campaign towards our Pow-Wow and FREE outdoor Screening, making them the best events we can.

The Impact

We need your support in making these extra events happen and it goes beyond what we have been able to achieve to date through traditional funding means. The Pow-Wow will help us attract and bring more filmmakers to our festival and give them the knowledge they need in finding work within the film industry. It will help involve filmmakers attending our festival in a new and rewarding way. It is essential we raise funds via Indiegogo to ensure we can make this event happen. Using Indiegogo allows us to connect with a wider audience and to reach out to our many past festival attendees and guests.

Last year at the Pow-Wow we had guest speakers such as Todd Komarnicki (writer of Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood ), Jonathan Coleman (supported and developed company's film and television projects such as Sully, The Greatest Gift, Mercury 13 and Oracle Year), Looking at The Rise of American Television we had; Michael Uppendahl (director of TV shows such as Mad Men, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Legion and Daredevil), 2-time Emmy Award winner Marc Flanagan along with Hollywood writer, Daphne Pollon and Hollywood editor, Leslie Tolan.

Last years festival guests included: Jack Reynor (Free Fire, Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Secret Scripture), Ben Wheatley (Director of Free Fire, High Rise, Sightseers, Doctor Who), Pat Shortt (Twice Shy, The Flag, The Guard, Calvary, Killinaskully, D’Unbelievables), Jim Sheridan (Director of The Secret Scripture, My Left Foot, In The Name of the Father, In America and nominated for 6 Academy Awards), Art Parkinson (Starred in Game of Thrones, Kubo and the Two Strings, Dracula Untold).

Risks & Challenges

Working in the festival sector carries risks and challenges every year. Here at Dingle IFF we have our AD Maurice Galway, now 24 years working on festivals; Jema Walsh heading up Marketing and our volunteer base of 54 individuals giving their time each year to make the festival a success. In Dingle IFF, our overarching artistic vision is to consistently bring vibrant and unique, high quality, cinematic experiences to the locality and allowing audiences to take home experiences to be remembered and cherished.

We have a strong track record of excellence and testimonials to support this vision.

Dingle IFF provides audiences with screenings in unique venues and locations, giving truly experiential opportunities. These include:

• The Phoenix Cinema - one of Irelands’ only Independent cinemas;
• 200 year old St James’ Church - we transform into fully HD cinema with HD projector/lenses, fibre optic cables & state of the art sound system;
• Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir - perched overlooking the Atlantic Ocean & the Blasket Islands, immersed in Irish culture and tradition, allowing screenings to take place against a breathtaking backdrop;
• 2018 FREE outdoor screenings along our unique westerly coastline of the Dingle Bay

For us and for our audiences, the DIFFerence is Dingle.

Other Ways You Can Help

If you are unable to help contribute to the festival we understand. However we would like you to help in other ways by getting the word out through social media and word of mouth by share the links provided by Indiegogo!

Also make sure to follow and like us on our social medias as we will be updating information on the festival every week.

Thank you for your contribution and support of the Dingle International Film Festival and its events!