Where we wrap on Sydney Film Festival 2021 with The French Dispatch, Titane, Four Seasons in a Day, The Card Counter, The Swordsman and many, many more
Tag: irish cinema
Irish Film Festival Navigates 2020
“Necessity is the mother of invention; back in March the idea of running an online festival seemed beyond our technical capabilities”
“We’ve Seen A Real Appetite For Film” – Sydney Film Festival Online
“The response from our audience has been fantastic, we’ve seen a real appetite for film.”
Film Fight Club S4E22: Sydney Film Festival Highlights
Where we fight all things Sydney Film Festival 2020, ‘Kids Run,’ ‘Charter,’ ‘Sea Fever,’ Cinemas Re-Opening and the latest Oscars’ about-turn
Sea Fever
It’s the mark of a great thriller when it hits the most well-worn horror tropes and you barely notice, nor care at all
Winda 2019 & Sourcing Indigenous Cinema From Across the Globe
“We have seen a strengthening of stories from around the world playing into genres like horror and really powerful documentaries that hold no punches”
SOPHIE HYDE ON ANIMALS’ #SYDFILMFEST Premiere
“Animals is about two women around their early thirties and figuring out whether can continue to party and live together and be wild or whether there’s something else they want in life.” “I love Dublin […]
THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER
Casting matters. So does chemistry
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
tinging like a bee, Float Like A Butterfly lands every hook we’ve come to expect from boxing flicks, while unlike almost any that’s made it to the big screen
DUBLIN OLDSCHOOL
An uncommon insight into the less-travelled avenues of Dublin
THE LONELY BATTLE OF THOMAS REID
Calling The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid a documentary wouldn’t quite be fair
FILM FIGHT CLUB S3E10: IRISH FILM FESTIVAL & CINEMA REBORN INTERVIEWS, ENDGAME (SPOILERS) AND THE BATTLE OF WINTERFELL
Our biggest episode of all time
DIRECTOR DAVE TYNAN TALKS DUBLIN OLDSCHOOL
“I love when I’m watching something and I feel like I’ve been put in somewhere, thrown in the deep end. I think you’ll see Dublin in a way you might not have, possibly not even if you’ve visited”
DIRECTOR SEAN MURRAY ON ‘UNQUIET GRAVES’
It’s about reclaiming our cultural memory, it’s about people who come from my community saying we do have a voice and we do have a story to tell about the conflict.”
MY NAME IS EMILY
Uplifting if wildly uneven, My Name is Emily will leave you with a smile on your face and no doubt scratching your head. Emily (Harry Potter’s Evanna Lynch) has had a rough time. Her […]
TWICE SHY CLOSES SYDNEY LEG OF IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, LOOKS NATIONAL
The Festival closed in Sydney with the announcement of the Breakthrough Award and now heads to Melbourne and Perth. “It’s important for Australians to know and to see stories coming out of Ireland but it’s […]
“THIS FILM HAS CHANGED LIVES ALREADY” – SANCTUARY SCREENS AT IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
“To actually have a film that manages to change the law, change people’s lives, there’s nothing better than that.” Director Len Collin flew out from Ireland to attend a special screening of his film Sanctuary, […]
“A WINDOW ON CONTEMPORARY IRELAND” – IRISH FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF IN SYDNEY
“It’s great to see confident young people coming out with talent and making films that are as good as any that are coming from anywhere around the world.” Irish Film Festival Director Dr Enda Murray […]
IRISH FILM FESTIVAL SET FOR ITS BIGGEST YEAR YET
“People are looking for a window on contemporary Ireland and that’s our goal. All of these films, 8 features, they’ve all been made in the last 12 months, so that’s certainly what they’re going to […]
SING STREET
“That’s a bold move. Let’s do it.” A jukebox of 80s classics with its own original songs, Sing Street aims to be a crowd-pleaser, and please it does. Theorising that forming a band is the best […]
MOM AND ME
A tale as old as time – filmmaker Ken Wardrop has put the relationships between mothers and sons on full display in this contemplative and touching documentary. Setting the film in all places in what […]
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