Category: Exclusives
Richard Waters, Director of ‘In A Stranger’s House’
Richard Waters explains his journey to making the found-footage horror ‘In A Stranger’s House’.
Interview with Miwako van Weyenberg
Gabrielle Ulubay introduces Belgium filmmaker Miwako van Weyenberg and talks to her about her film ‘Summer Rain’, which screened at the 2018 Cork Film Festival.
Viko Nikci, Writer/Director of ‘Cellar Door’
Gemma Creagh sat down with writer/director Viko Nikci to open up the ‘Cellar Door’ and find out more about his moving mystery thriller.
Legendary Hollywood Cinematographer Coming to Ireland
Wayne Byrne tells us about his upcoming series of talks with legendary Hollywood cinematographer Nick McLean.
Interview with Cathal Black
Gabrielle Ulubay talks to Cathal Black about his latest film and looks back over his career.
Kate Dolan
Filmmaker Kate Dolan was recently named in the Irish Times Top 50 people to watch in 2019: Ireland’s hottest young talent. Gemma Creagh sat down to talk to Kate about her career to-date and what we can look forward to in 2019.
Film Ireland Podcast: Episode 32 – Space Jesus & Sudden Male Nudity
Sarah Cullen & Richard Drumm return to your ears after being left homeless in 2018.
Nuala O’Connor, Director of ‘Keepers of the Flame’
Jonathan Victory spoke to Emmy Award winner Nuala O’Connor about her feature directorial debut, ‘Keepers of the Flame’.
Capital Irish Film Festival: Chairman, Paddy Meskell & Director, Pat Reilly
Discussing the origins and evolution of the festival, the importance of an Irish film festival in Washington and the challenges the festival faces.
Garry Miley: How We Made ‘The Island Of Evenings’
Writer/Director Garry Miley takes us behind the camera.
Capital Irish Film Festival: Editor, Tony Cranstoun
John Collins spoke to Tony Cranstoun, editor of ‘The Farthest’, which closed this year’s Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington D.C.
The Belly of The Whale, Director Morgan Bushe & Actor Lewis MacDougall
Gemma Creagh chats to Morgan Bushe about ‘The Belly of the Whale’, his debut feature as a director and Lewis MacDougall about his role as Joey.
Book Review: The Films of Lenny Abrahamson
Stephen Porzio checks out Barry Monaghan’s comprehensive study of the films of contemporary, highly critically-appraised Irish director Lenny Abrahamson.
Short Film Review: Stephanie
David Deignan takes a look at Fergal Costello’s short horror film ‘Stephanie’ starring Moe Dunford.
Festival Report: Hamptons International Film Festival
Ronan O’Sullivan reports from the 26th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, which included screenings of The Favourite and Making The Grade. Along the way Ronan shared a cigarette with Eva Trobisch, director of Alles Ist Gut. The Hamptons consist of a number of towns on the east end of Long Island, one hundred miles east of New York […]
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: One Million American Dreams
Loretta Goff discovers the secrets of New York’s mass graves in Brendan Byrne’s ‘One Million American Dreams’.
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: The Belly of the Whale
Cian Griffin enters ‘The Belly of the Whale’, which screened at this cork Film Festival.
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: Maeve
Jack O’Dwyer gets caught up in the fractured narrative of Pat Murphy’s seminal Irish Feminist film ‘Maeve’, which screened at this year’s Cork Film Festival.
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: Town of Strangers
Loretta Goff meet the locals in the County Galway town of Gort, in Treasa O’Brien’s Town of Strangers, with a diverse cast, including young Irish Travellers, English New Age hippies, Brazilian factory workers and Syrian refugees.
Watch Rob Kennedy’s ‘Sit Beside Me’
Rob Kennedy tells Film Ireland all about his horror short, which is now available to watch.
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: Free Radicals
Vjekoslav Vondra was at the Cork Film Festival to take in selection of experimental film works screened in memory of Josephine Massarella (1957 – 2018).
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: Cellar Door
John Finbarr McGarr goes beyond the ‘Cellar Door’, which screened at this year’s Cork Film Festival.
Irish Film Review @ Cork Film Festival: The Curious Works of Roger Doyle
Loretta Goff goes on a journey through ‘The Curious Works of Roger Doyle’, Brian Lally’s documentary the ‘Godfather of Irish Electronica’.
Aoife O’Toole, Dublin Feminist Film Festival Manager
In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Aoife O’Toole, the Dublin Feminist Film Festival Manager, about what we can expect at this year’s festival.
