Category: Featured
Natasha Waugh, Director of ‘Mother’
Gemma Creagh sat down with Natasha Waugh, the director of ‘Mother’, which is screening at this year’s Cork Film Festival.
Treasa O’Brien, Writer/Director of ‘Town of Strangers’
Writer/Director Treasa O’Brien takes us behind the story of ‘Town of Strangers’, a film about a stranger who comes to make a film in the small town of Gort in the West of Ireland, and the people she meets when she holds auditions
Roisin Kearney, Producer of ‘Prodigy’
Producer Roisin Kearney tells Film Ireland about Prodigy, in which a young boy begins to suspect his new neighbour is a world-famous pianist who has been missing for over twenty years.
Watch: Lee Cronin’s ‘Ghost Train’
We chat to Lee Cronin about his short film ‘Ghost Train’, which is now available to watch just in time to get you in the ghoulish mood.
Book Review: The Coen Brothers. This Book Really Ties the Films Together
“I don’t pretend to be a critic, but lord knows I have a gut, and my gut tells me it’s simply marvellous.”
Paul Bushe & Brian O’Neill, Directors of ‘Killers Within’
Directors Brian O’Neill and Paul Bushe talk to Film Ireland about their feature ‘Killers Within’, which screens at this year’s IFI Horrorthon.
Aislinn Clarke, Director of ‘The Devil’s Doorway’
David Prendeville spoke to director Aislinn Clarke about her film ‘The Devil’s Doorway’, which screens at this year’s IFI Horrorthon.
John Gleeson, Director of ‘Follywood’
John Gleeson introduces us to his comedy web series Follywood.
Irish Film Review: Rosie
David Deignan reflects on Roddy Doyle’s powerful and poignant story that takes aim at Ireland’s homelessness crisis.
Robbie Walsh, Director of ‘S.P.L.I.T.’
Ahead of its cinema release, Robbie Walsh tells us how he made ‘S.P.L.I.T.’ out of nothing.
Irish Film Review: Under The Clock
June Butler finds stories of love and loss, hope and disappointment that all began under the clock.
‘Con’ a 7,000 Euro Irish Feature Film
Bertie Brosnan gives us the lowdown on his latest feature, which will premiere at Kerry Film Festival on the 21st of October, 2018.
Early Irish Cinema: Cinema on the Brain in August 1918
Denis Condon explores how cinema gave rise to the criminal behaviour / entrepreneurial spirit of the young Boland gang 100 years ago.
Katrina Costello, Director of ‘The Silver Branch’
June Butler spoke with director Katrina Costello about her documentary ‘The Silver Branch’, which tells the story of Patrick McCormack, a farmer and poet whose family have lived in the Burren for generations.
On the Red Carpet Podcast: The Little Stranger
Gemma Creagh was at the European premiere of Lenny Abrahamson’s new film ‘The Little Stranger’ at the Light House cinema in Dublin and talked to Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Lenny Abrahamson and Ruth Wilson.
Cathal Kenna, Director of ‘For Molly’
Ahead of its release in selected cinemas this weekend we caught up with Cathal Kenna director of For Molly to chat about his feature which deals with the subject of a young Irish couple coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis.
Brian Lally, Director of ‘The Curious Works of Roger Doyle’
Ahead of it’s screening at the IFI Doc Film fest, Brian Lally tells us about his retrospective look at five decades of celebrated composer and the “godfather of Irish electronic music” Roger Doyle
James Frecheville, Actor, ‘Black 47’
James Frecheville talks about his role in Lance Daly’s revenge thriller.
Maurice Sweeney, Director of ‘I, Dolours’
Gemma Creagh talks to Maurice Sweeney about his documentary, based on lengthy interviews with Dolours Price and extensive reconstructions.
Early Irish Cinema: When Did Love Come to Gavin Burke? An Irish Film Finds an Audience in Early Summer 1918
Denis Condon breathes life into the obscure 1917 Film Company of Ireland film ‘When Love Came to Gavin Burke’.
Irish Film Review: A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot
Siomha McQuinn takes a look at Sinéad O’Shea’s “compelling, challenging and at times chilling” documentary.
Irish Film Review: I, Dolours
Gemma Creagh takes in Dolours Price’s story of a troubled life and death in the IRA.
Early Irish Cinema: “A Photo-Play of Unique National Interest”: Seeing Knocknagow in Irish Cinemas, January-April 1918
Denis Condon introduces ‘Knocknagow’, “the most significant film made in Ireland during the silent period.”
