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The DocArena Podcast S2 Ep02: Jeanie Finlay (Your Fat Friend)
February 09, 2024 15:43 - 40 minutes - 29.6 MBWelcome to The DocArena Podcast in association with Film Ireland. My name is Ross Whitaker and every fortnight, I want to dig deeply into the motivations of documentary filmmakers – how do they choose their subject material and what approaches and strategies do they employ to fund, craft and distribute their work… In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Jeanie Finlay about her documentary Your Fat Friend. Your Fat Friend opens in UK and Irish cinemas on Friday 9th Fe...
The DocArena Podcast S2 Ep01: Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins (American Nightmare)
February 06, 2024 18:12 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBWelcome to a new series of The DocArena Podcast. In this episode Ross Whitaker talks to Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins about their documentary American Nightmare. After a home invasion and kidnapping, a young couple's recounting of the events is too far-fetched for the police to believe. You'll never suspect the truth. Watch American Nightmare only on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81620853
DIFF 2024 Podcast: Filmmakers' Roundtable
January 27, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBWe are delighted to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year's programme. DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get tickets at https://diff.ie/ In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks DIFF short films with Tania Notaro, Derek Ugochukwu, Jessica Patterson and Dennis Harvey. https://filmireland.net/
Shorts Focus: DIFF 2024 Filmmakers' Roundtable
January 27, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBWe are delighted to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year's programme. DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get tickets at https://diff.ie/ In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks DIFF short films with Tania Notaro, Derek Ugochukwu, Jessica Patterson and Dennis Harvey. https://filmireland.net/
IndieCork 2023 Film Festival
January 24, 2024 16:36 - 19 minutes - 16.6 MBGemma Creagh was at IndieCork 2023 Film Festival and met up with Festival Director Úna Feely , Hungry Hill Co-Director Mieke Vanmechelen and Unseen Guest Director Sarah Corcoran. IndieCork is devoted to celebrating independent cinema & giving a platform to emerging filmmakers. IndieCork 2023 Film Festival took place 15-22 December 2023. https://indiecork.com/ https://filmireland.net/
On the Ground at IndieCork Film Festival
January 24, 2024 16:36 - 19 minutes - 16.6 MBGemma Creagh was at IndieCork 2023 Film Festival and met up with Festival Director Úna Feely , Hungry Hill Co-Director Mieke Vanmechelen and Unseen Guest Director Sarah Corcoran. IndieCork is devoted to celebrating independent cinema & giving a platform to emerging filmmakers. IndieCork 2023 Film Festival took place 15-22 December 2023. https://indiecork.com/ https://filmireland.net/
On the Ground: Film Ireland at IndieCork Film Festival
January 24, 2024 16:36 - 19 minutes - 16.6 MBGemma Creagh was at IndieCork 2023 Film Festival and met up with Festival Director Úna Feely , Hungry Hill Co-Director Mieke Vanmechelen and Unseen Guest Director Sarah Corcoran. IndieCork is devoted to celebrating independent cinema & giving a platform to emerging filmmakers. IndieCork 2023 Film Festival took place 15-22 December 2023. https://indiecork.com/ https://filmireland.net/
Indie Cinema: Nick Roth, Writer & Co-director of Hanky Panky
December 22, 2023 11:53 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Smrithika Majukar talks to Nick Roth, the Co-director with Lindsey Haun and writer of indie horror-comedy Hanky Panky. A man and his sentient napkin friend save the world from a dark evil in a cabin deep in the Utah mountains, and also learn to love. Hanky Panky premièred at the at LA Comedy Film Festival on 9th December 2023. https://filmireland.net/
Nick Roth, Writer And Co-director of indie horror-comedy Hanky Panky
December 22, 2023 11:53 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Smrithika Majukar talks to Nick Roth, the Co-director with Lindsey Haun and writer of indie horror-comedy Hanky Panky. A man and his sentient napkin friend save the world from a dark evil in a cabin deep in the Utah mountains, and also learn to love. Hanky Panky premièred at the at LA Comedy Film Festival on 9th December 2023. https://filmireland.net/
Co-director with Lindsey Haun and writer of indie horror-comedy Hanky Panky.
December 22, 2023 11:53 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Smrithika Majukar talks to Nick Roth, the Co-director with Lindsey Haun and writer of indie horror-comedy Hanky Panky. A man and his sentient napkin friend save the world from a dark evil in a cabin deep in the Utah mountains, and also learn to love. Hanky Panky premièred at the at LA Comedy Film Festival on 9th December 2023. https://filmireland.net/
Shorts Focus: Dublin Comedy International Film Festival Roundtable
November 24, 2023 16:15 - 56 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to three filmmakers whose films are screening in this year’s Dublin Comedy International Film Festival: Zoë Brennan-Whitmore (Unhinged), Jeda de Bri (Ghosted) and Aoife O’ Kelly (Panic). The Dublin Comedy International Film Festival takes place from 29th November – 2nd December 2023. Unhinged (DIR: Zoë Brennan-Whitmore • WRI: Mary Kirwan) Following a recent sighting of her office crush on a dating app on the eve of his leaving party, an overt...
Dublin Comedy International Film Festival Roundtable
November 24, 2023 16:15 - 56 minutes - 41.7 MBDublin Comedy International Film Festival Roundtable by Film Ireland
Film Ireland Presents: Ken Wardrop, Director of So This Is Christmas
November 17, 2023 11:50 - 43 minutes - 29.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ken Wardrop, Director of So This Is Christmas. It’s late November and across the country expectations of the impending festive season are growing. Christmas trees are being bought, festive music turned up and presents scrambled for. It’s all getting very bright and loud, excessive and expensive. Directed by acclaimed director Ken Wardrop, So This Is Christmas takes us on a heartening and emotional journey with five ordinary characters as th...
Podcast: Ken Wardrop, Director of ‘So This Is Christmas’
November 17, 2023 11:50 - 43 minutes - 29.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ken Wardrop, Director of So This Is Christmas. It’s late November and across the country expectations of the impending festive season are growing. Christmas trees are being bought, festive music turned up and presents scrambled for. It’s all getting very bright and loud, excessive and expensive. Directed by acclaimed director Ken Wardrop, So This Is Christmas takes us on a heartening and emotional journey with five ordinary characters as th...
Film Ireland Presents: Paul Mercier, Writer & Director of Prospect House
November 15, 2023 16:20 - 48 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Paul Mercier, Writer & Director of Prospect House ahead of its screening at this year’s Cork International Film Festival. Prospect House is a satirical film about a group of protestors who stage a period re- enactment in a dilapidated 18th century house in a last ditch effort to save the building from demolition. The film deals with the final days of the illegal occupation of the house by the protestors. They are a motley crew of artists, a...
Paul Mercier, Writer & Director of 'Prospect House'
November 15, 2023 16:20 - 48 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Paul Mercier, Writer & Director of Prospect House ahead of its screening at this year’s Cork International Film Festival. Prospect House is a satirical film about a group of protestors who stage a period re- enactment in a dilapidated 18th century house in a last ditch effort to save the building from demolition. The film deals with the final days of the illegal occupation of the house by the protestors. They are a motley crew of artists, a...
Film Ireland Presents: Joe Lee, Director of 406 Days at Still Voices 2023
November 13, 2023 18:07 - 43 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to filmmaker Joe Lee about 406 Days, which is screening at this year’s Still Voices Film Festival (November 15th – 19th 2023). The film tells the story of the 1,000 Irish Debenhams workers who were made redundant through a generic email on the 9th of April 2020 after Debenhams UK Retail Ltd closed all 11 Irish stores including their flagship store on Henry St. Dublin 1. The workforce, 95% female, had been denied an earlier agreed redundancy p...
Still Voices 23 Podcast: Joe Lee, Director of '406 Days'
November 13, 2023 18:07 - 43 minutes - 32.1 MBStill Voices 23 Podcast: Joe Lee, Director of '406 Days' by Film Ireland
Still Voices 23 Podcast: Laura Moss Co-Writer & Director of 'Birth/Rebirth'
November 10, 2023 11:22 - 32 minutes - 22 MBIn this Still Voices 23 Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Co-Writer (alongside Brendan J. O’Brien) & Director of Birth/Rebirth which is screening at this year’s Still Voices Film Festival (November 15th – 19th 2023). A morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but she must harvest biological materials from pregnant women to keep the child breathing. When the girl’s mother, a nurse, discovers her baby is alive, the two enter into a deal that forces them both down a dar...
Film Ireland Presents: Laura Moss Co-Writer & Director of Birth/Rebirth
November 10, 2023 11:22 - 32 minutes - 22 MBIn this Still Voices 23 Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Co-Writer (alongside Brendan J. O’Brien) & Director of Birth/Rebirth which is screening at this year’s Still Voices Film Festival (November 15th – 19th 2023). A morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but she must harvest biological materials from pregnant women to keep the child breathing. When the girl’s mother, a nurse, discovers her baby is alive, the two enter into a deal that forces them both down a dar...
Still Voices Podcast: Laura Moss Co-Writer & Director of 'Birth/Rebirth'
November 10, 2023 11:22 - 32 minutes - 22 MBIn this Still Voices 23 Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Co-Writer (alongside Brendan J. O’Brien) & Director of Birth/Rebirth which is screening at this year’s Still Voices Film Festival (November 15th – 19th 2023). A morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but she must harvest biological materials from pregnant women to keep the child breathing. When the girl’s mother, a nurse, discovers her baby is alive, the two enter into a deal that forces them both down a dar...
Cork International Film Festival Filmmakers Roundtable
November 08, 2023 15:22 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 4 filmmakers whose films are screening at the Cork International Film Festival (Nov 9th - 26th, 2023). Martina Glynn (Wrecker), Aduda Hera & Lia Campbell (Shee) and TJ O’Grady-Peyton (Room Taken). https://filmireland.net/ https://corkfilmfest.org/
Shorts Focus: Cork International Film Festival Filmmakers Roundtable
November 08, 2023 15:22 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 4 filmmakers whose films are screening at the Cork International Film Festival (Nov 9th - 26th, 2023). Martina Glynn (Wrecker), Aduda Hera & Lia Campbell (Shee) and TJ O’Grady-Peyton (Room Taken). https://filmireland.net/ https://corkfilmfest.org/
Podcast: Molly Manning Walker, Writer/Director of ‘How to Have Sex’
November 06, 2023 17:06 - 11 minutes - 8.83 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Smrithika Majukar talks to Molly Manning Walker, Writer/Director of ‘How to Have Sex’ Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s dir...
Film Briefs: Molly Manning Walker, Writer/Director of How to Have Sex
November 06, 2023 17:06 - 11 minutes - 8.83 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Smrithika Majukar talks to Molly Manning Walker, Writer/Director of ‘How to Have Sex’ Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery. Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s dir...
From The Quiet Man to The Quiet Girl – An Irish Film Music Journey
October 20, 2023 14:02 - 52 minutes - 40 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to event organiser Tim Burden about From The Quiet Man to The Quiet Girl – An Irish Film Music Journey, a celebration of Irish film music, and the role played by music in telling the great stories of Irish cinema over the past 100 years at Belfast’s iconic Strand Arts Centre. Followed by Pius Ojo talking to Composer Sarah Lynch, who features among the panel of speakers at the event. From The Quiet Man to The Quiet Girl – An Irish Film Music ...
On The Ground: An Irish Film Music Journey
October 20, 2023 14:02 - 52 minutes - 40 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to event organiser Tim Burden about From The Quiet Man to The Quiet Girl – An Irish Film Music Journey, a celebration of Irish film music, and the role played by music in telling the great stories of Irish cinema over the past 100 years at Belfast’s iconic Strand Arts Centre. Followed by Pius Ojo talking to Composer Sarah Lynch, who features among the panel of speakers at the event. From The Quiet Man to The Quiet Girl – An Irish Film Music ...
Trish McAdam, Director of Songs Of Blood And Destiny
October 19, 2023 13:45 - 50 minutes - 31.8 MBAhead of its screening at the Kerry Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Trish McAdam, Director of Songs Of Blood And Destiny. Based on the epic poem, iGirl, by Marina Carr. A narrator unravels her own life like some knotted ball of string, reflects with dark humour and heavenly wit on humanities destiny and evokes voices past and future. The filmmaker takes the semi-autobiographic words of Marina Carr’s epic poem, as if they were her own, encouraging the audience to do the same. Using her...
Film Ireland Presents: Trish McAdam, Director of Songs Of Blood And Destiny
October 19, 2023 13:45 - 50 minutes - 31.8 MBAhead of its screening at the Kerry Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Trish McAdam, Director of Songs Of Blood And Destiny. Based on the epic poem, iGirl, by Marina Carr. A narrator unravels her own life like some knotted ball of string, reflects with dark humour and heavenly wit on humanities destiny and evokes voices past and future. The filmmaker takes the semi-autobiographic words of Marina Carr’s epic poem, as if they were her own, encouraging the audience to do the same. Using her...
Lisa Mulcahy, Director of 'Lies We Tell'
October 19, 2023 11:32 - 36 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this Film Ireland Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Lisa Mulcahy Director of 'Lies We Tell'. Lies We Tell is a a contained psychological thriller about a gaslit girl’s break for freedom. Maud (Agnes O’Casey), an orphaned heiress living alone in an isolated manor, must fight her charming and dangerous Uncle (David Wilmot) for her inheritance— and her life. Lies We Tell also stars Holly Sturton and Chris Walley, is written by Elisabeth Gooch, produced by Ruth Carter of Blue Ink Films with bac...
Film Ireland Presents: Lisa Mulcahy, Director of Lies We Tell
October 19, 2023 11:32 - 36 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this Film Ireland Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Lisa Mulcahy Director of 'Lies We Tell'. Lies We Tell is a a contained psychological thriller about a gaslit girl’s break for freedom. Maud (Agnes O’Casey), an orphaned heiress living alone in an isolated manor, must fight her charming and dangerous Uncle (David Wilmot) for her inheritance— and her life. Lies We Tell also stars Holly Sturton and Chris Walley, is written by Elisabeth Gooch, produced by Ruth Carter of Blue Ink Films with bac...
Film Ireland Presents: Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Director of The Miracle Club
October 13, 2023 16:06 - 38 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Director of ‘The Miracle Club’. The Miracle Club follows a female friendship across generations in a community in the late 1960’s in working class Dublin when the Catholic Church reigned supreme. A bus trip to Lourdes becomes more than a pilgrimage as each of the women look for answers to very different questions. Having never even left Dublin – let alone Ireland – the journey provides our heroines the chance to let the...
Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Director of 'The Miracle Club'
October 13, 2023 16:06 - 38 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Director of ‘The Miracle Club’. The Miracle Club follows a female friendship across generations in a community in the late 1960’s in working class Dublin when the Catholic Church reigned supreme. A bus trip to Lourdes becomes more than a pilgrimage as each of the women look for answers to very different questions. Having never even left Dublin – let alone Ireland – the journey provides our heroines the chance to let the...
Film Ireland Presents: Eugene O'Brien, Writer of Tarrac
October 11, 2023 16:11 - 40 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this Film Ireland Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Eugene O Brien, Writer of 'Tarrac', which is in cinemas from 6th October 2023. Filmed on the breathtaking landscapes of Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, this award-winning Irish-language film, Tarrac, stars Kelly Gough (Kill Command, Out of Innocence) Lorcan Cranitch (Lakelands, Aisha, Róise & Frank) Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (An Cailín Ciúin, Song of Granite, Shadow Dancer), Kate Finegan (Joyride, Rós na Rún), Rachel Feeney (B...
Film Ireland Presents: Eugene O Brien, Writer of Tarrac
October 11, 2023 16:11 - 40 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this Film Ireland Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Eugene O Brien, Writer of 'Tarrac', which is in cinemas from 6th October 2023. Filmed on the breathtaking landscapes of Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, this award-winning Irish-language film, Tarrac, stars Kelly Gough (Kill Command, Out of Innocence) Lorcan Cranitch (Lakelands, Aisha, Róise & Frank) Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (An Cailín Ciúin, Song of Granite, Shadow Dancer), Kate Finegan (Joyride, Rós na Rún), Rachel Feeney (B...
Eugene O Brien, Writer of ‘Tarrac’
October 11, 2023 16:11 - 40 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this Film Ireland Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Eugene O Brien, Writer of 'Tarrac', which is in cinemas from 6th October 2023. Filmed on the breathtaking landscapes of Corca Dhuibhne, Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, this award-winning Irish-language film, Tarrac, stars Kelly Gough (Kill Command, Out of Innocence) Lorcan Cranitch (Lakelands, Aisha, Róise & Frank) Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (An Cailín Ciúin, Song of Granite, Shadow Dancer), Kate Finegan (Joyride, Rós na Rún), Rachel Feeney (B...
Tony Kelly, Writer/Director of 'The Hurler (A Campion's Tale)'
October 06, 2023 15:48 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Lynn Larkin talks to Tony Kelly, Writer/Director of The Hurler (A Campion’s Tale). The Hurler: A Campion’s Tale tells the story of Ireland’s most notorious Hurler, Gar Campion (Tony Kelly) . Gar is one of Ireland’s most successful, decorated and best hurlers but, his public persona and strong personality has made him almost bigger than the game. He’s a fashionista who dates Ireland’s top Instagram model, Keeva McGinley (Sophie Vavasseur). He’s the GAA’s answer t...
Film Ireland Presents: Tony Kelly, Writer/Director of The Hurler (A Campion's Tale)
October 06, 2023 15:48 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Lynn Larkin talks to Tony Kelly, Writer/Director of The Hurler (A Campion’s Tale). The Hurler: A Campion’s Tale tells the story of Ireland’s most notorious Hurler, Gar Campion (Tony Kelly) . Gar is one of Ireland’s most successful, decorated and best hurlers but, his public persona and strong personality has made him almost bigger than the game. He’s a fashionista who dates Ireland’s top Instagram model, Keeva McGinley (Sophie Vavasseur). He’s the GAA’s answer t...
Prasanna Puwanarajah, Director of 'Ballywalter'
September 21, 2023 20:33 - 40 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Prasanna Puwanarajah, Director of Ballywalter. A life affirming story about the unexpected connections that can change the course of our lives. Eileen (Seána Kerslake) is a caustic, unrepentant University drop-out whose dreams of a successful life in London have fallen by the wayside. Back at home with her mum, she makes ends meet by working as an unlicensed driver in her ex-boyfriend’s minicab. Shane (Patrick Kielty) has exiled himself...
Film Ireland Presents: Prasanna Puwanarajah, Director of Ballywalter
September 21, 2023 20:33 - 40 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Prasanna Puwanarajah, Director of Ballywalter. A life affirming story about the unexpected connections that can change the course of our lives. Eileen (Seána Kerslake) is a caustic, unrepentant University drop-out whose dreams of a successful life in London have fallen by the wayside. Back at home with her mum, she makes ends meet by working as an unlicensed driver in her ex-boyfriend’s minicab. Shane (Patrick Kielty) has exiled himself...
Bryony Dunne, Director/Co-Writer of 'Surrender Your Horns'
September 15, 2023 15:58 - 38 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Bryony Dunne about her film Surrender Your Horns. Surrender Your Horns is a feature film that starts with a lonesome Irish man snorting a substance of powdered horn, who then undergoes a bestial metamorphosis. The work combines documentary footage with absurdist performances of unicorn nightclubbers, reproductive biologists, and horn smugglers. Surrender Your Horns premiered at Galway Film Fleadh last year, and went on to have a number of ...
Film Ireland Presents: Bryony Dunne, Director/Co-Writer of Surrender Your Horns
September 15, 2023 15:58 - 38 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Bryony Dunne about her film Surrender Your Horns. Surrender Your Horns is a feature film that starts with a lonesome Irish man snorting a substance of powdered horn, who then undergoes a bestial metamorphosis. The work combines documentary footage with absurdist performances of unicorn nightclubbers, reproductive biologists, and horn smugglers. Surrender Your Horns premiered at Galway Film Fleadh last year, and went on to have a number of ...
Producer Kathryn Lennon and Executive Producer James Mitchell of Hidden Assets
September 02, 2023 13:57 - 46 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to ‘Hidden Assets’ Series Producer Kathryn Lennon and Executive Producer James Mitchell. Hidden Assets returns to our screens this Autumn with a six-part second season, set between Limerick and Antwerp, Belgium. Hidden Assets airs on Sunday September 3rd for 6 consecutive weeks at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player Over a year has passed since the events in season one and the stage is set for an exciting season full of twists and turns. Clai...
Film Ireland Presents: Producer Kathryn Lennon & EP James Mitchell discuss Hidden Assets
September 02, 2023 13:57 - 46 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to ‘Hidden Assets’ Series Producer Kathryn Lennon and Executive Producer James Mitchell. Hidden Assets returns to our screens this Autumn with a six-part second season, set between Limerick and Antwerp, Belgium. Hidden Assets airs on Sunday September 3rd for 6 consecutive weeks at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player Over a year has passed since the events in season one and the stage is set for an exciting season full of twists and turns. Clai...
Tony Devlin, Director and Co-writer of 'The Glenarma Tapes'
August 24, 2023 15:58 - 35 minutes - 26.8 MBAhead of its screening at this year’s FrightFest, Gemma Creagh talks to Tony Devlin, Director and Co-writer of The Glenarma Tapes. In the spring of 2020, five art students and two lecturers went missing in a remote forest in Ireland. What happened to them has remained unknown – until now. Their last movements are pieced together from found footage recovered from a police operation almost two years later, where it becomes clear that what started out as an innocent prank went badly wrong and b...
Film Ireland Presents: Tony Devlin, Director / Co-writer of The Glenarma Tapes
August 24, 2023 15:58 - 35 minutes - 26.8 MBAhead of its screening at this year’s FrightFest, Gemma Creagh talks to Tony Devlin, Director and Co-writer of The Glenarma Tapes. In the spring of 2020, five art students and two lecturers went missing in a remote forest in Ireland. What happened to them has remained unknown – until now. Their last movements are pieced together from found footage recovered from a police operation almost two years later, where it becomes clear that what started out as an innocent prank went badly wrong and b...
Laura McGann, Writer/Director of 'The Deepest Breath'
August 16, 2023 15:29 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Laura McGann about her film The Deepest Breath. The Deepest Breath follows champion freediver Alessia Zecchini, who fell in love with the sport as a child growing up in Italy, astounding coaches with her raw talent and determination in pool swims and open water contests before she was even old enough to legally compete. Irish adventurer turned expert safety diver Stephen Keenan, meanwhile, was raised near the sea, but as a young man he set o...
Talking Film: Murray Pomerance, Vertigo 65
August 04, 2023 16:18 - 30 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Paul Farren speaks to Author & Scholar Murray Pomerance about Alfred Hitchcock’s timeless classic Vertigo. Murray Pomerance will be presenting at the Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo: 65th Anniversary: 1958-2023 which takes place 21 – 23 August 2023 at Trinity College Dublin. The conference also includes a special screening of Vertigo in the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on Sunday, 20th August at 8pm. www.vertigo65.com https://filmireland.net/
Murray Pomerance, Vertigo 65
August 04, 2023 16:18 - 30 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Paul Farren speaks to Author & Scholar Murray Pomerance about Alfred Hitchcock’s timeless classic Vertigo. Murray Pomerance will be presenting at the Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo: 65th Anniversary: 1958-2023 which takes place 21 – 23 August 2023 at Trinity College Dublin. The conference also includes a special screening of Vertigo in the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on Sunday, 20th August at 8pm. www.vertigo65.com https://filmireland.net/
Film Ireland Presents: Patricia Kelly, Director/Writer of Verdigris
July 12, 2023 12:27 - 31 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Director/Writer Patricia Kelly about her film Verdigris which is premiering at the 35th Galway Film Fleadh. Trapped in a marriage with a volatile and controlling husband, middle-aged, middle-class Marian takes on a secret part-time job as a census enumerator. The job is no picnic. On her tough inner-city route, she faces dismissive and abusive locals who flatly refuse to engage in the census. This includes brash and no-nonsense teenager Jew...