FNI Wrap Chat

This week joining our BRAND NEW host Mia Mullarkey for a very special chat is the incomparable Kate O'Toole. Talking all things Film, Acting, the O'Toole dynasty, John Huston and the amazing Galway Film Fleadh and her work therein, including this years challenging shift online, which reached five million people. Kate is an Actor, introduced to a creative life at a very early age, parented by the r...

With the Brilliant news that Lee Cronin's  "The Hole in the ground" has received a whopping 7 IFTA nominations last week. We're joined by co-writer Stephen Shields  this week for a new ep. Check out our chat previously with Lee here: shorturl.at/elmEZ Stephen Shields is an Irish screenwriter. After winning the RTE STORYLAND 2010 with his web series ZOMBIE BASHERS Stephen went on to write on RTE's...

This week on the next Episode of FNI Wrapchat, Paul Webster chats to a bit of a cult hero director for a lot of Irish creatives, Paddy Breathnach. Paddy Breathnach started his directing career making natural history documentaries. His first feature, AILSA, won the Award for Best First / Second Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His second feature I WENT DOWN (BBC Films) starring Brendan Glee...

EP 111. Diarmuid Goggins. Director. We caught up with Diarmuid this week in between car chases and controlled explosions to have a chat about being real, working hard, wanting an actual fistfight in a fake emergency room and general kindness in the industry. Wrapchat is brought to you by Film Equipment Store and mixed by BEDFORD. Seán T. Ó Meallaigh joins PBL today as our new co-host. An Irish IFT...

Brought to you by Film Equipment Store: This week brings us a special podcast. One of our Favorite Actors Michael Smiley.   Michael Smiley is a Northern Irish actor. Smiley was born in 1963 in Belfast and grew up in Holywood. He moved to London in his 20s with his wife. He began doing stand-up in 1993, after accepting a bet at an open-mic night. He had worked as a cycle courier (like his character...

We're joined today by award-winning filmmaker Barrie Dowdall on FNI Wrapchat, back in the studio for the first time in 12 weeks. Brought to you by Film Equipment Store and mixed by Bedford. Hot on the heals on the Packed out Screening at VDiff of his Latest docu-drama, Violet Gibson. Violet Gibson tells the story of the Irish Woman who tried to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926, on the cusp of...

On this EP of FNI WrapChat is Director Daniel O'Hara. Fni WrapChat is brought to you by Film Equiptment Store and is produced on the Headstuff Podcast network, an Mixed by Bedford.  Daniel O’Hara is a director from Dublin, based in Edinburgh. He has directed television projects for a wide range of international broadcasters and content providers, including Netflix, BBC, Sky, RTÉ and TG4, on shows...

We talk obstacles to Women in Film, Shooting THAT scene in Normal People and Kate's love for documentaries.  Kate received the Golden Frog for Best Cinematography on a Docudrama ‘I Dolours’ at Camerimage 2018. In the same year she was nominated for an Emmy for her work on ‘The Farthest’. The Hollywood Reporter listed McCullough as top 10 to watch in Irish Film Industry 2017. More recently she was...

Born in Dublin and raised in Meath, Cathal has travelled the world working on a variety of projects including news, documentaries and film and television. Cathal's older brother (a press photographer for local newspapers), piqued Cathal's interest in the trade in their homemade photography dark room: a garden shed in County Meath. After having studied Drama in Trinity College Dublin, Cathal began...

On this Episode of FNI Wrapchat is IFTA and Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Award winning Actor Aisling Franciosi.   Aisling most recently appeared in the leading role of Clare in The Nightingale, opposite Sam Claflin and directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook,) She will next be seen opposite Mark Ruffalo in I Know This Much Is True , a brand new TV drama for HBO, which this week broa...

Ross Whitaker is a vastly successful documentary filmmaker. He has developed, produced and directed a number of successful independent documentaries including Katie, Unbreakable: The Mark Pollack Story, Between Land and Sea and most recently The Boys in Green for RTE.  Ross is also former commissioning editor of Film Ireland and former festival programmer of Stranger Than Fiction at the IFI, he is...

On this special episode of FNI Wrapchat is Irish Oscar-nominated  director Lenny Abrahamson. Sponsored by our friends at Film Equipment Store, Wildcard Distribution, brought to you as always by the Headstuff Podcast Network. Mixed by Stephen Bedford and FNI Wrapchat theme tune by Pat 'Connor. Lenny is from Dublin and is an internationally renowned film and Television Director and Screenwriter. He...

On this weeks Fni Wrapchat is Screenwriter of Calm With Horses Joe Murtagh. This episode is brought to you by Film Equipment Store on the Headstuff Podcast Network.   Calm With Horses is distributed by Element Distribution and is currently available to rent on various streaming platforms including Volta, iTunes, BFI Player etc.  Joe Murtagh is a London born Irish writer. He comes from a family of...

With over 30 years of experience in all aspects of media including journalism, public relations, scriptwriting, and programme-making, Hugh Farley has worked for RTÉ, BBC, Channel Four, ITV, NHK (Japan), and SV3 (Sweden) amongst others. A Fulbright scholar, he was the first Irish citizen to be accepted by New York University’s filmmaking programme in 1985. His documentary work includes; We Shall Ov...

EPISODE 💯, WOW! Where does the time go? This ep is a look back on some of our favourites over the last two years. A retrospective of tips and experiences from people working in film and television not only in Ireland but all over the world. Thanks for listening, especially at this very peculiar time in all our lives.  We really wanted to do a live show to mark this event, but it wasn't to be. FNI...

On this weeks episode (99) of FNI Wrapchat, Paul Webster is joined by Director Maurice Sweeney For the last ten years, Maurice has been regarded as one of Ireland’s leading documentary filmmakers. In more recent years he has also begun to focus on fiction. His Doc Trial of the Century, a historical drama series for Treasure Films was a critical hit for, Loose Horse and TV3. Other work includes dra...

Firstly BIG SHOUT OUT AND MASSIVE RESPECT to our doctors, nurses and everyone in the emergency services in Ireland. You're a credit to our country. #STAYSAFE #STAYINDOORS ** Billy mentions his standup shows in Galway in April these have obviously been cancelled until further notice.  On this episode (98) of FNI Wrapchat is Director and Producer Billy McGrath. Billy was a major pioneering figure in...

On this weeks Ep of FNI Wrapchat (which we recorded a couple of weeks ago), is a Distributor with a vast amount of experience over a number of years. Derry O'Brien of Network Ireland Television. Start stockpiling episodes of Wrapchat this crazy season. Derry O'Brien has over 40 years’ experience in international services in the music, TV and film industries and with the Irish Trade Board. Derry wa...

Nick Rowland is an award-winning directing graduate of the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. Even before graduating, his work as a director had already earned him a Royal Television Society Award for DANCING IN THE ASHES, and he has since been nominated for a BAFTA for SLAP. His recent TV credits include HARD SUN (BBC1), RIPPER STREET (BBC) and CUFFS (BBC2). His first Feature C...

On this week's Ep of FNI Wrapchat from the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival is Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy. As a Directing Duo, Desperate Optimists are Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, they are multi-faceted creatives rooted in theatre, performance art and mixed media. Hailing from Finglas in Dublin, Ireland they have lived and worked in the UK since 1987. For over ten years des...

On the First of our Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2020 Specials of FNI Wrapchat is Director Matthew Toman and Director Daniel J. Holmes. Daniel J. Holmes is Self Shooter, Writer and Director. Who has been based in Ireland for a number of years. Daniel comes from The Windy City of Chicago in the United States (He ain't no blow in..., Dan has worked on a number of Productions with...

On todays Episode of Fni Wrapchat are Co-Directors Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan. As directors (Luna Directing Duo), They specialise in crafting engaging, cinematic narratives. Whether directing short films, commercials, or music videos, their goal remains the same, to tell arresting stories, grounded in realism, with a focus on under-explored themes and characters. Their Short Film 'Flicker', Screen...

Roisín is a Film Producer, Programmer, and Festival Manager, with international experience in arts administration from both Ireland and the US. Roisín is currently the Industry & Events Manager / Programme Advisor at the Cork Film Festival. Roisín has also worked extensively with the GAZE International LGBT Film Festival and a Produced with Roads Entertainment. Working previously with the Galw...

On Episode 91 of the Podcast is Dublin Filmmaker and Musician Willie Stewart.  Dublin born, Leitrim based film maker Willie Stewart has been active in the DIY/Underground music, art and film scene since 1993. After a number of shorts and music videos he made his first full length creative doc, 'Ludo Is Fantastic' about Antwerp based Avant Garde artist, performer and film maker in 2018. After numer...

On this week we're joined by the wonderful Helena Walsh. We've a massive amount of respect for the practices of Helena at Film Network Ireland, hence, we've been chasing her for a while..  Helena Walsh is an International Voice and Acting Coach.  She is one of Ireland’s leading coaches in the Irish film and theatre industry for young up and coming actors, preparing them for screen and stage alike....