Film Ireland Podcast
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Film Ireland Presents: 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...
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
Film Ireland Presents: 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...
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...
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/
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/
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 ...
Film Ireland Presents: 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 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 ...
Film Ireland Presents: 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 t...
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...
Film Ireland Presents: 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...
Film Ireland Presents: 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.
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.
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.
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/
Shorts Focus: Still Voices Short Film Festival Roundtable 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...
Indie Cinema: 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...
Indie Cinema: 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...
Film Ireland Presents: Still Voices Short Film Festival with 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...
Shorts Focus: Still Voices Short Film Festival Documentary Roundtable
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...
Film Ireland Presents: 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...
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...
Film Ireland Presents: David Burke Director 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...
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 ...
Film Ireland Presents: Christine Molloy &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 f...
Film Ireland Presents: 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....
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...
Film Ireland Presents: 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...
Film Ireland Presents: Writer/Director Philip Doherty & Actor Aaron Monaghan, 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...
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...
Film Ireland Presents: 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...
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...
Film Ireland Presents: 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...
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...
The DocArena Podcast – Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri (The Most Beautiful Boy in the World)
July 30, 2021 09:11 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn episode 9 of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri about their documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World. Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, The Most Beautiful Boy in the World explores the life of Björn Andrésen, the former teen star who embodied the legendary character Tadzio and whom director Luchino Visconti dubbed “the most beautiful boy in the world”. In 1970, filmmaker Luchino Visconti travelled throughout Europe loo...
The DocArena Podcast Episode 9 – Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri
July 30, 2021 09:11 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri about their documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World. Fifty years after the premiere of Death in Venice, The Most Beautiful Boy in the World explores the life of Björn Andrésen, the former teen star who embodied the legendary character Tadzio and whom director Luchino Visconti dubbed “the most beautiful boy in the world”. In 1970, filmmaker Luchino Visconti travelled throughout Europe ...
Shorts Focus Galway Film Fleadh Filmmakers 2021 Roundtable
July 19, 2021 20:39 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to filmmakers ,Annika Cassidy, Diarmuid Donohoe and Kamila Dydyna whose short films are screening at this year's Galway Film Fleadh (20-25 July). https://filmireland.net/
2021 Galway Film Fleadh Filmmakers' Roundtable
July 19, 2021 20:39 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to filmmakers ,Annika Cassidy, Diarmuid Donohoe and Kamila Dydyna whose short films are screening at this year's Galway Film Fleadh (20-25 July). https://filmireland.net/
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 7 - Kim Bartley (Pure Grit)
July 16, 2021 11:15 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Kim Bartley, the director of Pure Grit, which is screening at this year's Galway Film Fleadh. Pure Grit is both a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story. Chronicling three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer, her unwavering determination, and the relationships that sustain her. Sharmaine is a former horse racing champion, determined to ride and win. It's been a ye...
The DocArena Podcast: Episode 7 - Sophie: A Murder In West Cork
July 02, 2021 09:43 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIn this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to some of the team behind Sophie: A Murder in West Cork. Director John Dower, and exec producers Suzanne Lavery and Simon Chinn. This three-part Netflix series examines one of Ireland's most famous murder cases, the death of French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in the town of Schull, West Cork in 1996. The brutal murder, which shocked the country, triggered one of the biggest murder investigations Ireland had ever seen and bec...