STEVE WOODS
FILMOGRAPHY
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Buail, Short
(2006) more »
Buail is a short film of a dance performed by the Irish Modern Dance Theatre. The Irish word “buail” can mean “to meet” or “to hit” depending on how it is used. This dichotomy is reflected in the dance, which is sometimes fluid, sometimes abrasive, and in the building it is shot in, which looks sometimes inviting and sometimes threatening. Buail was commissioned as part of the Arts Council/RTÉ Dance on the Box initiative.
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Animation-The Trial of Solomon, Short (6min); 2D
(2002) more »
The Trial of Solomon depicts the trial of Soloman Tellirian. Solomon shot a Turkish diplomat on a Berlin street one winter’s day in 1921. In the trial that follows, an even greater crime is uncovered….the genocide of the Armenians.
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Estella, Documentary (60min)
(2000) more »
Estella Solomons was a portraiturist, a landscape artist and an etcher. In all three disciplines she had a masterly touch. This one hour documentary discusses the cultural and political influences on her life, how as a young woman she choose art for a career and took up arms for her country’s independence. It also deals with how she became isolated in ‘New Ireland’ and how the Arts were marginalized during this period.
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Ireland 1848, Short Experimental Documentary
(1996) more »
Ireland 1848 is designed to look like what a piece of film reportage may have looked like 50 years before the Lumiere brothers invented cinema. The film also tries to re-create the horrors of the Great Famine by filling in the missing gaps in the surviving archival images of this devastating period of Irish history.
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Animation-Timmy the Ticket, Short (3min); Cut-out
(1994) more »
Timmy the Ticket was produced by the educational section of the Irish Film Institute. The script was chosen from a nation-wide competition for primary schools. Crosshaven National School for Boys were the winner and the film took a week to make.
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Animation-Oiche Sí, Short (6min); Cut-out
(1989) more »
Based on a short story by Micheal Mac Liamóir, Oiche Sí tells a story of how two children fly off on a magic cat to have a night time adventure in a fairy glen.
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Animation-Window, Short (6min); Mixed Media
(1970) more »
Window is set in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. A prisoner is begining his ‘dirty’ protest.
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Biography
Steve Woods first production was 26 one minute pieces for Saturday morning on RTÉ 1. That might have satified his interest in animation except a visit to the Annecy animation festival convinced him that animation was more than fun, it was an art form in its own right.
Indeed he has since programmed animation for festivals since 1989. That year he helped set up the Galway Film Fleadh - the first festival in Ireland to both exhibit all animation programmes and to launch an animation competition.
Steve has writen a number of articles on animation and has served on several animation juries. He also lectures at the National Film School at Dun Laoghaire, where he has taught experimental animation for thirteen years.
Both Window and The Trial of Solomon were Framework awards as was Les Dogs, which Steve produced, (director Damian O’Connor).
He has also produced a number of films from workshops including two from Arts Council awards through their Artist in Schools and the Artist in Prisons schemes. His last workshop film was The Gift completed at Dar al-Kalima Art College, Bethlehem, Palestine.
Awards
1990 Oiche Sí - Winner of Best Children’s Animation, Cork Junior Film Festival
1994 Timmy the Ticket - Merit Award, Hiroshima
1997 Ireland 1848 - Winner Best Documentary, Limerick Film Festival
2002 The Trial of Solomon - Merit Award, Anamo Mundi, Brazil
2006 Buail- Jury Commendation, Galway Film Fleadh
Contact
tel: +353 (0)1 8302527, +353 (0)86 3644174
email: info@stevewoods.ie
Address: Cel’ Division, 9 Temple Cottages, Broadstone, Dublin 7.
Company: Cel’ Division.
Film Type : Animation and Live Action
What's new with this director?
Steve has just completed a second short dance film "Eternal" shot in Palestine and also a pilot for a proposed feature documentary on the life of Michael Bakunin. His new website is www.stevewoods.ie
