Film Ireland Podcast
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Film Ireland Presents: Andrew Baird, Director of One Way
October 19, 2022 14:36 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Andrew Baird, the Director of ‘One Way’, the high-octane US thriller, written by Ben Conway. On the run with a bag full of cash after a robbing his former crime boss—and a potentially fatal wound—Freddy slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. With his life slipping through his fingers, Freddy is left with very few choices to survive. https://filmireland.net/
Podcast: Andrew Baird, Director of 'One Way'
October 19, 2022 14:36 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Andrew Baird, the Director of ‘One Way’, the high-octane US thriller, written by Ben Conway. On the run with a bag full of cash after a robbing his former crime boss—and a potentially fatal wound—Freddy slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. With his life slipping through his fingers, Freddy is left with very few choices to survive. https://filmireland.net/
Film Ireland Presents: Robert Manson, Writer/Director of Holy Island
October 14, 2022 16:22 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Robert Manson, writer and director of Holy Island. Holy Island is a story about two lost souls, Rosa and David, trapped in purgatory in the form of a run-down port town. They meet awaiting a boat to leave the island, both longing to return home. Together they are forced to traverse an abnormal maze, piecing together their past lives through shared conversations and memories. In the end, only one of them can be saved. The other must fall. ...
Robert Manson, Writer & Director Of 'Holy Island'
October 14, 2022 16:22 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Robert Manson, writer and director of Holy Island. Holy Island is a story about two lost souls, Rosa and David, trapped in purgatory in the form of a run-down port town. They meet awaiting a boat to leave the island, both longing to return home. Together they are forced to traverse an abnormal maze, piecing together their past lives through shared conversations and memories. In the end, only one of them can be saved. The other must fall. ...
Sasha King, Director of 'Vicky'
October 13, 2022 10:12 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Sasha King about her powerful film Vicky which tells the inspirational story of Vicky Phelan’s personal journey and heroic work to uncover the Irish CervicalCheck scandal. In 2018 on the steps of the High Court in Dublin, Vicky Phelan gave a now infamous address where she exposed the CervicalCheck scandal. A subsequent investigation revealed over 220 women were affected, while 17 women had already died. Vicky is a profound and intimate jour...
Film Ireland Presents: Sasha King, Director of Vicky
October 13, 2022 10:12 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Sasha King about her powerful film Vicky which tells the inspirational story of Vicky Phelan’s personal journey and heroic work to uncover the Irish CervicalCheck scandal. In 2018 on the steps of the High Court in Dublin, Vicky Phelan gave a now infamous address where she exposed the CervicalCheck scandal. A subsequent investigation revealed over 220 women were affected, while 17 women had already died. Vicky is a profound and intimate jour...
Interview with Kim Bartley, Director of 'Pure Grit'
October 04, 2022 08:29 - 35 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kim Bartley, Director of ‘Pure Grit’, a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story. Pure Grit chronicles three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer Sharmaine, her dogged determination, and the relationships that sustain her. Sharmaine dreams of becoming a champion again but she needs money to compete, and jobs are scarce on the reservation. Sharmaine quit racing and her job to c...
Film Ireland Presents: Kim Bartley, Director of Pure Grit
October 04, 2022 08:29 - 35 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kim Bartley, Director of ‘Pure Grit’, a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story. Pure Grit chronicles three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer Sharmaine, her dogged determination, and the relationships that sustain her. Sharmaine dreams of becoming a champion again but she needs money to compete, and jobs are scarce on the reservation. Sharmaine quit racing and her job to c...
Film Ireland Presents: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Writer/Director of It Is In Us All
September 23, 2022 11:32 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Antonia Campbell-Hughes on the release of her debut feature It Is In Us All. When Hamish arrives on the soil of his mother’s birth, she is felt instantly. As he travels further into the wild Irish country, a shocking car accident rips him apart, shattering his clenched control. A beast broken, he finds himself lost in the world of his long deceased mother. But when he starts to receive visits from a teenager who was also involved in the cra...
Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Writer & Director of 'It Is In Us All'
September 23, 2022 11:32 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Antonia Campbell-Hughes on the release of her debut feature It Is In Us All. When Hamish arrives on the soil of his mother’s birth, she is felt instantly. As he travels further into the wild Irish country, a shocking car accident rips him apart, shattering his clenched control. A beast broken, he finds himself lost in the world of his long deceased mother. But when he starts to receive visits from a teenager who was also involved in the cra...
Halina Reijn, Director of 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'
September 19, 2022 17:40 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Halina Reijn, director of Bodies Bodies Bodies. When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong Bodies Bodies Bodies is directed by Halina Reijn (Instinct) and written by acclaimed playwright Sarah DeLappe (The Wolves) from a story by Kriten Roupenian (Cat Person). The film stars Amand...
Film Briefs: Halina Reijn, Director of Bodies Bodies Bodies
September 19, 2022 17:40 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Halina Reijn, director of Bodies Bodies Bodies. When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong Bodies Bodies Bodies is directed by Halina Reijn (Instinct) and written by acclaimed playwright Sarah DeLappe (The Wolves) from a story by Kriten Roupenian (Cat Person). The film stars Amand...
Lynne Parker, Director of 'Hecuba'
September 15, 2022 13:20 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Director and Rough Magic Theatre Company co-founder Lynne Parker about her filmed version of Hecuba, playwright Marina Carr’s new version of the classic Greek tragedy. Hecuba screens in cinemas nationwide for one night only on September 15th 2022. A dynamic filmed version of Rough Magic’s remarkable theatre production, Hecuba is a passionate reimagining of the aftermath of the Trojan War by internationally renowned playwright Marina Carr. Surrounded by t...
Film Ireland Presents: Lynne Parker, Director of Hecuba
September 15, 2022 13:20 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Director and Rough Magic Theatre Company co-founder Lynne Parker about her filmed version of Hecuba, playwright Marina Carr’s new version of the classic Greek tragedy. Hecuba screens in cinemas nationwide for one night only on September 15th 2022. A dynamic filmed version of Rough Magic’s remarkable theatre production, Hecuba is a passionate reimagining of the aftermath of the Trojan War by internationally renowned playwright Marina Carr. Surrounded by t...
Film Ireland Presents: Dónal Foreman, Director of The Cry of Granuaile
September 09, 2022 08:10 - 34 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Dónal Foreman about his genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy, The Cry of Granuaile. The Cry of Granuaile is a genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy from Dónal Foreman, award winning director of the The Image You Missed (the IFTA-nominated documentary named by the Irish Times as one of the 50 best Irish films ever made.) Filmed on lush 16mm film and starring Dale Dickey and Judith Roddy, The Cry of Granuaile follows a grie...
Dónal Foreman, Director of 'The Cry of Granuaile'
September 09, 2022 08:10 - 34 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Dónal Foreman about his genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy, The Cry of Granuaile. The Cry of Granuaile is a genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy from Dónal Foreman, award winning director of the The Image You Missed (the IFTA-nominated documentary named by the Irish Times as one of the 50 best Irish films ever made.) Filmed on lush 16mm film and starring Dale Dickey and Judith Roddy, The Cry of Granuaile follows a grie...
Dean Kavanagh: Writer/Director of 'Hole in the Head'
August 12, 2022 13:20 - 37 minutes - 50.3 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to filmmaker Dean Kavanagh about his latest feature, Hole in the Head, a sophisticated and darkly comic exploration of the meeting point of traumatised memory and image technologies. Part-time projectionist and amateur filmmaker, John Kline Jnr, is mute and suffers from missing time. He hires local actors to play his parents in a series of recreated home movies in order to investigate their unsolved disappearance 25 years earlier. Hole in the...
Emer Reynolds, Director of 'Joyride'
July 29, 2022 16:23 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Emmy-winning documentary maker Emer Reynolds about her debut feature film Joyride. Joyride stars the Academy®, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Olivia Colman as Joy, a solicitor, who didn’t expect to get pregnant or hijacked in a taxi stolen by a 12-year-old boy. Fleeing from his father, 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy is on her way to an important meeting, and Mul...
Olivia Newman, Director of 'Where the Crawdads Sing'
July 22, 2022 11:37 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MBIn this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Olivia Newman, the director of Where the Crawdads Sing, which is adapted from the best-selling novel by Delia Owens and produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. A captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community...
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 15 -Jay Bedwani (Donna)
July 15, 2022 15:27 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBThe DocArena Podcast: Episode 15 -Jay Bedwani (Donna) by Film Ireland
Galway Film Fleadh Filmmakers Roundtable 2022
July 04, 2022 17:40 - 43 minutes - 42.3 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Derek Ugochukwu, Laura Kavanagh and Jonathan Hughes ahead of their films screening at the Galway Film Fleadh (5-10 July 2022).
Kate Dolan, Writer/Director Of 'You Are Not My Mother'
June 23, 2022 12:43 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kate Dolan, the writer and director of You Are Not My Mother. Rooted in eerie Irish folklore, the creepy and unsettling chiller is Kate’s debut feature. Char’s mother, Angela, has inexplicably disappeared. All that remains is her abandoned car. When she returns home without explanation the following evening, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same but Angela’s behaviour ...
Emily O’Callaghan: Festival Director of the Achill Island Film Festival
May 13, 2022 09:04 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this Film, Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Emily O’Callaghan, the Festival Director of the Achill Island Film Festival. The Festival takes place from 20 – 22 May 2022. Take a look at the Festival website https://www.achillinternationalfilmfestival.com/ Festival tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/achill-island-film-festival-tickets-295391553087 About this event Ticket holders for the inaugural Achill Island Film Festival can expect to see a wonderful range of films from Irelan...
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 15 – Luke Sewell (Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King)
April 04, 2022 18:05 - 40 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Luke Sewell about his documentary Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King. If you want proof that the world of cryptocurrency is like the Wild West, look no further than Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King. The gripping new documentary follows a group of Bitcoin investors who lost their money after the strange death of Gerald “Gerry” Cotten, founder of the cryptocurrency company QuadrigaCX. His death triggered some se...
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 14 – Declan McGrath & Neasa Ní Chianáin (Young Plato)
March 18, 2022 15:29 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Declan McGrath & Neasa Ní Chianáin about their documentary Young Plato. A Primary School in Belfast’s Ardoyne housing estates invokes the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers to fight poverty, drug dealers and the IRA – restoring hope in the heart of a battered community. Young Plato is in cinemas from 18th March 2022.
Interview with Seán Breathnach, Writer/Director of 'Foscadh'
March 16, 2022 15:55 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Seán Breathnach, Writer/Director of Foscadh. Set in the stunning wild mountains of North Conamara, Foscadh (meaning Shelter) is a delayed coming-of-age tale that will have you rooting for its hapless hero as he takes his first tentative steps into adulthood. Written and directed by Seán Breathnach, Foscadh is based on characters created by award-winning novelist Donal Ryan in his book The Thing About December. It tells the story of na...
The DocArena Podcast Episode 13 – Peter Middleton & James Spinney (The Real Charlie Chaplin)
February 18, 2022 13:16 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Peter Middleton & James Spinney about their documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin. Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood’s most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he was perceived, but his private life has always been shrouded in mystery – until now. Never-befo...
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 12 – Felicity Morris & Bernie Higgins (The Tinder Swindler)
February 03, 2022 14:04 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Director Felicity Morris & Producer Bernie Higgins about their documentary 'The Tinder Swindler'. Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback. The Tinder Swindler is available on Netflix from 2nd February 2022. https://filmireland.net/ https://twitter.com/FilmIreland
Interview with Director Damian McCann & Writer Aislinn Clarke of 'Doineann'
February 01, 2022 13:12 - 32 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Director Damian McCann & Writer Aislinn Clarke about their film ‘Doineann’. Doineann the Irish for ‘stormy weather’, is the feature debut from Damian McCann with the screenplay penned by Aislinn Clarke and tells the story of the disappearance of a woman and her baby on a remote Irish island. Her husband must put his trust in the island’s retired policewoman to help find his family before a storm hits the island. Starring Love/Hate actor Pe...
Podcast Roundtable: Dublin International Comedy Film Festival 2022
January 20, 2022 09:53 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIn this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 4 filmmakers whose films are screening at this year’s Dublin International Comedy Film Festival. Bébhinn Naughton, Adam William Cahill, Lara Cassidy and Len MacKeigan talk about the craft behind their comedy. The Dublin International Comedy Film Festival 2022 runs 20-22 January 2022. https://filmireland.net/wp-admin/
Shorts Focus: Dublin International Comedy Film Festival 2022
January 20, 2022 09:53 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIn this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 4 filmmakers whose films are screening at this year’s Dublin International Comedy Film Festival. Bébhinn Naughton, Adam William Cahill, Lara Cassidy and Len MacKeigan talk about the craft behind their comedy. The Dublin International Comedy Film Festival 2022 runs 20-22 January 2022. https://filmireland.net/wp-admin/
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 11 – Jamila Wignot (Ailey)
January 07, 2022 12:36 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Jamila Wignot about her documentary Ailey. Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Directed by Jamila Wignot, the celebrated documentary is an immersive profile of ground-breaking and influential choreographer Alvin Ailey, founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey captures the brilliant and enigmatic man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, was determined to build ...
Interview with Tadhg O’Sullivan, Director of 'To The Moon'
November 30, 2021 18:40 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Tadhg O’Sullivan, Director of To The Moon. To the Moon is a beautiful and poetic cinematic ode to the moon. Made primarily from international cinematic archive in combination with literary fragments and original moonlit cinematography filmed across five continents, To The Moon steps lightly through the ages and ideas that people have drawn from the moon to meditate on the fragile and fleeting nature of humanity. To The Moon is in cinemas...
Interview with Michael McCormack, Director of 'Breaking Out'
November 23, 2021 18:56 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBBreaking Out is the remarkable story of Cork born singer-songwriter Fergus O’Farrell, the charismatic voice of Interference, one of the most compelling and influential bands to emerge from the Irish music scene in the 1990’s. He was best known for his timeless song “GOLD” which featured in the soundtrack to ONCE, the Oscar winning film and multi-Tony-award-winning musical. Despite being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at a young age, through it all, Fergus had to keep singing. His unique ...
Interview with Edwina Casey, Director of 'The Lighthouse'
November 12, 2021 13:09 - 29 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Edwina Casey, the director of a new production of Peter Maxwell Davies’s chamber opera The Lighthouse, which screens in cinemas for one night only on 16th November and then goes on tour nationwide with live performances in venues from Saturday, 20th November. Presented by Irish National Opera, conducted by Nil Venditti and starring Brenton Ryan, Ben McAteer and John Molloy, The Lighthouse is based on an actual event in December 1900, when a visiting su...
Interview With Ross Killeen, Director Of 'Love Yourself Today' Nov2021
November 11, 2021 12:59 - 35.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podast Gemma Creagh talks to Ross Killeen about Love Yourself Today, which centres around the music of Irish singer songwriter Damien Dempsey but also turns the lens onto his fans.
Interview With Ross Killeen, Director Of 'Love Yourself Today'
November 11, 2021 12:59 - 36 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podast Gemma Creagh talks to Ross Killeen about Love Yourself Today, which centres around the music of Irish singer songwriter Damien Dempsey but also turns the lens onto his fans.
Still Voices Short Film Festival: Fiction Filmmakers
November 04, 2021 17:38 - 47 minutes - 45.8 MBWe are thrilled to be partnering with Still Voices Short Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts. This episode features Ariane Louis-Seize, Reza Riahi and Hazel McKibbin talking to Roisin Kearney ahead of their films screening at this year’s festival. https://filmireland.net/ https://stillvoicesfilmfestival.com/
Interview with Robbie Walsh, Writer/Director of 'The Letters'
November 01, 2021 19:46 - 28 minutes - 19.1 MBSet against the backdrop of the Cervical Check scandal that rocked Ireland, 'The Letters' tells the story of three women from different walks of life who have been given mere weeks to live due to the false results of their cervical cancer checks. Mary is a woman in her 50's who is the sole carer of her elderly mum with late stage Alzheimer's, Sam is a single mother in debt and struggling to raise her four kids and Cliona a single career driven woman who rates low on the autism spectrum that r...
Still Voices Short Film Festival Podcast: Terence Davies
October 25, 2021 19:54 - 59 minutes - 40.1 MBWe are thrilled to be partnering with Still Voices Short Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts. This year acclaimed director Terence Davies will attend the 2021 festival for a special screening of his 1988 masterpiece Distant Voices, Still Lives (after which the festival took its name). Ahead of his appearance Terence was kind enough to give us his time and join Paul Farren to talk about films, filmmaking and all that comes between! Terence will also give a Masterclass at the festi...
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 10 – Ric Burns (Oliver Sacks: His Own Life)
October 19, 2021 21:56 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Ric Burns about his documentary Oliver Sacks: His Own Life. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact. Sacks, known for his literary works Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, was a fearless explorer...
Still Voices Short Film Festival Documentary Filmmakers
October 15, 2021 20:27 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBWe are thrilled to be partnering with Still Voices Short Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts. We’re kicking off with 3 very talented documentary filmmakers. Kaitlyn Schwalje & Alex Wolf Lewis join us to talk about their film Snowy and Tom Dream joins us to talk about his film Shy Radicals. We were delighted to have fellow filmmaker Jenny Keogh hosting and making this such a fabulous and informative conversation. Still Voices Short Film Festival runs 4-7 November. See the full pro...
Interview with Tom Sullivan, Writer/Director of Arracht
October 14, 2021 21:21 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Tom Sullivan, Writer/Director of Arracht. Arracht tells the story of Colmán Sharkey, a fisherman, a father, a husband, living in Connemara in 1845 as The Great Hunger is about to fall on Ireland. As land taxes rise and crops rot Colmán confronts his Landlord, the night ends in deadly violence and Colman is forced to go on the run, hunted for crimes he did not commit. As the years pass in solitude, Colmán returns to the mainland and encounter...
Podcast: Interview with Directors of ‘Father of the Cyborgs’
September 27, 2021 07:50 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to David Burke about his film Father of the Cyborgs. Father of the Cyborgs looks at the fascinating life and career of Irish neuroscientist Dr Phil Kennedy. In the late 1990s he made global headlines for implanting several wire electrodes in the brain of a paralysed man and then teaching the locked-in patient to control a computer cursor with his mind. He was compared to Alexander Graham Bell in The Washington Post and became known as ‘The F...
Interview with Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, Co-Writers & Directors of 'Rose Plays Julie'
September 21, 2021 19:31 - 46 minutes - 35 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Natasha Waugh talks to Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor about their film Rose Plays Julie. This podcast was recorded at the 2020 Dublin International Film Festival ahead of the film’s premiere. Rose Plays Julie is an intense, edge-of-your-seat story of revenge centring on a young woman searching for her biological mother. Addressing a deep longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that are both devastating and dangerous. Rose Plays Julie ...
Niall Owens Writer/Director of 'Gateway'
September 16, 2021 11:22 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh chats to Niall Owens about his debut feature film Gateway, which screens at IndieCork 2021 Film Festival (19th September – 3rd October). Mike a low-level drug dealer is haunted by a recent death. Unable to shake his waking nightmare, Mike’s business has suffered and he and his gang are in debt to a ruthless supplier. In need of quick cash, the gang plan to grow a large amount of weed to settle the debt, now all they need is a quiet place to grow it....
Podcast Interview With Phyllidia Lloyd, Director Of 'Herself'
September 10, 2021 11:19 - 36 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Phyllidia Lloyd, Director of Herself. Herself follows the story of Sandra (Clare Dunne), who on the surface of it, is a young Mum struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe, happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, Sandra has a steely determination to change their lives for the better and when it becomes clear that there are no other options left to her, she decides to build it herself from scratch, drawing togeth...
Interview with Writer / Director Philip Doherty & Actor Aaron Monaghan of ‘Redemption of A Rogue’
August 27, 2021 14:08 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Philip Doherty (writer / director) and Aaron Monaghan (lead) about Redemption of A Rogue. Redemption of A Rogue, the first feature film from the award-winning playwright Philip Doherty (Pilgrim) follows Jimmy, played by Cavan native Aaron Monaghan (MAZE, Assassin’s Creed), on his road to salvation after returning to his hometown. Stuck in a Groundhog Day-like purgatory, Jimmy embarks on a sacrificial and outlandish journey to rid himself o...
Tania Notaro, Dublin Feminist Film Festival Programmer
August 19, 2021 16:08 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to actor/writer and festival programmer Tania Notaro ahead of the Dublin Feminist Film Festival, which takes place 20-22 August 2021. Tania guides us through the programme and lets us know what to expect. The Dublin Feminist Film Festival promotes and celebrates female filmmakers, hoping to inspire and empower others to get involved in filmmaking. This involves considering women on-screen, but also behind the camera, through celebrating and s...
Interview With Chris Baugh, Writer:Director Of 'Boys From County Hell'
August 10, 2021 17:44 - 35 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Chris Baugh, Writer/Director of Boys From County Hell. Welcome to Six Mile Hill, a sleepy Irish backwater whose only claim to fame is the somewhat dubious local legend that Bram Stoker once spent a night in the local pub. It’s home to Eugene Moffat, a young man who fills most of his days drinking pints with his friends and pranking tourists who come to visit the gravesite of Abhartach, a legendary Irish vampire some believe to have inspired...