Ardoyne
WINNER: Columbia Gorge International, Film Festival, Lionshead Film Festival, Phoenix Comicon FF, NYCIFF & Philadelphia Independent Film Festival & Oregon International Film Awards. I want to reinvent how documentaries are watched!
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Thousands of short films are watched by few people beyond film festivals, mine included. The most watched videos today are Music Videos. So, I took a political event and put it to music & lyrics and set it to footage from my 1972 documentary on 'The Troubles' in Ardoyne, Belfast, Ireland, which won the 1973 Chicago Film Festival.
38 forward thinking International Film Festivals have officially selected our 2014 film "Ardoyne" and its innovative format.
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Philip ThompsonDirectorA Place Called Ardoyne 1972/3 .L.S.Lowry.Tolmers.
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Marshal Serna /Donna PizziEditorsDonna Pizzi, writer Edge of Night 1984-85
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Philip ThompsonLyricist
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Daniel BuhrComposer
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Tim EllisMusic Producer
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Blackstone Edge StudiosProducer
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Marshal SernaAnimation
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Project Type:Documentary, Music Video, Short
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Runtime:4 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:October 31, 2014
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Production Budget:7,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:Ireland
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:16mm
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Aspect Ratio:16.9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Philadelphia Independent Film FestivalPhiladelphia
April 24, 2015
Winner -
New York City International Film FestivalNew York City
May 5, 2015
2015 Best Short Film -
Phoenix Comicon Film FestivalPhoenix, AZ
May 28, 2015
Winner -
Lionshead International Film FestivalDallas, TX
June 28, 2015
Texas Premiere
2015 Best War Micro Short -
Columbia Gorge International Film FestivalVancouver, Camas, Washougal, WA
August 15, 2015
Winner -
Oregon International Film Awards
Best Music Video
From the craggy moors of Britain’s Blackstone Edge comes Philip Thompson of Blackstone Edge Studios.. PCT began singing as a young Lancashire lad for sixpence in seedy pubs in the North of England. Shared a dressing room with the Beatles at the Queen’s Theatre Blackpool.At 15 joins British Army Loyal Regiment,served couple years.Lived in Swaziland,came back to London. Became a cameraman for Swedish, Danish, ZDF and BBC prior to becoming a documentary filmmaker. Got a rubber bullet up his bum while filming stone throwers in Belfast. Won the 1973 Chicago Film Festival for “A Place Called Ardoyne.” Created the most publicized exhibition at the Tate in London. Produced a doco for BBC Channel 4 on LS Lowry, and created one of the most influential docos in the late 1970s, "Tolmers, Beginning or End?" Spent 10 years in Hollywood. Developed situation comedies, and feature films and moved to the Pacific Northwest. Traveled the U.S., Canada & Italy, photographing and filming everything from mansions to mobile homes to Jeeps in Alaska. Produced tons of spots, Photo’d 258 national magazine covers. Co-owns a boutique ad agency: “Blackstone Edge.” Has 7 million + YouTube hits with BSE videos. Writes original lyrics for song, Teams up with a Swedish composer Daniel Buhr. Produces a music video for the 2016 Commemoration of the Independence of Ireland.
I want to reinvent how documentaries are watched!
Thousands of short films are watched by few people beyond film festivals, mine included. The most watched videos today are Music Videos. So, I took a political event and put it to music & lyrics and set it to footage from my 1972 documentary on 'The Troubles' in Ardoyne, Belfast, Ireland, which won the 1973 Chicago Film Festival.
Sixteen forward thinking International Film Festivals have officially selected our 2014 film "Ardoyne" and its innovative format.
I wrote the lyrics to “Ardoyne” after 4 decades spent watching the annual July 12th event that occurs in Belfast, stemming from William of Orange and the 1690 Battle of the Boyne. The orchestration of the music by Swedish Film Composer Daniel Buhr is as complex as the history. We start with the Protestant fife tune: "The Sash My Father Wore," a rallying song of the Orange Men. The first drumming lick is the work of a retired British Army drummer, who served in the Inniskillings Dragoons. The second drummer represents the Apprentice Boys marching through Catholic Ardoyne. The bass drummer is mimicking the sound coming from under the bridge in Glasgow. The fife then starts to incorporate Celtic sounds, such as “The Wearing of the Green,” thus mixing the sounds of Ulster and Eire. The musical bridge melds these disparate historical themes together in a way that would be considered sacrilegious by most.
Most impressive of all is fife player Brian Dunning of Dublin, (The Dubliners, Sinead O'Connor, U2, the film "Gangs of New York,") who did an impeccable job of creating a highly complex musical track from his own studio in Dublin, which music producer, Tim Ellis (Portland, OR) then wove into Buhr's song.
I know it takes time for viewers to comprehend challenging artistic endeavors such as this one. The original film was also met with resistance. Banned by the BBC, torn from KCET’s line up as too controversial, the children's paintings, which we animated for the music video, were trashed during a break in at an art gallery in Manchester after being touted at The Tate in London. "A Place Called Ardoyne," was recently chosen by the British Film Institute - from 450,000 British films - to be digitally restored. One day, I believe "Ardoyne," the song, will be sung across all of Ireland and perhaps the world, but, hopefully, I won't have to wait another 40 years to see/hear that!