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The Runway Fastnet Films Ireland Writer/director Ian Power Producer Macdara Kelleher Synopsis Early 1980’s Ireland. Nine-year-old Paco believes his absent father is a NASA astronaut so he and his traveller friend, Frogs, build a transmitter like the one in E.T. One night, Paco is amazed to see something crash in the fields near his house. There he finds not an alien, but a Colombian pilot named Ernesto. The wings have been shorn off his plane and the boys believe it’s a rocket. The media soon descends on the town and, when local inventor Sutherland suggests they repair the plane, publicitysavvy Mayor Carr sees this as an opportunity to rejuvenate his town, which was once the Aluminium Capital of Ireland. After finding the precious wings largely undamaged, everyone pitches in – as do some IRA men, who supply aviation fuel when they are told Ernesto is Che Guevara’s cousin. But before Ernesto can fly away, he is arrested on the say-so of his drug-smuggling boss, Francisco, who has arrived and is posing as a Colombian cop. Ernesto confesses that he is indeed a criminal and that he stole World Cup souvenirs to sell, but the locals have been won over by him - Paco’s mum, Grace, has even fallen for him - so he is busted out of jail. To huge cheers, Ernesto takes off down a rough tarmac runway laid by the townspeople. Later, Paco finds bundles of dollar bills hidden in the cigar box that Ernesto has left behind. Director’s statement My intention has always been to tell a personal story that would connect with people in a universal way. And, while I knew this would probably end up being called a family film, I never wanted the film to feel compromised for the sake of its audience. I wanted to write a film where the escapism was derived from real situations and told from a child’s point of view, so that those situations could be interpreted in a fantastic, exciting and valid way. Writer/director Ian Power Ian has been directing commercials since 2001. He has won numerous awards for his work in this field, including an ICAD Award for Best Direction. He was also featured in Shots magazine. In 2003, Ian received an RTE/Irish Film Board Short Cut Award to make his short film, The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind, which was completed in mid 2004 and was picked up by Warner Bros for a nationwide release with the Keanu Reeves feature Constantine. In April 2005, the film won the Jury Bronze Torc for Best Short Drama at the Celtic Film & Television Festival. In 2005, Ian was selected for the Moonstone Filmmakers Lab for his project Daydream Believer, and took part in January 2006. 20 • NPP 2008
Director Ian Power Producer Macdara Kelleher Writer Ian Power Based on an original story based on true events Language English Genre Drama Format 35mm Running time 105 mins approx The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who crashed his plane in a field near Mallow in Ireland in 1983. Against all the odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home, and briefly catch the imagination of the nation. Target audience Family Budget € 2,400,000 Cast Demian Bichir Production company Fastnet Films Established in 1983, Fastnet Films is a leading Dublin-based film production company, creating Irish and internationally coproduced feature films for domestic and foreign release. Fastnet has produced and co-produced feature films, television drama series and documentaries with cumulative budgets of over €50 million. Fastnet’s most recent film, Lance Daly’s Kisses, has been selected by the Toronto, Telluride and Locarno film festivals, and is being sold by Focus Features and CAA. Current status To date, €50,000 has been received for development from the Irish Film Board, with an as-yet unquantified commitment to production finance. The estimated budget is €2.4 million, 60% of which is in place. Mexican actor Demian Bichir is in place to play Ernesto, and casting director Nick McGinley is also attached. Aims at the NPP Completing finance and networking with potential co-producers. Contact Macdara Kelleher Fastnet Films First Floor 75-76 Lower Camden Street Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: (353) 1 478 9566 Mobile: (353) 87 935 0483 Fax: (353) 1 478 9567 macdara@fastnetfilms.com www.fastnetfilms.com NPP 2008 • 21
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