Underground Cinema Reel Talk

An interview with Underground Cinema Rising Star Winner, Adam Cahill about his feature film Follow The Dead Film Synopsis As viral videos seem to evidence the fall of Dublin at the hands of the undead, four Millennials in rural Ireland can’t discern fake news from real. Has a dependent lifestyle left them too naive to weather their fate?

An interview with Joe Rooney who stars in the fantastic short film Dead Dog, nomianed for three Underground Cinema Film Awards in 2002. Film Synopsis An out of work comedian sees his luck change after making a social media post about his dying pet.

An interview with the team behind the award winning 'The Tale Of Billy OC'. Film Synopsis The Tale of Billy O'C is an Irish crime thriller strongly focused on an unpredicatble plot with twists, keeping the audience wanting to know what happens next. It's a story of vilification, family dedication, redemption and a desire for peace. Set in a small village in Count Kilkenny, Ireland...

An Interview With Denise McCormack, Eoin Quinn & Jayne Delahunt about theie award winning film Family Night. The film picked up the Best Short Film Award at the Underground Cinema International Film Festival in 2022 and a Best Actress Win for Denise McCormack at the Underground Cinema Film Awards Film Synopsis An offbeat short horror film set in the winter of 1995, A pre divorce era Dublin, Ir...

An interview with film director Sohaila Lindheim on her brilliant short films, Deterioration of Man & Interviewing Lance Masterson Film Synopsis Deterioration of Man Archer Miller is 35 years old and dead, but for the first time ever he gets it. Interviewing Lance Masterson In 1970's Georgia, notorious criminal--Lance Masterson has finally been arrested, but do they have enough on him to p...

An interview with sci fi director Michael Fitzgerald about his film Stormtroopers Film Synopsis An Imperial Base Station is attacked by a battleship and haunting PTSD within its ranks.

An interview with award winning director Jean Michel Tari about his multi award winning sci fi short Dark Cell. Film Synopsis Two convicts in an orbital prison are doing what they usually do, which is to say, not much. Suddenly, two panicked guards armed to the teeth burst into their cell. The guards tell them that the orbital prison has just been invaded by blood-thirsty zombie-type creatures. If...

An Interview with Jesper Tønnes, director of The Last Padawan II which was screened at the first May the 4th Sci Fi Film Festival. Blabba the Hutts Gary Matthew O'Toole joins the interview also. Film Synopsis The Last Padawan is back with The Evil Empire hot on his heels. While seeking help from the local Rebels The Padawan will have to make a choice: Will he reveal himself and save the people...

An interview with director Míchéal Fleming and some of the cast and crew of Croí, nominated for 9 awards at the 14th Underground Cinema Awards. Film Synopsis Two explorers from an ill-fated expedition in the Antarctic find shelter as they face one last, impossible leg of their journey to safety and the reveal of the truth of what happened out on the ice.

An interview with director Luke Corcoran and some of the cast and crew of Poppy Loftus Film Synopsis Fiadh is tormented by an emptiness inside, no matter how many jobs she chooses she just can't find... herself. Called home to look after her unstable Mother, who the townsfolk refer to as 'Mental Maggie', she witnesses paranormal activity in her house. Finally she has a quest that fits,...

An interview with Patrick McKight and Rob McCarthy about their feature film The Irish Mob. Film Synopsis Crime boss, Val Fagan, tells the story from his perspective of the dark world of gangland Dublin. After being tasked to help fund a drug shipment, Fagan and his gang successfully carry out a cash depot robbery. However, Fagan’s activities come under intense scrutiny and pressure from a team of...

An interview with Tina Kellegher, Sam Atwell, Eimear Landers & Katie Lee Lynch on their short film Forever Hold Your Peace directed by Jason Branagan. The film was nominated for 5 Underground Cinema Film Awards in 2022. Film Synopsis As the 36th anniversary of her brother's disappearance looms, a woman starts to receive phone calls which she believes hold the clues to what happened to him...

An interview with film director Kevin J McCorry about his short film Three Way Mirror which icked up the Best Cinematographer Award at the 14th Underground Cinema Awards Film Synopsis Suffering a brutal attack Alexander Hutton’s entire personality and perception on life has drastically changed, once an outgoing, confident individual now lives his life behind closed doors, cut from social interacti...

An interview with Katie McNeice who pick up the Best Director Award at the 14th Underground Cinema Film Awards. Film Synopsis A young dad in rural Ireland must face his anxiety around gender and bullying when his baby is born intersex.

An interview with Garret Daly about his award winning Short Documentary Nothing to Declare. Film Synopsis The charming story of two Irish boys aged 10 and 13 on a stowaway adventure of a lifetime from Dublin to New York in the summer of 1985.