Brendan J Byrne is an award-winning producer, director and executive producer. He began with The Kickhams (C4, 1993). Recent work includes My Name is Bulger, Ryan McMullan: Debut and Bobby Sands: 66 Days. As producer, credits include Gaza, Maze, Mercury 13, Beirut: Life in the Shadows and That They May Face The Rising Sun. Executive producer work includes The Go Go’s and No Stone Unturned.
Against the backdrop of 1994 Northern Ireland, Skintown turns youthful rebellion into a riotous, razor-sharp portrait of a generation desperate to escape. Mick Jordan reviews the Hitchcock Audience Award for Best Feature Film at Dinard British and Irish Film Festival.
In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Malcolm Willis, co-director of 'The Essence of Eva' with Alex Fegan, which premieres at this year’s festival.
Mick Jordan looks up at Pat Collins' adaptation of the John McGahern novel.
Earlier this year Aoife O’Neill attended the Toronto Irish Film Festival and was kind enough to send us on a review of the second Shorts Programme.
Áine O’Healy reports from the Twelfth Edition of The Irish Film Festa in Rome, which ran from March 27th to 31st 2019.
Irene Falvey reflects on Gaza, Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell's documentary, set among the communities who live in Gaza.