Wicklow filmmaker Dave Thomas fundraising for new film ‘Seven Moments in Time’
The short-film, which will be set in Wicklow, will be submitted to Oscar-qualifying film festivals
Director Dave Thomas.
Award-winning Arklow film director Dave Thomas has announced his latest Wicklow-based film project entitled ‘Seven Moments in Time’, and he’s asking the community he is set to showcase to help him make it happen.
The film promises to be a heart-warming short film with high production value that will create employment for people within the film industry, particularly in County Wicklow.
It will be submitted to Oscar-qualifying film festivals where it can be screened to large audiences while in the running to get selected for an Oscar Nomination.
Dave recently set up an online fundraiser to get the project off the ground. He hopes that the prospect of showcasing local businesses on a big stage will entice local businesses to sponsor the film.
“I’m looking for support from businesses who can benefit from the film, and I believe that there are plenty around Wicklow that can, immensely,” Dave said.
“It will be submitted to film festivals and awards around the world. I have a track record in that regard. The film is going to be seen by a lot of people, I hope! So I’m just hoping that businesses can see the value therein.
“The film will showcase the beauty of Arklow and County Wicklow to a global audience while also demonstrating Irish talent in the county,” Dave continued.
“I’m delighted that the wonderful Pat Nolan will take on the leading role in “Seven Moments in Time”.
“We have also announced the brilliant David Christopher Lynch as cinematographer and the excellent Caimin Agnew who will be doing the sound.
“There will be beautiful shots of the county, of Arklow. There will be drone shots of the forests the Avoca River, everything you do to establish the location.”
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In Seven Moments in Time, an older man sits on a public park bench once a week to eat his sandwiches and drink tea from his flask. This becomes an issue when a teenager sits on the older man’s bench.
Two generations often perceived as worlds apart is characterised by the two people sitting on separate benches.
The physical and cultural divide gives the impression that these two people will never get on, will never understand each other, and will never find a connection.
According to Dave, “the film is about bridging the gap between generations, something we don’t do very well as a society. Young people and the elderly remain in separate worlds with no bridge between them.
“As the tag line reads: ‘Each moment in time reveals the differences between the two generations. And then, a moment in time changes everything’.”
Dave has 34 years of experience working across the broad spectrum of the media. The film will be made by Dave’s production company, Bella Vision Limited, who work to create content, films and television programmes under the banner of Dave Thomas Films.
Dave is also an award-winning film producer, writer and director, who has worked with RTE Radio 1, the RTE Guide, RTE Television, Newstalk Radio among others, and has written for many national media including the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Irish Stage and Screen and many more.
His films have screened at prestigious film festivals such as the Galway Film Fleadh, Foyle Film Festival, Palm Springs Film Festival while screening all over Ireland, Europe, the UK, the USA, Australia, India and Russia.
To support the film, visit Dave’s funding campaign HERE
