In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Writer/Director Alex Kayode-Kay and Executive Producer Roisin Kearney about their 2023 BAFTA-nominated film ‘The Ballad Of Olive Morris’.
Stephen Burke reviews Michael Kinirons’ ‘The Sparrow’, which won Best Irish First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh.
June Butler explores Kamila Dydyna’s short film ‘Debutante’.
Rachel Gough was in Cork for the 21 Commemoration Screening: The Last September. Since the beginning of Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries we have witnessed a dearth of period pieces reaching our screens which purport to tackle the turbulence and violence of the years 1913 – 1922. I am particularly cognisant of RTE’s series Rebellion and Resistance, whose attempts to “follow those caught up in the vicissitudes of history” consistently fall short of the mark of…
Author and journalist Wayne Byrne will give two lectures on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
Seán Crosson witnesses things crumbling in Peter Mackie Burns’ Rialto.
Women in Irish Film: Stories and storytellers is an interdisciplinary collection that critically explores the contribution of women to the Irish film industry as creators of culture – screenwriters, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, animators, film festival programmers and educators. This book will explore the experiences and reflections of Irish women practitioners and, across a range of chapters, will situate them within a very specific historical, social and cultural context and further position them within a…
In this episode of The Actors’ Room, Lynn Larkin is joined by John Connors.
Short silent Dublin films dating as far back as 1897 reinvigorated with accompaniment from Bottlenote Music at the IFI.