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The Dream Report

A deadpan sci-fi interweaving moments of familiar routine with esoteric messages from deep space.

  • Jack O'Shea
    Director
    A Coat Made Dark
  • Jack O'Shea
    Writer
    A Coat Made Dark
  • Jack O'Shea
    Producer
  • Peter Campion
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 7, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Galway Film Fleadh
    Galway
    Ireland
    July 14, 2019
    Irish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Linoleum International Animation and Media Art Festival
    Kiev
    Ukraine
    September 5, 2019
    Ukrainian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Insomnia International Animation Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    July 18, 2019
    Russian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Tofuzi International Animated Film Festival
    Batumi
    Georgia
    October 21, 2019
    Georgia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival
    Banja Luka
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Official Selection
  • Paris International Animation Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    French Premiere
  • Kerry International Film Festival
    Kerry
    Ireland
    October 20, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Thessaloniki Animation Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    October 10, 2019
    Official Selection
  • London International Animation Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 30, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Festival Atmospheres
    Paris
    France
    October 11, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Cork International Film Festival
    Cork
    Ireland
    November 15, 2019
    Cork Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Animation Marathon
    Athens
    Greece
    November 21, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Offline Film Festival
    Offaly
    Ireland
    October 12, 2019
    Official Selection
  • CutOut Fest
    Queretaro
    Mexico
    November 14, 2019
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Jack O'Shea

Jack O’Shea is an award-winning animator and filmmaker.
His short films have screened at over one hundred festivals worldwide including Sundance, Annecy, and Clermont-Ferrand.
His further work ranges from directing music videos to writing for children's television. He is currently an associate lecturer in Animation at the National Film School, Ireland.

Selected Awards:
Discovery Award Dublin International Film Festival 2016
Zlatko Grgic Award Animafest Zagreb 2016
Grand Prix Anibar 2016
Grand Prix Paris International Animation Film Festival 2016

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Director Statement

The Dream Report draws on the interplay between the bizarre and the familiar, for which animation is uniquely suited.
The film alludes to features of the science fiction genre as a device to facilitate the central character's familiar plight of ennui.