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Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light
Niamh Creely talks to director Brian Durnin and DOP Ivan McCullough about using the Genesis in their short Of Best Intentions. Read full article

Adaptation Adepts - May/June issue 2008

Adaptation Adepts
Declan Recks talks to Roddy Doyle, Pat McCabe and Eugene O’Brien about the art of adaptation. Words by Eamonn Gray. Photos by Nicola Bodano. Extract

The full unedited transcript will be soon posted on the website.

Cinemagic Dublin 2008

Cinemagic Dublin
Established in 1989, Cinemagic is an award-winning children’s film festival. Originally Belfast-based, this year Cinemagic is coming to Dublin from 23rd April–1st May. Tim Hanan caught up Cinemagic CEO Joan Burney-Keatings for a short interview about the festival. More

Cinemagic Competition

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Kirsten Sheridan: An Irish Director Working in Hollywood

Kirsten Sheridan: An Irish Director Working in Hollywood
Kirsten Sheridan shares the experience of making August Rush. More

Barbed Comments

Barbed Comments
Writer and executive producer of HBO’s The Wire David Simon takes time out to talk newspapers, television and hubris with Niall Kitson. More

Fairytale of Kathmandu

Fairytale of Kathmandu
Neasa Ní Chianáin's documentary Fairytale of Kathmandu was screened at this year's Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. Words by Séamas McSwiney. More

Shooting a B-movie Sex Scene

Berlinale 2008
Séamas McSwiney reports on this year’s Berlinale. More

The Fantasist

The Fantasist
The Fantasist: fascinating film or fantastic failure? The film’s reputation as an excruciating flop precedes it, but Robert J.E. Simpson argues that politics and the towering shadow of The Wicker Man obscured the film and its curious charms. Could Ireland’s only sex-thriller be worth another look? More

Shooting a B-movie Sex Scene

‘Up… Over a bit…. A little to the left. Can you move that leg please?’
Carol Hunt on shooting a B-movie sex scene in Roger Corman’s Galway studio. More

Eastern Anime and the Concept of 'Ma'

Eastern Anime and the Concept of ‘Ma’
Donata Pellizzari of Boulder Media Ltd talks to Nobuyuki Tsugata, Animation Historian and lecturer at University in Osaka and Kyoto. More

2007 Carte Noire French Film Festival

2007 Carte Noire French Film Festival
Jasmina Kallay reports on the 2007 French Film Festival held from 13–22 November at the IFI. More

Horrorthon Report 2007

Open Up and Say AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHH
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Niall Kitson reports on the highlights of this year’s Horrorthon festival. More

Golden Icon

Golden Icon
Scott Townsend talks to director Shekhar Kapur about the second installation in his historic epic: Elizabeth: The Golden Age. More

Return to Innocence

Return to Innocence
As a result of the 1960 prosecution, Lady Chatterley’s Lover is wedded to the word ‘obscenity’ in the popular imagination. Carol Murphy talks to Pascale Ferran, whose new film and television adaptation seeks to return to the joyous awakening that is at the heart of the story. More

Montreal Film Festival 2007

Montreal Film Festival 2007
Anthony Kirbi reports this year's Montreal Film Festival (23rd August–3 September 2007, Canada). More

The Second the World Changed

The Second the World Changed
12:08 East of Bucharest follows three characters who attempt to account for their activities a the exact time of the revolution in Romania – 22nd December 1989 at 12:08. Carol Murphy talks to writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu. More

This Could Be You

Moses, Margate and the Red Sea Algae
In Penny Woolcock’s modern-day take on the Book of Exodus, marginal members of society are confined by a political Pharaoh in the seaside town of Margate. Jan Gilbert talks to Penny about her unconventional approach. More

Duck of the Irish

Duck of the Irish
Aidan Beatty talks with Mark Hodkinson, writer of The Ugly Duckling and Me, an Irish-French-German-British-Danish animated feature. More


Midnight Sun: From Kiarostami to Kaurismäki Midnight Sun: From Kiarostami to Kaurismäki
Seán Crosson reports from Finland’s Midnight Sun Film Festival (13–17 June 2007), a unique event that more closely resembles a school dance than a media-launched festival. More
He Who Dares He Who Dares
Stéphane Brizé talks to Carol Murphy about his latest film, Not Here to Be Loved, discusses his new ultra low-budget production Among Adults, and gives an insider’s perspective on the French film industry. More
This Could Be You

This Could Be You
After twenty-nine years, actor and filmmaker John Maringouin reunited with his father, a drug-addled accused murderer, and made a documentary of the process. Carol Murphy talked to John Maringouin about the resulting film, Running Stumbled. More

Yes, I Cannes Yes, I Cannes
Lir Mac Cárthaigh talks to producer Jackie Larkin of Newgrange Pictures about the Irish experience at world’s best-known film festival. More
Keeping a Close Watch

Keeping a Close Watch
Close to Home follows two teenage Israeli girls through their military service in the occupied territories. Carol Murphy introduces the film, while directors Dalia Hager and Vardit Bilu talk about the film’s background, production and impact. More

International Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam
Vera Brozzoni reports from the Dutch showcase for ‘peripheral’ cinema. More
No Mercy for the Rude

No Mercy for the Rude
Vera Brozzoni talks to Korean director Cheol-hie Park about his genre-bending feature No Mercy for the Rude, and discusses the place of the filmmaker in his home country. More

Inside the House of Horrors Inside the House of Horrors
For his portmanteau horror film Trapped Ashes, writer/producer Dennis Bartok has assembled a formidable team of directors, including Ken Russell and Joe Dante. Tim Hanan met up with him when he visited Ireland for the Dublin International Film Festival. More
Private Worlds 2: Some Weird Sin

Private Worlds 2: Some Weird Sin
In the second of a series of articles on the darker side of the New Technologies, Tony Keily examines the question of pornography, filmed and otherwise, in the age of broadband internet. More

Private Worlds 1: Death Junkies Private Worlds 1: Death Junkies
In a series of exclusive articles, Tony Keily examines the darker and more controversial uses of New Technology. More
Private Worlds 2: Porn Sells Porn Sells?
Tony Keily looks at the economics of the US adult film and the impact on the sector of the New Technologies. More
Tales from the Blank Generation Tales from the Blank Generation
Jasmina Kallay reports on the recent retrospective of No Wave cinema at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. More
Frier Power Frier Power
Jeremy Thomas is the producer behind films such The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast and Tideland. He was at the Dublin International Film Festival to talk about his new feature Fast Food Nation, a fiction film based on Eric Schlosser’s exposé. Jason Robinson reports. More
There But for the Grace of God There But for the Grace of God
Carol Murphy talked to director Hans-Christian Schmid about this highly unusual project, Requiem, a film based on the best-documented exorcism of the 20th Century. More
Digital Light Digital Light
Technical director Simon Brown talks to Paul Farren about the pros and cons of computer graphics in motion pictures. More
The End In Sight The End In Sight
Patrick Kenny wasn't deterred when his first feature film was refused funding, he made it himself independently. Nerea Aymerich talks to Patrick about the long journey that resulted in his film Winter's End. More
London to Brighton - Edinburgh Film Festival Edinburgh Film Festival 06
John Orr takes an extended look at the films on offer at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival. More
Darklight Compendium Vol. 1 Darklight Compendium Vol. 1
Sarah Griffin reviews the compilation released by the creators of the Darklight Festival. More
Montreal Film Festival Montreal Film Festival
Anthony Kirby reports this year's Montreal International Film Festival. More
Digital Light Underground Movies
Eamonn Gray reports on the showcase of short films from upcoming Irish filmmakers screened in Filmbase on 5th October 2006. More
United 93 Paul Greengrass The Last Two Hours of the Old World
United 93 is the astonishing account of the 'other' plane to be hijacked on 11th September 2001. Director Paul Greengrass talks to Sheena Sweeney about the ramifications of bringing one of the most sensitive subjects of recent history to the big screen. More
Fast Forward Film Festival Fast Forward Film Festival
Write, shoot, edit, and screen a film in 24 hours – surely an impossible or insane task? The Fast Forward Film Festival thinks not. Aidan Beatty shares his experience of participating in this unusual event. More
Words from the Wise - Short Film Words from the Wise – Short Film
Short film producers Tamara Anghie, Conor Barry, Aidan Beatty, and Sasha King talk to Esther Terradas about their experiences. More
Don’t Just Talk – Shoot! Don’t Just Talk – Shoot!
Scott Ryan is credited as writer, director, producer, and editor of his debut feature The Magician, as well as being its star. Aidan Beatty talked to Scott about his working methods, his influences, and his ideas on Australian cinema. More
The Darklight Festival The Darklight Festival
Reeling from the sustained effects of persistence of vision, Aidan Beatty reports from a marathon viewing session at the Darklight festival 2006. More
Built for Speed Built for Speed
Roger Donaldson talks about The World's Fastest Indian, his most personal project to date, with Nerea Aymerich. More
Udder Terror Udder Terror
Writer/director Billy O'Brien and actor John Lynch talk to Lir Mac Cárthaigh about Irish horror film Isolation. More
Stuck Inside of Mobile (with that Murdoch News again) Stuck Inside of Mobile (with that Murdoch News again)
Tony Keily looks at the more global significance of the ongoing controversy surrounding the release of new films to mobile phones in Italy. More
Counting the Cost of Wal-Mart Counting the Cost of Wal-Mart
Robert Greenwald's latest documentary looks at American superstore chain Wal-Mart. Eamonn Donohoe caught up with him during the recent Dublin International Film Festival. More

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