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A Red Arrows Hawk aircraft pulls up from a dive during at the Salthill Airshow. Sunday 6 July 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet. 
The Vixen Breakat the end of the Red Arrows display. In the background is LE Ciara (Irish Naval Service) and the Clare mountains in the distance. Photo: Joe Desbonnet
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A labrador watches the sunset at Salthill, Sunday 6 April 2003. Photo: Joe Desbonnet 
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New York film festival looks WestNew York film festival looks WestHollywood it certainly isn't, but maybe that's what has attracted the New York International Children's Film Festival to the work of a young GMIT film student. The three-minute short film piece, entitled 'Not Knowing Brenda', was written and directed by GMIT Cluain Mhuire student, Áine Rynne, who worked with eight fellow students and camera operator, Eileen Lauster, during a second year Film and Television Studies course project. Filmed on-site at GMIT with local actors, 'Not Knowing Brenda' got a public airing at this year's Galway Film Fleadh, sparking an overseas interest among film fans on the New York International Children's Film Festival organising committee. Described as a festival about 'redefining what kids' entertainment can be' by Time Out New York magazine, the International Children's Film Festival takes place in New York City every Spring. According to the festival's own website, the fortnight-long film feast is all about widening the meaning of the term 'film for kids'. In this quest to find suitable viewing material, the International Children's Film Festival committee looked to movie screens around the world, including Galway's own film fleadh, where the committee honed in on two GMIT-produced films, 'Not Knowing Brenda' by Áine Rynne and 'Factory Fallout' by Pam Glendenning. "You should have seen us when the letters from the festival arrived here in Cluain Mhuire," recalls GMIT film and television student, Áine Rynne, who comes from Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. "That was the first we'd heard about the New York festival. "Now, they've only asked us to submit our films for their viewing, it's not guaranteed that they'll be accepted," cautions the GMIT film student. "But it's still exciting to get asked. "Not Knowing Brenda" was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh this year, in the 'Way Out West' slot, so it was detailed in the film fleadh programme," she explains. "As far as I know, that's how the New York Children's Film Festival heard about it. "They read the film synopsis in the programme and wrote to me, asking me to submit," outlines Áine. A daughter reminisces about her missing mother; meanwhile, Brenda mourns the loss of her only true companion, her dog: this is the plotline synopsis for 'Not Knowing Brenda'. "The film was really a collaborative piece, I couldn't say it's exclusively my own work," emphasises the young GMIT student. "All film shoots rely on input from the entire crew. We had a crew of eight and I would have worked very closely with camera operator, Eileen Lauster, when it came to finalising the shots and working on the visual style of the piece. Related Links
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