56 - Dec 1996/Jan 1997

Extracts from Martin Duffy's book-in-progress about The Boy from Mercury • John Carney interview (November Afternoon) • Irish-themed programmes on American TV report • History and future of film projection • Muiris MacConghail on Michael Collins.
Reviews: Michael Collins, The Uncle Jack, The Sun, the Moon and the Stars, The Last of the High Kings, Draíocht, The Secret of Roan Inish.
Book: The Companion to British and Irish Cinema.

57 - Feb/Mar 1997

Síle de Valera interview • Amsterdam Documentary Forum & Market report • Film distribution in the Irish market • Irish commercial producing sector • Employment conditions in film and TV production report • Teilifís na Gaeilge's first two months on air.
Reviews: Where Do I Begin - Seán Keating, An American in Ireland - Charles Brady, Patrick Hickey - Artist, James Gandon - A Life, Leading Hollywood.
Book: War and Words - The Northern Ireland Media Reader.

58 - Apr/May 1997

Pat O'Connor interview • Irish video market report • Scream and Scream Again exhibition report • World of Documentaries strand at the Dublin Film Festival • Cronenberg's Crash • Nick Hornby interview (Fewer Pitch).
Reviews: Gold in the Streets, November Afternoon, Drinking Crude, Driftwood, Shortcuts Programme, Blasket Roots... American Dreams, The Joy. Dublin Film Festival: Shorts Programme One & Two; Animation Day

59 - Jun/Jul 1997

60 - Aug/Sep 1997

Galway Film Fleadh report • Tom Gildea, TD for South Donegal, interview • Julia Judge interview (Meteor) • Anne Burke, Women in Film and Television's director, interview • Bertrand Blier's Mon Homme • Laura Mulvey interview.
Reviews: The Butcher Boy, The Last Bus Home, Bogwoman, Space Truckers, The Disappearance of Finbar, DLCAD Graduate Show, The Very Stuff, Niamh and the Angels, The Cake.

61 - Oct/Nov 1997