About

Film Ireland is your go-to destination for all things related to the world of cinema and film on the island of Ireland. Over the years, Film Ireland has not only provided comprehensive coverage of film news, festivals, reviews; covering everything from huge international blockbusters to micro-budget indigenous film, but has also played a significant role in supporting and promoting the industry. 

Film academics Roddy Flynn and Pat Brereton described Film Ireland as "a full-fledged debating space devoted to the politics of film support and film culture in Ireland."

The magazine has been helmed by top industry names, which include the likes of Johnny Gogan, Hugh Linehan, Ted Sheehy and Ross Whitaker and featured contributions from Martina Niland, Lenny Abrahamson, Donald Clarke, Dr. Ruth Barton and Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Kimberly Reyes, amongst many others. 

Contributors

Niall McKay is an Emmy award-winning writer and director and Podcaster, and former Executive Director Irish Screen America. Niall wrote and directed, The Ferry, a film starring Aoife Duffin, which was featured on RTÉ's ShortScreen. He produced a historical documentary about the Filipino Farmworkers for PBS called Delano Manongs with partner Marissa Aroy (nominated for a 2011 California Emmy). A former columnist for the Irish Times and staff writer for Wired, Niall broke the story about the NSA spying on Europe in the New York Times and was also a regular contributor to The Economist, The Financial Times, the New Scientist. Niall’s personal documentary The Bass Player was nominated for a 2010 Irish Film and Television Award and won a in 2008 won a California Emmy for Sikh's in America.  He’s been on the juries of the Cork Film Festival and the Galway Film Festival and the student Academy Awards and worked as a shorts programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival.

Ruth Walsh is an Irish journalism graduate, public relations consultant, and a digital content creator based in Amsterdam. As a passionate feminist, Ruth celebrates strong female energy and embraces bold, robust topics. She shares her journey and insights on her Substack newsletter, Woman Versus Machine, where she explores life, style, and the unique challenges of navigating the modern world. Follow Ruth on Instagram or Substack.

Lisa Dempsey has recently graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in Film Studies and Spanish. She has worked with film festivals in Ireland and abroad, most recently working with SXSW for their 2024 Narrative Shorts Programme. She is passionate about championing new and interesting voices, focusing her studies and writing on representation in film and media. 

Pius Ojo is a musician/writer director and actor. His latest short film Omozé has recently screened at the 35th Galway film fleadh and will screen next on the 21st of October at Fuse, hosted by GORM and the GALPAL Collective. The song in Omozé touches on Pius’s African roots and has recently been released on all streaming platforms, Pius takes inspiration from Hans Zimmer for this track. Pius can also be seen acting in the latest Frank Berry film, Aisha. Instagram @iuseyes or @pius____

Jack Murphy: A Louth-based writer, Jack is presently studying Film at University of Galway. Jack is a fan and a critic who loves talking and writing about all things film. Follow his writing now on Substack.

Adelaide Thermes Kane is a writer, critic and co-creator of anfa collective. With a degree in English, media and cultural studies from IADT, Adelaide has worked with multiple film festivals across Ireland, including the Galway Film Fleadh and Dublin International Film Festival. Follow the anfa instagram account here.

Neil Cadieux is a Belfast-based film writer from Derry, Ireland who is particularly interested in experimental and esoteric cinema. Neil attended University of Glasgow, and studied Film & Television Studies alongside English Literature. Neil has written for Queen’s Film Theatre blog, and Film Ireland. Neil also hosts a Substack in his own name. 

Pia Roycroft is a published film critic and film festival programmer, having worked with the Dublin International Film Festival for the last two years as a screener and now as a shorts programmer, as well as curating programmes for festivals like the PRISMA Queer Film Festival in Cork. They have been a member of the Young Irish Critics for the last four years, attending and writing for various film festivals around Ireland. Other than writing, Pia is an award-winning filmmaker, having won the ‘Best Horror’ award at the People's Picturehouse Cork last year for their film Hysterics, and was nominated for ‘Best Script’ at the National Student Media Awards (SMEDIAs) last year for their script Same Old Meat. Connect with Pia here. 

Niall McCloskey, ADG. For years now, I have been working towards a life in the arts. Like so many in my generation, I’ve been entranced by all things film and television from a young age. This is beyond a passion for me; it’s a way of life. Pursuing my passions from university, I have worked within the Northern Ireland film and television industry since 2021, having had the chance to work on Game of Thrones: The Hedge Knight (2025), The Woman in the Wall (2023), Hope Street (2022–) and many more, within the AD department. I am a keen member of the Assistant Director Guild UK. I am actively working towards long-term goals of directing and producing, with my previous short films doing well in their respective festival runs. My most recent short, co-directed and produced with Tom, In Wake of John Doyle, is currently enjoying a successful festival run, having been selected for Belfast Film Festival, DIFF (Dublin International Film Festival), The British Short Film Awards Longlist, Louth International Film Festival and more.

Carmen Bryce is a writer, journalist turned communications specialist and currently heads up comms for a national mental health charity. Carmen has the family trait of a healthy(ish) obsession with film and in particular the horror genre much to her partner's dismay. Born in County Down, Carmen has lived in Dublin for over 20 years but still sounds like the lovechild of Nadine Coyle and Liam Neeson. 

Thomas Caffrey holds a PhD from the School of English, Dublin City University. His doctoral research examined the reception of Haruki Murakami’s fictions in the anglophone world. Thomas is particularly interested in cinema, videogames, and Japanese literature and art. He can be contacted via Linkedin here.

Seán Patrick Donlan is a Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University. Among other teaching and research interests, including Edmund Burke and eighteenth-century Ireland, he teaches Law and Film and has contributed to History Ireland(forthcoming), the Law on Film Podcast, and to Scannain. He’s on LinkedIn and on Letterboxd.

Sarah Cullen is a research assistant from Dublin. Along with writing for Film Ireland she is also a film editor for Headstuff. She has written on film and literature in several academic collections and journals including the Irish Gothic Journal and the Irish Journal of American Studies.  

Khushi Jain holds an M.Phil in Classics from Trinity College Dublin and an MA in Reception from University College London. She writes about film, here, there and everywhere. 

Shane McKevitt is a writer, filmmaker, and doctoral student at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned his B.A. in English and MPhil in screenwriting. He recently co-wrote his first feature, which is now in post production. He also has worked as a script supervisor, production assistant, and script reader. Currently, he writes for Film Ireland and Final Cut Magazine, including coverage of the Venice Film Festival, Brussels Independent Film Festival, and Venice Film Week.

Anna Maria O'Flanagan is a freelance writer and holds a MA in Creative Writing from The University of Limerick along with a MA in Film and Television Studies from Dublin City University. A former Film and Television Editor, she has over 20 years experience of working in Post Production in Dublin, London & Rome. She was the editor of Frankie which won the Prix UIP award at the Berlin film festival & the European Academy Award for best short film as well Two Hearts, which also won the Prix UIP award and was nominated for a European Academy Award. Her feature film debut was the A Dark Song, (Critics Pick in New York Times). 

Sabi Nicholson is an artist, writer and researcher based in Belfast. They graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2023 with a BA in Documentary Photography. Sabi's interest in film is broad, but experimental, artistic, and ecologically-focused documentaries will always get their attention. In 2024 they joined QFT's LUMI as a programmer, and in February 2025 co-curated a series of experimental short films about landscape and memory in collaboration with NI Science Festival, alongside an exhibition of photography from Yvette Monahan's series The Thousand Year Old Boy. Their work has been shown at Ulster University Belfast, Surface Gallery (Nottingham, UK), The Royal Academy of Art (The Hague, NL), NI Mental Health Arts Festival, The Grey Space in the Middle (The Hague, NL) and their family's fridge. They also host the monthly show Substrata on Dublin Digital Radio. Sabi's favourite film is Suspiria (2018), and they will die on that hill.

Emma Donnelly is a Kildare‑born writer who graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in English and an abiding obsession with poetry. When she’s not desperately trying to get through her ever-growing stack of books, she can be found meandering the streets of London, imagining stories in every passing window.

Adam Matthews is a writer at heart who wants to share his love of the peculiar and strange with others. Having completed an MFA in Creative Writing from the American College Dublin and an M.Phil in Screenwriting from Trinity College Dublin, he hopes to carve a path to making storytelling his career. If he were to be reincarnated, he would want to be a 1940s LA private investigator.

 Max Driver , our young people's correspondent, is an actor and writer who lives in Kilkenny with his family and two miniature poodles. He has been in the arts since a very young age, previously a vocalist, performing in the Kings Theatre and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, and is currently studying acting at the Lir Academy in Dublin. A keen cinephile, Max runs a monthly movie review newsletter for friends and family, and is otherwise obsessing over his top four on Letterboxd.

Will Penn grew up in Luxembourg. Since moving to Dublin in 2018, his poems and essays have been featured in the Summer Hill Magazine, and the Gorko Gazette. Check out his Instagram page here, and follow him on Substack here. 

Lauren Gallagher is an Irish writer specialising in film and literary criticism. She holds a B.A. in English, Media, and Cultural Studies and is the founder of the limited print zine, Abhartach Magazine. Her writing has been featured in BUST Magazine, Certified Forgotten, Wig-Wag Magazine, Apocalypse Confidential, Off Chance Magazine, Monstrous Flesh Journal, Sleaze Magazine, and more.

Deabhan Murray is filmmaker with a passion for new wave and experimental film. Recently graduated from UCD with a bachelor’s in both French and film studies, Deabhan has created and worked on a number of projects in the last two years ranging from visual installations, to short films. Her work has featured in the Doolin Arts Festival, and also been screened with Fanvid Dublin, a collective of young artists that she is well affiliated with. She has previously assisted live events with Women in Film and Television Ireland and was the Film Ireland Assistant editor from 2024 - 2025. 

Smrithika Majukar: Smithy is an emerging Indian-Dutch writer and filmmaker. She graduated with a First Class Distinction from Trinity College Dublin’s MPhil programme in Screenwriting. She is passionate about telling stories from a postcolonial, feminist, and migrant perspective as they translate into the 21st century. She is presently developing a sitcom and a feature-length screenplay with the aforementioned themes on deck. With an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Amsterdam, she has experience in social media and event management, as well as film production in multiple student-led societies and films. Her work as a Director of Photography on films screened at the Dublin Universities Film Festival led to her team winning the Audience Choice Award. Smrithika was the Film Ireland Assistant editor from 2024 - 2025.  She served as the Administrator for WFT Ireland for a number of years. Find Smithy on Instagram / LinkedIn.

Dora Matijević, originally from Croatia, moved to Dublin in 2017, where she kickstarted her writing career by interviewing musicians for the Musical Youth Foundation and crafting articles about the culinary scene, drawing on her ten years of experience as a chef. After graduating from Pulse College, she wrote, directed and edited her debut short film, Show Me the Stars. She is currently refining her scriptwriting in a writers’ group and having fun stepping into the world of acting and comedy.  Website / LinkedIn  / Letterbxd

Shannon Goodfellow is a graduate of Queens University Belfast with a BA in Film Studies and Production. She has channelled her passion for film into her experiences as a continuity supervisor, a screener for small film festivals and most recently as a LUMI Young Audiences Programmer at Belfast’s Queen’s Film Theatre. When she’s not talking or writing about film, she spends her free time adding to her ever-growing watchlist. Follow Shannon on Letterboxd. 

Aubrey Malone has an MA in English and was a primary school teacher before he then went into journalism, freelancing for publications including the Evening Press, The Cork Examiner and the Sunday Independent. He was the movie critic for Image magazine and for Modern Woman, a supplement to the Meath Chronicle. His latest book Hollywood Wit, is available to buy online here.

Mutale Kampuni Mutale is a film reviewer and advocate who began writing for Film Ireland through  the Silver Critics programme at the Dublin International Film Festival. She works as a Convener and Mentor for Insaka Ireland (African Youth and Cultural Movement), a Family Support Advisor specialising in community services and has served on the boards of the Dublin City Community Co-op and Diaspora Women’s Initiative. Mutale holds a Postgraduate degree in Development Studies and certifications in Alternative Dispute Resolution, alongside her expertise in Entrepreneurship Development and enjoys exploring film and storytelling through her writing.  

Sarah Shojaei is a freelance writer with a BA in Film Studies and English Literature from the University of Southampton. If you're ever looking for her, you will find her sitting at her desk desperately trying to get that word count down or in a bakery yapping about Paul Thomas Anderson, Twin Peaks and Paul Schrader's FB posts (in no particular order). Or, if you're lucky, at the movies. She will not be talking your ear off there as long as the lights are off. 

Mick Jordan is a writer and filmmaker.  His latest film Letter To My 16 Year Old Self is presently screening at festivals around the country. He has a BA in Film and has written for TV and radio.  He co-hosts the film review podcast Spoilerama.  

Matthew Briody is a freelance writer with a keen interest in writing and directing. Matthew studied journalism and then went to IADT where he got a degree in English, Media and Cultural Studies. When he's not writing, Matthew can be found doing extra work on sets, where he pretends to rub shoulders with the stars. You can read more of his reviews on his Letterboxd page and follow him on Instagram.

Dale Kearney is the Film Editor for Post-Burnout, and is a passionate film enthusiast, boasting multiple years studying and working within film. He attended Dublin Business School, graduating with a BA Hons in film, and also attended Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a master's in Screenwriting.  His intrigue in film shows no end as he covers everything from horrors to comedies to musicals.  Follow Dale on Instagram or add him on LinkedIn.

Naemi Victoria is a writer and visual artist. She loves art, cinema, and a good laugh. Having completed an undergraduate degree in English and American Studies at the University of Hamburg, she moved to Dublin for a master’s degree in Film Theory at Trinity College. Her research interests are working-class cinema, gender representation, and the study of neoliberalism in popular media. Naemi is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Konstanz. Her research project will investigate the impact of neoliberal ideology on the representation of working-class identity in popular cinema from the late 1990s to the present day.

Hayley Jorja is a Dublin born writer and script editor. While she’s excited to bring great stories to life through her own writing and editing, she’s also passionate about media analysis. Her main ambition is to encourage people to open their minds to the media they consume. You can find her essays asking pointed questions  about the entertainment that shapes our real world on her Substack. You can also get updates on her other writing through her Linkedin. 

Dolapo Agunbiade is a Nigerian Irish journalist, screenwriter and actress based in Co.Kildare, Ireland. She pursued acting at the Lir Academy of Drama after her master's in journalism. Dolapo was listed as one of Screen Ireland's X-Pollinators (2024).

Liam Hanlon has been a contributing writer for Film Ireland since 2016 and an MA in Film & Television Studies graduate from DCU. Liam has a penchant for all Lynch, Nolan, Guadagnino, Haigh projects, fervent admirer of Hugh Grant’s transition from floppy-haired fop to loveable curmudgeon, and promoter of the cinematic glory of Nigella Lawson television productions. Follow him on Letterboxd.

Conor Bryce is a designer, author and amateur filmmaker with a lifelong love of cinema. Born in County Down and a Limerick blow-in for nigh-on fifteen years, when he’s not running after his daughter he’s running along the Shannon with a movie podcast in his ears. He’ll happily talk your ear off about why a Krull remake would rock or how the Last of the Mohicans soundtrack changed his life, but you’ll have to catch him first.

Rachel Melita is a film and media professional with a focus on storytelling and creative expression. A graduate of Dublin Business School’s MA in Film and Creative Media, she has a background in creative writing, screenwriting, and communication, which she uses to craft compelling stories that resonate with diverse audiences. Her script Ablation of the Spirit was nominated by the Shitshow Film event – a DIY film festival – where it won the Most Diverse Award. She has also created a YouTube platform called Young Force TV, where she shares short films, interviews, news shows, and more

Oscar O’Sullivan is a journalist, filmmaker and actor based in Cork city. His film work includes the award-winning animations A Very Jumbo Christmas and Another Very Jumbo Christmas, which he wrote, starred in and composed the original scores for. Currently, Oscar holds the position of Outreach Officer at the People’s Picturehouse Cork, a monthly showcase of local artists and filmmakers. He is also a regular contributor on Cork City Community Radio’s Sunday news show.

Mark Hernandez received his degree in journalism and worked for two different newspapers in the US, writing articles and taking photos.  Now he lives in Ireland and is finishing his MA in journalism while working in the field of video and filmmaking.

Olivia Phoenix is a Brazilian actress and writer based in Dublin, Ireland. Born in São Paulo, she holds dual citizenship and began her acting career in 2013. After training in screen and theatre performance, she went on to work across film, television, and music videos. She holds a degree in Music from Trinity College Dublin, where she specialised in film composition and sound. Alongside her acting career, she has also did stunt crew work on Pilgrimage (2016), as well as various collaborations and directing short form projects

Olivia O'Ríada is a co-director of the Trans Image/Trans Experience Film Festival and has worked as a Young Audience Programmer for the Queen’s FIlm Theatre and the Dublin International Film Festival. Her work as an editor and cinematographer can be seen in Katie McFadden’s short film Shades of Blue, which played in Docs Ireland’s selection shorts category. For the last year her film writing, and her belaboured headlines, have frequently been found on filmindublin.ie.

Yuliia Riabova is an IMRO-nominated newcomer to Irish radio, a podcaster & radio documentary producer. Originally from Odesa, Ukraine, where she worked as a news reporter and editor covering events such as the International Film Festival, she moved to Co. Kerry, Ireland, in 2023. There, she completed the Journalism, Podcasting & Radio course run by Radio Kerry and Kerry College. With a strong interest in cinema, Yuliia has volunteered at local events such as KIFF and aims to continue building her career in film journalism.

Assistant Editor

June Butler is an artist, writer, and avid moviegoer. She lists Lars von Trier, Gaspar Noé, and Wong Kar-Wai among her favourite directors. June has held several solo exhibitions of her paintings both here in Dublin and Tokyo, Japan. June’s paintings have been sold to the late Charles Haughey, the late Sir Anthony J. F. O’Reilly, and Sir Michael Smurfit, among others. In 2002, June embarked on a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, graduating in 2007. June started a second Bachelor of Arts degree (Film Studies), in September 2010, graduating in 2014. Commencing September 2014, June began a MA in Art in the Contemporary World at the National College of Artand Design and graduated in 2017. At present, June writes articles and reviews for Film Ireland, interviewing several documentary directors including Johnny Gogan (Witness to the Future, 2015), Gerry Gregg (Condemned to Remember, 2017), Seamus Murphy (A Dog Called Money, 2019) and Sinead O Shea (A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot, 2017). June has spoken to the artist and filmmaker Andrea Mastrovito about his animated, re-interpreted version of Night of the Living Dead (1968), as I Am NOT Legend (2020), and has talked with director Eoin Macken about his coming- of-age drama, Here Are the Young Men released in 2020.

Associate Editor

In 2014 Gemma  Creagh graduated with a First from NUIG's Writing MA. Gemma’s plays have been staged and supported by AboutFACE, Axis Theatre, Barnstorm Theatre, the Jerome Hynes One Act Series and the Arts Council. She has two feature films in development, one that she's co-writing with creator Mo O’Connell that was developed under Screen Ireland’s Spotlight Scheme. She wrote and co-produced five-part comedy Rental Boys for RTÉ’s Storyland; she has gone on to write, direct and produce shorts screened at festivals around the world. She’s just finishing her first funded short as director, Conveyance, supported by DLR’s First Frames scheme. Gemma has penned articles for magazines, websites and newspapers; she’s the Associate Editor of Film Ireland and is a regular contributor on RTE Radio One’s Arena. Connect with Gemma on X / LinkedIn / Insta

Editor

Steven Galvin: Steven is an editor, musician and visual artist. He received a first in MA in Film and Television Studies from DCU. Steven was the Assistant Editor of Film Ireland magazine in its printed incarnation and went on to become Editor in 2013, where he managed the transition from print to digital. As an audio / visual artist, Steven has performed at various venues, including The Button Factory, The Tivoli Theatre, Odessa Club, & The Sugar Club. He has also provided sound mixing and musical composition for short film, and theatrical promos, and has an extensive history of editing both audio and video. Steven delivers regular freelance services across the film industry, including for the Writers Guild of Ireland, Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and Women in Film and TV Ireland. He has also devised and delivered Video Editing classes in FCPX and Premiere Pro and has lectured for the National Film School in IADT.

Past Contributors

Cathy Butler is originally from Galway and holds an MA in Film and Television Studies from DCU and a BA in Film and Television from GMIT. She has worked on a number of short films and documentaries and currently works as a bookseller to pay the bills.

Sarah Griffin is a Wicklower living in Dublin, and has been a freelance film reviewer for the past eight years. Though forced to pay the bills at a desk job, she has a recent MA in Gender, Sexuality and Culture that puts her at the feminist end of the film criticism spectrum. Any and every view Sarah has on cinema, Game of Thrones, zombies, football, or life can be seen on Twitter.

Michael Stephen Lee is a tall, dashing, handsome, would-be Casanova of would-be film critics. In his youth Michael was a sprightly troubled rebel, a misfit who plagued the mean streets of Terenure with a hail of gob stoppers and golf balls. His wild antics became a growing concern for his parents. Nothing they did seemed to have any success. Out of desperation they moved to the countryside, this however only escalated matters. On something of a whim it was suggested by a well-trusted relative that boarding school would wean him of his wildness. Hence he was schooled in some overpriced prep school where there was a strict regime of porridge, literature and cricket. It was in his formative years here that he expressed interest in acting but for all his effort wasn't especially good. However, he retained a blossoming passion for narrative. On those rare trips home and long summer holidays in the country he found himself becoming more and more consumed with cinema. After a prolonged sabbatical in the hills of Catalonia he decided to resume his education. He is currently in his final year at the National Film School in I.A.D.T in Dun Laoghaire.

Brian Lloyd is a film critic with Film Ireland, Drop-d.ie and State.ie. When not at screenings, he is also a film director and is currently filming a feature-length documentary, Days, with Irish art-rock group Planet Parade. He also directs music videos / promos. His favourite directors include Michael Mann, David Fincher and Mark Romanek.

Deirdre Mc Mahon is a freelance writer from Dublin. She writes about film, media and popular culture and has contributed to sites such as State.ie, FilmIreland.net and TheJournal.ie.

Matt Micucci was born in Genoa, Italy, but raised in Galway from the age of nine. Matt is a full-time freelance film reporter and writer with plenty of international film festival and film event experience. He also has a BA in Film and TV, which he completed in GMIT in 2010. Matt has written for many national and international platforms, such as Film Ireland, Cineuropa and in two languages – Italian and English – on the official website of the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival. Earlier this year, Matt was picked for a programme sponsored by the European Parliament named 28 Times Cinema, which aims to bring young cinephiles around the world to the Venice Film Festival. Matt has a website, howcinema.webnode.com, which he updates daily and compiles all his film writings, reports, interviews and reviews.

John Moran recently completed his Masters in Film & Television Studies at Dublin City University. His thesis examined scenes of non-simulated explicit sex in contemporary cinema, focusing on the films of Travis Mathews and Antonio Da Silva. He contributes to an ongoing Irish LGBT history project. He also works as a scopist, proofreading transcripts for Irish criminal courts. He taught an Irish dancing class for six years, but film is his passion.

Ciara O'Brien is a writer from Wicklow with a somewhat embarrassing love of vampires. When not in the cinema she can almost certainly be found watching Dawson's Creek re-runs.

Emma O'Donoghue is from Dublin, where she studied English and Sociology at Trinity College and Media Studies at DIT. She loves travel, books and movies and currently works in publishing in Dublin.

Derek Mc Donnell is a freelance writer, opera singer/student and occasional actor currently residing in a state of transition on the fringes of Dublin society.

Tony McKiver is a freelance writer who has written on film and television for a number of other publications, including The Irish Times, The Guardian and The Quietus. He is also a screenwriter represented by Camilla Young of the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency.

David Prendeville is an aspiring filmmaker and film critic. He recently completed an M.Phil in Film Theory and History in Trinity College Dublin, where he wrote a thesis on the cinema of Nicolas Roeg. Prior to this he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Film Studies from National University of Ireland, Galway. His main interests include: Avant-garde and Experimental Cinema, Genre Films, Danish Cinema and British cinema. Some of his favourite film-makers include Nicolas Roeg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lars von Trier, Luis Buñuel, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Powell, Todd Solondz and Martin Scorsese.

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• Aoife Fealy
• Aoife O'Ceallachain
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• Benjamin Henry DeVries
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• Cian Geoghegan
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• Ciara Creedon
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• Emma Hynes
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• Eoin O'Callaghan
• Fionn Warren
• Gareth Thornton
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• Grace Corry
• Hannah Lemass
• Hugh Whelan
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• Irene Falvey
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• John Finbarr McGarr
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• Rebecca Graham
• Richard Drumm
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Background

Film Ireland began publication in 1987 under the title Filmbase News. The magazine was initially a photocopied newsletter distributed to members of the organisation. The first issue contained news about current short and feature film productions, information on funding schemes, and film festival reports. According to the magazine’s first editor, Johnny Gogan (who shared the credit “compiled by” with Mike Collins and John Gormley in early issues): “The 1987 Film Base AGM had called for a better distribution of information to the growing membership. Ireland was a word-of-mouth culture where information was guarded and opinions often verbalised on bar-stools but less often committed to print. The film scene was no exception. Vinny McCabe and Mike Collins had taken up the cause of a newsletter after the AGM and I was dragged in to assist their information sub-committee, joined by John Gormley (now TD)”.

In 1992, after thirty issues, Filmbase News changed its name to Film Ireland. Editor Patrick Barrett explained that the change of name was intended to reflect the magazine’s widening audience, but former editor Johnny Gogan later stated that “the name change [was] presented as a fait accompli to the board and the organisation”. Gogan opposed the move to make the publication into a national magazine “out of a belief in the parochial which has endured”, while later editor Hugh Linehan considered it “a progressive and ambitious move, but one which threw up its own challenges”.

Other editors of the magazine included Paul Power, who maintained the magazine’s status as a journal of record by keeping “local writers, directors, and producers in the frame of almost every story”; Hugh Linehan, who went on to edit The Ticket, the weekly entertainment supplement of The Irish Times Ted Sheehy, Ireland correspondent of Screen International, “who was often critical of the lack of a professional film grammar within much Irish film production”; and Tony Keily, who believed that film criticism and publication “should be radicated in a common film culture. And the job of a publication like Film Ireland is to provide a small space for that culture to grow. A pluralist space that doesn’t obviously belong to anybody”. The Film Ireland website, FilmIreland.net, was established in 2002.

In early 2013, after over 25 years in publication, Filmbase decided to cease publication of the print magazine. Reductions in funding to Filmbase made the continued publication of the magazine unsustainable and, despite the commitment and dedication of staff, contributors and the Irish filmmaking community, the cost of print publication was deemed unfeasible. The decision was made to make Film Ireland an online-only resource and is currently under the editorship of Steven Galvin.