Neasa Ní Chianáin’s talks to Film Ireland about ‘The Stranger’, her documentary about Neal MacGregor, an English artist who lived in solitude on Inishbofin and died alone, aged 44.
1pm April 15th, IFI IFI Ireland on Sunday presents Desmond Bell’s dramatisation of the life of Frank Ryan (1902–1944), a new Irish drama that provides a sympathetic but searching portrait of a politically complex figure. Ryan, an IRA activist in Ireland, International Brigade Volunteer in Spain, and Nazi collaborator in Berlin, entered an agreement with a Nazi regime which he believed would assist in forging a united Ireland. But the former radical and internationalist paid…
IFI Ireland on Sunday presents the World Premiere of Lorg na gCos – Súil Siar ar Mise Éire, Colm Bairéad’s documentary celebration of George Morrison’s landmark Irish film Mise Éire.