Review: Lakelands
Aoife Fealy takes a look at Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney's debut feature.
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Podcast: Writer/Director Stroma Cairns on her Debut 'The Son and the Sea' at Belfast Film Festival
In this Film Ireland Podcast, we chat with Rose Baker, Head Programmer of the Belfast festival, and writer-director Stroma Cairns, whose moving debut feature The Son and the Sea screens at the festival.
Article: Dog Day Afternoon Turns 50 - Legacy of a Quiet Man, John Cazale
As Dog Day Afternoon marks its 50th anniversary, Dora Matijević revisits the film that turned a botched Brooklyn bank robbery into one of cinema’s most memorable stories, and pays tribute to John Cazale, and the performances that defined his brief but bright career.
Article: “A Happy Accident” - How 'The Hook' Found Its Rhythm
Fresh from its Bournemouth International Film Festival debut, 'The Hook' is already making noise. Matthew Briody caught up with writer and director Thomas Beatty
Film Ireland’s 31 Days of Halloween
Horror expert Conor Bryce is curating a very special list for Film Ireland this October.
Article: Birdsong Takes Flight on the European Festival
Supported by RTÉ and Coimisiún na Meán, Birdsong is a piece of film that captured something wonderful. Now, writer and long-time Film Ireland contributor Emma Donnelly catches up with the film's producer, Ross Whitaker, to discuss the film's continued success
Irish Films of 2025
We take a look at some of the Irish films coming to screens in 2025. We’ll update films, premieres, release dates and platforms and add reviews and interviews as they come in.
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Review: Scream VI
Gemma Creagh takes a stab at the latest in the established franchise, Scream.
Review: Blind Willow, Sleeping Women
Irene Falvey meets a giant talkative frog, a lost cat and a schizophrenic accountant in Pierre Földes collection of short animated stories.
Review: Babylon
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Podcast: Interview with Eoin McGuirk, Editor
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Eoin McGuirk, a Dublin-based Editor.
The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye
une Butler was at The Project Arts Centre for the first screening in Ireland of the early works of Cheryl Dunye, the director of the seminal 'The Watermelon Woman' and innovator of a new form of cinema about Black lesbian life.