Category: News
Cardboard Gangsters Rocks Box Office
‘Cardboard Gangsters’ set to become the biggest Irish film of the year at the Irish box office.
‘Pilgrimage’ in cinemas from 14th July
Brendan Muldowney’s ‘Pilgrimage’ will be released in Irish cinemas on July 14th.
‘The Farthest’ to Screen in Cinemas
Award-winning space exploration film ‘The Farthest’ will be released In Irish cinemas on July 28th.
Galway Film Fleadh Announce Four More Titles
Tom Collins’ ‘Aithrí/Penance’ announced to screen among others.
‘A Break in the Clouds’ Selected for Galway Film Fleadh
‘A Break in the Clouds’, a new Irish short film written, directed and produced by Tristan Heanue has been officially selected to premiere at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh in July.
Galway Film Fleadh Announce Short Film Highlights
This year the Galway Film Fleadh present a total of fourteen short film programmes.
‘Cardboard Gangsters’ Opens Big
‘Cardboard Gangsters’ achieved the biggest opening of any Irish film so far this year at the Irish Box Office.
‘The Clockmaker’s Dream’
‘The Clockmaker’s Dream’ has been officially selected by Shanghai International Film Festival
Aer Lingus Launches Irish Filmmaker Competition
Aer Lingus has partnered with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board to launch a new Irish Filmmaker Competition that will celebrate and support the talent of up-and-coming filmmakers in Ireland.
No Budget present ‘Lift’ @ Filmbase
The screening will be shown at Filmbase in Dublin and followed up by a discussion with the filmmakers.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
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.
Call For: Papers to Light Moves Symposium 2017
The fourth international Light Moves Festival of Screendance symposium announces its open call for papers and presentations entitled Screendance Through the Senses
“95 Decibels” Film In Dublin Highlights Parent Choices For Deaf Children
US-produced ’95 Decibels’ short film will screen at the IFI, exploring the emotional obstacles parents face with an unexpected diagnosis of deafness for their child..
Annual Showcase for Higher Diploma in Television and Digital Media Production Students
The students of the Higher Diploma in Television and Digital Media Production based in Nemeton TV in Gaeltacht na nDéise held their annual showcase in Dungarvan’s SGC Cinema on the 18th of May.
Trailer: Twice Shy
‘Twice Shy’ announced for June 23rd cinema release ahead of Cannes Film Festival screenings this week.
‘Last Services’ Screens @ Fastnet
Bertie Brosnan’s new short art-documentary ‘Last Service’, funded by the Cork City Arts, will screen at this year’s Fastnet Film Festival.
Filming Wraps on ‘Wild Fire Nights’
Filming has wrapped on ‘Wild Fire Nights’, a short drama written and directed by Emma Eliza Regan.
Seána Kerslake to Star in ‘The Hole In The Ground’
Lee Cronin’s directorial debut, ‘The Hole In The Ground’, will star Seána Kerslake as a young single mother who is trapped between rationality and the unexplained.
