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 [...]
Film Ireland will launch a new look www.filmireland.net this September.
Darkly comic Irish thriller ‘The Guard’ continues to storm the Irish box office with takings of €397,000 this weekend taking its total past €1.42 million.
Film Ireland’s Cassie Delaney talks to Ireland’s own Evanna Lynch who plays ‘Luna Lovegood’ in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Summer’s here and the time is right for reading Film Ireland in the streets.
The shortlist has been announced for the DARE2BDRINKAWARE.ie competition. Now in its fourth year, the competition challenges students to explore the relationship between Irish culture and drinking through a film or multimedia project.
Movies, Movies, Movies: Special New Year offer price of €20 for one years’ subscription to Film Ireland magazine PLUS a 2 for 1 cinema ticket from Light House Cinema, Smithfield and 1 month’s free DVD or game rental when you sign up at www.screenclick.com!!
Film Ireland and Filmbase have teamed up with Sony Professional to support the Sony PROduction Awards 2010 in Ireland, where filmmakers can be in with a chance of winning an all-expenses paid trip to the NAB Show 2011 in Las Vegas.
Congratulations to the three winners of the Cinemagic Dublin Young Film Critic of the Year competition, who were selected by ‘Film Ireland’s’ editor Niamh Creely.
Film Ireland’s Steven Galvin talks to writer/director Neil Jordan & Colin Farrell in a joint interview about Ondine, Jordan’s new fantasy drama, and also interviews Alicja Bachleda, Farrell’s co-star.
Welcome to the new Film Ireland website. We hope you like it and we hope you will find it useful and entertaining.
The site is currently in Beta test mode and we will be continuing to improve and update it over the coming weeks and months. We’d like your feedback to help us in improving both this website and the print version of the magazine. With that in mind, we’d like to invite you to take part in our reader’s survey. The survey should take no more than a couple of minutes to complete, and your honest feedback would be invaluable to us.
Atlantic, a Short Short written and directed by Conor Ferguson and funded by BSÉ/IFB, has won the Grand Prix at the Festival international des trés courts (International Very Short Film Festival) in Paris. The festival is open to shorts of three minutes duration and less. Of 1,000 films entered, 51 were selected, representing 19 countries.
The Bargain Issue! Guest edited by Ken Wardrop and Andrew Freedman
The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen, sheds light on what the most recent budget means for the Irish Film industry. Sheena Sweeney interviews.
Always wanted to work in the film industry but were afraid to try? Tara Brady talks to a few brave souls who followed their hearts and filled their pockets. Kind of.
Adam Lacey explores the extraordinary world of the extra. In an age where the economy is collapsing around us like a paper house in the rain, some jobs will always be around.
Nick Fraser on the current state of documentary filmmaking • Mint Productions on the Bertie documentary series • Pitching training event at the STF doc festival • Interview with documentary filmmaker Liz Mermin • Roundtable: The future of creative documentary • Pat Collins interview • Steve McQueen on Hunger • Gideon Koppel interview on Sleep Furiously • Loopline Film’s doc courses • A doctor for docs • Nino Troppiano on Chippers
Alan Parker’s handy tips on a career in film • Damien O’Donnell and short film form • John Boyne and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • Michael Dwyer interviews Robert Redford • Donald Clarke interviews the organisers of Ireland’s three majors film festivals • Alan Moloney: The producer • The craft of film editing • Why are there so few female film critics? • George Morrison retrospective • John Carney editing his latest feature: Zonad
The art and the origin of the studio • 50 years of Ardmore Studios • TV vs Big Screen • How can Irish film find an audience: Creativity • Robert Walpole on finding and distributing a quality film • AGM of the Federation of European Film Directors • Martin Duffy and the cameraman’s three-legged best friend • Ruppert Wyatt on The Escapist • Cannes Film Festival 2008 • Of Best Intentions: it couldn’t have been done without a studio
Shimmy Marcus on self-distribution • Filmmakers and digital distribution • Ed Guiney and Audrey Sheils: Element Pictures’ distribution arm • Interview with Maretta Dillon and Neil Connolly about the new Light House • Thinking in 3D: Interview with Catherine Owens, co-director of U23D, and Tom Krueger, co-DOP of U23D • Declan Recks talks to Roddy Doyle, Pat McCabe and Eugene O’Brien about the art of adaptation • Making comic books into moving pictures • Vintage Irish movie posters • Supervisor sound editor Patrick Drummond remembers the digital revolution • Using the Genesis in Of Best Intentions
Irish cinema relationship with Hollywood • Interview with Tony Safford • Lost in Translation: the doubled-edged sword of Hiberno-English • The Irish film industry: roundtable with John Carney, David Collins, Martina Niland, Mark O’Halloran and Kirsten Sheridan • Irish cinema’s evolution of the genre film • Eugene O’Brien remembers the Westerns • How the economics has shaped the perception of national and international cinema • Interview with Simon Perry, CEO of the BSÉ/IFB, as the Board reaches its 15th year • An Irish director working in Hollywood: Kirsten Sheridan
The winners of the Film Ireland Sept/Oct issue competition were: Alma Keane, Fiachra Trench, Adam O’Shea, Michael Keane, Eoin Moynihan, and Helena O’Connor. All six winners will receive a copy of Michael Dwyer’s Film Quiz Book and a pair of tickets to a movie of their choice at Light House Cinema, Smithfield (Dublin). The question [...]
The economics of the Irish Film Industry • Kelly Reichardt interview (Old Joy) • John Huston retrospective • Making films in the Irish language • Tribute to the eccentric genius Alastair Sim • Western Plumbers interview • The ‘Krasznahorkai Trilogy’ of Béla Tarr • Taiwanese Cinema in the 21st Century • Kerry Film Festival and Foyle Film Festival report.
The homeland of Hou Hsiao-hsien is looking at new ways to enchant cineplex audiences, and turn them from Hollywood fare to local film. John Orr reports on the current state of Taiwanese cinema, and profiles some of the new talent on display at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
If you’ve been to the right kind of festivals (or the right kind of parties) you may have seen the cult short films Jennie Balfe, ‘The Confession Sessions’ or ‘The Day It Rained Sweets’. Sometimes collaborator Jamie Hannigan spoke to the filmmakers responsible – the collective of pranksters and documentarists formerly known as Dogmedia.
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