Niall McCloskey sinks his teeth into Northern Ireland’s most earnest film festival. Film Devour is a short film festival that screens a few times a year in central Belfast. “You keep making them, we’ll keep showing them” is the mission statement of Film Devour according to festival founder Bryan Mulholland. I had the opportunity to talk to Bryan at the latest round of Devour and got his thoughts on what the festival means to him.…
With his latest project available to stream and another about to start its festival run, we chat with filmmaker, producer, actor, and musician Ciaron Davies about the hustle and tenacity it takes to get a no budget film across the line.
Sean Brien’s ‘Scarlet’ began as an ambitious project, shot during his time in college with a small but dedicated team. Now, this experimental vampire short has found a new audience as part of the horror anthology ‘The Night Time World’, distributed by Lionsgate. The film’s journey—from a micro budget production to an international collaboration—illustrates how social media can be an important tool in indie cinema.
Film Ireland talks with Toner Quinn about his book ‘Count Me Out: Selected Writings of Filmmaker Bob Quinn’, a landmark collection of essays and articles spanning the 1960s to the 2020s by the iconoclastic Irish filmmaker, photographer and writer.
In this essay, activist and writer Sarah Shojaei takes a closer look at Nothing Compares, casting focus on the creative and brilliant Sinéad O’Connor, as well as on the constrictive conservative ideology that suffocated her message.
We at Film Ireland are deeply saddened to hear that Windmill Lane Post Production has closed its doors. This marks a devastating loss for the Irish film industry and the creative community at large.
Film Ireland is delighted to offer a number of pairs of tickets to an exclusive screening of Barry Keoghan’s highly anticipated film, Bring Them Down.
We take a look at some of the Irish films coming to screens in 2025.
We’ll update films, premieres, release dates and platforms and add reviews and interviews as they come in.
Earlier this month, we were delighted to host our Screen Sessions live event, made possible with the support of Screen Ireland and hosted by our wonderful friends at Griffith College.
Suspicious Minds is screening on RTÉ on 16th December. Ahead of the broadcast, friend of the film Emer Martin reflects on how this imaginative film explores the themes of migration, identity, and belonging with a uniquely Irish-American lens.
