Category: Current Issue
Interview: Tony Donoghue – ‘Irish Folk Furniture’
Steven Galvin catches up with director Tony Donoghue, whose short film ‘Irish Folk Furniture’ is currently screening at Sundance.
Sounding Off: ‘The New Wave, The Fís And The Rage’ Mark O’Connor Issue 142 Autumn 2012
Writer/Director Mark O’Connor hails a new face in Irish cinema in ‘The New Wave, The Fís And The Rage’, which featured in Film Ireland magazine Issue 142 Autumn 2012.
Out Now: Film Ireland: The Autumn Issue 2012 – Issue 142
In the immortal words of Kool & the Gang: ‘Celebrate good times, come on.’
Out Now: Film Ireland: The Summer Issue 2012 – Issue 141
Yes it’s raining; yes it’s freezing – but that won’t stop us celebrating the fact that this year’s Summer Issue of Film Ireland magazine is out now. As you can tell from the grooviest of covers, this issue is a scorcher. So wrap up warm, bring an umbrella and celebrate the start of an Irish [...]
The Winter Issue of Film Ireland is Out Next Week
The Winter Issue of Film Ireland will be with Filmbase members, subscribers and on the shelves of newsagents across the country next week. Jamie Hannigan talks to Colm Meaney about his role in Parked, Anna Rodgers catches up with legendary documentary filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy [...]
Out Now! Issue 138 – The Autumn Issue
Issue 138 of Film Ireland is available now… Fuller than Sam and packed like jam.
Out Now! Issue 137 – The Summer Issue
Summer’s here and the time is right for reading Film Ireland in the streets.
Issue 136 – Film Ireland – The Spring Issue
Get a spring in your step with the current Film Ireland Spring Issue out now. Enter the world of Hammer Horror with our exlusive interview with Aidan Gillen about his latest feature ‘Wake Wood’ (in cinemas this Friday), the first Hammer horror film to be shot in Ireland. Say ‘goodbye’ to the departing chief executive of the Irish Film Board Simon Perry in his revealing interview. Find out what our neighbours think of the Irish Film Industry. Learn what the web can do to help filmmakers. Get into the bowels of this year’s Jameson Dublin International Film Festival with this issue’s focus on Ireland’s biggest festival. This and so much more in a bulging issue of Film Ireland.
The Pipe: Interview
Film Ireland’s Winter Issue article in full: Aoife Kelleher talks to Risteard Ó Domhnaill, director of ‘The Pipe’, winner of Best Feature Documentary at this year’s Fleadh.
Issue 135 – Film Ireland – The Winter Issue
Film Ireland’s Winter Issue is out now and packed with essential reading beside the fire over these coming months. Brendan Gleeson and his sons Brian and Domhnall talk exclusively to Film Ireland magazine. This lively issue also spotlights Irish documentaries in the Corona Cork Film Festival 7–14 November including Sé Merry Doyle’s ‘Dreaming the Quiet Man’ about the making of the John Ford classic, and Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s much talked about ‘The Pipe’.
ISSUE 134 – FILM IRELAND – THE AUTUMN ISSUE
The ‘Savage’ Autumn issue of Film Ireland is out now. Comedy masters Graham Linehan and Bobby Farrelly are among the stars in the latest issue. Heavyweights of world comedy feature alongside up and coming Irish feature-filmmakers Brendan Muldowney ‘Savage’ and Carmel Winters ‘Snap’ plus the top Irish directors of TV Drama. Other highlights include Raindance founder Elliot Grove, The Joy of Section 481, Sounding Off with Ferdia McAnna, the quotable Pierce Brosnan, Urszula Antoniak on her first feature ‘Nothing Personal’, screenwriter Stephen Walsh ‘Where the Sea is Used To Be’ and director Ian Power.
Issue 134 – Rewind
NIAMH CREELY talks to director PJ Dillon and producers Alex Jones and John Wallace about their new feature film ‘Rewind’.
Issue 134 – Snapped
Martina Niland and Carmel Winters talk to NIAMH CREELY about their brilliant new feature ‘Snap’.
Issue 134 – The Joy of Section 481
GORDON GAFFNEY misses his turn off the spaghetti junction of Section 481 whilst writing this explanatory article.
Issue 134 – The 7 Challenges Facing Independent Filmmakers
Raindance founder ELLIOT GROVE gives us the low-down on how to meet those challenges with winning strategies.
Issue 134 – The Best Medicine
SHANE KENNEDY reports from this year’s Give Me Direction comedy screenwriting conference.
Issue 134 – Master of Comedy
ROSS WHITAKER attends IFTA’s ‘In Conversation With…’ comedy writer extraordinaire Graham Linehan.
Issue 134 – BIG Drama little Screen
AMANDA SPENCER talks to some directors and sees who’s taking sides in TV versus Film.
Issue 134 – The Incredible Shrinking Film Critic
Joe Griffin ponders the future of film criticism and wonders if the role of the film critic has become redundant.
Issue 134 – Served Cold
‘Savage’ director Brendan Muldowney revisits some of his key inspirations with JAMIE HANNIGAN.



























