Irish Film Makers

On paper, Laura McGann's The Deepest Breath fits neatly into the recent trend of documentaries about thrill-seekers pushing it to the limit – there’s a sprinkle of Free Solo (2018) with a dash of Fire of Love (2022). The experience,…

Dublin filmmaker Kate Dolan’s You Are Not My Mother, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, is the story of Char (Hazel Doupe), a teenager living in a North Dublin housing estate, whose mother, Angela…

Mark Cousins is always a notable presence in his own films. His voice, his authorial stamp, recognisably familiar both in tone and intent has always accompanied his investigations into the personal and the cinematic. For Cousins, the…

Joining Paul Webster in Galway on FNI Wrapchat this time is Sarah Dillon. Sarah is a former Production & Development Executive at Screen Ireland (Irish Film Board) and currently development Manager at Western Region Audiovisual…

This week on FNI WrapChat is TJ O’Grady-Peyton TJ is an Irish director and Actor who graduated from the London Film School’s graduate program in 2010. Fresh into the professional ad space, he was shortlisted for a Young Directors Award…

This time on FNI WRAPCHAT We've Irish DOP, JJ Rolfe. We chatted all things camera, his role on productions and the importance of team building, loyalty and collaboration as an ethos in Film and TV. JJ shot the new Irish feature Dublin…

There aren’t many mood pieces in Irish cinema. There are plenty of great stories and plots full of action, drama and suspense. Yet, while some of them capture a mood, it’s never the primary goal. Kissing Candice is different. Not good or…

While it's terrific to see films like Lady Bird, Wonder Woman and to a lesser extent, Raw, get the acclaim they deserve, many other great films from female directors came out in 2017 to little or no fanfare. Is this due to sexism in the…

Few filmmakers are as busy as Jason Figgis. The Irish underground auteur released two features last year - the very good Urban Traffik and Don't You Recognise Me? (the opening movie at IFI's 2016 Horrorthon). He has another two slated for…

The 13th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival kicks off on March 19th with Mary McGuckian’s The Price of Desire, starring Orla Brady as Irish modernist designer Eileen Gray, and ends on March 29th with The Sound of Music, with Julie…