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Director Nora Twomey on Cartoon Saloon's new Netflix Original, My Father's Dragon |
| 21 Nov 2022 | Oscar-nominated Irish director Nora Twomey took some time to speak with IFTN, ahead of the release of Cartoon Saloon’s first Netflix animated feature film, My Father’s Dragon, which is currently available to stream worldwide. |
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BIFA Awards 2022: Irish film and talent features strongly throughout as nominations announced |
| 07 Nov 2022 | God’s Creatures, Nothing Compares, Young Plato, It Is In Us All, and The Wonder are among the Irish titles named as nominees for this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). |
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Kenneth Branagh and Hylda Queally to receive special recognitions from The Richard Harris International Film Festival |
| 28 Oct 2022 | Irish native and top Hollywood talent agent Hylda Queally, along with Oscar winner writer/director Kenneth Branagh, are to be specially recognised at this year’s Richard Harris International Film Festival, which takes place in Limerick this week. |
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Writers’ Guild of Ireland announced winners for Zebbie Awards 2022 |
| 27 Oct 2022 | The Annual Writers’ Guild of Ireland Zebbie Awards returned to the Sugar Club on Monday, 24th October 2022. |
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“Cinematically, I wanted to paint a beautiful picture of Ireland;” Martin McDonagh on making his homecoming with The Banshees of Inisherin |
| 21 Oct 2022 | We spoke with Oscar winning writer/director Martin McDonagh ahead of the release of his hugely anticipated feature film The Banshees of Inisherin. |
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“The concept of purgatory is that it is a timeless and cyclical place;” Writer/director Robert Manson discusses experimental drama Holy Island |
| 19 Oct 2022 | We caught up with Robert Manson, the writer/director behind new Irish film Holy Island, an Art Council-supported experimental drama that is currently on release across selected cinemas. |
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Screen International and Screen Ireland unveil new talent spotlight – Rising Stars Ireland |
| 11 Oct 2022 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, together with Screen International, has announced a new talent spotlight for Irish actors and filmmakers. |
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Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney discuss their award winning debut feature Lakelands |
| 07 Oct 2022 | We spoke with writer/director duo Patrick McGivney and Robert Higgins to find out more about their award winning debut feature film Lakelands, which picked up the Best Irish Film at the 34th Galway Film Fleadh in July. |
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Official trailer revealed for Irish Netflix film The Wonder starring Florence Pugh |
| 05 Oct 2022 | Netflix has released the official trailer for Sebastián Lelio’s thrilling psychological Irish drama The Wonder ahead of its Headline Gala premiere at London Film Festival later this week. |
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Irish documentarian Ross McDonnell wins two major honours at 2022 News and Documentary Emmy Awards |
| 03 Oct 2022 | Hulu and National Geographic’s Covid documentary The First Wave emerged as the big winner at the 43rd annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards last week, taking place at Palladium Times Square in New York City. |
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Windmill Lane – The 45 Year Old Start-Up |
| 29 Sep 2022 | As the company approaches 45 years of business, Windmill Lane’s Deborah Doherty and John Kennedy talk about new leadership, new people, and a new vision for Ireland’s longest running VFX and post production company. |
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Irish writer Jonathan Farrelly selected for prestigious MIDPOINT Writers Room |
| 29 Sep 2022 | Irish writer, Jonathan Farrelly has been selected for the prestigious MIDPOINT Writers’ Room at the Academy Of Performing Arts In Prague. |
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“I quite like the challenge of writing characters without handles, for an audience to hold on to, you have to really work at keeping pace with them and go on the journey;“ Writer/director Antonia Campbell-Hughes discusses It Is In Us All |
| 22 Sep 2022 | Ahead of its release in Irish Cinemas on September 23rd, IFTN spoke with actor-turned-writer and director Antonia Campbell Hughes, about her debut psychological thriller-drama It Is in Us All. |
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“We’ve tried to portray real life, real relationships, and all the complexity that comes with that;” Producer Collie McCarthy discusses his debut Netflix Original, I Used To Be Famous |
| 21 Sep 2022 | We spoke with Irish producer Collie McCarthy ahead of the release of his debut feature and Netflix Original Film, I Used To Be Famous, which is now streaming on Netflix worldwide. |
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Directors Rachel Moriarty and Peter Murphy discuss Róise & Frank, releasing in Irish cinemas Friday, September 16th |
| 16 Sep 2022 | Ahead of the film’s theatrical release across Ireland on September 16th, IFTN spoke with writer/director duo Rachel Moriarty and Peter Murphy to find out more about their heart-warming film. |
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Kingfingers Films and Blinder Films reveals new six part drama series The Gone for RTÉ |
| 14 Sep 2022 | Made in association with Southern Light Films (NZ) for RTÉ and TVNZ, the six-part New Zealand/Ireland co-production begins principal photography on location in Auckland and Te Aroha in New Zealand this week. |
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Oscar nominated cinematographer Phedon Papamichael joins IFTA for online Skills In Focus Masterclass this Friday |
| 01 Sep 2022 | The Irish Film and Television Academy will welcome Phedon Papamichael for a virtual Masterclass as part of the IFTA Skills in Focus series in association with Screen Ireland. |
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Irish documentary Pure Grit to be release in cinema on September 30th |
| 31 Aug 2022 | Wildcard Distribution has announced that it will be bringing the award-winning Irish documentary Pure Grit to cinemas across Ireland on September 30th. |
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Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise moves from HBO Max to theatrical release |
| 25 Aug 2022 | Following a strategical shift from Warner Bros. regarding their theatrical release schedule, the studio has confirmed that Irish director Lee Cronin’s upcoming Evil Dead reboot will now have a cinema release. |
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“Collins wrote that the normalisation of Irish in Ireland would be ‘the biggest task’ for the fledgling state;” TG4 Director General issues call to action at Autumn Schedule launch on Michael Collins Centenary |
| 22 Aug 2022 | Today TG4 hosted its first in-person autumn schedule press launch in three years at an event at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. |
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