Category: Exclusives
Capital Irish Film Festival: Colin McIvor – Director of ‘The Zoo’
John Collins spoke to Colin McIvor, whose film ‘Zoo’ opened this year’s Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington D.C.
Alan Gilsenan, Writer / Director of ‘Unless’ & ‘The Meeting’
Stephen Porzio met up with filmmaker Alan Gilsenan to chat about his two films set for Irish cinemas this year.
Review of Irish Film @ ADIFF 2018: Twilight
Fionn Warren enters ‘Twilight’, Pat Collins’ latest documentary.
Review of Irish Film @ ADIFF 2018: Good Favour
Stephen Porzio wanders into Rebecca Daly’s haunting parable.
Review of Irish Film @ ADIFF 2018: The Image You Missed
Síomha McQuinn takes a look at Donal Foreman’s documentary ‘The Image You Missed’, which explores the complexities of a father/son relationship.
Garret Walsh, Director of ‘The Observer Effect’
Anthony Assad caught up with director of ‘The Observer Effect’, Garret Walsh, ahead of his dark thriller’s Dublin premiere.
Sean Clancy. Writer / Director of ‘Locus of Control’
Ahead of its screening at Filmbase, Sean Clancy tells us about his dark comedy about decision and control.
Grainne Humphreys, ADIFF Festival Director
Stephen Porzio caught up with festival director Grainne Humphreys to get a heads-up on this year’s Audi Dublin International Film Festival.
Paul Power, Director of ‘For When I Die’
Director Paul Power talks to us about his film, ‘For When I Die’, which screens at the 2018 Audi Dublin Film Festival.
Watch Irish Short Film: Staccato
Director Eoghan McQuinn gives us the low-down on how the film came together.
Early Irish Cinema: Censoring the Fairies: Finn Varra Maa, the Irish Santa Claus and the Military Authorities in January 1918
Early Irish Cinema takes a trip to the theatre to experience an Irish Christmas pantomime.
Watch Irish Short Film: Radha
‘Radha’ is a 22-minute drama with horror elements. Director Nicolas Courdouan spoke to Film Ireland about the story behind the film.
Actor Barry Ward, ‘Maze’
Gemma Creagh caught up with actor Barry Ward ahead of the Maze’s release on DVD
Kerry Film Festival – Lies we Tell
Eleanor McSherry checks out ‘Lies we Tell’ at the Kerry Film Festival.
Irish Short Film Review: Lily
Sarah Cullen takes a look at ‘Lily’, Graham Cantwell’s short film about a girl with a secret, who is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.
Watch Irish Short Film: Fallen Bird
‘Fallen Bird’ is a short documentary portrait of Irish artist, Eric Boylan.
Early Irish Cinema: Idealizing Everything Irish: The Film Company of Ireland Releases Rafferty’s Rise in late 1917
Denis Condon explores the particular case of the 1917 lost comedy ‘Rafferty’s Rise’.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Michael Inside
Loretta Goff takes a look at Frank Berry’s tale of Michael, a luckless 18-year-old who is misfortunate to be sent to prison.
Review: Lady Bird
Ahead of its February release here, and to celebrate Saoirse Ronan’s Golden Globe win, James Bartlett takes a look at Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’.
Film Ireland Podcast: Episode 31 – A Giant Pile of Falsehoods
In this end of year peachy pod, Sarah Cullen and Richard Drumm reflect on 2017 and pick out their top movies, plus their worst moments – including Richard’s newly diagnosed persicaphobia.
Films of 2017 – Writers’ Choice
Film is the rabbit hole of life. It is a labyrinth of truth and lies, a broken mirror that distorts our fantasies, a dealer of dreams and desires. It is who we are… The Film Ireland family look back on who they were in 2017 and pick out their highlights – and some lowlights – […]
Our Favourite Films of 2017
Our children of the dark emerged from the dreams of film to give us their personal highlights of 2017. The results were translated into data and fed into a bleeping machine which worked overnight to tally up votes and spew forth a Top Ten on perforated paper tape.
Reel Horror Show: Episode 10
To see the year off, our yuletide yetis, Ali Doyle, Conor Dowling, Conor McMahon and Mark Sheridan gathered together roasting corpses on an open fire and discussing their latest horror oglings.
SuperPod: 2017 – A Year of Heroes
The cybernetically reconstructed Richard Drumm is joined by antiquities dealer Paul Farren to aim fire at Justice League and Thor Ragnarock and look back on the year of Superhero and Comic Book Films.
Our Favourite Irish Films of 2017
2017 was another strong year for Irish film with a fine fettle of fiction and fact, reflected in our ten choices. There’s gangsters and spacecrafts – sadly not in the same film – revenge and roller skates, campaigns and epic journeys, love and painters, soul mates and pioneers.
‘The Limit Of…’ Director Alan Mulligan & Actor Laurence O’Fuarain
Ahead of an IFTA screening, Gemma Creagh chatted to Alan Mulligan, the writer/director of ‘The Limit Of…’ and actor Laurence O’Fuarain who plays a man who is pushed to his limits, and beyond, in a tense thriller set against the backdrop of Ireland’s banking sector.
