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09 December 2008

NI Community Relations Council wishes to commission a series of 10–15 short films, focussing on the bizarre behaviour patterns and contradictions which are the ‘perceived normality’ of contemporary life in Northern Ireland. This series will illustrate the division of society here, principally sectarian but also racial.

Working title for film series: NOT NORMAL

The film treatments should highlight the ironies, paradoxes of identity, double-takes, physical movement conventions, political and faith ‘place mapping’, avoidance behaviour, verbal circumlocutions, and silent knowledge, of domestic and public life in Northern Ireland, illustrating its contemporary implications in a divided society.  

The approaches and film techniques should interest (principally) the  16 -25 year-old audience   Proposals are called for from film production companies and individuals with a track record of working with and producing films for young people in this age range.   

Each film proposal should be submitted on one A4 page, and should articulate:

• the central idea
• the treatment
• the creative approach
• the format
• the genre

Applications from individuals should indicate the Film company or Executive producers with whom they will be working.   The CVs of these must detail previous experience of delivery and production.  

The commissioned films will be funded with an allocation of up to £2000, which will be subject to contract, and against agreed budgets.  

Each commissioned film must have copyright cleared for broadcast and transmission on the web, and be submitted to CRC on an edited DVD.  

Each individual or film company may submit a maximum of 5 ideas or treatments for films

Proposals should be sent by 5pm on 31^st January 2009  to:

Dr. Maurna Crozier

Community Relations Council

6 Murray Street

Belfast BT16DN

or email mcrozier@nicrc.org.uk