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A PARTEEN film production company is in the frame for two awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (IFTAs), writes Dan Danaher. Carbonated Comet Productions has earned the nominations for the IFTAs, which will be broadcast on Virgin Media One this Saturday, March 12 at 8:30pm. The annual event, which celebrates the best and brightest talent in the world of Irish film and television, has had many prestigious former winners including Jim Sheridan, Amy Huberman, Lenny Abrahamson and Saoirse Ronan to name but a few. Now Parteen film makers, Greg Burrowes, (34) and his colleague Ronan Cassidy, who set up Carbonated Comet Productions in 2017 are hoping to win an IFTA of their own after two of their films were nominated in the “Live Action Short Film” category. “Harvest” follows a farmer who struggles with his mortality following a near fatal heart attack. The film was written and directed by Tristan Heanue and stars Lalor Roddy, Marie Mullen, …

A PARTEEN film producer was celebrating recently when his film won the Best Irish Short Film at the Foyle Film Festival in Derry, writes Dan Danaher. This award is both Oscar and BAFTA qualifying meaning that ‘Ship of Souls’ was on the long list for best short film at the annual Academy Awards. And while he didn’t make the final cut on this occasion, the Foyle award will provide a boost to Gregory Burrowes as he bids to finance future endeavours. Gregory (34) is the producer of this short film, which centres around Michael, a father who can’t come to terms with his son’s sudden death in a car crash. Written and directed by Jean Pasley, it was shot in Castlegregory during October 2020. Pasley lived in Japan for a number of years where she witnessed Obon, the annual Japanese Festival of the Dead. She was deeply moved by the festival, which inspired her to write Ship of Souls. She …