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Film Festivals 2017 – Here & Abroad
Keep track of all the Film Festivals in Ireland and the Irish Film Festivals around the world in 2017.
Filmbase Short ‘Leap Of Faith’ Wins IMRO ‘Scoring For Film’ Competition
One of Filmbase’s ‘Short Shots’ funded projects, ‘Leap of Faith’, has been announced as one of the winners of the ‘RTE Scoring For Film Programme’, in association with IMRO.
‘Halal Daddy’ Premieres at Edinburgh Film Festival & in Cinemas 30 June
Written by Sligo native McDermottroe and ‘Viva’ screenwriter Mark O’Halloran.
Zoe Kavanagh: Director and Co-Writer of ‘Demon Hunter’
Mark Sheridan talks to writer / director Zoe Kavanagh about her film ‘Demon Hunter’, which plays in select cinemas June 6th.
Watch ‘Sunshine Ukulele’
Irish filmmaker Graham Jones is releasing a new ‘anti-feel good film’ called ‘Sunshine Ukelele’.
Galway Film Centre Summer Animation Camp
Galway City of Film have announced a Summer Animation Camp at Galway Film Centre this July. Summer Animation Camp will run from Monday July 17th to Friday 21st from 10am and 3.30pm at Cluain Mhuire.
Cork Film Festival Brings Cinema to Cork City’s Central Library
The Cork Film Festival will be the first Irish festival to pilot a new European-wide project to bring festival films to public libraries.
‘Without Name’ Receives Irish & UK On Demand release
Lorcan Finnegan’s ‘Without Name’set for Irish & UK On Demand.
‘A Cambodian Spring’ Premieres @ Brooklyn Film Festival
The powerful documentary, ‘A Cambodian Spring’, a film by Irish filmmaker Chris Kelly, will have its US premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival.
Call For: Volunteers for Galway Film Fleadh
The Galway Film Fleadh is now accepting volunteer applications for this year’s festival.
Call For: Submissions for The One Minute Film Festival
Galway City of Film in partnership with Galway Film Centre and the Galway Film Fleadh have announced the return of The One Minute Film Festival.
Call For: Submissions for Kerry Film Festival
Kerry Film Festival is now accepting short and feature film submissions.
Call For: Content Producer
Based on an internship/temporary contract basis with opportunity for full time, longer term: €TBC
Irish-Backed ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Wins @ Cannes
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou have picked up the award for Best Screenplay at the closing ceremony of the 70th Cannes Film Festival for the Irish-backed The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
John Ford Biographer Joseph McBride to Talk at Huston School of Film & Digital Media
Huston School of Film and Digital Media (NUI Galway) welcome Joseph McBride, author of the award-winning biography Searching for John Ford (2001) for a public lecture.
‘Boujeloud: Father of Skins’ Wins @ Mexico International Film Festival
Daragh McCarthy’s documentary ‘Boujeloud: Father of Skin’s has won a Bronze Palm in the Short Documentary category at the 2017 Mexico International Film Festival.
Lady’s First International Film Festival
A huge line-up of independent international films, documentaries, shorts and music videos along with one animation movie.
Dublin Dance Festival screens The Ferryman
Dublin Dance Festival is presenting The Ferryman as part of the festival’s 2017 programme, with a screening at Project Arts Centre Sunday 28th May.
Dustin Hoffman Retrospective @ IFI
The Irish Film Institute announces a retrospective of the work of Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman.
Report from Rome: Celebrating Ten Years of the Irish Film Festa
Áine O’Healy takes in the celebrations at the Irish Film Festa tenth anniversary.
Funding: Cine4 Development Scheme
TG4, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board (BSÉ) and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) have joined in launching the Cine4 Development Scheme, a new joint-funding initiative to support the development and production of feature films in the Irish language.
