Zanzibar Films

Address: 12 Magennis Place, Dublin 2.
Telephone: +353-1-671 9480
Fax: +353-1-671 9481
Website: http:// www.zanzibarfilms.net
Email: info@zanzibarfilms.net

Personnel:
Edwina Forkin and Chris Roche - Managing Directors<br>
Edwina Forkin - Producer<br>
Shimmy Marcus, Pearse Lehane, Audrey O'Reilly, Colette Cullen,
Jacqueline O'Neill, Mary Mullan, Chris Roche, Lionel Mill, Enda
McCallion, Cashell Horgan, Neasa Hardiman - Directors
Mark Harley - Development Officer<br>
Marlyn Gelsing - Production Assistant

Company Description:

Zanzibar Productions Ltd was formed in 1998 by Chris Roche and Edwina
Forkin for the purpose of producing short and feature films for
national and international markets.

The company's first production was "Zanzibar", a 35 mm/22min. short with writer/director Chris Roche. The film had a theatrical release and has been sold world-wide.

Since then, Edwina Forkin has produced many award winning shorts namely "Home", a 10 min. short written and directed by Colette Cullen.

Other 35mm credits include:
"Baby Blue"
Mary Kelly

"Roadrunner"

Dochy Lowe

"7th Heaven"
Shimmy Marcus (Film Base Award - Winner of NY Film Fleadh). runner up
at Manhattan Film Festival and runner up at Kino, Manchester.

"Odd Sock"
15 min/ 35 mm directed by Colette Cullen, Film Base/ RTE Award -
completion money from The Irish Film Board. Winner of Kerry Film
Festival.

"Gravity"
3 min/35 mm - written and directed by Romek Delimatra - awarded
completion money from The Irish Film Board. Primo Award - Venice Short
film Festival.

"Ivor the Insomniac"
3 min/35mm - written and directed by Shimmy Marcus - awarded by The
Irish Film Board - Short, Short Award. Theatrical distribution with
Buena Vista International.

Zanzibar has also been awarded four Oscailt's for TG4 and the Irish Film Board.
"Deich gCoiscéim", a 26 min drama by Pearse Lehane,
"Inion an Fhiaclora", a 28 min drama by Jacqueline O'Neill
"Clare sa Spéir", a 15 min/35 mm drama by Audrey O'Reilly.
"Limbo", a 26 min drama by Anne Crilly.

Short Cut Award for RTE/ The Irish Film Board for:
"Pluck" a 15 min/35 mm drama by Neasa Hardiman.

Frameworks award RTE/Arts Council for:
"Paddy", written and directed by Cashell
Horgan. Winner of UIP 1999 and Galway film fleadh 1999 for Best
Animation. Winner Best Animation - Kerry Film Festival 2001.

Presently Zanzibar has a slate of features:
"Honor Bright" (Irish Film Board, Media & Miramax script award 1998)
"Main Tension" (EAVE, Cutting Edge)

"Lamping" (The Irish Film Board)
"Lavender" (Welsh Lottery Board)
"Insider" (The Irish Film Board)
"Breaking Rocks"
"Headrush" (Irish/German/UK/Dutch)

Developed by Miramax script award 1999/Moonstone/Irish Film Board.
Productions Finance - The Irish Film Board/Eurimage/Rotterdam Film
Festival/NRW Film Fund/Ziegler Films/NPS/Paradiso.
Language:
English, Irish

Languages:
English, Irish