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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.”
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E18: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM LAUNCH
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 […]
IRISH FILM FESTIVAL – FILMMAKER INTERVIEWS & OPENING NIGHT
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 […]
FOURTH ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES IN SYDNEY
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 […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E15: IRISH FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ENDA MURRAY, FOR FILM’S SAKE & RAMPAGE
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 […]
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 […]
Festival Report: Irish Film Festival, Sydney
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 […]
