{"id":29102,"date":"2024-03-08T03:02:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T03:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/will-it-be-a-kind-god\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T03:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T03:02:36","slug":"will-it-be-a-kind-god","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/will-it-be-a-kind-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Will It Be a Kind God?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Smyth is an award-winning film &amp; TV commercials writer\/director. He started in the industry as an editor in 2009 on the TG4 TV series \u2018Rasai na Gaillimhe\u2019 &amp; has worked on numerous productions in Ireland, Canada &amp; the UK including work with ITV, UTV Ireland &amp; RT\u00c9. He has written\/directed\/edited several multi award winning short films funded by RT\u00c9, Filmbase, The Galway Film Centre and Film Limerick. Two of his films have been broadcast on national television &amp; he has been nominated for the \u2018Emerging Directors Awards\u2019 three times in 2018, 2019 &amp; 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Farrelly was the director &amp; a creator of the show \u2018First World Problems\u2019 for RTE &amp; was shortlisted for the \u2018Ones To Watch\u2019 at the Edinburgh TV Festival for his work in writing and development. Jonathan formerly worked with BBC Northern Ireland &amp; has also worked on TV shows for Channel 4, BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, RTE, TV3 and Sky One. Jonathan was a participant at the Celtic Media Festival, the Junior Entertainment Talent Slate 2018 and 2019, the European TV Drama Lab\u2019 at Berlinale &amp; is a regular contributor to Doc.&amp; Drama on Newstalk.<br \/>Previous shorts include Leap of Faith and The Bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Will It Be a Kind God? is a science fiction film set in an alternate time and the aftermath of a World War. 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