The 8th – Review of Irish Film @ Cork International Film Festival 2020
Emma Keyes celebrates 'The 8th' which traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion.
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Toronto Irish Film Festival: 'Shooting The Darkness'
Aoife O’Neill was at the 2020 Toronto Irish Film Festival and caught Tom Burke's documentary about the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own Northern Irish towns.
Irish Film Review: A Girl from Mogadishu
June Butler reviews A Girl from Mogadishu, Mary McGuckian's portrayal of Ifrah Ahmed's campaign to end female genital mutilation after fleeing war-torn Somalia in 2006.
Review of Irish Film: Arracht
Sarah Cullen takes a look at Tomás Ó Súilleabháin’s Irish-language feature 'Arracht', which is Ireland’s entry for the 2021 Oscars’ best international feature film category.
Irish Destiny – Review of Irish Film @ Cork International Film Festival 2020
Sandra Costello marvels at 'Irish Destiny' made soon after the events it depicted. The first fiction film dealing with the War of Independence in Ireland, a 35mm print of the film was restored and repatriated from the US by the IFI in the early 1990s.
The Castle - Review of Irish Film @ Cork International Film Festival 2020
Marija Laugalyte reflects on 'The Castle', Lina Lužytė's psychological coming-of-age story which offers rare insights into the lives of economic migrants in Ireland.