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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Screenings

Film FESTIVAL

SANS SOUCI FILM FESTIVAL

Boulter County, CO, USA

22 April 2022

FILM FESTIVAL

LIGHT MOVES FESTIVAL

Limerick

25 September 2021

FILM FESTIVAL

FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL

Cork

26 - 30 May 2021

Culture Ireland’s Youtube channel

CULTURE IRELAND’S SEODA 2021

Online

21 March 2021

FESTIVAL

SPRINGMOVES DANCE FESTIVAL

www.springmoves.ie

9 December 2020

DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL

Lincoln Center

New York, Digital Edition

19 July 2020

Scotland’s Festival of Dance on Screen

SCREEN DANCE

Scotland

20 June 2020

LONDON INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

The Ritzy

Brixton, London

12 December 2019

INDIECORK | Festival of Independent Film and Music

The Gate Cinema

North Main Street, Cork

12 - 13 October 2019

DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL | A Selection of Shorts | Dance on Film | In association with Light Moves

Project Arts Centre

Space Upstairs, Dublin

13 May 2019

MeDia

Listen: Listen to David Bolger interviewed on Lyric FM’s Culture File radio programme.

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.


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