Marian


'Marian' is a short street interview with one of the neighbours of Cork Street, in Dublin 8. He is Marian, a Rumanian kid full of imagination. Through the interview, his words allow us to understand how he fits in a multicultural Dublin. The present video belong to a series of interviews from an ongoing project on the community around Cork Street, one of the most important thoroughfares in Dublin, and one that it is suffering enormous changes in the last years. The project started in 2003 and will produce a final exhibition on 2007.

The short has been selected for the Darklight Film Festival 2006. This is encouraging me to finalise this project as planned, and perhaps be able to offer the full collection of interviews for next years Festival. You can watch the world premiere at the Festival, or enjoy it online.

'Marian 98 Cork St', has been shortlisted in the 'Newcomer' category for the Nokia/Darklight Pocket Movie Challenge, as part of this year's Darklight Festival. All shortlisted films will be highlighted during the festival and screened on mobile phone displays. Nokia Ireland will also feature clips of the shortlisted films on their nokia.ie website.

The winner of the newcomer category will win a prize of 1,000 Euro, and all shortlisted films also have the option to take part in a mobile distribution contract with the Wildlight Channel.