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KinoD. Pitch, Shoot and Screen your movies over the course of 10 days.Make Movies, not excuses!
What's happening?
KinoD is back with a 10 day International Filmmaking Kabaret!
When and where?
From Friday August 5th to Sunday 14th
The Venue
We’re back in Dublin City Center!
The Chocolate Factory venue is upstairs in the Williams & Woods building between Parnell St and Dorset St with easy access to Bus routes, Luas lines & City center train stations. This Lab space is only open from 6am-11pm. Downstairs is Blas Cafe serving genuinely great brunches from 9am-3pm weekdays and 10-3 on Saturdays (but are closed on Sundays).
Who is KinoD for?
Absolute beginners through to seasoned experts, that’s who! This event is open to anyone willing to get involved in the filmmaking process. We will facilitate the completion of all movies but participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment: Cameras, lenses, sound recorders, microphones, lights, computers for editing, props, costumes, makeup and so on.
The Schedule
Session 1: The Icebreaker (Friday 5th - Sunday 7th)
Session 2: The Silent Session (Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th)
Session 3: The grand finale! (Thursday 11th - Sunday 14th)
⭐Friday 5th - Session 1: The Icebreaker⭐
Doors open from 6.00 pm at The Chocolate Factory.
We’ll be kicking off with introductions and the first pitching session from 7.30pm. Ideas for films will be pitched to the whole group, followed by networking in the Lab. This will be a great chance to meet other film-makers, team up, brainstorm and attach yourself to the projects you are interested in. Directors can start rehearsing with their talents, coordinating the shoot with their crew or can even start shooting straight away!
While you are free to pitch films at the first session that you only plan on submitting for the final session, please keep your resources and the 6 minute limit in mind.
Screening 1 - Sunday 7th
Our first screening will be in the Chocolate Factory itself at 8pm and the editing deadline is 6pm.
⭐Monday 8th - Session 2: The Silent Screening⭐
We kick off the second pitching session at 10.30 am on Monday morning. If you cannot make it in, don’t worry, this will be live-streamed, recorded and made available online, as will the details of all pitched projects so no one misses out. This second session is a very special call-back to the original Kino because this is the Silent Session! Films most have no sound or dialogue when screened.
Screening 2 - Wednesday 11th
The second screening will not involve any sound from the films themselves, but will be accompanied by either live music, sound effects, stage performance or - something else? Get Creative!
Basically the only rule for this session is that sound cannot be pre-recorded and the extra day is for teams to organize live-performances and collaborate with musicians (get your music video game on!). We’ll have more info on musicians soon.
The Screening will be at 8pm in the Lab space and the editing deadline is 6pm. It will be recorded and live-streamed just in case but we cannot guarantee anything with a live performance and really want a full house for this one!
⭐Thursday 12th - Session 3: The Silver Screening⭐
The final pitching session will take place on Thursday at 7pm in The Kino Lab. Feel free to use Thursday morning and afternoon to work on unfinished projects, hang out or make Quickes™. There are no rules with this session but you are on a tight deadline so just go for it!
Screening 3 - Sunday 14th (Location TBC!)
For our last Screening we plan to hire out one of Dublin's most famous cinemas!
The absolute rock-hard editing deadline is 6pm because technicians in the cinema need to test every film on their system before screening so please don’t be the asshole, and get it in early. Films will be shown on the big screen at 8pm, until then you can hang chill - because after 6pm you won’t be busy filming or editing anything will you? That’s right. No, you won’t.
If there are a lot of films, we might have a break half-way and after the cinema screening you are all welcome to the Official Kino D International Kabaret 2022 Wrap Party! Somewhere in town TBC!
Guidelines
Accommodation - Since this is officially an International Kino, we will be actively inviting participants from around the world, but as we all know, Dublin ain’t exactly cheap. So if you have free space and want to help out a fellow filmmaker, please let us know so we can provide accommodation to international travelers
Resources - We strongly advise screenwriters and directors to consider your resources and time constraints. Firstly, we have put a lot of effort into getting a Dublin city center Lab venue - use it! Explore the city and shoot Dublin, warts and all! Secondly, it’s a summertime Kino so use the long nights, sunsets and golden hour to make some beautiful films and feel free to shoot through the night! Finally, work fast, Kino is a non-competitive guerilla filmmaking challenge, so experiment, push yourself and make something great!
Quickies™ - Pitching a project is great, finishing a film project is a miracle - but if the neurons are still firing and you just can’t stop now then go for it and make a quickie. Quickies are usually 30 seconds to 1 minute long (no more than a minute!) and tend to be the most bat-sh*t insane ideas ever put to screen. We like bat-sh*t insanity at Kino D and will screen all quickies, even at the final cinema screening. So show us what you got!
Editing Specifications - Go ahead and shoot 4k you absolute masochist, but all exports must be in no higher spec than H.264 20mbps FHD 1920x1080p or the HD equivalent of any aspect ratio (eg. 1:1 or square equates to 1080x1080p). We will only screen mp4 files, no DCPs or 4K files.
Housekeeping - Please respect the spaces provided and clean up when finishing shooting or after eating and drinking. kinoD is run by volunteers, there will always be a member on site so we will do our best to accommodate every query and help get your projects finished!
Pricing and registration
Tickets cost €45 per session, or €100 for all three sessions.
Tickets include: access to the Kino Lab space in The Chocolate Factory 6am-11pm August 5th-7th (session 1), 8th-11th (session 2), 12th-14th (session 3).
A handful of camera, lighting & sound equipment may be leant out from the Kino team but otherwise it’s Bring Your Own Gear; access to the KinoD Whatsapp Group; KinoD nametag & lanyard; on-site tea, coffee & snacks.
Session 3 tickets include admission to the Cinema Screening at 8pm on Sunday 14th. Due to seating limits, additional seats must be booked through the cinema (TBC).
After purchasing your ticket and registering for the event, you will receive an email questionnaire regarding roles, experience level, equipment etc. This is extremely important for us to gaige and balance the skills and equipment available. Please also upload a clear photo, which we will display on the Kino Lab wall with your details.
Please note, tickets are not refundable once purchased, however should you not be able to attend, feel free to transfer the ticket to a fellow filmmaker, just let us know and we will change the name on the registration form!
For any questions, you can DM @KinoDKabaret, PM @kinodublin on facebook or email [email protected]
See you soon and Make Movies... Not Excuses!!
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Event Venue
tbc, Dublin
Tickets
EUR 40 to EUR 100