Irish Shorts Online
Watch some short films by Irish filmmakers on the Irish Film Board Website. A favourite of mine is Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty. Please watch above. Enjoy
Five IFB Funded Feature Films Officially Selected for the Renowned Toronto International Film Festival
Following the selection earlier this month of the feature documentary The Pipe for the Real to Reel section of the Toronto International Film Festival, four more films funded by the Irish Film Board, Juanita Wilson’s war dramaAs If I Am Not There, Tom Hall’s dark comedy Sensation and the Irish co-productions Lapland Odyssey and Essential Killing, have been added [...]
Gabby Young Music Video to Screen at the California Independent Film Festival
A music video I produced for Gabby Young & Other Animals is being screened at the 12th Annual California Independent Film Festival in April. Friday April 23 – 2:30PM – Theatre 2 Saturday April 24 – 6:15PM – Theatre 3 Please follow this link for more information. You can watch the video here. Hope you [...]
Sir Roger to shake and stir on set in Cong
BY CRÓNA ESLER RESIDENTS in the South Mayo village of Cong will be both shaken and stirred this summer as former Bond legend Sir Roger Moore rolls into town to star in a new movie. The event will bring back memories of the filming of the legendary movie, The Quiet Man, some 60 years ago. [...]
Cineworld backs off from Alice in Wonderland boycott
Cineworld has broken ranks with the UK’s other major exhibitors to announce that it will screen Alice in Wonderland, after all. But Vue and Odeon are still set to boycott Tim Burton‘s 3D film, because of a dispute with Disney over the release window. Disney originally wanted to release the film on DVD 12 weeks after the theatrical [...]
A Christmas Treat
As a Christmas treat, I think everyone should check out the talent of Sophia Schorr -Kon. She is an incredible photographer. I absolutely adore her stuff. Some examples of her work are below but you can visit Sophias website here.
Adam & Paul Triumphs in Dublin Film Critics Circle Poll of the Decade
The Dublin Film Critics Circle has named ADAM & PAUL, Lenny Abrahamson’s Beckettian comedy concerning wandering drug addicts and HUNGER, Steve McQueen’s study of Bobby Sands’s decline as tied best Irish films of the decade receiving equal number of votes. WAVERIDERS, Joel Conroy’s surfing documentary, was named best Irish film of the year. It named [...]
Garth & Bev winning viewers around the country
Garth & Bev, an animated series for four to eight year olds, which is produced by Kavaleer Productions, premiered on RTÉ Two’s The Den on Monday 22nd November. Since it aired, there has been a significant increase on the average viewership for the slot (approximately 2.50pm to 3pm weekdays) which has previously featured international animation. [...]
One Hundred Mornings to have World Premiere At Prestigious Slamdance Film Festival
ONE HUNDRED MORNINGS directed by Conor Horgan is to have its world premiere screening at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2010. It will be one of 10 feature films screened at the festival in the Narrative Feature Competition line-up out of over 5000 applicants. This is the first time an [...]
Creative Kilkenny Filmmakers are Cream of the Crop for Sundance
Irish Film ‘The Door’ is the Second Short Film to be Shortlisted for an Academy Award® Nomination Upcoming Irish filmmakers have received major recognition from the international film industry this week with two Irish animation short films ‘Old Fangs’ and ‘Please Say Something’ selected for the Sundance Film Festival and a second film ‘The Door’ [...]
Irish Film 'Colony' wins Prestigious Prize at Major International Documentary Festival IDFA
COLONY, the debut feature Irish documentary directed by Ross McDonnell and Carter Gunn has been named winner of the First Appearance Award at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. The documentary was shortlisted from a selection of 15 films screening in competition at the festival. The jury then selected COLONY over Garbo: The Spy [...]
A Real Humane Person Who Cares And All That
I recently saw a terribly good play by a terribly good writer. Check it out A REAL HUMANE PERSON WHO CARES AND ALL THAT By Adam Brace Director Jamie Harper Designer Bronia Housman Cast Daniel McGowan, Benjamin Peters, Tiffany Wood
An Evening of Carols & Opera
Please join us for an evening of Carols and Opera at The London Irish Centre, Camden on Tuesday the 8th of December @ 19.30. We will enjoy the talents of the “Situation Opera Orchestra” while drinking mulled wine and eating warm mince pies. Tickets are £10.00 per person and available from Conference and Banqueting @ [...]
GKIDS to distribute The Secret of Kells in the US
The US rights to the Irish animated feature film THE SECRET OF KELLS directed by Tomm Moore has been acquired by GKIDS. The film is now set to receive an Academy-qualifying run early next month in LA and will be released theatrically in the US in March 2010. The Secret of Kells which features the [...]
New feature film ‘The Guard’, announced by Minister Cullen to shoot on location in Galway and Wicklow.
A new comedy thriller ‘The Guard’ directed by John McDonagh and starring Emmy-winning Brendan Gleeson and Oscar nominated Don Cheadle has started production this month. Produced by Reprisal Films and Element Pictures with the support of the Irish Film Board, ‘The Guard’ stars Brendan Gleeson as an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with a straitlaced [...]
