Category: Exclusives
Actors Doing It For Themselves
Since the beginning of cinema, there has been a fashion for performers creating their own work. Film Ireland spoke to various actors working in Ireland about juggling roles in front of and behind the camera.
From the Archive: Lens Flair – an interview with Director of Photography PJ Dillon
Steven Galvin caught up with PJ Dillon to discuss his craft, working on ‘Ripper Street’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ and his work on the Irish sci-fi feature ‘Earthbound’, which was released in cinemas earlier this year.
Early Irish Cinema: Serial Queens and Super Villains
Denis Condon’s blog Early Irish Cinema looks back at the early development of cinema in Ireland on the anniversaries of those developments and offers information on what cinemagoers could have seen in Irish cinemas a century ago. Here Denis takes a look back at November 1913. Early Irish Cinema What’s On in Irish Cinemas – 100 [...]
The Cat’s Out of the Bag – a Talk from the Talent Behind ‘Love/Hate’
The Galway Film Centre’s TV drama seminar this October featured a ‘Love/Hate’ panel – attended by series creator/writer Stuart Carolan, director David Caffrey and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. Gemma Creagh was there to find out about RTÉ’s most successful drama.
Report from The Blackrock Animation Awards
Ruth Hurl reports from The Blackrock Animation Awards, which took place in October.
From the Archive: From the Biscuit Tin to the Big Screen
Once home movies and now national treasures, Tony Tracy takes us through some vintage homemade cinema from the Irish Film Archive.
Interview: Nick Ryan, director of ‘The Summit’
‘The Summit’ tells the true story of the tragic deaths of 11 mountain climbers, including Limerick man Ger McDonnell, in the worst K2 climbing disaster in history. Matt Micucci chats to director Nick Ryan about the Irish feature-length documentary that is released in cinemas today.
Interview: Rebecca Daly, director of ‘The Other Side of Sleep’
‘The Other Side of Sleep’ is released today on DVD. Amanda Spencer caught up with director Rebecca Daly to chat about the film.
Festival Report: Irish Film at the 2013 Busan International Film Festival
Five Irish directors participated in the Korean festival’s National Cinema spotlight under the programme “Rogues, Rebels and Romantics: A Season of Irish Cinema.”
Interview: Philip Ilson, curator of audio-visual experimentation at the Cork Film Festival
Matt Micucci delves into the audio-visual experimentation that featured at this year’s Cork Film Festival and chatted to curator Philip Ilson about the three events.
Interview: Claire Dix, director of ‘Broken Song’
Anthony Assad chats to director Claire Dix about music, redemption and the struggle to find and articulate meaning in an often chaotic world.
Interview: Maurice O’Callaghan, director of ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’
Matt Micucci sat down with director Maurice O’Callaghan at the 58th Cork Film Festival to discuss his film ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’, which screened last weekend.
Interview: Jeremy Lovering, director of ‘In Fear’
David Prendeville discovers what exactly is In Fear as he chats to Jeremy Lovering about his new film set in rural Ireland, which recently opened the IFI Hororthon and goes on general release on Friday.
Shooting a Feature Film on a Shoestring – Part V
Gerard Walsh continues his production blog as he sets out to shoot a feature film with €400, 6 days, a few friends and a cast of loyal actors.
Just “Like” Jesse James
Tony McKiver takes aim at the quest to revive ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ‘.
IFI Ireland on Sunday Interview: Michelle Deignan, director of ‘Breaking Ground: the Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre’
Steven Galvin chats to Michelle Deignan director of ‘’Breaking Ground: the Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre’, a revealing exploration of the radical organisation founded in the early ’80s by women in order to represent and support generations of Irish women in London.
Interview: James Mullighan, Director of the Cork Film Festival
With the 58th Cork Film Festival kicking off this weekend, Glenn Caldecott sat down with the newly-appointed festival director James Mullighan to talk about what audiences can expect from Cork this year.
From the Archive: Finding the Cinematic Story in History
Díóg O’Connell compares ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ to ‘The Magdalene Sisters’, arguing that, in order to draw due attention to historical events, filmmakers must learn to subordinate factual accuracy to the creation of the emotional structure required by good storytelling.
What’s the Point of Film Festivals?
Director Ross Whitaker, who recently programmed this year’s IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival, writes about the two experiences that reminded him why festivals are so special.
… Halloween. Arghhhh – Screen Screams. Memories of Horror
In honour of Halloween, Film Ireland’s children of the night recall one of their favourite Horror Films.
Interview: Dânia Lucas, director of ‘Road to Revolution’
Film Ireland caught up with Portuguese director, Dânia Lucas, to find out more about the transmedia documentary ‘Road to Revolution’, produced by Ireland’s beActive production company.
Spotlight: Midnight Man
Paul O Sullivan watches ‘Midnight Man’ alone in the dark and chats to Irish director Rob Kennedy about his horror debut feature, which screens as part of this years IFI Horrorthon.
From the Archive: Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins: A Look at Bernard Herrmann
His career bridged Welles and Scorsese, taking in Hitchcock, Truffaut, and DePalma along the way. Lir Mac Cárthaigh explores the life and work Bernard Herrmann, one of the greatest film composers of all time.
Interview: Paul Duane, director of ‘Very Extremely Dangerous’
Film Ireland spoke to director Paul Duane to find out more about his compelling film and the “original rock and roll outlaw”.
BFI London Film Festival
Matt Micucci continues his reports from the 56th BFI London Film Festival with a look at Youth and Terry Gilliam’s latest film, ‘The Zero Theorem’.
Interview: Tom Ryan, director of ‘Trampoline’
Glenn Caldecott bounced some ideas around with first-time writer/director Tom Ryan about his debut feature film, ‘Trampoline’, and the challenges of independence.
From the Archive: Five Ways To Kill Your Script
Film Ireland gets some not-to-be-ignored advice from James Bartlett, story analyst to the Sundance Institute amongst other illustrious organisation.
Interview: Alex Fegan, director of ‘The Irish Pub’
Eileen Leahy pulled up a barstool to have a chat with director Alex Fegan about his feature documentary.
Spotlight: Eliot & Me
Chris Lavery shines a light on ‘Eliot & Me’, a low-budget Dublin-based children’s film, which screens at the Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People in Belfast this weekend.
Interview: Joe Lawlor, co-director of ‘Mister John’
Matt Micucci sat down with director Joe Lawlor to chat about ‘Mister John’, which he co-directed with Christine Molloy.
