Show us your shots

Cashel Arts Festival challenges the world to submit films for the coveted Cashel Swede D'or 2008.

Sweded films are THE new DIY entertainment medium for the twenty-first century, made on the lowest possible budget, with props that wouldn’t be out of place in a pre-school craft room. The films last no longer than ten minutes. They are (sometimes) lovingly faithful little vignettes of full movies or careful (rarely) re-workings of classic scenes. They are often funny. The art of Sweded films really began when Be Kind Rewind was released. In this film the main characters take films and remake them into short films using unsophisticated domestic film cameras. Since this film’s release ‘Sweding’ has really taken off with people making their own Sweded films and putting them up online.

Entries for the festival should be on CD or DVD and need to be compatible with Windows Media Player. They should not last longer than ten minutes and should be Sweded from films made after 1960. Participants can enter as many films as they like. This is a family friendly festival so please make sure the films are suitable for viewing by people of all ages. The winner will be picked by the audience. Entries must be received by 5th October 2008.

Send your entry to:

Cashel Swede D’or Film Festival
C/O Sean Laffey
The Cashel Heritage Centre
Cashel
County Tipperary

Please write your name, age and email details on the DVD or CD you send in. If you do not want your entry to be shown on the Swede D’or Film Festival youtube channel please write “NO YOUTUBE” on the disc.

To see what a Sweded movie is please visit: www.swededmovies.org