THE ANGELIC ORGAN
Based on a true story, 'The Angelic Organ' follows the adventures of Eighteenth Century inventor, Richard Pokrich, as he attempts to bring an entirely new and novel sound to the world.
Commissioned by The Irish Film Board, R.T.É. and The Arts Council as part of the Frameworks initiative, 'The Angelic Organ' went into production in October 1999 and was completed in October 2000.
Written by Caroline Dunn.
Directed by Caroline Dunn and Ray O’Dwyer.
SCREENINGS
THE ANGELIC ORGAN
The Bradford animation Festival 2003 is running a special two-part retrospective of the Irish Film Board's short film funding schemes.
Ireland is a key player in the international animation community, with many studios producing a diverse selection of commercial, art, TV and special effects animation for world clients.
The Angelic Organ (35mm print with digitally encoded surround sound) will be screened during Irish Film Board Shorts 1 - Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 20:00 - Pictureville Cinema, Bradford, UK.
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The Angelic Organ was screened by RTE Television over the 2002 christmas holiday season.
The Angelic Organ screened on Cathay Pacific passenger planes throughout the month of October 2002. The film has also been sold to Canal Plus (Portugal).
The Angelic Organ is distributed by www.network-irl-tv.com
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The Angelic Organ has been screened at the following film festivals:
45th Murphy's Cork Film Festival 2000 at The Kino Cinema, Cork, Ireland (October 2000)
Motorola Irish Animation Festival at The IFC2, Dublin, Ireland (19th November 2000)
Festival De Cine Huesca Spain (June 2001)
13th Galway Film Fleadh at the Town Hall Main, Galway, Ireland (15th July 2001)
9th Anima Mundi 2001 Animation Film Festival of Brazil Rio de Janeiro (July 13th to 22nd and in São Paulo from July 25th to 29th 2001)
The 15th Leeds International Film Festival 2001 Leeds (27th September to the 12th October 2001)
The 13th International Welsh Film Festival 2001 Cardiff, Wales (November 22nd to 29th)
The Budweiser Northern Ireland International Film Festival 2001 Derry City (November 9th to 18th 2001)
The 11th International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart Stuttgart (22nd to 27th March 2002)
The 4th Irish Reels Seattle (March 6th - 9th 2002)
RTE Television Christmas holiday season (2002)
BAF - Bradford Animation Festival 2003 A retrospective of Irish Film Board supported animation film shorts. (12th to 15th November 2003)
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Our thanks to Angela Jones and Gillian O'Connor at The Cork Film Festival Office for their work in organising the entry of The Angelic Organ into the festivals listed above. Our thanks also to Nicola Cooper at Network Ireland Television Ltd., and Sunniva O'Flynn at The IFC Film Archive, Dublin.
CREDITS
A Rocket Animation Production
Written by Caroline Dunn
Directed by Caroline Dunn and Ray O'Dwyer
Produced by Stuart Switzer
Animation by Ray O'Dwyer
Music composed by Gregory Magee
Edited by Rónán Ó Muirgheasa
Voice of Richard Pockrich by Barry Barnes
Voice of Pilkington by Brendán Ó Dúill
Singing voice of Pilkington by Gregory Magee
Additional Animation: Enda Loughman/Laurent Pavesi/Fran Power
Production Design: Caroline Dunn
Storyboard: Tim Spillane
Character Design: Caroline Dunn/Ray O'Dwyer/Laurent Pavesi/Enda Loughman
Character Model Rigging: Ray O'Dwyer
Character Modelmaking: Ray O'Dwyer/Enda Loughman
Sets : Tim Redfern/Enda Loughman/Aisling Walsh
Props: Susan Bresnihan/Laurent Pavesi/Tim Redfern/Carolina Fabiani
Effects: Laurent Pavesi/Fran Power
Best Boy: Paul Higgins
Technical Support: Tim Redfern/Stephen Kennaugh
Final Digital Image Rendering: Stephen Kennaugh
Dialogue Recording: Marcus Mac Conghail (Macalla)
Sound Design: Macalla
Post-Production Sound: Lime Street Sound
Picture Post: Windmill Lane Ltd.
Online Editor: Alan Sullivan/Windmill Lane Ltd.
Colour Grading: Windmill Lane Ltd.
Prints: Colour Film Services
Production Manager: Stephen Kennaugh
Special thanks to
Mick Muldoon
Owen Fitzpatrick
Michael Casey
Peter Somerville-Large
The Lilliput Press
Duration: Comedy/12 minutes/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
DOLBY SURROUND ENCODED STEREO
Prints by Colour Film Services
THE ANGELIC ORGAN’ WAS FUNDED BY THE IRISH FILM BOARD/R.T.É./ THE ARTS COUNCIL
© COPYRIGHT 2001 CAROLINE DUNN/ROCKET ANIMATION/FUNDING PARTNERS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Pokrich and Pilkington perform at their London debut.
Contact us at:
Rocket Animation Ltd. 49-50 Berystede, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 4970817 Fax: +353 1 4970796