Film Ireland Podcast

Our shapeshifting lycanthropes gather on the moors under a full moon to bring you the latest Reel Horrorshow. In this episode, in between devouring recently buried corpses, the gang talk about the wonderful world of werewolf movies. Silver bullets at the ready...

Richard Drumm and Paul Farren join forces to bring you a look back at the year in superhero films employing their newfound powers of finger rating, plus they discuss Richard Donner's 1978 Superman and together unlock the secrets of the universe. There's also a look into the future to see what 2017's superheroes have to offer us mere mortals... http://filmireland.net/

Richard Drumm and Sarah Cullen bring you their end of year pod and look back at what stood out for them in 2016 in film. This episode also includes reviews of Passengers, which "does everything cinema shouldn't do", The Edge of Seventeen, The Birth of a Nation and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Use the forks Luke. http://filmireland.net/

Our monstrous group of horror podders return minus one. Ali headed off to investigate a noise and hasn't been seen since. The remaining three, Conor McMahon, Conor Dowling and Mark Sheridan, gather around a bloodied Christmas tree to discuss the best and the worst of Yuletide horror. Films dissected include Silent Night Deadly Night - and its 4 sequels - Krampus, Christmas Evil, Rare Exports, Jack Frost, To All a Good Night, Silent Night Bloody Night, Santa's Sleigh, Black Christmas, Elves and Gremlins. Plus our knife-wielding filmmakers discuss their own ideas for a Christmas film. http://filmireland.net/

Gemma Creagh talks to director Billy O'Brien and actor Max Records about their film I Am Not a Serial Killer. Billy discusses how 3 Irish filmmakers ended up making Dan Wells' novel into a film and Max reveals how he got into acting in . Along the way, Billy talks about Christopher Lloyd's subtle acting technique and of course, there's chat about the weather and Trump. http://filmireland.net/

In this episode, our bloodied band take a look at the debut features of some of their favourite directors. http://filmireland.net/

Sarah and Richard are back in podland with a brand new episode of film chit chat. Among the exotic topics on offer are reviews of Girl With All the Gifts, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Nocturnal Animals, Arrival, Train to Busan, Headshot, I Am Not A Serial Killer, Doctor Strange, and a nosedive into the world of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror. All aboard! http://filmireland.net/

Stephen Porzio talks to Gerard Walsh about his film South, which is out now in Irish cinemas. South tells the story of Tom, a young man struggling with the recent death of his father. After finding a note from his estranged mother he decides to hit the road and try to find her. Throughout this journey Tom also tries to overcome his crippling stage fright as a musician. Along his journey he meets Jess, a free-spirited young woman that captivates his mind and heart.

Conor McMahon, Ali Doyle, Mark Sheridan and Conor Dowling return to the realms of horror in the second episode of Reel Horror Show. As well as gruesome chat about The Witch, Train to Busan, Raw, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Found Footage. Ouija among others, the bloodied gang talk about the process of making horror films and this year's Horrorthon, which included a screening of Mark's Crone Wood. And of course there's Shakma, "the greatest killer baboon movie ever" - what more could you ask for... http://filmireland.net/

In this episode of The Actors’ Room, Lynn Larkin is joined by Eddie Jackson. Eddie's most recent credits include the feature film Red Room, directed by Stephen Gaffney, Game of Thrones ('Battle of the Bastards' & 'Book of the Stranger') directed by Miguel Sapochnick, Riegn (TV Show) and Ripper Street (TV Show). He is also currently shooting Acceptable Risk a six-part series. Eddie studied theatre studies at Inchicore College and later completed the Dublin Acting Class with Terry McMahon. His other film and television credits include Vikings (T.V.) J.A.M (Short), Gold (Feature), Justlikeabitch (Short), Dog Eat Dog (Short), Proclaim (Short), Bridge Station (Short), Promised Land (Short), Windows (Short), The Last Frame (Short) and The Light of Day (Feature). Eddie also appeared in the short films A House of Cards and Normal, written and produced with fellow actor Mark McCabe. Both films had successful festival runs with Normal most notably been selected for the Cork Film Festival. Normal won Best Screenpl

Stephen Porzio talks to Pieter-Jan De Pue, the director of the Irish co-production The Land of the Enlightened. A group of Kuchi children are living in a minefield around Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. They dig out old Soviet landmines in order to sell the explosives to child workers in the Lapis Lazuli mine. Meanwhile Gholam Nasir and his gang control the mountains where caravans are smuggling the blue gem stones to the border of Tajikistan and Pakistan. When Gholam’s gang is not guiding the caravans over the frozen rivers, they dream about Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the Americans. Some of them will grow up as soldiers, others will remain with the caravans. But Gholam dreams about marrying and living with his queen in the palace in Kabul. Will Afghanistan have a new king after the foreigners will have returned home? The co-production was produced by Morgan Bushe for Irish production company Fastnet Films together with Savage Film, Submarine

Stephen Porzio talks to Johnny O’Reilly about his film Moscow Never Sleeps, a multi-story drama that weaves through Moscow’s choked cityscape as it celebrates its birthday with a massive fireworks display. Over the course of one day, many lives will change forever. Moscow Never Sleeps is released in Irish cinemas on 11th November 2016 Moscow Never Sleeps is released in Irish cinemas on 11th November 2016

Former neurosurgeon, Richard Drumm joins forces with Sorcerer Supreme, Scott Adair and the Ancient One, Paul Farren to protect Earth against magical and mystical threats. Their superchat goes off on all sorts of tangents, including Scott meeting Stan Lee.

Madeline Di Nonno is joined by EMMY award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh, Jennie Stacey, Director of Development at Brown Bag Films, for an Innovators panel moderated by acclaimed Irish actor, Ger Ryan. The panel came together to talk about the technical and creative innovations they are witnessing in their fields and the issues facing the media industry, particularly in film and television. http://filmireland.net/ http://wft.ie/

Women in Film and Television Ireland (WFT.I) in collaboration with the U.S Embassy of Ireland, presented their October event Innovaters with a particular emphasis on creative, business and technological innovations in an ever-changing media landscape. Madeline Di Nonno, the Chief Executive Officer of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, introduced GD-IQ, a tool that employs video-and audio-recognition technology, along with algorithms, to identify gender, speaking time and additional details about characters presented in films, television shows and other media. Madeline used GD-IQ to analyse 2 Irish films, Brooklyn and Room. The software, called the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (or GD-IQ), speeds up and automates the painstaking data-collection process that researchers use to study representation, a key initiative in recent years as the entertainment industry has begun to focus on equity onscreen. http://filmireland.net/ http://wft.ie/

Grace Corry talks to Paddy Breathnach about 'Viva' ,which is out now on DVD and On-Demand. http://filmireland.net/

Conor McMahon, Ali Doyle, Mark Sheridan and Conor Dowling join forces to bring you Reel Horror, which debuts with a seasonal episode of Halloween horror-natter about favourite horror films. Aaaaaaarghhhhhhhhh! http://filmireland.net/

In this podcast, Paul Farren talks to directors Jason Figgis and Mark Sheridan about their films, Don't You Recognise Me? and Crone Wood, which are screening as part of the IFI Horrorthon. http://filmireland.net/

In this episode of The Actors' Room, Lynn Larkin is joined by Maureen O'Connell. Maureen has a Higher National Diploma in Film Production from Ballyfermot College & a BA in Acting from RADA, London. Maureen has over 10 years experience as an actor & filmmaker. She has many theatre and tv credits to her name, most notably, 'Mary' in Juno & the Paycock alongside Niamh Cusack, and 'Oonagh' in BBC 1's Father Brown alongside Mark Williams and James Fleet. She has written and directed 3 short films, the most recent of which Proclaim! has just won the Best 1916 Centenary Short Film Award at Fingal Film Festival and Best Script at the Dublin International Short Film & Music Festival. Maureen also teaches Acting at Filmbase. Maureen is currently directing her first feature film. Links: www.proclaimfilm.com www.maureenoconnell.weebly.com www.3hotwhiskeys.weebly.com http://filmireland.net/

This episode of InConversation features the second part of our episode featuring Michael Lavelle ISC. Part I is here http://filmireland.net/2016/08/02/inconversation-with-michael-lavelle-part-i/ Michael is a graduate of the National Film School of Ireland and an award-winning writer, director and cinematographer. He won the World Cinematography Award for Documentary at Sundance 2010 for His and Hers, his debut feature documentary as a DOP. The Sundance jurors singled out the cinematography “for its Vermeer like qualities and formal restraint in conveying the power of ordinary emotional lives”. He was also the DOP on the multi-award winning short film Undressing My Mother, which screened at Cannes, was highly commended at Sundance and went on to win the European Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2005.Patrick’s Day, his first dramatic feature as DOP, received its world premiere at SXSW2014. The film went on to win Best Feature at Galway Film Fleadh and Best Film at Woodstock Film Festival where Michael w