Category: Festivals
Paul Schrader to Receive Volta Award at ADIFF 2018
Acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader to receive prestigious Volta Award and present new film First Reformed at ADIFF 2018
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Photo City
Loretta Goff send us a snapshot of ‘Photo City’, a portrait of photography itself as told through the lens of the citizens of a place defined by the art form.
Kerry Film Festival – T.A.L.K: What is your Film Festival Action Plan?
Eleanor McSherry was at the second discussion at T.A.L.K – What is your Film Festival Action Plan?
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Writing Home
Jack O’Dwyer puts pen to paper about the romantic comedy ‘Writing Home’, made as part of the Filmbase Masters Course.
Kerry Film Festival – T.A.L.K Creative Kerry Abroad
Eleanor McSherry was at the Creative Kerry Abroad session of T.A.L.K, a set of sessions including panel discussions, in conversation and Q& A sessions.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: No Party for Billy Burns
Loretta Goff rides into town and checks out Padraig Conaty’s film about a shy and awkward, Wild West obsessed Billy Burns, whose cheerful cowboy fixation masks the scars of a childhood tragedy.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: The Lodgers
Loretta Goff gets gothic at ‘The Lodgers’, which screened at the Cork Film Festival.
‘The Breadwinner’ Premieres @ ADIFF
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival has announced the Irish premiere of Nora Twomey’s animated feature film, The Breadwinner and the launch of the Silent Cinema programme for the 2018 festival.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Condemned to Remember
Sean O’Rourke reviews Gerry Gregg’s film in which Irish Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental celebrates his 80th birthday in a Dublin Mosque and embarks on epic journey across a Europe in turmoil.
Irish Film Festival London Full Line-up
The Irish Film Festival London runs 29th Nov – 3rd Dec 2017.
Review of Irish Film @ Kerry Film Festival: Irish Stories – Shorts Programme
Eleanor McSherry finds strong stories being told at the Irish Stories – Shorts Programme at the Kerry Film Festival.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Local Films for Local People: Cork on Camera
Jack O’Dwyer was at the Cork Film Festival for Local Films for Local People: Cork on Camera, a programme of short films made in and about Cork from the collections of the IFI Irish Film Archive.
Review of Irish Film @ Kerry Film Festival: The Crest
Eleanor McSherry was at the Kerry Film Festival for opening night film, ‘The Crest’, a story of family, immigration and the value of tradition and culture.
Cork Film Festival Announce 2017 Winners
Irish short film ‘Wave’ is in contention for an Oscar®, after being selected as the Grand Prix Irish Short winner at the Cork Film Festival.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Sean O’Rourke gets festive for ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’, which screened at the Cork Film Festival.
‘Leap of Faith’ Screens at Foyle
RTE/Filmbase funded ‘Leap of Faith’ to screen at Foyle as part of the ‘Light In Motion Awards’
Steve Kenny, Writer/Director of ‘Time Traveller’
Steve Kenny turns back time with Film Ireland to chat about his short film. Time Traveller is the story of a Back To The Future-obsessed 10 year-old named Martin, who is trying to build his very own DeLorean out of an old car and bits of scrap. When Martin’s family is told they are to […]
Review of Irish Film @ IFI Documentary Festival: Elián
Naomi Shea reviews Tim Golden and Ross McDonnell’s film about Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida coast in 1999, and how the fight over his future sparked a flashpoint for simmering US and Cuban tensions.
Paul Horan, Writer/Director of ‘Bless Me Father’
Film Ireland absolves writer / director Paul Horan ahead of ‘Bless Me Father’s screening at the Cork Film Festival.
Cork Film Festival to Open with Festive Treat
Opening gala night features Irish premiere of ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’
Kerry Film Festival – Score
Eleanor McSherry takes note of ‘Score’ at the Kerry Film Festival, in which Hollywood’s top composers take viewers inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world’s most beloved and mysterious music genre.
Review of Irish Film @ IFI Documentary Festival: It Tolls For Thee
Sarah Cullen rings the bell for Andrew Gallimore’s film about Irishwoman Mary Elmes, an unsung heroine of the Spanish Civil War.
Tales from Kerry Film Festival 2017
Eleanor McSherry was at the Kerry Film Festival and sent us on a flavour of what went on this year.
Kerry Film Festival: Student Tales – Shorts Programme
Eleanor McSherry goes back to college for the ‘Student Tales’ Short Films at the Kerry Film Festival.
Industry Days at the Cork Film Festival
Two industry days at the Cork Film festival – First Take on Thursday November 16th and Doc Day on Friday November 17th.
Foyle Film Festival Marks 30th Anniversary With Ten Day Celebration
Northern Ireland’s only Oscar-affiliated film festival launches a ten-day anniversary programme of premieres, exclusive screenings and special guest events, running from November 17 to 26.
Dublin Feminist Film Festival 2017 Announce Programme
The Dublin Feminist Film Festival takes place from Thursday 16th – Saturday 18th November 2017.
Dub Web Fest
Dub Web Fest, Ireland’s only web series festival announces a diverse schedule for its third edition (24th-26th November) in the Generator in Dublin’s vibrant Smithfield district.
Diarmuid Doran, Director of ‘Boomerang’
Diarmuid Doran guides Film Ireland through his hypnotic trip.
Kerry Film Festival – Orchestrate – Short Programme
Eleanor McSherry conducts a report from the Orchestrate -Shorts Programme at the Kerry Film Festival.
