Ireland’s Brown Bag Films Receives Three Annie Awards Nominations The nominations for the 47th annual Annie Awards were announced earlier this week, and a huge congratulations goes out to the team at the award winning animation studio Brown Bag Films for snagging three nomina...
3.5Right on The Last Right The Last Right (Ireland / 15A / 107 mins) In short: Right on Directed by Aoife Crehan. Starring Michiel Huisman, Niamh Algar, Samuel Bottomley, Colm Meaney, Brian Cox, Micahel McElhatton, Jim Norton. T...
Watch: Trailer for Irish Comedy-Drama THE LAST RIGHT 2 brothers, 1 stranger and a coffin. Discover the journey of a lifetime in THE LAST RIGHT. In cinemas across Ireland from December 6th. New York-based DANIEL MURPHY wakes on a flight home to Ireland for his Mum’s funeral to find elderly passenger PADRAI...
Interview – Interview with LOSING ALASKA director Tom Burke LOSING ALASKA from Irish filmmaker Tom Burke opens in cinemas around Ireland this October. It tells the story of 375 residents living in Newtok, Alaska who watch their homes disappear into rolling seas as winte...
3.5Supremely silly Extra Ordinary Extra Ordinary (Ireland / Belgium / 15A / 94 mins) In short: Supremely silly Directed by Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman. Starring Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O'Doherty, Emma Coleman. T...
3.0Simple pleasures Thank You Come Again Thank You Come Again (Ireland / 18 / 105 mins) In short: Simple pleasures Directed by Stephen Clarke Dunne. Starring John Billy Kenerk, John Sweeney, Danii Byrne, Jimmy Greeley, Fabien Oman. The Plot: It’s another day in Dublin sex shop Thank You Come...
Trailer for New Irish Comedy A BUMP ALONG THE WAY Starring Bronagh Gallagher & Lola Pettigrew Coming to cinemas on October 11th, Shelly Love’s debut feature comedy was filmed entirely in Derry and tells the story of fun-loving, 44-year-old single mum Pamela (Bronagh Gallagher) who becomes pregnant f...
Trailer: First Look at New Irish Comedy DARK LIES THE ISLAND A new trailer for ‘Perrier's Bounty’ and ‘Death of a Superhero’ director Ian Fitzgibbon's latest has arrived. Hitting cinemas in October, the comedy stars Moe Dunford, Peter Coonan, Pat Shortt, Charlie Murphy a...
4.0Atmospheric western Never Grow Old / USA / Belgium / France / Luxembourg / UK / 16 / 100 mins) In short: Atmospheric western Directed by Ivan Kavanagh. Starring Emile Hirsch, John Cusack, Deborah Francois, Danny Webb, Antonia Campbell-Hughes. The Plot: Irish undertaker and carpenter...
COMPETITION – Win tickets to the premiere of THANK YOU COME AGAIN THANK YOU COME AGAIN is a brand new comedy hitting Irish cinemas on September 6th, to celebrate the release we have tickets to the premiere screening taking place on August 26th, keep reading for your chance to...
Watch: New Trailer for Irish Supernatural Comedy EXTRA ORDINARY "Why does it have to be so unnecessarily gross?" Official trailer for writer/directors Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman’s supernatural comedy which had its Irish premiere this weekend at the 31st Galway Film Fleadh...
3.5Beats strongly Metal Heart Metal Heart (Ireland / 15A / 88 mins) In short: Beats strongly Directed by Hugh O'Conor. Starring Jordanne Jones, Leah McNamara, Moe Dunford, Sean Doyle. The Plot: Emma (Jordanne Jones) and Chantal (Leah McNamara) are fraternal twin sisters. They w...
COMPETITION – Win tickets to a preview of METAL HEART Would you like to be one of the first in the world to see the new Irish drama comedy METAL HEART from director Hugh O’Conor? We have tickets to giveaway to a special preview screening with pre-drinks, pizza and...
Interview – WESTLIFE talk about their live cinema debut Celebrating 20 years since their debut single hit the No.1 spot, ‘The Twenty Tour’ will see WESTLIFE perform together for the first time since 2012. Cinema goers across Ireland will be able to join Shane, Nicky...
PAPI CHULO – Interview with Irish director John Butler The maker of Irish box office hits ‘The Stag’ & ‘Handsome Devil’ returns this month with his Hollywood debut PAPI CHULO. The film, opening on June 7th examines the unlikely friendship between Sean, a young, gay, TV weatherman (Golden Globe winner Matt Bome...
8 IRISH FILM FESTIVALS SIGN UP TO CANNES PLEDGE FOR GENDER INCLUSION Women in Film and Television Ireland (wft.ie) a chapter of Women in Film and Television International, announced this month that 8 Irish Film festivals have accepted their invitation to sign up to the 5050x2020...
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY – Official Trailer for Carmel Winters’ Irish Boxing Drama The highly anticipated and award-winning second feature from Cork-based playwright and filmmaker Carmel Winters (‘Snap’), FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY is a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and ...
Watch: Gritty First Trailer for Andy & Ryan Tohill’s Irish Drama THE DIG "Where is she?!" Winner of Best Film at the Galway Film Fleadh 2018, THE DIG stars Moe Dunford as Ronan Callahan, a man who after serving fifteen years for murder, returns home to find his victim’s grieving father, Sean, searching for the body on an endless bo...
Trailer for Alan Mulligan’s IFTA-Nominated Thriller THE LIMIT OF Love. Greed. Desire. First look at Alan Mulligan’s haunting debut drama, which premiered to acclaim at the Galway Film Fleadh. Starring Laurence O’Fuarain and Sarah Carroll, THE LIMIT OF captures the rapacious...
Trailer for David Gleeson’s Psychological Thriller DON’T GO "I don't know what I'm supposed to do!" Shot on location in Spiddal, Co Galway, the new film from ‘Cowboys & Angels’ and ‘The Front Line’ director David Gleeson follows a father devastated by his daughter's...