In the latest episode of the State of the Arts Podcast, host, filmmaker and writer Des Doyle chats with Catherine Doyle, internationally bestselling and award-winning author of The Dagger and the Flame and The Storm Keeper trilogy.
As Gabriel’s Trumpet is about to premiere at Belfast Film Festival, Assistant Editor June Butler sat down with Writer/Director Thomas Bennett.
Earlier this month at the Dinard British & Irish Film Festival, Film Ireland contributor Dolapo Agunbiade spoke with three such dreamers: producer Laura McNicholas, director Brian Durnin, and talented young actress Naoise Kelly.
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.
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.
Fresh from its Bournemouth International Film Festival debut, 'The Hook' is already making noise. Matthew Briody caught up with writer and director Thomas Beatty
Horror expert Conor Bryce is curating a very special list for Film Ireland this October.
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.
David Prendeville gets caught up with Dubliner Andrew Baird's US thriller, which boasts some serious Irish talent.
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.
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Dónal Foreman about his genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy, 'The Cry of Granuaile'.
Irish author and film historian Wayne Byrne will be making his debut literary festival appearance at this year’s Kildare Readers Festival.
June Butler takes a look at Katie McNeice's short film Lambing. In rural Ireland, a young couple Caoimhe (Johanna O’Brien) and David (Fiach Kunz), are about to give birth to their first child. An ultrasound scan has indicated they are expecting a boy. Opening scenes show Caoimhe...
Laura Cannon goes West in Dónal Foreman's surreal drama.
