Kerry Film Festival (KFF) have announced it has partnered with access>CINEMA in a new initiative that will see ten of the best Irish Short Films from Kerry Film Festival 2010 screen at locations throughout Ireland.
The award winning Irish shorts Crossing Salween, Bye Bye Now and Pentecost have all taken the festival circuit by storm and LA audiences will now get a chance to see them when they screen in the Laemmle Theater in LA next week.
Ross Whitaker’s documentary to screen as part of IFI’s Ireland on Sunday programme, followed by a Q&A with the director.
To coincide with the screening of Blind Man Walking this Sunday at the IFI at 13.30 as part of its Ireland on Sunday programme, director Ross Whitaker explains his own particular journey getting the funds together to make the film.
Film Ireland talks to Maya Derrington about her debut feature documentary ‘Pyjama Girls’.
With ‘Colony’ being released exclusively at the IFI, Ross Whitaker puts the spotlight on this bee-on-the-wall documentary by speaking with co-director Ross McDonnell.
Kim Longinotto tells Ross Whitaker about her unique approach and the difficult decisions she’s made whilst making her films.
Ross Whitaker talks to Conor Horgan about his award-winning debut feature.
Ross Whitaker talks to Niall McKay, director of narrative documentary ‘A Song for Dad’, which airs on RTÉ 1 on Tuesday 4th August at 10.20pm.
Ross Whitaker talks to Areaman Production’s Shane Hogan and Tom Burke about their documentary ‘The Liberties’ which premiered at the Stranger than Fiction documentary festival at the IFI on Sunday 21st June 2009.
Ross Whitaker talks to Brendan Muldowney and Conor Barry about their low-budget feature ‘Savage’.
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
Irish documentaries tend, for the most part, to have a hint of the unprofessional about them – talking heads and directorial front-of-camera work belying the seriousness of their subject matter. ‘Saviours’, despite a reliance on some heavy interviewing, manages to come across as a natural and startlingly honest portrayal of the St. Saviours Olympic Boxing Academy in Dublin.
Saviours, the new boxing documentary by Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan will be on release in cinemas from 3rd October 2008. The winner of the Best Feature Documentary at the Waterford Film Festival, the film features boxers Dean Murphy, Abdul Hussein and Darren Sutherland, who recently won bronze at the Beijing Olympics. For more information [...]
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