FNI Wrap Chat

...and Wrap Chat is back for a new series in 2018. We're kicking things off with Eibh Collins & Gar O'Brien. Eibh Collins is the shorts co-ordinator for The Galway Film Fleadh, she's also the Festival Manager of Indie Cork and is involved in a whole of host of other film festivals and organisations including Irish Screen America and Irish Film London. Gar recently finished his tenure as the pr...

It's the last episode of wrap chat of the year. Have a Merry Christmas and Marvelous New Year 2018. We're joined this week by Writer Director Frank Berry. Frank's work includes the fantastic Doc "Ballymun Lullaby" "I used to live here" and his most recent award winning feature "Michael Inside". Enjoy. www.soundcloud.com/fniwrapchat for previous podcasts or find us on Stitcher, Itunes and Podcast A...

Tristan Heanue is a well known face on the Irish acting scene, appearing in the likes of Vikings and Cardboard Gangsters. Not one to wait for the phone to ring with acting gigs, in recent years Tristan has written, directed and starred in his own short films. His directorial debut won best first short at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2015. Tristan talks about making the jump from acting to writing and...

Episode 11, Demien Fox. Writer, Actor, Comedian and one Quarter of Dead Cat Bounce. Dead Cat Bounce return to the stage this December to save Rock and Roll. For tickets (of which there are few left for their five night stand in Project) head on over to: https://projectartscentre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873580069 https://deadcatbounce.ie/ Demien is of three writers chosen to participate in the 2017 p...

On this episode of Film Network Ireland's Wrap chat is the amazing Actor Nick Dunning. A man for all seasons and a real Actors Actor, Nick is currently threading the boards on the Abbey Stage in the smash hit "Let the right One in" based on the popular film. Nick's credits and body of work is so extensive that we'd be all day listing them off. He's worked with everyone frankly, A shining example o...

We sat down in Westland Studios for a mug a tae and chat about all things "Hardy Bucks", We discussed how he came to become a performer in Mayo and how a group of West of Ireland small town mates acting the maggot with a camera became one of the biggest Comedy success stories in Irish Film and Tv in the last 10 years. From Youtube sensations to Storyland winners, to a massively successful Feature...

Carl Austin is a screenwriter from South Central, LA. He cut his teeth, writing thrillers with saucy titles like Wild Cactus and Inproper Conduct in the nineties for the direct to video and DVD markets. He then moved to London where he wrote for various Bollywood productions and for the long-running crime drama, The Bill. He finally moved to Ireland where he now works a writer for Fair City while...

Norma Sheahan. "Moone Boy" "The Bailout" "Damo and Ivor" Norma trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2000. In 2000 she won Best Actress at the Evening Herald Irish Theatre Awards for her role in the world premier of Enda Walsh's play Bedbound. She was also nominated in the same year for Best Actress in the Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards for her role in Enda Walsh's play Bedbo...

We've a very special episode of WrapChat this week from the Kerry Film Festival www.keryfilmfestival.com We're joined by Director Alex Fegan, Director of the wonderful Feature Doc "Older than Ireland" and "The Irish Pub" Andy McDermott Screenwriter and Producer of the Feature "Lies we Tell" Starring Gabriel Byrne and Harvey Keitel and Irish American Producer Maura Kelly. Talking all things Film an...

John Connors is an Irish actor, screen writer, documentary film-maker and human rights activist well known due to playing Patrick Ward in the Irish crime drama series "Love/Hate" and his latest film which he co-wrote the hugely successful "Cardboard Gangsters" Directed by Mark O'Connor. Connors was born in 1990 in London, United Kingdom to an Irish traveller family, but moved back to Ireland with...

Frankie Fenton is an Irish Film and TV Director/Producer specializing in documentary film to do with pressing social matters. His directorial debut is feature documentary It's Not Yet Dark, narrated by Colin Farrell and premiering at the Sundance Film Festival 2017, it is produced by Kennedy Films and Newgrange Pictures. Frankie is also in post production on "The Good Reactor" an environmental fea...

Gerard Walsh is a multi award winning film maker from Dublin's inner city. After graduation from Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Gerard went on to direct several short films which received notable critical acclaim and awards. Moving on from short films in recent years, Gerard has written directed and Co produced three feature films which have travelled overseas to international festivals...

The second episode of Film Network Ireland's new podcast series that goes behind the scenes of Irish film & tv, hosted by filmmakers, Paul Butler Lennox and Paul Webster. Mia Mullarkey, of Ishka Films, is a documentary & drama director and she's had a hell of a year, picking up a plethora of awards and receiving funding from the Irish Film Board. She talks about her career to date and how...

The first episode of Film Network Ireland's brand new podcast series about the Irish film and tv, hosted by filmmakers, Paul Butler Lennox and Paul Webster. Writer/Director, Nick Kelly talks about his careers in music and advertising, before describing how he came to make his wonderful new film The Drummer And The Keeper. Nick Kelly was the frontman of Irish band, The Fat Lady Sings, Arclight was...