Category: Exclusives
Kerry Film Festival – T.A.L.K: What is your Film Festival Action Plan?
Eleanor McSherry was at the second discussion at T.A.L.K – What is your Film Festival Action Plan?
Alan Maher, producer of ‘Song of Granite’
Gemma Creagh sat down with Alan Maher of Marcie Films to discuss the ins and outs of producing Pat Collins’ Song of Granite, the life story of traditional Sean-nós singer Joe Heaney, from County Galway.
Bharat Nalluri, Director of ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’
Director Bharat Nalluri talked to Film Ireland about reinventing a classic tale for a modern audience.
Irish Film Review: Song of Granite
Hannah Lemass sings the praises of Pat Collins’ ‘Song of Granite’ a film about the life of the renowned traditional sean-nós singer, Joe Heaney.
Irish Film Review: The Breadwinner
Anthony Kirby was at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival to see the Angelina Jolie executive produced Irish animated film The Breadwinner, which is being tipped for Oscar success and was recently awarded Best Animated Feature by LA Film Critics Association.
Kerry Film Festival – T.A.L.K Creative Kerry Abroad
Eleanor McSherry was at the Creative Kerry Abroad session of T.A.L.K, a set of sessions including panel discussions, in conversation and Q& A sessions.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: No Party for Billy Burns
Loretta Goff rides into town and checks out Padraig Conaty’s film about a shy and awkward, Wild West obsessed Billy Burns, whose cheerful cowboy fixation masks the scars of a childhood tragedy.
Reel Horror Show: Episode 9
The macabre members of Reel Horror Show return to walk with you in nightmares.
Want to Work Abroad? Panel Discussion for Filmmakers
Join us at Filmbase for a practical and detailed discussion about the legalities and logistics involved in moving to another country for the purposes of your career.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: The Lodgers
Loretta Goff gets gothic at ‘The Lodgers’, which screened at the Cork Film Festival.
Early Irish Cinema: Screening the Funeral of Thomas Ashe, September-October 1917
Denis Condon explores the significance of a special newsreel film of the funeral of Thomas Ashe 100 years ago.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Condemned to Remember
Sean O’Rourke reviews Gerry Gregg’s film in which Irish Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental celebrates his 80th birthday in a Dublin Mosque and embarks on epic journey across a Europe in turmoil.
Review of Irish Film @ Kerry Film Festival: Irish Stories – Shorts Programme
Eleanor McSherry finds strong stories being told at the Irish Stories – Shorts Programme at the Kerry Film Festival.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: Local Films for Local People: Cork on Camera
Jack O’Dwyer was at the Cork Film Festival for Local Films for Local People: Cork on Camera, a programme of short films made in and about Cork from the collections of the IFI Irish Film Archive.
The Actors’ Room: Geraldine McAlinden
In this episode of The Actors Room, Lynn Larkin is joined by Geraldine McAlinden.
Review of Irish Film @ Kerry Film Festival: The Crest
Eleanor McSherry was at the Kerry Film Festival for opening night film, ‘The Crest’, a story of family, immigration and the value of tradition and culture.
Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Sean O’Rourke gets festive for ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’, which screened at the Cork Film Festival.
Steve Kenny, Writer/Director of ‘Time Traveller’
Steve Kenny turns back time with Film Ireland to chat about his short film. Time Traveller is the story of a Back To The Future-obsessed 10 year-old named Martin, who is trying to build his very own DeLorean out of an old car and bits of scrap. When Martin’s family is told they are to […]
Review of Irish Film @ IFI Documentary Festival: Elián
Naomi Shea reviews Tim Golden and Ross McDonnell’s film about Elián González, a five-year-old Cuban boy plucked from the Florida coast in 1999, and how the fight over his future sparked a flashpoint for simmering US and Cuban tensions.
Gerry Gregg, Director of ‘Condemned to Remember’
June Butler talks to director Gerry Gregg about his film Condemned to Remember in which Irish Holocaust Survivor Tomi Reichental celebrates his 80th birthday in a Dublin Mosque and embarks on epic journey across a Europe in turmoil.
Paul Horan, Writer/Director of ‘Bless Me Father’
Film Ireland absolves writer / director Paul Horan ahead of ‘Bless Me Father’s screening at the Cork Film Festival.
Review of Irish Film @ IFI Documentary Festival: It Tolls For Thee
Sarah Cullen rings the bell for Andrew Gallimore’s film about Irishwoman Mary Elmes, an unsung heroine of the Spanish Civil War.
Sam Lucas Smith on Not Being Irish
Film Ireland caught up with actor Sam Lucas Smith to learn about his experience as an Irish actor playing an American character and the importance of dialect training for actors.
Irish Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
David Prendeville enjoys this gripping, formally brilliant, cruelly hilarious art-thriller.
Conor McGregor: Notorious. Director Gavin Fitzgerald & Producer Jamie D’Alton
Jonathan Victory talks to director Gavin Fitzgerald and producer Jamie D’Alton about making ‘Conor McGregor: Notorious’.
Diarmuid Doran, Director of ‘Boomerang’
Diarmuid Doran guides Film Ireland through his hypnotic trip.
Kerry Film Festival – Orchestrate – Short Programme
Eleanor McSherry conducts a report from the Orchestrate -Shorts Programme at the Kerry Film Festival.
Watch Irish Short Film: Dead Air
For the day that’s in it watch Emmet O’Brien’s short film ‘Dead Air’ about the last man on earth broadcasting to a world overrun by zombies.
Reel Horror Show: Episode 8 – Halloween Live Recording
Podcast: Listen to the gruesome gang return from the dead. Recorded in front of an unholy audience in the dungeons of Filmbase.
