Saffron Pictures Ltd

Address: 1st floor, 7 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2
Telephone: +353-1-672 5464
Fax: +353-1-670 4275
Website: http:// www.saffron-pictures.com
Email: siobhan@saffron-pictures.com

Personnel:
Siobhan Bourke - Managing Director/Producer
Kathryn Lennon - Producer
John Gerrard, Jobst Graeve, Stephen O'Reilly - Multi-media division

Company Description:

Saffron Pictures has a number of feature films in development with support from the Irish Film Board including "Try Tony" by Pom Boyd, "Chairoplanes" by Charlie O'Neill, "Etiquette" of Love by Mikel Murphy and "A Dublin Story" by Audrey O'Reilly.

The Company is currently commissioned by RTE Drama department to develop a TV drama series "Love is the Drug" written by Martin Maguire and Darren Thornton of Calipo Theatre Company.

Languages:
English, Irish

Previous Production:

"Hit and Run" 2002
A dance drama. 56 mins beta. A co-production with CoisCeim Dance Theatre and funded by CoisCeim, Film Board and RTE. Directed by John Comiskey, Choreography by David Bolger and written by David Bolger and John Comiskey. Winner of Paula Citron Prize at Moving Pictures, dance on film Festival in Toronto October 2002

"The Case of Majella McGinty" 1999
22 mins 35 mm Short dram film. Shortcuts scheme funded by RTE and Film Board. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Morna Regan.

MULTI-MEDIA Software:
All members of Multi-media division hold an MSc in computer science and are currently developing AVP ( Audio-Visual Presenter) a cross platform real-time editor, recorder, vision mixer and animation tool. The software application was licensed to the Guinness learning Initiative's DIGIBOARDING project produced by the Digital Hub and Rough Magic Films summer 2002. Currently seeking licence and market opportunities.