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Interview: Patrick O’Shea, director of ‘Tree Keeper’

Interview: Patrick O’Shea, director of ‘Tree Keeper’

December 18, 2012 | Comments (0)

Interview: Ailbhe O’ Reilly caught up with Patrick O’Shea, whose feature ‘Tree Keeper’ is available on DVD, Blu-ray and download.

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Interview: Kirsten Sheridan – on writing and her new feature, ‘Dollhouse’.

Interview: Kirsten Sheridan – on writing and her new feature, ‘Dollhouse’.

December 9, 2012 | Comments (2)

Kirsten Sheridan talks to Steven Galvin about her approach to writing and her feature ‘Dollhouse’, which is screening in cinemas now.

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Interview: Death of a Superhero Interview with Producer Michael Garland and Director Ian FitzGibbon

Interview: Death of a Superhero Interview with Producer Michael Garland and Director Ian FitzGibbon

November 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

Full article by Paul Webster

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IFI French Film Festival 2012: Augustine

IFI French Film Festival 2012: Augustine

November 17, 2012 | Comments (0)

The IFI French Film Festival 2012 continued on Friday with the powerful period drama ‘Augustine’ based on a bizarre relationship between doctor and patient. Steven Galvin was admitted to the Salpêtrière hospital.

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Irish Women in Film Series: Mary Duffin

Irish Women in Film Series: Mary Duffin

November 14, 2012 | Comments (0)

Continuing Caroline Farrell’s Irish Women in Film Series: Mary Duffin

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Out Now: Film Ireland: The Winter Issue 2012 – Issue 143

Out Now: Film Ireland: The Winter Issue 2012 – Issue 143

November 13, 2012 | Comments (0)

A Winter Wonderland of Irish Film. The latest issue of Film Ireland is out now and it’s packed tighter than Santa’s Bag. We’ve got more Oscar® material than Katharine Hepburn. So make sure there’s a copy is under your tree this Christmas…

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Reviews: Out Now! This Week’s Cinema Releases

Reviews: Out Now! This Week’s Cinema Releases

November 2, 2012 | Comments (0)

The latest films reviewed.

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Bloody Countdown to Halloween – Psycho

Bloody Countdown to Halloween – Psycho

October 30, 2012 | Comments (0)

Steven Galvin on ‘Psycho’.

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Bloody Countdown to Halloween: Alien

Bloody Countdown to Halloween: Alien

October 24, 2012 | Comments (1)

Peter White on ‘Alien’.

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Bloody Countdown to Halloween: Halloween

Bloody Countdown to Halloween: Halloween

October 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

Gemma Creagh on ‘Halloween’.

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Bloody Countdown to Halloween: Salem’s Lot

Bloody Countdown to Halloween: Salem’s Lot

October 22, 2012 | Comments (0)

Charlene Lydon on ‘Salem’s Lot’.

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Interview: Geraldine McAlinden (‘Portrait of a Zombie’) at the Underground Cinema Film Festival

Interview: Geraldine McAlinden (‘Portrait of a Zombie’) at the Underground Cinema Film Festival

September 14, 2012 | Comments (0)

Carmen Bryce braved the undead to catch a few words with Geraldine McAlinden, who stars in ‘Portrait of a Zombie’ which opened the Underground Cinema Film Festival on Thursday. It was the film’s Dublin premiere.

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Underground Cinema Film Festival: Thursday Preview

Underground Cinema Film Festival: Thursday Preview

September 12, 2012 | Comments (0)

This year’s Underground Cinema Film Festival kicks off on Thursday. Check out what’s going on.

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Irish Women in Film: Sarah Daly

Irish Women in Film: Sarah Daly

September 12, 2012 | Comments (0)

Continuing Caroline Farrell’s Irish Women in Film Series: Sarah Daly.

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Irish Women in Film Series: Shannon Moncrief

Irish Women in Film Series: Shannon Moncrief

September 4, 2012 | Comments (0)

Continuing Caroline Farrell’s Irish Women in Film Series: Shannon Moncrief.

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We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Guard

We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Guard

August 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

Rory Cashin on ‘The Guard’.

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Celebrating 25 years of Film Ireland magazine, Exhibition Piece 5 – Issue 39 Feb/Mar 1994 ‘Low Fat Filmmaking’ interview with ‘Ailsa’ Producer Ed Guiney and Director Paddy Breathnach

Celebrating 25 years of Film Ireland magazine, Exhibition Piece 5 – Issue 39 Feb/Mar 1994 ‘Low Fat Filmmaking’ interview with ‘Ailsa’ Producer Ed Guiney and Director Paddy Breathnach

August 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

Dearbhla Regan talks to director Paddy Breathnach and producer Ed Guiney about their experiences making ‘Ailsa’ a psychological drama set in Dublin.

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Last Chance to Apply for Filmbase Masters Courses in Feature Film and Creative Documentary Production

Last Chance to Apply for Filmbase Masters Courses in Feature Film and Creative Documentary Production

August 28, 2012 | Comments (1)

Masters in both Digital Feature Film and Creative Documentary Production starting in September.

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Interview: Len Wiseman, director of ‘Total Recall’

Interview: Len Wiseman, director of ‘Total Recall’

August 27, 2012 | Comments (0)

David Neary met up with Len Wiseman, director of ‘Total Recall’ – out in cinemas this week

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We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Commitments

We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Commitments

August 24, 2012 | Comments (1)

James Phelan on ‘The Commitments’.

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Celebrating 25 years of Film Ireland magazine, Exhibition Piece 4 – Issue 36 Aug/Sep 1993 Interview with Lelia Doolan, chair of The Irish Film Board ‘On The Board’.

Celebrating 25 years of Film Ireland magazine, Exhibition Piece 4 – Issue 36 Aug/Sep 1993 Interview with Lelia Doolan, chair of The Irish Film Board ‘On The Board’.

August 23, 2012 | Comments (1)

Film Ireland’s first editor Johnny Gogan interviews Lelia Doolan who was the chair of The Irish Film Board in 1993.

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Irish Women in Film Series: Vittoria Colonna

Irish Women in Film Series: Vittoria Colonna

August 23, 2012 | Comments (1)

Continuing Caroline Farrell’s Irish Women in Film Series: Vittoria Colonna.

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Interview: Writer/Director Johnny Gogan

Interview: Writer/Director Johnny Gogan

August 21, 2012 | Comments (0)

Film Ireland’s first editor and current board member of the Irish Film Board talks to Rose Byrne.

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IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: Very Extremely Dangerous

IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: Very Extremely Dangerous

August 20, 2012 | Comments (0)

‘Very Extremely Dangerous’ screened on Saturday afternoon as part of the IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012.

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Celebrating 25 years of Film Ireland magazine, Exhibition Piece 3 – Issue 16 Feb/Mar 1990 Nell McCafferty ‘Cyanide and Snuff’

Celebrating 25 years of Film Ireland magazine, Exhibition Piece 3 – Issue 16 Feb/Mar 1990 Nell McCafferty ‘Cyanide and Snuff’

August 20, 2012 | Comments (1)

Nell McCafferty views hardcore pornography in a room of women in Trinity College Dublin in 1990 and writes a report.

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IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: The Gentleman Prizefighter

IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: The Gentleman Prizefighter

August 20, 2012 | Comments (0)

Andrew Gallimore’s ‘The Gentleman Prizefighter’ opened up Saturday’s proceedings at IFI Stranger Than Fiction documentary festival.

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IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: 5 Broken Cameras

IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012: 5 Broken Cameras

August 18, 2012 | Comments (0)

’5 Broken Cameras’ kicked off Friday’s screenings at the IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2012.

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We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Dead

We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Dead

August 16, 2012 | Comments (1)

Daire Walsh on ‘The Dead’.

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We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Crying Game

We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film – The Crying Game

August 14, 2012 | Comments (0)

Ciara O’Brien on ‘The Crying Game’.

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We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film

We Love… 25 Years of Irish Film

August 14, 2012 | Comments (1)

So Film Ireland magazine is 25 years old. Over those years Ireland has produced some great films which have been successful both here and abroad – not to mention nabbing a few Oscars® along the way. And so over the next couple of weeks Film Ireland’s army of cinema dwellers look back over the last 25 years and recall their favourite Irish films

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