A House of Cards

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This film is by Mark McCabe, Eddie Jackson, and Jordan Ballanitine. This is our Fund:it project.

THE STORY

This short film is set around a family who return home for a dinner prepared by their Auntie. They are back for one weekend, under the premise of visiting their sick mother the next morning. As the tension rises and the household reaches breaking point, can they keep it together for the sake of family?

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

The film was shot over three days in April, 2012. The cast and crew of 21 all worked for free because of their belief in the project, we have utilized all possible avenues including a fundraiser which covered production costs.
The film is now completed and ready for distribution.

Your funding will directly contribute to getting this film the exposure we feel it deserves. There has been considerable industry buzz surrounding this film, but unfortunately all of that momentum will be wasted as we cannot afford to send it off to festivals, which are inherently expensive to enter.

THE BREAKDOWN

Withoutabox.com, an essential tool for submitting to festivals offers a “Power Submitter” upgrade which costs €320. Using this, we will receive a €5 discount off every single festival we enter which will allow us to enter approximately 100 festivals over the course of 2 years.
The rest of the money will go towards printing copies of the DVD, press kits and postage.

WHO’S INVOLVED

CAST:

Brendan Conroy
Niamh Shaw
Rachael Pilkington
Eddie Jackson
Amy Kirwan
Steve Hartland
Mark McCabe

CREW:

Director Jordan Ballantine
Producer Alice O’Toole
Co. Producer Mark McCabe / Eddie Jackson
D.O.P Ken Adams
Assistant Director Leah Kieran
Sound Sean JP Markey
Boom Operator Enda Roche
Lighting Shane Collier
Continuity Andrew Lynch
Sound Mixer Enda Roche
Grip Daniel Doyle
Composer Ed Charmant
Make Up Vivienne Conroy / Danielle Carter
Catering Sandra Ball
Location Manager Lorna Browne & Ciara Lee Lou
Colourist Matt Branton
Logistics Andy ‘A-Tray’ Cullen

Music

‘Down Down Down’ by The Eskies
‘Seven Days’ by Sarah Red
‘Fools’ by Wyvern Lingo