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When it rains it pours. This weekend, while it is making it's Irish premiere in Dublin, Imelda O'Reilly's latest film 'Eggs And Soldiers' will also be making its West Coast premiere at the Long Beach Indie International Film, Media, and Music Festival. If you are in Southern California this weekend please stop in and see our film. Many thanks to our amazingly talented cast, tireless crew and generous IndieGoGo supporters. CAST: Deema Aitkens, Quentin Maré, Jomil Elijah Robinson, Daphne Gaines, Don Close, Savannah DesOrmeauxx and Michael McMonagle CREW: Guy Morgan, Alan Maxwell, Jodi Gibson, Scott Jones-Brothers, Michael David Bevins, David Giesbrecht, Frederick Helm, Judy Bowman, Cory Maffucci, Victoria Negri, Phillip Kimsey, David Pascal, Tim Donovan, Jake Bjork, Thomas Zaccheo, Erica Gould, Effie Fradelos, Greg White, Jose D Martinez and Damien Leone Eggs & Soldiers - Trailer https://vimeo.com/123767059 SCREENING: Eggs & Soldiers screening at the Long Beach Indie International Film, Media, and Music Festival https://www.longbeachindie.hollywoodpost.com VENUE: The Cinemark at the Pike Theater 99 South Pine Avenue Long Beach, CA 90802 #EggsAndSoldiers #FilmingNYC #CaliforniaScreening #LongBeachIndieFilmFestival#WestCoastPremiere #RedCinema #RedScarlet #ZeissLenses #Shooting4K #ShootingNYC #ChristmasInNewYork #ImmigrantStrong #SupportingIndependentFilm #FairytaleOfNewYork (at Cinemark At The Pike)

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This weekend Imelda O'Reilly's latest film 'Eggs And Soldiers' will be having its Irish premiere in Dublin at the 8th Underground Cinema Film Festival. If you are in Dublin on Sunday please stop in and see our film. Many thanks to our amazingly talented cast, tireless crew and generous IndieGoGo supporters. CAST: Deema Aitkens, Quentin Quentin Maré, Jomil Elijah Robinson, Daphne Gaines, Don Close, Savannah DesOrmeaux and Michael McMonagle CREW: Guy Morgan, Alan Maxwell, Jodi Gibson, Scott Jones-Brothers, Michael David Bevins, David Giesbrecht, Frederick Helm, Judy Bowman, Cory Maffucci, Victoria Negri, Phillip Kimsey, David Pascal, Tim Donovan, Jake Bjork, Thomas Zaccheo, Erica Gould, Effie Fradelos, Greg White, Jose D Martinez and Damien Leone Eggs & Soldiers - Trailer https://vimeo.com/123767059 SCREENING: Eggs & Soldiers screening in Dublin at the 8th Underground Cinema Film Festival http://www.ucff.ie/sunday-international-films DATE: Sunday, September 3, 2017 @ 10:00 AM VENUE: Royal Marine Hotel Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire Dublin A96 K063 Ireland +353 1 230 0030 royalmarine.ie #EggsAndSoldiers #FilmingNYC #ScreeningDublin #UndergroundCinemaFilmFestival #IrishPremiere #RedCinema #RedScarlet #ZeissLenses #Shooting4K #ShootingNYC #SupportingIndependentFilm #RoyalMarineHotel #ChristmasInNewYork #FairytaleOfNewYork #ImmigrantStrong (at Royal Marine Hotel)

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Savannah DesOrmeaux played Carol in Imelda O'Reilly's most recent film 'Eggs & Soldiers'. She brought a great intensity to both the shot in January and last weekend when we rerecorded some vocals as part of our final mix. Look for our film at a festival near you soon. -- Saturday, September 19, 2015 @ 5:47 PM #EggsAndSoldiers

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For everyone who want to brush up on their Norwegian my friend, Arne Svingen's 12th novel will be published on August 10th. It is called "The Man Who Went Through the Sound Barrier". Be the first on your block to read it. (at Oslo, Norway)

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'On Ragland Road' is a love song taken from a poem by the Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh who wrote it for his then girlfriend, Hilda Moriarty. When that relationship ended badly, Kavanagh gave the poem to his friend, the great Luke Kelly after a night of drinking at The Bailey in Dublin's Temple Bar. Kelly set the poem to music by adapting the traditional Gaelic song, 'The Dawning of the Day'. That recording became a hit for Kelly and his band The Dubliners. It has since been recorded by the likes of Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Billy Bragg, Roger Daltrey, Loreena McKennitt and Joan Osborne. Sinead O'Connor recorded the version we would like to use for our film in 2005 for the compilation 'Common Ground: Voices of Modern Irish Music'. The longing in O'Connor's voice works nicely with the soft violins and guitar to help express the confusion and hurt that Ned is feeling while he walks the streets of New York alone late on Christmas Eve. Please visit our IndieGoGo campaign and help us raise the last bit of money that we need to be able to pay for the rights to use this song in our soundtrack. #EggsAndSoldiers https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs-and-soldiers/x/57624 (at Washington Heights )

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In support of this Friday's vote in Ireland on Marriage Equality, we worked on a short piece called Riot Act One with the actor Corrin Thomas and the playwright Caitríona Daly. Imelda directed the filming of this intense and moving monologue and I filmed it. When we were finished it was great to have done this small part to promote acceptance and tolerance in a world that could always use more of both. On Friday, May 22 there will a countrywide referendum on this issue and if you are in Ireland, please cast a YES ballot and help make Ireland a more inclusive country. -- Riot Act One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOBcg4jj5cY (at Inclusive Ireland)

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Deema Aitken did an amazing job playing Ned, a 17 year old boy who is forced to make a number of tough decisions on Christmas Eve. Please visit our IndieGoGo page to watch the trailer and support us with a Like, a Share or a Donation. Any support would be much appreciated. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs- and-soldiers/x/10133292 #EggsAndSoldiers #KeepIndieFilmAlive (at Washington Heights)

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Our film ‘Eggs and Soldiers’ got a very nice write up in last week’s Irish Voice. We met Cahir O'Doherty, that paper’s Arts and Entertainment editor, at a reception that the Irish Consulate General was hosting for the Irish films at the Tribeca Film Festival. Imelda and Cahir started talking about the difficulty of making films in New York City and the importance of having a great story. Imelda began to explain the narrative of our film and Cahir seemed to really like it. The story of a single Irish construction worker in the city and trying to give his two son’s a memorable Christmas seemed to resonate. So much so that he featured us in the week’s paper. Take a look at the article re-posted here and let us know what you think. http://ioreilly.tumblr.com/post/118164483206/producer-seeks-funds-to-complete-irish-film-in-new. #EggsAndSoldiers #KeepIndieFilmAlive (at Washington Heights)

Photo by #DavidGiesbrecht

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On our first night of shooting we spent 6 hours with two of our actors, Deema Aitken and Daphne Gaines, playing out an intense scene on park benches on one of the year's coldest nights. Both actors were real troopers and brought all they had to the scene. I was a bit concerned because Daphne, who was playing a homeless woman, seemed to have a terrible cough. It worked well for the scene though I thought we would need to get her to the ER when we finished shooting. Cut to lunch 30 minutes later and I am sitting next to Daphne who has a bright, joyful voice and no sign of that troubling cough. She took Laurence Olivier's advice and simply acted. I am still amazed at how she disappeared into the character and reemerged bright and funny once the scene was over. See her in Ira Sachs' 'Love Is Strange' and in the Elevator Repair Service's 'The Sound And The Fury'. In the mean time visit our IndieGoGo page and support our community with a Like, a Share or a Donation. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs-and-soldiers/x/57624 #EggsAndSoldiers #KeepIndieFilmAlive

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Producer Seeks Funds To Complete Irish Film In New York

By Cahir O’Doherty

Irish Voice - April 29, 2015

IT takes a village to make a movie, and sometimes it takes an Irish village. New York-based Irish filmmaker and producer Imelda O’Reilly knows all about it. Currently she’s heading a campaign to bring her exciting new short film to the public. Eggs and Soldiers, her upcoming short, explores issues common to all first generation Irish immigrants, single parents and – this being New York – the enlivening complexities within bi-racial families. An intimate portrait of a 17-year-old boy named Ned, who’s being raised by his single-father along side his younger brother in the city, the film captures the struggles and dreams of growing up in a single parent home in a gritty environment.

“When a single Irish dad forgets the tree on Christmas Eve, Ned’s maturity is challenged. Her has to risk everything to have his younger brother Marco experience a real Irish Christmas, “ O’Reilly tells the Irish Voice.

Three generations of Irish and Irish American men from very different backgrounds come together under one roof in the film. Along the way we learn how Ned helps his dad raise his younger brother who has a different birth mother.

What’s fascinating for an Irish viewer is to watch the way that our own traditions are inherited and subtly changed or passed on by city life in the U.S.

“I made the film to explore and understand the difficulties associated with raising a family in an atypical fashion. The themes of single parenting, immigration and inter-racial families affect Irish people in New York and people everywhere,” says O’Reilly.

We’re very familiar with films about single mothers raising their children alone, but O’Reilly realizes there are thousands of single fathers who are doing the same in the city and their stories should be told.

“Often we hear the story of single mothers, but there are many single fathers who raise families and this is among one of the social issues the film is tackling. It also explores the theme of immigration, as the father is a first generation Irish immigrant,” she says.

“He’s not a saint, in fact at times we could be prepared to dislike him, but at the end of the day he is raising these boys in the best way he knows how.”

Her film is currently in postproduction period, and this is where you, dear reader, can get your very first film production credit.

“In order to complete our project we need finishing funds and support,” says O’Reilly. “We’re at the point where we need music rights, color correction, sound-mixing, sound editing and other post production costs including money for film festival submissions.”

O’Reillly’s goal is to finish the new film by May and then start submitting to national festivals. “As an Irish artist and immigrant I am a strong advocate for helping to raise awareness around what it means to build a homeland overseas,” says O’Reilly, an award winning independent filmmaker. That perspective gives her a unique voice, which is certain to resonate.

Originally from Co. Kildare, O’Reilly holds a masters of fine arts in film from Columbia University and has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Morocco. She has also received supportive grants from New York Foundation for the Arts, New York Women in Film and TV and the Irish Arts Council.

“Eggs and Soldiers has been shot although we do need to do some additional photography,” she adds, “Contributions form the public will be crucial for the completion of the project. We really hope to develop the film into a series for television and so this will also be our pilot episode.”

An obvious perfectionist, O’Reilly has considered every detail of the film down to the music that plays in the background of her characters’ busy Irish American lives.

“While I was making the film I had a sound track running through my head and it’s the music from the dad’s generation like the Pogues,” she says.

“I would love to have this music in the film but that costs money. Without fundraising I will not be able to give the film the final professionalism it needs to be completed and reach an international viewing audience.”

To get involved visit www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs-and-soldiers or email imelda.oreilly@gmail.com to make a private donation or request more information.

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In Manhattan's desert's twilight In the death of afternoon We stepped hand in hand on Broadway Like the first man on the moon Thousands are sailing Again across the ocean Where the hand of opportunity Draws tickets in a lottery Postcards we're mailing Of sky-blue skies and oceans From rooms the daylight never sees Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees But we dance to the music And we dance This is from a song by Phil Chevron of the Pogues called "Thousands are Sailing" which we would love to use it in our film "Eggs and Soldiers" which tells the story of an Irish immigrant single father who is struggling in to raise his two sons in New York City. At the end of a long year he looks forward to being able to show them all a traditional Irish Christmas in their tiny Washington Heights apartment. Things do not go as well as hoped and this Pogues song really helps set the mood for the telling of this story. Please take a look at our IndieGoGo campaign with give us a Like, a Share or whatever donation you can afford. #EggsAndSoldiers https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs-and-soldiers/x/57624 (at Washington Heights)

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We were very fortunate to be able to have Deema Aitken play the lead role of Ned in Eggs & Soldiers. After acting in Wolf of Wall Street and The Sisterhood of the Night he was a great fit in our ensemble cast. He is presently shooting Stealing Cars with John Leguizamo, William H Macy, Felicity Huffman and Paul Sparks. Please visit out IndieGoGo page and help support independent film. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs-and-soldiers/x/10133292 #EggsAndSoldiers (at Washington Heights)

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Jomil was on the set almost everyday and bounded very well with all the other actors. As a result even though Jomil, Deema and Quentin only knew each other for 2 weeks they were able to convey the complex relationships that their characters were stuck in. Check out our IndieGoGo page and support our independent film with whatever you can spare. Two special prizes were added today. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs- and-soldiers/x/10133292 (at Washington Heights)

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Quentin Maré who played Christian in Eggs and Soldiers gets another stellar review for his work in Carly Mensch's new comedy "Oblivion" in Pittsburg at the City Theater. Photo by Samantha Sherman. https://wendyarons.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/oblivion-at-city-theatre/ (at The Interwebs)

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We were very fortunate to be able to have Deema Aitken play the lead role of Ned in Eggs & Soldiers. After acting in Wolf of Wall Street and The Sisterhood of the Night he was a great fit in our ensemble cast. He is presently shooting Stealing Cars with John Leguizamo, William H Macy, Felicity Huffman and Paul Sparks. Please visit out IndieGoGo page and help support independent film. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eggs-and-soldiers/x/10133292 #EggsAndSoldiers (at Washington Heights)

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Deema Aitken in between takes on our short film Eggs and Soldiers as the year began. #EggsAndSoldiers (at Washington Heights)