In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Tanya Doyle, Director of 'Eat / Sleep / Cheer / Repeat'. Subscribe to the Film Ireland podcast on your favourite platform at https://linktr.ee/filmireland Team captain, glamour queen Jessica; star athlete, Covid anti-vaxer Jayleesa; dyslexic, athletic Blathnaid; out-n-proud, fun-loving Dean; freedom-seeking Taylor; and lost boy Rickie are each searching for their place in the world through the sport they love.  As their anxiety-crippled coach, Hilton,...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Simon Chambers, the Director of Screen Ireland supported documentary 'Much Ado About Dying. Filmmaker Simon finds his life drastically interrupted when he is called back to London from India to care for his retired bohemian gay actor Uncle David. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong. David's anarchic spirit is unbreakable. He fights with Simon, refusing to go into a care home, insisting on dying in the squalor of his unheated tumble-down house....

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh welcomes back Andrew Baird to talk about his latest film, Sunrise. Then we hear from Director Michael Showalter about his Rom Com The Idea of You. When a former cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town discover the dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear. Befriended by a kind immigrant family, the instinctive killer soon faces a choice of revenge or redemption. Sunrise was...

In this Japanese Film Festival Roundtable, Gemma Creagh talks to Andrew Partridge, founder of Anime Limited, Emmy Shigeta, a Japanese DJ working in the industry in Ireland, and Stephen McNeice, co-programmer of the Japanese Film Festival Ireland. https://www.jff.ie/ https://filmireland.net/ The Japanese Film Festival Ireland is organised by access CINEMA & The Embassy of Japan.

In this special Young Irish Film Makers at Dublin International Film Festival podcast, 5 young critics interview 2 filmmakers whose shorts screened at this year's festival. Adelaide Kane interviews Hannah Mamalis DIFF Podcast 2024 Chloe O'Malley and Assil Ksiksi interview Ciaran Maggin interview Ciaran Maginn, whose film Screamer screened at the the festival. Adelaide Kane, Fionn O'Mahony and Pia Roycroft interview Hannah Mamalis, whose film Baby Steps scooped the Shorts Audience Award at...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Alan Gilsenan about his latest film. .An intimate beautifully wrought and deftly handled meditation on trauma, offering hope and insight. The Days Of Trees is in cinemas from 12th April 2024.

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Andrew Gallimore about his documentary One Night In Millstreet. One Night In Millstreet is the story of Ireland in 1995, a snapshot of a country told through a high stakes prize fight in Millstreet, Cork between the then unknown underdog Steve ‘The Celtic Warrior’ Collins and the larger-than-life champion Chris ‘Simply The Best’ Eubank - an against-all-odds sporting event that had an entire nation gripped and on the edge of its...

Ahead of the Japanese Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Adam Torel, Head of Third Window Films.  Two of his releases, Shadow of Fire and Typhoon Club are screening at this year's festival. To introduce the festival, Gemma first talks to Maeve Cooke, director at access CINEMA, co-organisers of the  festival with The Embassy of Japan. https://www.jff.ie/ https://www.accesscinema.ie https://filmireland.net/

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor, about their film Baltimore. Based on the infamous true story of the English heiress who became a revolutionary. Debutante Rose Dugdale (Imogen Poots) enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, but her rebellious nature soon leads her down a militant path. Amongst the political turmoil of the 1970s, her sympathy towards the IRA’s conflict evolves into radicalisation, culminating in an armed raid on an Irish...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Leandro Arouca, Colourist at Raygun, a boutique post-production house located on Baggot Street in Dublin’s city centre. Leandro brings over fifteen years international experience in the craft of colour grading to the t Raygun team. Beginning his career with O2 Filmes in Sao Paolo, Leandro has worked alongside some of the best directors and cinematographers in Brazil such as Fernando Meirelles, César Charlone & Adriano Goldman. He...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, we are grateful to Dublin International Film Festival and Volta Pictures for sharing this masterclass with Kevin Macdonald on directing in conversation with Ross Whitaker. This masterclass took place on 25th February 2024. The Oscar-winning director is known for his feature and documentary films, including One Day in September (1999), Touching the Void (2003), the drama The Last King of Scotland (2006), and the Whitney Houston documentary Whitney...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine about their documentary Copa 71. It is August 1971. Football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy are gathering at Mexico City’s sun-drenched Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and crowds of over 100,000 hollering fans turn this historic stadium into ‘a cauldron of...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Pav Grochola, FX and Look of Picture Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks.  Pav Grochola is in Belfast to give a talk at RENDR Festival on 1st March 2024. RENDR Festival is a unique evening event, celebrating creative craft and artistry in a fully immersive two-day festival exploring the space between Creativity and Technology. Ignite your imagination with inspiring speakers from the worlds of Film, Gaming, Animation, Immersive, and more! Learn from...

We are delighted to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year’s programme.  DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get your tickets here. In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Nadim Cheikhrouha, Producer of Four Daughters. The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. After the disappearance of her two...

We are thrilled to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year’s programme.  DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get tickets here. In this Film Ireland Podcast, DIFF's Silver Screen Critics: Lorna Cady, Mutale Kampuni, Maureen Bushe, and Eileen Murphy discuss two of the films they watched as part of the programme. After a programme of features and shorts, the group...

In this Dublin International Film Festival podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Oge Obasi, Producer of Mami Wata.  Set in the matriarchal ocean village of Iyi, where West African water deity Mami Wata reigns via the village leader, this genre-bending tale brings to life a futuristic fable that fuses spiritual beliefs with inter-generational tensions. Written and directed by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi. Mami Wata screens on 24th February at The Lighthouse Cinema DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Mark Adams, co-writer with Christopher Pickard of Cannes Uncut. Directed by Roger Penny and Richard Blanshard. The story of the glorious excesses, triumphs and failures of Cannes is one that demands to be told. Penny and Blanshard’s documentary revels in the glamour, red carpets, parties and personalities which see the business of cinema implant itself on the French Riviera for two weeks every year. It ofers an exciting high-adrenaline, roller-coaster...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ian Hunt-Duffy about his debut feature Double Blind. Double Blind is in Irish cinemas from Friday 9th February and is available on demand and digital February from 13th. Directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy and written by the award-winning screenwriter Darach McGarrigle and starring British actress Millie Brady (The Last Kingdom, The Queen’s Gambit, Roadkill) alongside horror icon Pollyanna McIntosh (Vikings: Valhalla, The Walking Dead, The Woman),...

We are thrilled to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year's programme.  DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get tickets here. In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kathleen Harris, Director of the documentary Birdsong. Ornithologist Seán Ronayne is on a mission to record the call of every bird species in Ireland – that’s nearly 200 birds. At once inspiring and...

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Welcome to a new series of The DocArena Podcast. In this episode Ross Whitaker talks to Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins about their documentary American Nightmare. After a home invasion and kidnapping, a young couple's recounting of the events is too far-fetched for the police to believe. You'll never suspect the truth. Watch American Nightmare only on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81620853

We are delighted to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year's programme.  DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get tickets at https://diff.ie/ In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks DIFF short films with Tania Notaro,  Derek Ugochukwu, Jessica Patterson and Dennis Harvey. https://filmireland.net/

Gemma Creagh was at IndieCork 2023 Film Festival and met up with Festival Director Úna Feely , Hungry Hill Co-Director Mieke Vanmechelen and Unseen Guest Director Sarah Corcoran. IndieCork is devoted to celebrating independent cinema & giving a platform to emerging filmmakers. IndieCork 2023 Film Festival took place 15-22 December 2023. https://indiecork.com/ https://filmireland.net/

In this Film Ireland podcast, Smrithika Majukar talks to Nick Roth, the Co-director with Lindsey Haun and writer of indie horror-comedy Hanky Panky. A man and his sentient napkin friend save the world from a dark evil in a cabin deep in the Utah mountains, and also learn to love. Hanky Panky premièred at the at LA Comedy Film Festival on 9th December 2023. https://filmireland.net/