Bray Music Video Festival makes its bow

The Mermaid Arts Centre is the venue between June 18 and 20 for the inaugural Bray Music Video Festival.
Highlights include a retrospective screening of the work of Steve Barron whose CV includes Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’, A-Ha’s ‘Take On Me’ and Dire Straits’ ‘Money For Nothing’; a masterclass with Tony Kearns who’s edited the likes of The Prodigy, Radiohead and Blur; and a directing workshop with Heroes For Zeroes who include Kaiser Chiefs, Mixmaster Mike and Tom Baxter among his charges.
The event culminates on the Saturday night in an awards ceremony where a team of judges that includes former Universal Music Ireland M.D. Dave Pennefather and Red Jam Productions’ Mary McCarthy will cast a steely eye over the last crop of Irish promos. The one everyone will be hoping to land is the Bray MVF Rising Star Award, a £5,000 cache of prizes, which includes camera rental, lighting and FX packages, casting studio hire and the use of Ardmore Studios’ C-Stage for the weekend.
Tickets are available from (01) 272 4030.