One of the biggest film festivals on the island returns for its 37th edition. The 2025 Galway Film Fleadh has begun this evening in Town Hall Theatre with Recreation, the first of many feature premieres out west this week. Hotly anticipated Irish films like Christy, Trad and Báite are all set to screen over the…
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Direction is the goal in Jack Thornton’s Love Lane United
Two sides of Dublin life collide in Love Lane United, as a motley crew of sesh gremlins take up soccer. The film follows Benny who, spurred by the emigration of his best friend, and the loss of his job, throws together a drink-fuelled Sunday league football team as a means of holding onto his friends…
Into the sights and sounds of Into The Silence
“As a director I am very drawn to realism, I feel that reality is often your best friend and I love to dive deep into the core of a historical movement or take inspiration from real life events to shape my characters and narrative.” It’s those interests and inclinations that brought Michael Antonio Keane to…
KERRY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIONA SHAW AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 MAUREEN O’HARA AWARD
One of Ireland’s top performers of stage and screen will be awarded this autumn at KIFF, joining the ranks of stars including Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, Eileen Walsh and more. Kerry International Film Festival announced this afternoon that award-winning actress Fiona Shaw is the recipient of this year’s Maureen O’Hara Award ahead of the 26th…
7 days of the best in queer Irish and international cinema at GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival 2025
The GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival has today announced the new full festival programme of Irish and international films, as they’ll be showcasing a spectacular 7 day schedule of Irish and international queer cinema in its full splendour at the Light House Cinema and Irish Film Institute (IFI) from 29th July to 4th August 2025. In the 33rd edition of one of Dublin’s biggest festivals,…
The teaser trailer for SAIPAN has walked out
Wildcard and Vertigo Releasing have today released the teaser trailer for Saipan, the eagerly awaited new film about the infamous confrontation between iconic Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) and his national team manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) during the team’s preparations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Due to arrive in…
Irish Film Institute announces sizzling summer season Australian Dreams
The IFI are promising a sizzling summer (we are very cool and will not mention shrimps or barbies) next month with a proramme of classic Australian cinema. From the grizzled Ozploitation action of Mad Max, to early films from masters like Peter Weir, Gillian Armstrong and Nicolas Roeg, and trailblazing Indigenous entries into the Australian…
Saoirse Ronan, Qu’est-ce que c’est
Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa. Whether its Tropical Popical, that sci-fi movie with Paul Mescal we all agreed not to talk about, or a music video for a song released in 1977, Saoirse Ronan will show up in the most unexpected of places. On the latter, she appears this week in…
Short film With Compliments from the Gentlemen Across the Bar in Oman now available on YouTube
Vah Vah Films is proud to present With Compliments from the Gentlemen Across the Bar in Oman, a new comedy short starring Jack Gleeson (of Game of Thrones fame), Craig Reynolds, and Cameron Macauley. The premise is simple: two broke filmmakers recreate an iconic film trope in a beach bar in the Sultanate of Oman.…
Big Night and Bigger Picture at the IFI with Sian Conway
The Irish Film Institute’s Bigger Picture is a must-see event every month in the fair city of film. They pick some of the island’s best and brightest (and me), so that they can pick out some of their favourite films to screen and celebrate. Through these selections, and the introductions from their guests, the IFI…