Civic Life
-Who Killed Brown Owl
-Moore Street
-Revolution
-Twilight
-Town Hall
-Now we Are Grown Up
-Leisure Center
-Daydream
-Joy
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, who work under the name of Desperate Optimists, embarked on the Civic Life series in July 2003 and have since created a unique and richly cinematic series of short films that capture different places and communities in a single, daring take. Working with 35mm equipment, complex film rigs and environments, not to mention hundreds of extras and a propensity for working with both children and animals, they have generated a body of work made in negotiation with local residents and community groups that is both theatrical and deeply cinematic, experimental and highly accessible. The Civic Life series features the complete Civic Life series of 9 short films including Who Killed Brown Owl, winner of the Best British Short Film Award at the Edinburgh IFF 2004.
Screening Schedule
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- Format: 35mm
- Production Country: Ireland-UK
- Production Year: 2004,2005,2006,2008
- Duration: 107
- Contact: Desperate Optimists, UKT. +44 78 7043 1722 info@desperateoptimists.com www.desperateoptimists.com
Christine Molloy
Over the past 4 years the creative duet Desperate Optimists has been working on a project called Civic Life. Civic Life involved local community groups in the production of nine high-quality short films for the cinema, shot on 35mm cinemascope making extensive use of the long take. In 2004, the duet’s film Who Killed Brown Owl won the award for Best British Short Film at the Edinburgh IFF. In 2008 Desperate Optimists latest short film Joy won the Prix UIP Rotterdam at the Rotterdam IFF. Helen is the culmination of the Civic Life series.
Filmography
(Selected)
2004 Who Killed Brown Owl (short)
2008 Joy (short)
2008 Helen
2004 Who Killed Brown Owl (short)
2008 Joy (short)
2008 Helen
Joe Lawlor
Over the past 4 years the creative duet Desperate Optimists has been working on a project called Civic Life. Civic Life involved local community groups in the production of nine high-quality short films for the cinema, shot on 35mm cinemascope making extensive use of the long take. In 2004, the duet’s film Who Killed Brown Owl won the award for Best British Short Film at the Edinburgh IFF. In 2008 Desperate Optimists latest short film Joy won the Prix UIP Rotterdam at the Rotterdam IFF. Helen is the culmination of the Civic Life series.
Filmography
(Selected)
2004 Who Killed Brown Owl (short)
2008 Joy (short)
2008 Helen
2004 Who Killed Brown Owl (short)
2008 Joy (short)
2008 Helen
