Film Ireland

Get the whole family in the festive mood and make sure to catch The Magic Reindeer – Saving Santa’s Sleigh on the big screen. In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Moe Honan, the wonderful film's producer, about this impressive achievement as well as her defining role in the Irish animation landscape. https://lnkd.in/eCEPfxHM

The European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) and UNI Europa’s Media, Entertainment, and Arts sector (EURO-MEI) have published tools addressing the gender pay gap in the audiovisual sector, offering advice towards greater equality. https://lnkd.in/ecb9xGeH

"Crust may be a fictional band but this film is the best thing since sliced bread." In this review, Matthew Briody sings the praises of independent band film, Dublin Crust. https://lnkd.in/ekGU8ntV

In celebration of UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Irish Film Institute Irish Film Archive, in collaboration with San Francisco Silent Film Festival and Chicago’s Academy of Sciences, has released The Benjamin Gault Collection on the IFI Archive Player. https://lnkd.in/e_DeXjbf

This is a narrative that digs deep into the traumas of the Irish psyche. In this video, Assistant Editor Gemma Creagh catches up with Small Things Like These Writer Enda Walsh and Director Tim Mielants. https://lnkd.in/eFkQWfEu

"Gary Lennon and Ollie Aslin’s documentary Castro’s Spies takes a sobering yet intriguing look at the often glamourised world of espionage from the perspective of those involved in it." In this review, Naemi Victoria investigates Castro’s Spies. https://lnkd.in/eiunGfiP

The Foyle Film Festival returns from 22 November to Sunday, 1 December, with a captivating programme set to delight film lovers of all ages. Celebrating its 37th edition, Northern Ireland’s longest-running film festival will feature a compelling mix of international cinema, special preview screenings, award-winning shorts, industry events, and immersive experiences across Derry~Londonderry. https://lnkd.in/enPWAjVz

In the UK, young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and inaccessible, according to research. https://lnkd.in/eQ_rhqcP

A Simple Killing, an independent Irish film featuring Aidan O'Callaghan (The Witcher, The Rook), alongside Daphne Cheung (Doctor Who, Baywatch) and Claire Gavin (The Wreck, Fair City) is set to screen at BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying Foyle Film Festival in Derry after its successful US premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. https://lnkd.in/e5P8rPhE

Join TITE November 19th in the Light House Cinema for the first ever TITE fundraiser! 💖 TICKETS ON SALE NOW 💖 https://lnkd.in/emc93tMm They're delighted to partner with the Small Trans Film Club on a screening celebrating two years of trans film clubs in Dublin. Bringing together six of the film club's most beloved and requested films, the screening also goes hand in hand with TITE's mission to champion trans filmmakers in front of and behind the camera -- including two game changing docuporno performances by Jamal Phoenix and Tobi Hill-Meyer, a turn in the editor's chair from historian Susan Stryker, an award winning short written and directed by Belfast talent Caleb J. Roberts, and even more trans talent.