Gemma Creagh talks to Chiara Viala about feature debut, The New Music, a musical drama revolving around the life of a pianist with Young Onset Parkinson’s and the punk band that changes his life.
The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival returns for its 2020 edition, bringing with it 12 days of the best of world cinema to Dublin alongside an exciting range of new Irish films. Here we preview the Irish films on offer.
This year is the 45th anniversary of the release of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’. Writer and broadcaster Ann Marie Hourihan tells us why the film is still relevant today.
Áine Stapleton introduces us to her film Horrible Creature, which screens on Wednesday, 8th January 2020 at 18.30 at the IFI as part of IFI & First Fortnight January 2020.
We want to keep you up to date with film-related events happening around the country that may be of interest. We’ll update the list as events come in.
Richard Drumm and Sarah Cullen cast an eye over 2019 and reveal some of their high and lows of the year.
Film Ireland is always delighted to attend the Cork Film Festival and thanks to the lovely festival organisers we are able to cover as much Irish film as we can.
2019 proved to be another strong year for Irish film with over 30 films making their way to a cinema release. We pick our 10 favourites of the year – 5 feature films & 5 documentaries.
Film is the great liberator. It frees us from our physical state of embodied inertia. It is the emancipation of consciousness. And, as En Vogue so rightly concluded, once you have achieved this conscious freedom, the rest will follow.
Our writers have been busy voting for their favourite films of the year. Film Ireland spared no expense and spent €2 million on a calculator to tally the votes. Unfortunately, the calculator was too large to fit in the editor’s desk so after resorting to a trusty abacus, the votes were counted and the results announced.