In partnership with Screen Ireland, we are delighted to launch our inaugural Screen Sessions – a series of in-depth conversations on craft between emerging and established talent from the Irish Screen industries.
June Butler takes a look at Katie McNeice’s short film Lambing. In rural Ireland, a young couple Caoimhe (Johanna O’Brien) and David (Fiach Kunz), are about to give birth to their first child. An ultrasound scan has indicated they are expecting a boy. Opening scenes show Caoimhe and David as they paint the nursery. Caoimhe’s sister Mairead (Cate Russell) arrives to offer final words of encouragement prior to the birth. The mood is one of…
Aoife O’Ceallachain went along to the Irish Shorts 4: Finding Their Place to find some great filmmakers and films with characters seeking acceptance, vindication, assurance or literally accommodation.
Katie McNeice goes beyond the Bechdel test and explores a feminine cinema in her short film ‘Fury’.