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Linda Bhreathnach discusses new Crew Call Podcast shedding light on lesser-explored careers in Film & TV |
| 29 Mar 2022 | The Galway Film Centre recently launched the Crew Call Podcast, a limited series of in-depth interviews with creatives working in lesser-explored areas of the Film & TV industry. |
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“I was much better equipped for film making when it came to it than I had realised;“ Writer/Director Stacey Gregg discusses her debut feature Here Before, HBO’s The Baby, and Ballywalter |
| 25 Mar 2022 | Following on from the release of her debut feature Here Before, Belfast-native Stacey Gregg discusses how her background in theatre has influenced her, the difficulties of post-production process during a pandemic, and her upcoming work as a writer and director. |
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“There is a real energy to Irish language cinema at the moment;” Director Seán Breathnach discusses Foscadh |
| 16 Mar 2022 | Following the film’s selection as Ireland’s Official Entry into the 2022 Best International Feature Oscars, the Irish language drama is currently on release in cinemas nationwide. |
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Writer/director Paula Kehoe discuses new TG4 series An Diabhal Inti |
| 08 Mar 2022 | We spoke with writer/director Paula Kehoe to find out more about her visually arresting new TG4 series, which explores why women were accused of being “witches”. |
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New Irish drama The Liberties selected for Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions |
| 02 Mar 2022 | Irish production The Liberties has been selected as one of 15 project for the Co-Production Pitching Sessions at this year’s Series Mania Forum. |
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“You had to be very alive to what was happening in the room;” Pat Collins on capturing The Dance |
| 15 Feb 2022 | Having made its world premiere at the prestigious BFI London Film Festival, Pat Collins’ critically acclaimed documentary The Dance is currently on release in Irish cinemas. |
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Director Daniel O'Hara discusses Stay Close; Currently Netflix's No.1 English language TV show globally |
| 20 Jan 2022 | We caught up with Irish director Daniel O’Hara to discuss the success of his latest project Stay Close, which currently holds the No.1 spot in Netflix’s Global Top 10 for TV. |
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Director Ciaran Donnelly discusses Amazon Prime's Wheel of Time ahead of season finale |
| 23 Dec 2021 | Amazon Prime Video were hoping for a major debut season when they greenlit the adaptation of Robert Jordan’s bestselling novels, and that is exactly what The Wheel of Time (WoT) has delivered for the streaming giant. |
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“It's a wild, crazy, ridiculous movie that might be more conservative than reality”; Oscar winning writer/director Adam McKay discusses Don’t Look Up |
| 22 Dec 2021 | Ireland is renowned as a nation of storytellers, but it also seems to be a source of inspiration and peaceful tranquility for those returning as distant members of the Irish diaspora. |
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“It’s imagination. That’s where I do most of my work, daydreaming. As Actors that’s where most of our toolbox lives;” Golden Globe nominated actress Caitriona Balfe In Discussion with IFTA |
| 17 Dec 2021 | On Tuesday, The Irish Film & Television Academy hosted multiple Golden Globe-nominated and IFTA-winning actress Caitríona Balfe (Belfast, Outlander) for the final IFTA screen discussion event of 2021. |
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“My job is to manifest the best vision of the director with the material at hand;” Oscar-nominated editor Dody Dorn talks with IFTA |
| 10 Dec 2021 | On Thursday, IFTA hosted Oscar-nominated editor Dody Dorn ACE (Memento, Kingdom of Heaven Director’s Cut, Zack Snyder’s Justice League) for its Editing - Skills in Focus event, supported by Screen Skills Ireland. |
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“The film is ultimately about the shared experience of wonder - it was really important that people's individual sense of wonder came through;" director Tadhg O’Sullivan discusses To The Moon |
| 03 Dec 2021 | A poetic and cinematic ode to Earth's nearest neighbour, To the Moon is the latest feature project from filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan. |
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“You never know unless you ask, right?”; director Eoin Macken discusses Here Are The Young Men |
| 02 Dec 2021 | Ahead of the theatrical release of Irish drama Here Are The Young Men this Friday, December 3rd, IFTN takes a look back at our discussion with director Eoin Macken from earlier in the year. |
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New series The Wild Gardener continues this Friday, Nov 26th on BBC Two at 8pm |
| 26 Nov 2021 | Returning home to Wicklow on a very personal project, The Wild Gardener follows wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson as he embarks on a journey to turn his old childhood garden into a haven for native wildlife. |
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Benjamin Cleary and Mahershala Ali on Irish director's debut feature Swan Song for Apple Film |
| 22 Nov 2021 | Ahead of the release of Apple Original Film Swan Song, Oscar-winning short filmmaker Benjamin Cleary and Oscar-winning actor Mahershala Ali discussed the Irish directors debut feature at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel at the DGA Theatre. |
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“He would berate me if I put down the camera when something difficult was happening;” Director Michael McCormack on capturing the intimacy of Breaking Out |
| 19 Nov 2021 | Winner of the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the 2021 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards and Best Irish Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh 2019, Breaking Out will release in cinemas this Friday, November 19th. |
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Dublin Bay eco-system series An Cuan begins on TG4 this Wednesday at 9.30pm |
| 09 Nov 2021 | Dublin has a population tipping 1.5 million, and contains one of Europe’s busiest ports, yet it is also home to one of the most important wildlife conservation projects in the country. |
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“Working with this cast was an inspiration;” director Robbie Walsh on his tragic drama The Letters |
| 08 Nov 2021 | Set against the backdrop of the Cervical Check scandal that rocked Ireland, The Letters tells the story of three women from different walks of life who have been given mere weeks to live due to the false results of their cervical cancer checks. |
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“The truth here is stranger than fiction;” Martina McGlynn & Garret Daly discuss Doc NYC-bound Nothing to Declare |
| 29 Oct 2021 | 36 years after two Irish boys grabbed international headlines as infamous stowaways to New York City in 1985, Keith Byrne and Noel Murray’s story will return to the city synonymous with their tale. |
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“The Irish language is an incredible cultural mine that has barely been tapped in terms of film;” Director Tom Sullivan discusses Arracht |
| 22 Oct 2021 | We spoke with Dublin writer/director Tom Sullivan about his debut feature film Arracht, to find out more about making his first feature through the Cine4 scheme, bringing authenticity to the film through collaboration, and the untapped potential of Irish language film internationally. |
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