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Film Ireland Podcast

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Covering all things cinema on the island of Ireland.

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00:26:55

Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne, Directors of 'How to...

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/12/01

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne about their film How to Tell A Secret. A powerful examination of the experiences of people who are living with HIV in Ireland today, How to Tell A Secret is a hybrid documentary film that looks at social stigma and the art of telling your story. Robbie Lawlor was diagnosed with HIV at 21 and became one of the youngest people to come out on Irish television. Enda McGrattan, also known as Veda, promised to keep their

00:41:34

Gavin Fitzgerald, Director of 'Million Dollar Pigeons'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/11/25

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Gavin Fitzgerald, Director of Million Dollar Pigeons. The Irish documentary is about the passionate and ferociously competitive international pigeon masters, known as fanciers, that will do whatever it takes to win. Big bucks, sweat, tears and sleepless nights are invested into these feathered athletes, yet on race day all they can do is wait, hope and pray. Fitzgerald’s guide into this competitive racing world is Ireland-based pigeon fancier

00:32:59

Ciara NicChormaic, Director of ‘Aisling Trí...

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/11/22

In this Film Ireland Podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ciara NicChormaic, Director of Aisling Trí Néallaibh: Clouded Reveries. Acclaimed poet and essayist Doireann Ní Ghríofa was catapulted into the international literary spotlight in 2020 with the publication of her debut novel A Ghost in the Throat. Lauded by the critics from the New York Times to the Guardian, it went on to win the Irish Book of the Year. Clouded Reveries is an intimate exploration of Ní Ghríofa’s world and creative process. It is

00:46:29

Wayne Byrne, Author of ‘Walter Hill: The Cinema of a...

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2022/11/16

Paul Farren talks to Wayne Byrne about his latest book Walter Hill: The Cinema of a Hollywood Maverick. Walter Hill: The Cinema of a Hollywood Maverick is a comprehensive journey through the long career of auteur Hollywood filmmaker Walter Hill, director of The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and many more. The book covers every motion picture that Hill directed, with historical detail and critical commentary on each, and discusses Hill’s overall cultural relevance

00:31:03

Seamus Murphy, Director of 'The Peculiar Sensation of...

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/11/09

In this podcast, Gremma Creagh talks to Seamus Murphy, the director of The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby. The film examines Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby’s unique world. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness to a visceral relationship with his beloved Dublin, fellow Dubliners and anything that catches his interest. Personal challenges, a sensitive humanity and a lifetime as a maverick have taught him to harness reality and reach well beyond it to avenge the banal with absurd

00:35:00

Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, Writers &...

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/11/07

We are thrilled to be once again partnering with Still Voices Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts with artists featured at the international film festival located in the heart of Ireland. In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, writers & directors of Longford-shot Lakelands. After an attack on a night out, Cian, a young Gaelic footballer, struggles to come to terms with a career-ending injury. Lakelands follows him as he undertakes a search for his

00:49:30

Still Voices Film Festival - Dance

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/11/04

We are thrilled to be once again partnering with Still Voices Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts with artists featured at the international film festival located in the heart of Ireland. In this Dance-themed podcast, Niamh Creely talks to the creators behind 3 films that screen at this year’s festival. In Velvet (Jessica Kennedy & Megan Kennedy) A child sits alone on a beach. A man approaches and they set off on a journey, driving through the Irish landscape of green parks and

00:39:11

Adrian Duncan ‘Lost Colony’

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/11/02

We are thrilled to once again be partnering with Still Voices Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts with artists featured at the international film festival located in the heart of Ireland. In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ballymahon artist Adrian Duncan about his new short film Lost Colony. A film told from the centre circle of a football pitch. It is a poetic analysis of the aesthetics of football. Lost Colony screens on 11th November 2022 as part of the Still Voices Film

00:35:45

Still Voices Film Festival - Something Dark and...

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/10/28

We are thrilled to once again be partnering with Still Voices Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts with artists featured at the international film festival located in the heart of Ireland. In this Horror special podcast, Paul Farren talks to Marie Clare Cushinan & Ryan O’Neill and Derek Ugochukwu about their films screening at the festival. Still Voices Film Festival runs from November 9th – 13th 2022. Take a look at the programme here:

00:44:41

Podcast: Still Voices Film Festival - Animation

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/10/21

We are thrilled to once again be partnering with Still Voices Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts with artists featured at the international film festival located in the heart of Ireland. In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 3 animators – Cliona Noonan, Mary Smyth and Victor Jaquier about their films screening at the festival. Still Voices Film Festival runs from November 9th – 13th 2022. Take a look at the programme here:

00:16:17

Podcast: Andrew Baird, Director of 'One Way'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/10/19

In 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/

00:38:48

Robert Manson, Writer & Director Of 'Holy Island'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/10/14

In 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. Holy

00:30:07

Sasha King, Director of 'Vicky'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/10/13

In 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 journey

00:35:01

Interview with Kim Bartley, Director of 'Pure Grit'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/10/04

In 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 care for

00:29:38

Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Writer & Director of 'It Is...

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/09/23

In 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 crash,

00:15:00

Halina Reijn, Director of 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/09/19

In 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 Amandla

00:24:36

Lynne Parker, Director of 'Hecuba'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/09/15

In 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 the

00:34:46

Dónal Foreman, Director of 'The Cry of Granuaile'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/09/09

In 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 grieving

00:37:39

Dean Kavanagh: Writer/Director of 'Hole in the Head'

Film Ireland Podcast ·

2022/08/12

In 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 Head

00:26:50

Emer Reynolds, Director of 'Joyride'

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2022/07/29

In 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 Mully

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