The New Frontier

A dynamic audiovisual perspective on American history driven by John F Kennedy's powerful 'New Frontier' speech.

In July 1960, after winning the Democratic Nomination for the Presidential election, John Fitzgerald Kennedy spoke at the ceremony of acceptance in the Los Angeles Coliseum. He faced west towards a setting sun and addressed 80,000 democrats and thirty-five million Americans watching him on television. Behind him stretched America...

The New Frontier is available on Digi-Beta/Beta SP/DVD and all digital formats.

4 minutes/Colour/English Language/4:3 Letterboxed at 1:2.1

The New Frontier was broadcast by RTE's Network 2 television station on November 22nd 2003, the fortieth anniversary of John F Kennedy's assassination. The short film screened in front of Oliver Stone's feature, JFK.



FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

The Galway Film Fleadh 2003

The New Frontier premiered at the The Galway Film Fleadh Animation Show
12.30pm, Sunday July 13th 2003 at The Town Hall Theatre, Galway, Ireland

CORK FILM FESTIVAL 2003
Irish Shorts Programme 3, Friday 17th October 2003, 4.30pm, Kino Cinema, Cork, Ireland

BLIND@DEAF Festival Electronica 2003
Monday 20th October 2003, 9.30pm, Meeting Place Square, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland

KERRY FILM FESTIVAL 2003
 Competition Entries 5, Saturday 25th October 2003 - Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee, Ireland. The festival ran between October 20th - 26th 2003.

13ª Mostra Curta Cinema and 9th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2003
The New Frontier screenings schedule:
ECHOES Screenings
Cine Odeon BR 28 november 2003 - 21.00h
Estação Botafogo Sala 3 30 november 2003 - 17.00h
CCBB - Sala de Cinema 05 december 2003 - 14.00h

Annecy 2004
Short films in Panorama
Screenings:
10th June 2004 - 2300hrs - Bonlieu - Petite Salle
11th June 2004 - 1600hrs - Salle Pierre Lamy

Darklight 2004 Film Festival
Dublin's Darklight 2004 Film Festival (November 17th to 21st 2004).

Feile Beochan 2005
Irish Competition at the Feile Beochan Irish Animation Festival which took place in Killkenny on the first weekend of September 2005. 

Broadcast on Ireland's RTE Network 2 on November 22nd 2003, the fortieth anniversary of John F Kennedy's assassination. The New Frontier screened in front of Oliver Stone's feature, JFK.

AN OWEN FITZPATRICK / ROCKET ANIMATION PRODUCTION

FEATURING THE VOICE OF JOHN F KENNEDY
ANIMATION & FX BY MARTIN O'GRADY
LAYOUTS & BACKGROUNDS BY OWEN FITZPATRICK
SOUND & FINAL MIX BY KEITH ALEXANDER & STEVE MCGRATH / LIME STREET SOUND

DIGITAL IMAGE TRANSFER BY IAN O'BRIEN / WINDMILL LANE
ONLINE AND TRACKLAY BY SHAYNE MURPHY / WINDMILL LANE
EDITED BY RONAN O'MUIRGHEASA
PRODUCED BY OWEN FITZPATRICK & STEPHEN KENNAUGH
DIRECTED BY OWEN FITZPATRICK

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