On 10th May 2025, Film Ireland and Mayo-based production company HeartFelt Drama, in partnership with the National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama and Film Mayo, present a special live event at Ballina Arts Centre on 10th May: a celebration of Irish film, creativity, and industry insights from wonderful creatives with close links to the community. Register your place today.
Last week, the Film Ireland team were delighted to partner with DBS School of Arts in hosting a busy event at the DEAN Arts Studios in Dublin 2, marking the launch of the Film Ireland Digital Archive Project. The evening was a resounding success, bringing together our friends, film students, film enthusiasts, industry professionals, and supporters to celebrate the origins of the former print film publication.
We preview all the Irish films screening at this year’s festival.
David Turpin is a screenwriter (The Lodgers, The Winter Lake) and musician, as The Late David Turpin. With the release of his new album Romances – a collaboration with a ‘cast’ of ten different guest singers that was inspired by his work in film – David discusses five unusual cinematic love stories that have been influential on his own work.
Maya Derrington, Katie McNeice and Tom Speers join Gemma Creagh to talk about their films and filmmaking.
Producer Mark Coffey tells Film Ireland about romantic comedy ‘Writing Home’, made as part of the Filmbase Masters Course and set to screen at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.
The great documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles died last week aged 88. In 2005 Documentary Producer and Director Vanessa Gildea interviewed him for Film Ireland.
Check out the video report from the Red Carpet at JDIFF’s Irish premiere of ‘Calvary’ from our bestest buddies On The Reel in association with Film Ireland.
In Part II of this Film Ireland podcast Stephen Shields, Conor McMahon, Ciarán Foy, Conor Barry and Brendan Muldowney talk about the place of reviews, critics, bloggers and trolls in the age of social media.
The latest edition of Film Ireland magazine is now available, sadly however, this will be the final print edition of the magazine.
