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Get along to MoJoCon Ireland – a chance to meet Sean Baker

SeanBaker2015HeadshotcropWho is Sean Baker?

Sean Baker makes films on iPhones. Good films, really good films.

His first film, Tangerine, was shown at Sundance to huge acclaim, a tale of transgender, prostitution all turned into a very beautiful art form with a camera you can keep in your pocket.

Now he has made a new short film called Snowbird and it has been released on Kenzo.com. Vimeo and YouTube. Kenzo is a fashion label and they commissioned Baker to make the film.

Abbey Lee (she was in Mad Max: Fury Road, remember?) goes around trailer parks distributing cake. The film took less than a week to make and again was made on an iPhone (or a couple of iPhones to be honest)

Here is a flavour of the film but if you want to meet the man behind it then register here for RTÉ MoJoCon which takes place at the Aviva on 29 -30 April 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWaK1Yy5_EM

 

Noel Curran, Director-General, RTÉ, commented: “Last year, RTÉ was at the very centre of the mojo world; we look forward to developing RTÉ Mojocon into a major fixture of the international conference scene and putting Dublin and Ireland firmly on the tech map. RTÉ has been pioneering the use of mobile phones as content creation tools for over four years now. Hundreds of journalists and staff in RTÉ have undertaken training and many have completed the advanced mobile multi-media master-class. The use of mobiles has been a huge catalyst in improving RTÉ’s range, quality and speed of coverage.”

Screen-Shot-2014-09-08-at-16.23.133The event organiser, Glen Mulcahy, Innovation Lead with RTÉ, has pioneered the use of smart-phones for content creation and he has trained over 1500 journalists in Ireland, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. in the techniques that will be explored at the event. The conference website is http://mojocon.rte.ie and tickets are on sale now.

Lord Mayor to open new library tomorrow

The Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisín Quinn will open Ballyfermot’s newly refurbished, state of the art library on Ballyfermot Road, Dublin 10 tomorrow at noon.

This new community library features a colourful new layout with bright and spacious facilities for the people of Ballyfermot. Its offers an art room for children’s workshops, a classroom for pc and wifi access and a dedicated lecture room with audio visual facilities for cultural talks etc. There are plenty of quiet spaces for studying and reading available also. The library also continues to offer a range of programmes for various groups including book and film clubs, author visits, workshops and exhibitions.

The new library contains Ballyfermot College of Education’s resources for students and a collection of books of Irish interest donated by the family of Sé Geraghty.

“I am delighted to reopen Dublin City Council’s highly anticipated and upgraded library in Ballyfermot. It’s great that we can now offer the people of Ballyfermot a much broader range of facilities which reflect the needs of a community, new and old”, said the Lord Mayor.

The Ballyfermot Library refurbishments were funded by Dublin City Council and The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government at a cost of €1.7m.