Where we fight about the 7th annual Irish Film Festival, Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers and developments in the film world

Where we fight about the 7th annual Irish Film Festival, Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers and developments in the film world
There’s a strange contradiction to Film Festivals endemic to their very existence
“Necessity is the mother of invention; back in March the idea of running an online festival seemed beyond our technical capabilities”
A lot can happen in a week
It’s a concerning time for the Australian industry with a number of Film Festivals cancelling or postponing events
Casting matters. So does chemistry
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
An uncommon insight into the less-travelled avenues of Dublin
Calling The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid a documentary wouldn’t quite be fair
Our biggest episode of all time
“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”
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.”
Where we chat to Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley fresh off the program launch about this year’s line-up, fight about our favourite picks and what you should go see and chat to […]
The Film Fight Club crew’s coverage of the Irish Film Festival 2018 – taking place over four days at Paddington’s Chauvel Cinema, we reviewed the opening night flick Maze, spoke with No Stone Unturned Producer Trevor Birney […]
The fourth annual Irish Film Festival kicked off in it’s 2018 run at Paddington’s Chauvel Cinema with a sold-out screening of Maze, based on the 1983 breakout of a heavily-fortified prison in Northern Ireland. The […]
Where we chat to Irish Film Festival Director Enda Murray about this year’s program which kicks off this week, our favourite flick’s from For Film’s Sake and the aptly titled RAMPAGE – Wednesdays […]
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 […]
“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, […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
The inaugural Irish Film Festival took place in Sydney 26 – 29 March 2015 with several Australian premieres. Glen Falkenstein sat down with the festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, on the closing night to go […]