LIGHTS,CAMERA ,ACTION
Welcome to the official web page of
BEARA FILM FEST,
Co.Corks premier boutique short film festival.
Beara Film Fest (BFF) was established on 23rd Janurary 2018 by Castletownbere native
Gerard O'Leary whom himself has featured in many productions on both stage and screen.
BFF is situated in the busy fishing port of Castletownbere on the south west coast of Co.Cork,Ireland.This festival is officially not only just unique to County Cork but in fact it's the only one of its kind in IRELAND.
BFF is a proud supporter of gender equality balance within the film industry.
This film festival is FREE to submit for independent film directors from Cork or
living in Cork that have shot their short film entirely in Cork,West Cork or the Beara Peninsula to be considered for screening at this exclusive film festival .
It's a non.ticket event for the general public to attend.
This is strictly an over 18s event due to some subject content not being suitable for younger viewers as laid down by the Irish Film Classification Office
ID may be required at the door.
This years festival was held on Saturday 1st July in the Beacon Niteclub..
Over the last number of years BFF has drawn a lot of international interest and enquiries from as far away as Canada, USA,
France,England,Turkey and New Zealand.
The power of Facebook,Instagram & Twitter was used to it's full potential to promote this years festival to a worldwide audience as well as using the more traditional methods of written media,radio,newspapers,posters etc
We are a nation of storytellers.We need more dreamers,more believers to take the leap,embrace these believers and dreamers,learn to love the arts.
This is made further possible by the governments ongoing commitment of
Section 481 for the film industry.
The Beara Peninsula has been home for numerous tv and movie productions both Irish and Foreign alike over the years dating back to the 1940s drawing attention from Oscar winners Ben Cleary and Neil Jordan in recent years as an ideal location to film.
Beara and it's environs offer the film industry "a unspoilt natural film set" in the form of unindustrialised scenic rugged countryside of yester year with many colourful villages dotted throughout further enhanced by the natural light that casts interesting shadows across both sea and mountain.
Castletownbere offers many beds with numerous B&Bs,house rentals etc to cater for any size cast & crew.