Category: Exclusives
Conor Armstrong Sanfey, Director of ‘Lift’
Mark Sheridan talks to Conor Armstrong Sanfey about his debut feature ‘Lift’, which screens at Filmbase on 21st June.
Early Irish Cinema: A New Industry: The Film Company of Ireland’s First Season
Denis Condon takes a look at the Film Company of Ireland’s First Season one hundred years ago.
Mark O’Connor, Co-writer & Director of ‘Cardboard Gangsters’
Paul Farren sat down with Mark O’Connor to talk about his latest film ‘Cardboard Gangsters’.
Zoe Kavanagh: Director and Co-Writer of ‘Demon Hunter’
Mark Sheridan talks to writer / director Zoe Kavanagh about her film ‘Demon Hunter’, which plays in select cinemas June 6th.
Watch ‘Sunshine Ukulele’
Irish filmmaker Graham Jones is releasing a new ‘anti-feel good film’ called ‘Sunshine Ukelele’.
Report from Rome: Celebrating Ten Years of the Irish Film Festa
Áine O’Healy takes in the celebrations at the Irish Film Festa tenth anniversary.
Get into Film: Alan Maher, Producer
As he represents Ireland at the EFP Producer on the Move programme at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Mark Coffey talks to Alan Maher about his life in film.
Irish Film Review: In View
Seán Crosson is moved by Ciaran Creagh’s “powerful and unsettling” feature ‘In View’.
Caoilfhionn Dunne, Actor, ‘In View’
Gemma Creagh talks to actor Caoilfhionn Dunne about her role in Ciaran Creagh’s ‘In View’.
SuperPod: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
After being hired by a powerful alien race to protect their precious batteries from invaders, our superhero team return from their trip throughout the cosmos to discuss ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’.
Cannes 2017: Quinzaine – Directors Fortnight
Séamas McSwiney previews the 49th annual edition of the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight section.
Podcast: Q&A with Lorcan Finnegan, director of ‘Without Name’ at the IFI
Following a screening of Without Name at the IFI, director Lorcan Finnegan took part in a Q&A with Mark Sheridan to talk about his supernatural eco-horror film.
Ross Whitaker: What I Learned Making ‘Between Land and Sea’
Ross Whitaker tells us about his experiences making Between Land and Sea and what he learned along the watery way.
Film Ireland Podcast: Episode 28 – More Guns Less Talking
Richard Drumm and Sarah Cullen are back with their chit and their chat about the world of cinema.
Podcast: Irish Film Festival Boston
Carrie Drzik was at the 2017 Irish Film Festival Boston and met some of the attending filmmakers.
Interview: Nick Hamm, Director of ‘The Journey’
Shane Hennessy caught up with director Nick Hamm to explore the journey behind his fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland.
Podcast: Interview with Duncan Campbell
Conor Dowling talks to Turner Prize-winner Duncan Campbell about his latest work ‘The Welfare of Tomás Ó Hallissy’.
Interview with Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, producer of ‘Lady Macbeth’
Grace Corry talks to Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, the producer of ‘Lady Macbeth’.
Reel Horrorshow: Episode 7
Flesheaters Conor McMahon, Conor Dowling and Mark Sheridan delve into the dark to discuss the latest delicacies they’ve dined upon.
Tips: Ten Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started Out
Writer Stephen Walsh gives us 10 tips he wishes he had got when he began writing.
Early Irish Cinema: Shadows of Revolution in Irish Cinemas, March 1917
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. Among the offerings at Dublin’s Bohemian Picture for the first three days of the week beginning 19 […]
Cannes Opener 2017
Séamas McSwiney previews the delights on offer at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Podcast: Liam Gavin, ‘A Dark Song’
Paul Farren caught up with director Liam Gavin to chat about his character-driven horror ‘A Dark Song’.
Get Into Film: Steve Gunn talks to Graham Cantwell
Filmmaker Graham Cantwell chats to Steve Gunn about his life in film.
Podcast: Ben Wheatley,’Free Fire’
Paul Farren talks to Ben Wheatley about taking a procedural look at action with Free Fire, breaking it down to an atomic level, planning the shoot, the production design, the ’70s setting, scriptwriting and the inspirations behind Armie Hammer’s suave look. Armie Hammer, left, whose look was inspired by: Dan O’Bannon and Tony […]
