Film Ireland Podcast

Gemma Creagh talks to director Peter Foott, and actors Hilary Rose and PJ Gallagher about The Young Offenders, which achieved the highest opening for an Irish film at the Republic of Ireland Box Office this year. Inspired by Ireland’s biggest cocaine seizure of €440 million off the coast of Cork in 2007, the laugh-out-loud comedy follows two Cork inner-city teenagers, Conor and Jock, as they embar...

Ahead of its screening at A4 Sounds, Jonathan Victory talks to Séamus Hanly about his film The Middle Finger. Dennis, a lonely and frustrated teenager, is reluctantly transformed into a superhero, embedded with the symbol of a hand showing its middle finger, and must awkwardly endure his training and save his world from extinction in The Middle Finger, a superhero comedy feature film, written and...

Brought to you by Women in Film and Television Ireland and Film Ireland, this podcast features producer Julie Ryan talking to Sarah Griffin about her career to date and her work on The Young Offenders. Julie is an international producer having produced the short film Take a Seat (Official selection for the Hollywood Film Festival and Palm Springs International Shortfest), Blood and Water (Best nar...

Richard and Sarah return to podland to bring down a verbal hammer blow upon film. In this episode they round up the recent releases, including Ghostbusters, Suicide Squad, Viva, A Date for Mad Mary, Jason Bourne, Purge: The Election and The Shallows. Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd , Lenny Abrahamson , M. Night Shyamalan , John Boorman, Saoirse Rona...

Gemma Creagh chats to the director Paddy Breathnach and writer Mark O'Halloran of 'Viva' which introduces us to Jesus, a young hairdresser working at a Havana nightclub that showcases drag performers. Jesus dreams of being a performer himself. Encouraged by his mentor, Mama, Jesus finally gets his chance to take the stage. But when his estranged father Angel abruptly reenters his life, his world i...

Our secret pod agency, led by Richard Drumm, recruits imprisoned supervillains, deranged director Paul Farren and Forbidden Planet's elite hit man Scott Adair, to execute a dangerous analysis of the latest American superhero film and save the world from DC Comics adaptations, in exchange for leaner sentences. Will neck bombs be detonated?http://filmireland.net/ Over the years, the podcast has feat...

Listen here to our interview with leading casting director Louise Kiely following her contribution to WFT Ireland's ‘A Stronger Voice For Women’ at the Galway Film Fleadh. She gives great insights into the casting process and advice for aspiring actors. Louise and her team cast film, television and commercials. Recent credits include Sing Street (Dir: John Carney for Cosmo Films), A Dark Song (Dir...

Actor Seána Kerslake who participated in WFT Irelands' A Stronger Voice For Women' at the Galway Film Fleadh, talks to us about her background, process and recent roles. Seána most recently filmed the lead role of Aisling in the forthcoming RTÉ drama series Can't Cope, Won't Cope directed by Cathy Brady and written by Stefanie Preissner. Other projects due for release this year include Darren Thor...

‘A Stronger Voice for Women’ event in association with the Galway Film Fleadh features a dynamic panel discussion on creating a stronger voice for women in Film and Television when writing, casting and auditioning. Panelists included international and Irish talent: screenwriter Kirsten Smith (Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You), casting supremo Louise Kiely (Ella Enchanted, Sing Street), s...

Ahead of this year's GAZE International LGBT Film Festival Grace Corry talks to festival director Noel Sutton and festival programmer Roisín Geraghty. For the past 24 years GAZE International LGBT Film Festival has been providing a platform for Irish and International LGBT cinema in Dublin. Taking place annually over the August Bank Holiday weekend in Light House Cinema Dublin, the festival offers...

In this episode of the Film Ireland Podcast, we’re joined by acclaimed filmmaker and cinematographer Michael Lavelle. In this in-depth conversation, Michael talks about storytelling through cinematography, balancing directing and shooting and the creative journey that has shaped his career. Listen to part 2 here: https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-filmmaker-cinematographer-michael-lavelle-his-and...

The IFI present Haunted Landscapes – A Season of Folk Horror from 16th-30th July. According to David O'Mahony, Head of Programming at the IFI, "the term folk horror has been used to yoke together disparate cultural artefacts that exhibit common traits: an interest in paganism; traditional, rural communities with a connection to the land and its regenerative cycles; the importance of ritual and sup...

In 'Mom and Me' Ken Wardrop travels to the USA to explore the complex relationships men have with their mothers. Shot across the state Oklahoma, voted America’s manliest State, the film offers a candid and moving portrait of tough guys and their even stronger Moms. It is a story that reveals comedy in the everyday and misery on some other days. Gemma Creagh chats to Ken about getting into film and...

Richard and Sarah return to podding duties to talk film. In this episode, our podders discuss Game of Thrones (avec les spoilers), billion dollar Superhero movies and mull over recent releases, including Independence Day: Resurgence, X-Men: Apocalypse, Money Monster, Absolutely Fabulous, The Boss, The Nice Guys, Love & Friendship.http://filmireland.net/ Over the years, the podcast has featured acc...

In this episode of The Actors’ Room, Lynn Larkin is joined by Susan Barret. Susan trained as an actor in Dublin before moving to London to pursue her training further. Returning to Ireland in 2010, she has worked in both theatre and film, featuring in a number of short films, including Engraved (2014), which she also wrote and produced. In 2015, Susan made her feature debut in The Hit Producer dir...

Film Ireland welcomes Sarah Cullen to the pod joining Richard Drumm to bring you film news, reviews and all round celluloid chit-chat. Our podpeople preview the upcoming Ghostbusters, chat about Beyonce's visual album Lemonade, and review Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot, Captain America: Civil War, Bad Neighbours 2, starring Alec Baldwin in a Zac Efron body suit, Green Room and Midnight Special.http://film...

Jonathan Victory talks to Katie Holly, a producer on Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship, about how Blinder Films became involved in the Irish/French/Dutch co-production, what Ireland has to offer as a location and working with Whit Stillman. Katie also talks about the need for the government to increase funding to the arts in Ireland.http://filmireland.net/ Over the years, the podcast has featured...

Richard Drumm recruits Paul Farren and Scott Adair to form a team of powerful mutants to discuss all things X-Men, cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which Richard will reign.http://filmireland.net/ Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd , Lenny Abrahamson , M. Night Shyamalan , John Boorman, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Aisha Tyler, Colm...

Our patriotic superpodders return to Earth to chat about Captain America: Civil War and all things Marvel. Richard Drumm uses his nearly indestructible shield to both outwit brainwashed Paul Farren and his case of super-soldier serum and prevent Scott Adair from stealing a biological weapon from a lab in Finglas.http://filmireland.net/ Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such...

This episode of InConversation features writer/director/producer Brian Deane. Brian is from Cork and graduate holder of a BA in English & Philosophy and a MA in Film. He won his first short film award for his graduation film ‘Without Words’ in Cannes in 2008 as part of Spike Lee’s International Film Festival and has been seen by 400,000 people on Youtube. His first short film since college, ‘Volks...

Adam McPartlan was at the Capital Irish Film Festival 2016 and talked to some of the filmmakers. Director Alex Fegan and producer Garry Walsh of Older Than Ireland - a landmark documentary that tells the story of a hundred years of a life as seen through the eyes of thirty Irish centenarians. Rachel Lysaght, producer of Traders - two strangers put all of their money into one bag and fight to the d...

Who is Dervla Murphy? profiles Ireland’s most prolific travel writer, through rare and exclusive access to Dervla, her family and friends. In this podcast Grace Corry chats with director Garret Daly to find out more about his documentary and the elusive figure it reveals. Listen now on SoundCloud , Apple, Spotify, Acast and Amazon, or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts . This...

Kapow! Biff!! Thwack!!! Chat!!!! Taking a break from fighting evil, our caped caster of pods Richard Drumm joins forces with the cryptic campaigner Paul Farren and Forbidden Planet's masked magician Scott Adair to enter the multiverse of DC's iconic characters and contemplate the battle of the franchises. Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd , Lenny Abra...

In this episode of The Actors’ Room, Lynn Larkin is joined by John Connors. John is an actor and writer, whose features include King of the Travellers, Stalker and Monged. John will also feature in Jim Sheridan's upcoming film, The Secret Scripture, and Mark O'Connor's Cardboard Gangsters, which he co-wrote with Mark. John's television work includes Love/Hate, Charlie and Rebellion. Over the years...

This episode of InConversation features Sunniva O'Flynn, Head of Irish Film Programming at the Irish Film Institute, who gives us a fascinating insight into the history of the IFI, film as an educational tool and the preservation of Irish film. Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd , Lenny Abrahamson , M. Night Shyamalan , John Boorman, Saoirse Ronan, Col...