How to Sink a Paper Boat
[It] was made with a gentle playfulness matched with intrigue. It was a light-filled duet with the past, set in a lighthouse on which a moment in history is infused with mystery by dancer Ivonne Kalter and actor Dan Reardon. A tale of lost letters and paper boats where the sunlit water of Dublin Bay is reflected by the rippling score of Michael Fleming.
HOW TO SINK A PAPER BOAT delves into the mysteries of the sea – as events of Dublin Bay’s past collide with the present, bringing history to life in a bold, physical short film.
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13 May 2019
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AWARDS
Winner Best Experimental Short & Nominated Best Short of the Season, February 2020 Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival
Silver Remi Award 2019 Worldfest Houston
Credits
Michael Daniel Reardon
Cora Ivonne Kalter
Written, Directed & Choreographed by David Bolger
Produced by Sarah Latty & Bridget Webster
Director of Photography Russell Gleeson
Editor Róisín O’Donnell
Music Michael Fleming
Costume Sinéad Lawlor
Hair & Makeup Val Sherlock
Set Decoration & Props Dylan Farrell
First Assistant Director Michael Hayes
First Assistant Camera Brían Dungan, Paul Shanahan, Philip Blake
Aerial Camera Aerial Photography Ireland
Sound Mixer Niall O’Sullivan
Post Production Co-Ordinator Maud Ribbens
Assistant Editor Conor Spelman
Dialogue & FX Editor / Re-Recording Mixer Colm Mullally
Colourist Nikos Panteris
Online Editor Alan Sullivan
Graphic Design Alphabet Soup
Location Managers Aaron Kennedy, Paula Tierney
Water Safety Mary Bolger Hinds
Project Arts Centre Electrician John Crudden
Set Installation Manager Marie Tierney
Set Installation Crew Jason Coogans, Gavin Mooney, William Lennon
Production Assistants Caoimhe Griffin-Hayes, Grace Tolan
Catering The Company
Transportation Wheels, Oddie Sherwin, Jason Coogans
Special Thanks To
Siobhan Bourke, Olwen Dawe, Robert McCabe, Clive Welsh.
Thank You
Liz Roche Company, Eamonn Fox, Siobhán McDonald, Owen Boss/ANU, Pugs Props, Kate Lennon, Eddie & Jenny Brennan.
Filmed on Location in Ireland
Baily Lighthouse, Howth courtesy of Irish Lights and Frank Pelly, Curator and Brendan Carty, Attendant.
West Pier, Dún Laoghaire courtesy of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company.
Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
