Film Ireland Podcast

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Halina Reijn, director of Bodies Bodies Bodies. When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrongBodies Bodies Bodies is directed by Halina Reijn (Instinct) and written by acclaimed playwright...

In this podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Director and Rough Magic Theatre Company co-founder Lynne Parker about her filmed version of Hecuba, playwright Marina Carr’s new version of the classic Greek tragedy. Hecuba screens in cinemas nationwide for one night only on September 15th 2022.A dynamic filmed version of Rough Magic’s remarkable theatre production, Hecuba is a passionate reimagining of the...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Dónal Foreman about his genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy, The Cry of Granuaile. The Cry of Granuaile is a genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy from Dónal Foreman, award winning director of the The Image You Missed (the IFTA-nominated documentary named by the Irish Times as one of the 50 best Irish films ever made.) Filmed...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to filmmaker Dean Kavanagh about his latest feature, Hole in the Head, a sophisticated and darkly comic exploration of the meeting point of traumatised memory and image technologies. Listen now on SoundCloud, Apple, Spotify, Acast and Amazon, or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts. Part-time projectionist and amateur filmmaker,...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Emmy-winning documentary maker Emer Reynolds about her debut feature film Joyride. Joyride stars the Academy®, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Olivia Colman as Joy, a solicitor, who didn’t expect to get pregnant or hijacked in a taxi stolen by a 12-year-old boy. Fleeing from his father, 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Olivia Newman, the director of Where the Crawdads Sing , which is adapted from the best-selling novel by Delia Owens and produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. Listen now on SoundCloud , Apple , Spotify , Acast and Amazon , or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts . Watch the video here: https://www.filmireland.net/interview-o...

In this episode of  The DocArena Podcast , Ross Whitaker talks to Jay Bedwani about his documentary  Donna . Directed by award-winning filmmaker Jay Bedwani ( My Mother), Donna  is an intimate and candid portrait of the inspiring trans activist, artist and performer Donna Personna. It follows her journey to live authentically as herself and to reconnect with her family. Donna P...

In this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Derek Ugochukwu, Laura Kavanagh and Jonathan Hughes ahead of their films screening at the Galway Film Fleadh (5-10 July 2022). 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 Meaney, Paul Reiser , Niamh Algar, Da...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kate Dolan, the writer and director of You Are Not My Mother. Rooted in eerie Irish folklore, the creepy and unsettling chiller is Kate’s debut feature. Char’s mother, Angela, has inexplicably disappeared. All that remains is her abandoned car. When she returns home without explanation the following evening, it becomes clear to Char and her grand...

In this Film, Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Emily O’Callaghan, the Festival Director of the Achill Island Film Festival. The Festival takes place from 20 – 22 May 2022.Take a look at the Festival website https://www.achillinternationalfilmfestival.com/Festival tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/achill-island-film-festival-tickets-295391553087About this eventTicket holders for the inaugu...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Luke Sewell about his documentary Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King. If you want proof that the world of cryptocurrency is like the Wild West, look no further than Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King. The gripping new documentary follows a group of Bitcoin investors who lost their money after the strange death of Geral...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Declan McGrath & Neasa Ní Chianáin about their documentary Young Plato. A Primary School in Belfast’s Ardoyne housing estates invokes the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers to fight poverty, drug dealers and the IRA – restoring hope in the heart of a battered community. Young Plato is in cinemas from 18th March 2022. Over the ye...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Seán Breathnach, Writer/Director of Foscadh. Set in the stunning wild mountains of North Conamara, Foscadh (meaning Shelter) is a delayed coming-of-age tale that will have you rooting for its hapless hero as he takes his first tentative steps into adulthood. Written and directed by Seán Breathnach, Foscadh is based on characters created by award-...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Peter Middleton & James Spinney about their documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin. Hollywood icon Charlie Chaplin rocketed to fame from the slums of Victorian London and spent decades as one of Hollywood’s most famous and beloved stars until his scandalous fall from grace. His stage persona and incendiary media portrayal defined how he...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Director Felicity Morris & Producer Bernie Higgins about their documentary 'The Tinder Swindler'.Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback. The Tinder Swindler is available on Netflix from 2nd February 2022.https://filmireland.ne...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Director Damian McCann & Writer Aislinn Clarke about their film ‘Doineann’.Doineann the Irish for ‘stormy weather’, is the feature debut from Damian McCann with the screenplay penned by Aislinn Clarke and tells the story of the disappearance of a woman and her baby on a remote Irish island. Her husband must put his trust in the island’s retired p...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 4 filmmakers whose films are screening at this year’s Dublin International Comedy Film Festival. Bébhinn Naughton, Adam William Cahill, Lara Cassidy and Len MacKeigan talk about the craft behind their comedy. The Dublin International Comedy Film Festival 2022 runs 20-22 January 2022.https://filmireland.net/wp-admin/ Over the years, the podcast has featured ac...

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Jamila Wignot about her documentary Ailey. Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Directed by Jamila Wignot, the celebrated documentary is an immersive profile of ground-breaking and influential choreographer Alvin Ailey, founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey captures the brilliant and eni...

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Tadhg O’Sullivan, Director of To The Moon. To the Moon is a beautiful and poetic cinematic ode to the moon. Made primarily from international cinematic archive in combination with literary fragments and original moonlit cinematography filmed across five continents,To The Moon steps lightly through the ages and ideas that people have drawn from th...

Breaking Out is the remarkable story of Cork born singer-songwriter Fergus O’Farrell, the charismatic voice of Interference, one of the most compelling and influential bands to emerge from the Irish music scene in the 1990’s. He was best known for his timeless song “GOLD” which featured in the soundtrack to ONCE, the Oscar winning film and multi-Tony-award-winning musical. Despite being diagnosed...

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Edwina Casey, the director of a new production of Peter Maxwell Davies’s chamber opera The Lighthouse, which screens in cinemas for one night only on 16th November and then goes on tour nationwide with live performances in venues from Saturday, 20th November. Presented by Irish National Opera, conducted by Nil Venditti and starring Brenton Ryan, Ben McAteer a...

In this Film Ireland podast Gemma Creagh talks to Ross Killeen about Love Yourself Today , which centres around the music of Irish singer songwriter Damien Dempsey but also turns the lens onto his fans. 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 Meaney, Paul...

We are thrilled to be partnering with Still Voices Short Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts. This episode features Ariane Louis-Seize, Reza Riahi and Hazel McKibbin talking to Roisin Kearney ahead of their films screening at this year’s festival.https://filmireland.net/https://stillvoicesfilmfestival.com/ Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd...

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. Mary is a woman in her 50's who is the sole carer of her elderly mum with late stage Alzheimer's, Sam is a single mother in debt and struggling to raise...

We are thrilled to be partnering with Still Voices Short Film Festival to bring you a series of podcasts. This year acclaimed director Terence Davies will attend the 2021 festival for a special screening of his 1988 masterpiece Distant Voices, Still Lives (after which the festival took its name). Ahead of his appearance Terence was kind enough to give us his time and join Paul Farren to talk about...