In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Moe Honan, Producer of The Magic Reindeer - Saving Santa’s Sleigh.Christmas is on the horizon, and it looks like it’s going to be the best one yet for Niko the Reindeer as he sets off to fulfil his biggest dream - taking his place next to his father on Santa’s Flying Forces. However, he faces unex…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 3 filmmakers whose films are screening at the Cork International Film Festival: Julia Wysocka (Skirmish), Freddie Leyden (Farmers!?) and Sam Ahern (Night Glances).The Cork International Film Festival runs 7-17November 2024.https://corkfilmfest.org/https://filmireland.net/…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Chris Cottam, Director of 'The Problem With People', plus Gemma checks in with Co-Writer and Producer Paul Reiser and Actor, Executive Producer and National Treasure Colm Meaney.Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Layer Cake) and Paul Reiser (Mad About You, Aliens) star as two estranged cousi…

In partnership with Screen Ireland, we are delighted to present Screen Sessions – a series of in-depth conversations on craft between emerging and established talent from the Irish Screen industries. In this episode, Abby Greene and Richard Baneham discuss the world of VFX. Richard reflects on his career to date, which includes 2 Oscar wins for his…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Paul Farren talks to Assistant Director David McGiffert about the film industry and his book Best Seat in the House – An Assistant Director Behind the Scenes of Feature Films. Shooting a feature film is a fascinating and complex process. With his uniquely personal insight and experience, David McGiffert offers a captiv…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Mark Forbes, Director of Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry. In this documentary, filmmaker Mark Forbes examines the classism that has plagued the UK film industry for decades. Through the lens of individuals from working-class backgrounds, he observes the challenges they encoun…

In this Film Ireland podcast Dolapo Agunbiade talks to Writer/Director Eva Birthistle and Actor Hazel Doupe; and Gemma Creagh talks to Producer Claire McCaughley about their film Kathleen Is Here.Kathleen (Hazel Doupe) is 18 and fresh out of foster care. She returns to her hometown to take ownership of her deceased mother's house. She gets a job an…

In this podcast Dale Kearney talks to Patrick Willems, a filmmaker and video essayist based in New York. Patrick Willems' new short film, The Dinner Plan, will be released by Nebula next year.Subscribe to the Film Ireland podcast on your favourite platform at https://linktr.ee/filmirelandThis podcast was made possible with the support of Coimisiún …

In this Film Ireland podcast, in partnership with access>CINEMA, Gemma Creagh talks to Niels Arden Oplev, Writer/Director of 'Rose', which is screening currently screening throughout Ireland, as well as access>CINEMA's Special Projects Officer Stephen McNeice. Set in the late ’90s, Ellen and her new husband Van decide to tak e Ellen’s older sister …

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie about their film 'Sugarcane'.A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, Sugarcane, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a m…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Maurice O'Carroll, Writer/Director of Swing Bout.Swing Bout is an intense crime/thriller set backstage at a major boxing event, tracing Tony Gale's (Ciara Berkeley, The Deceived, Normal People ) tumultuous journey from the dressing room to her ring walk in a night of deceit, betrayal, and life-alt…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Elisabeth Hopper, Head of Talent Initiatives at WDM Entertainment and Lead Producer on the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund.Netflix are looking for the best and brightest documentary talent from across the UK and Ireland. There are five funds of £30,000.00 up for grabs, so whether you’ve applied be…

In this episode of Film Ireland presents, Gemma Creagh talks with BAFTA-nominated writer/director Virginia Gilbert about her powerful and evocative film Reawakening.Virginia Gilbert is an award-winning, BAFTA and IFTA nominated writer and director. Her screenwriting work has been placed on the BritList and she was named as a 'Star of Tomorrow' by S…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Irish Street Artist Asbestos and Ross Killeen, Director of Don’t Forget to Remember.Subscribe to the Film Ireland podcast on your favourite platform here - https://linktr.ee/filmirelandDon’t Forget to Remember follows the Irish street artist Asbestos as he and his family learn to navigate his moth…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Damian McCarthy, Writer/Director of Oddity.Oddity follows a blind medium who uncovers the truth behind her sister's death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin. The cast includes Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody), Carolyn Bracken (An Cailín Ciúin), Tadhg Murphy (The Northman), Caroline Ment…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Aoife Kelleher, Director of Mrs Robinson.Mrs Robinson tells Mary’s story, in her own words, for the very first time - illuminating battles for justice and equality over half a century; on the streets, in the courts, at the ballot box, and in backroom corridors of power.A reforming constitutional l…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kevin O’Regan and Tommy Flavin, the co-founders of Crewless, a new platform for finding crew in Ireland created by industry professionals for industry professionals.Subscribe to the Film Ireland podcast on your favourite platform here - https://linktr.ee/filmirelandCrewless was created by Kevin O'…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Trevor Birney, Producer of 'Kneecap'.When fate brings Belfast schoolteacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low life scum’ Naoise & Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other.Rapping in their native Irish language, Kneecap fast become the unlikely figureheads of a Civil Rights m…

Ahead of the GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Festival Director Greg Thorpe and Dominic Savage, Director of Close To You, starring co-writer and producer Elliot Page, which closes this year’s festival. Close To YouElliot Page gives a delicate but defiantly star turn in his first feature role as a trans man since comin…

In this podcast in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to filmmakers Zoe Gibney, winner of this year's Wild Atlantic Pitching Competition, Trevor Whelan, whose film The Story of Zak Moradi screened at the festival, and Maeve McGrath, the Director of Programming.By Film Ireland

In partnership with Screen Ireland, we are delighted to present Screen Sessions – a series of in-depth conversations on craft between emerging and established talent from the Irish Screen industries. In this episode, Nora Twomey and Jessica Patterson shine a light on the animation industry and paths into it, and discuss their respective careers and…

Covering the importance of a sound mix as well as the unruly nature of photogenic sheep, in this podcast, Gemma Creagh chats with Cara Holmes, Director of ‘Notes from Sheepland’.Orla Barry is a self-confessed ovine addict. She is a decade in sheep, she’s still wondering what possessed her to start but yet she wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Orla…

In this podcast, in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to Aisha Bolaji, Jackson Lennon and Paudie Baggott about their short films screening at this year's festival.https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/https://filmireland.net/By Film Ireland

This year the Country of Focus at the Galway Film Fleadh is Palestine. In this podcast in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to Inas Halabi, Director of 'We No Longer Prefer Mountains'. which is screening at this year’s festival (9-14 July 2024). We No Longer Prefer Mountains begins with an ascent of Mount Carmel upon which…

Delving into the complexities of the creative process, in this podcast, Gemma Creagh chats with Michael Kinirons, Writer/Director & Alicia Ní Ghráinne, Producer of 'The Sparrow' as it hits the big screen nationwide. .Wild teen Kevin Coyle grapples with guilt over a deadly secret. As his world unravels and consequences mount, Kevin is pushed to conf…

In this podcast in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to Steven McKenna, Writer & Director and Jaro Waldeck DOP of Dreamtown, which is screening at this year's festival (9-14 July 2024).An aging rocker who never realised his dreams is forced to come to terms with his failures as he tries to start a relationship with his est…

In partnership with Screen Ireland, we are delighted to launch our inaugural Screen Sessions - a series of in-depth conversations on craft between emerging and established talent from the Irish Screen industries. Our first podcast of the series will tackle the art of writing for the screen. It's been 20 years since the iconic Adam and Paul took the…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Marian Quinn, Writer/Director of Twig. Twig, a powerful retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone, is set in Dublin’s inner city where an ancient city wall cordons off a neighbourhood which is rife with drugs. When the local crime lord, Leon (O’Byrne) vows to let her brother Paulie’s body rot in the street, Twig…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Virpi Suutari, Director of Once Upon A Time In A Forest, which is screening at Docs Ireland (18 – 23 June 2024).A modern fairy tale in the enchanting embrace of the Finnish forest makes its Irish premiere.We witness young people seamlessly woven into the fabric of nature, swimming in crystalline lakes and reve…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Yousef Srouji about his film Three Promises, which is screening at Docs Ireland (18 - 23 June 2024).While the Israeli army retaliates against the second intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family’s daily life, punctuated by time spent sheltering in the basement. Her son revisits th…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Eleanor McSherry, a highly qualified Programme Coordinator/designer, researcher and lecturer with UCC (ACE). She lectures and gives workshops, in the areas of neurodiversity in the screen industry, autism studies, disability studies, mental health, film scriptwriting, creative writing, film and media. She is c…

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Colm Quinn about his documentary Ransom ’79,Ransom ’79 tells the story of legendary Irish reporter Charlie Bird and his determination to break one final story before his life is cut short by Motor Neurone Disease. Charlie’s sources have given him an extraordinary true crime story, one …

Delving into this story with families at the core, in this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Gary Lennon, Director of Piano Dreams.There are currently 40 million piano students in China. With many practising up to ten hours a day, pianomania has truly gripped the nation. We follow three young hopefuls and their dedicated families as they …

Congratulations to Laura McGann and the team who worked on The Deepest Breath on their Emmy win! In this Film Ireland podcast, listen back as Gemma Creagh talks to Laura McGann about her powerful film.The Deepest Breath follows champion freediver Alessia Zecchini, who fell in love with the sport as a child growing up in Italy, astounding coaches wi…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Tanya Doyle, Director of 'Eat / Sleep / Cheer / Repeat'.Subscribe to the Film Ireland podcast on your favourite platform at https://linktr.ee/filmirelandTeam captain, glamour queen Jessica; star athlete, Covid anti-vaxer Jayleesa; dyslexic, athletic Blathnaid; out-n-proud, fun-loving Dean; freedom-seeking Tayl…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Simon Chambers, the Director of Screen Ireland supported documentary 'Much Ado About Dying.Filmmaker Simon finds his life drastically interrupted when he is called back to London from India to care for his retired bohemian gay actor Uncle David. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong. David's anarchic sp…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh welcomes back Andrew Baird to talk about his latest film, Sunrise. Then we hear from Director Michael Showalter about his Rom Com The Idea of You. When a former cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town discover the dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds o…

In this Japanese Film Festival Roundtable, Gemma Creagh talks to Andrew Partridge, founder of Anime Limited, Emmy Shigeta, a Japanese DJ working in the industry in Ireland, and Stephen McNeice, co-programmer of the Japanese Film Festival Ireland.https://www.jff.ie/https://filmireland.net/ The Japanese Film Festival Ireland is organised by access CI…

In this special Young Irish Film Makers at Dublin International Film Festival podcast, 5 young critics interview 2 filmmakers whose shorts screened at this year's festival.Adelaide Kane interviews Hannah Mamalis DIFF Podcast 2024Chloe O'Malley and Assil Ksiksi interview Ciaran Maggin interview Ciaran Maginn, whose film Screamer screened at the the …

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Alan Gilsenan about his latest film..An intimate beautifully wrought and deftly handled meditation on trauma, offering hope and insight.The Days Of Trees is in cinemas from 12th April 2024.By Film Ireland

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Andrew Gallimore about his documentary One Night In Millstreet.One Night In Millstreet is the story of Ireland in 1995, a snapshot of a country told through a high stakes prize fight in Millstreet, Cork between the then unknown underdog Steve ‘The Celtic Warrior’ Collins and the larger…

Ahead of the Japanese Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Adam Torel, Head of Third Window Films. Two of his releases, Shadow of Fire and Typhoon Club are screening at this year's festival.To introduce the festival, Gemma first talks to Maeve Cooke, director at access CINEMA, co-organisers of the festival with The Embassy of Japan.https://www.jff.…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor, about their film Baltimore.Based on the infamous true story of the English heiress who became a revolutionary. Debutante Rose Dugdale (Imogen Poots) enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, but her rebellious nature soon leads her down a militant path. Amongst the poli…

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Leandro Arouca, Colourist at Raygun, a boutique post-production house located on Baggot Street in Dublin’s city centre. Leandro brings over fifteen years international experience in the craft of colour grading to the t Raygun team. Beginning his career with O2 Filmes in Sao Paolo, Leandro has work…

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, we are grateful to Dublin International Film Festival and Volta Pictures for sharing this masterclass with Kevin Macdonald on directing in conversation with Ross Whitaker.This masterclass took place on 25th February 2024.The Oscar-winning director is known for his feature and documentary films, including One…

In this episode of The DocArena Podcast, Ross Whitaker talks to Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine about their documentary Copa 71.It is August 1971. Football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy are gathering at Mexico City’s sun-drenched Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extens…

In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Pav Grochola, FX and Look of Picture Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Pav Grochola is in Belfast to give a talk at RENDR Festival on 1st March 2024.RENDR Festival is a unique evening event, celebrating creative craft and artistry in a fully immersive two-day festival exploring the space between Creativi…

We are delighted to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year’s programme. DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get your tickets here.In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Nadim Cheikhrouha, Producer of Four Daugh…

We are thrilled to be partnering with Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) to bring you a series of podcasts with filmmakers featuring in this year’s programme. DIFF 2024 runs 22nd February – 2nd March. Explore the programme and get tickets here.In this Film Ireland Podcast, DIFF's Silver Screen Critics: Lorna Cady, Mutale Kampuni, Maureen Bus…

In this Dublin International Film Festival podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Oge Obasi, Producer of Mami Wata. Set in the matriarchal ocean village of Iyi, where West African water deity Mami Wata reigns via the village leader, this genre-bending tale brings to life a futuristic fable that fuses spiritual beliefs with inter-generational tensions.Writt…