This July saw the Irish film industry come together in the summer sun out west, for the return in person of the Galway Film Fleadh. Always a big opportunity for rising Irish talents on and off screen, this year was no different, and one of the big winners was Laura O’Shea, director of the short…
Film fans! If you know us at Film In Dublin you know there’s two things we value above all else – watching Irish movies and watching them with a bag of popcorn spilling over, preferably drippingwith golden, gorgeous, wonderfully unhealthy butter. We’ve teamed up with artist extraordinaireAmy Lauren McGrath to express that affection and let…
On a day that few in the Irish film scene ever believed would truly arrive, the official trailer and poster have been launched for the eagerly awaited spy-thriller Blackbird (for a given value of ‘eagerly’, ‘awaited’ and ‘spy-thriller’), which is set to be released in Irish cinemas on Friday 2nd September. Is it a day that…
A new film festival is being brought to the Boyne this summer. From 12-13th August, the Boyne Valley Film Festival will highlight talented filmmakers from the ford. Bursaries are on offer also for filmmakers during this burgeoning festival. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Boyne Valley, Droichead Arts Centre and film maker Frank W.…
A new film festival for BIPOC filmmakers of Irish descent will be taking place at the end of this month, with a hybrid approach to screening and a concerted effort to widen the playing field. The first-ever edition of the Chroma International Film Festival takes on the hybrid setting, happening in The Brooks Hotel Cinema,…
