A TRALEE filmmaker has secured a deal for two of his short films to be distributed in the US.
Bertie Brosnan’s short films: Sineater & Jacob Wrestling With The Angel have been picked up by internationally-owned shorts network Shorts TV in a non-exclusive deal via the US distribution outfit Bidslate.
“It’s been a long journey from the production of JWWTA & Sineater to this moment to finally see my first short films distributed through a legitimate network. I am delighted for all involved because we have a chance to showcase all our work to the world. Being a non-exclusive deal I am open to shopping the films around to other networks and through pay-per-view sites. Thanks to everyone involved especially Roland of Bidslate for making sure we got the deal done.”
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Bertie Brosnan’s films have been critically acclaimed and selected at international film festivals and markets such as ‘Cork Film Festival’, ‘Fastnet Film Festival’, ‘Kerry Film Festival’, ‘Cannes Short Film Corner’, ‘Hollywood North Film Festival’, ‘Clones Film Festival and much more.
His films received numerous nominations including winning a Cinematography Award for his short film Sineater.
Bertie Brosnan is an self-taught filmmaker who practices the disciplines of screenwriting, film producing, acting, directing, and everything else in between.
He has never been to film school but has had plenty screen acting training in Ireland and the United States and some writing training here in Ireland.
Bertie is most known for writing, producing, directing and starring in his feature film titled ‘Con’, which is awaiting online distribution towards the end of the year.
‘Sineater’ & ‘Jacob Wrestling With The Angel’ had critical acclaim with both reaching ‘Cannes Short Film Corner’ in consecutive years and receiving many ‘Official Selections’ at international film festivals, with lots of other regular screenings at filmmaking events too. Both those films earned nominations for directing, acting, editing; and Sineater won a Cinematography award at ‘Limerick Film Festival’.
Bertie also won the Cork City Arts Bursary for films in 2016 with which he produced two more short films titled ‘Last Service’ and ‘Forgotten Paradise’.
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