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Submissions now open as Dublin Feminist Film Festival returns 2021

One of the top festivals in the fair city of film will be returning this summer. Submissions are now open for short films for the Dublin Feminist Film Festival. For the last seven years, the festival has provided a platform for female filmmakers, aiming to inspire and empower others to get involved in filmmaking by considering women both in front of and behind the camera. After taking a hiatus in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival will be back in August 2021 and they’ve put the call out for short films now.

April 23, 2021
2021, August, Directed by women, Dublin Feminist Film Festival, Film Festivals, IFI@Home, Irish Film, Online, Short Film, Submissions

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A new approach for the new gen at First Cut! Youth Film Festival 2021

Now set to host its twelfth edition, the First Cut! Youth Film Festival continues from tomorrow in its work showcasing and encouraging the next generation of Irish filmmakers. The annual Youghal-based event presents films in all genres by rising filmmakers, schools and youth groups as well as offering an insight into the Irish industry through workshops and talks by film pros.

The First Cut! Youth Film Festival 2021 will be taking place online from April 17th – May 9th. Accessible to participants from Ireland and abroad, the festival will provide three weeks of packed programming for young filmmakers from the ages of 12 up to 24, with screenings, workshops and talks in a safe and inclusive virtual format.

April 16, 2021
2021, April, Cork, Cork International Film Festival, Film Festival, First Cut! Youth Film Festival, Irish Film, May, Online, Shaun O’Connor, Short Film, Wolfwalkers, Workshops, Youth Film Festival

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The Dublin International Screenwriting Festival arrives this April

An online festival event just for screenwriters is coming to your screens this April. An opportunity for industry professionals and aspiring writers alike to learn, converse and connect, the Dublin International Screenwriting Festival is set to take place 19 – 23 April.

Film Festivals,Reviews

Review Round-Up: Irish Comedy at VMDIFF21

In our latest Review Round-Up, we’re looking back at a pair of homegrown comedies that caught our eye at the 2021 Dublin International Film Festival. These Irish comedy films both have a dark sense of humour and a heartening sense of ingenuity, highlighting some of the best in filmmaking on our island.

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The East Asia Film Festival arrives on IFI@Home for 2021

Films from Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam will all be shown online as part of this year’s East Asia Film Festival. Now in its 5th year, this celebration of international cinema is well-embedded in the calendar in the fair city of film, but as with many festivals in our current climate, this year it will be made more widely available as it moves all online. The 2021 East Asia Film Festival will be available later this month on the IFI@Home player.

March 16, 2021
2021, East Asia Film Festival, Film Festivals, IFI, IFI@Home, International Cinema, Irish Film Institute, March, Online, Q&A, What's On

Film Festivals,Reviews

Planting seeds, finding growth in Minari

Director: Lee Isaac Chung Starring: Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung Run Time: 115 minutes

The story of the immigrant experience is one that is very familiar to Irish audiences, all of whom know someone who has taken up and gone away, or who they themselves have been and gone, maybe coming back, maybe not. It’s challenging enough even when, very often for our own diaspora, you’re arriving in a place where a large amount of people are still like you, culturally speaking. To move from Korean to the United States, as the central Yi family has done in the events preceding Minari, is a significant shift itself. But to move from the city, with young kids and a tense marriage, all to try to make it on temperamental Arkansas farmland is an even tricker business altogether.

March 14, 2021
2021, Alan Kim, DIFF, Han Ye-ri, Lee Isaac Chung, March, Minari, Noel Kate Cho, Reviews, Steven Yeun, VMDIFF21, Will Patton, Youn Yuh-jung

Features,Film Festivals,Interviews

Direct Line with Róisín Kearney

In Direct Line, Film In Dublin cuts to the chase, asking quickfire questions of Ireland’s directors to get a brief look into their outlooks, influences and inspirations.

With a storied career in theatre, television and film, writer, director, producer and performer Róisín Kearney is no stranger to those familiar with the Irish film scene. Her latest short film is Paddy, a story of identity soaked in 70s London Punk scene sweat. Funded by Creative Ireland and Clare Co Co, the short premiered last year at the Galway Film Fleadh and is one of the home-grown films currently available as part of this year’s Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival.

During DIFF, Film In Dublin got onto Róisín for a quick chat about her latest film, how her background in theatre has helped her in film and more.
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March 12, 2021
DIFF, Direct Line, Directed by women, Interviews, Irish Film, Music, Paddy, Short Film, VMDIFF21

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Some of the best of Irish film at the St. Patrick’s Film Festival with Volta

This St. Patrick’s week, the Irish online streaming platform Volta will be celebrating some of the best of our local cinema. See hits from the fair city of film and beyond on the isle, all for free from this March 15th – 21st.

Film Festivals,News,Trailers

Irish doc Father of the Cyborgs gets official trailer ahead of premiere

A fascinating new Irish film has released a trailer ahead of its showing at this year’s Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. This doc casts an exciting eye on scientific advances in neurology, a link between Irish innovation in both the cinematic and scientific worlds. You can check out the trailer for David Burke’s Father of the Cyborgs now.

March 9, 2021
David Burke, DIFF, Documentary, Father of the Cyborg, Irish Film, Premiere, Screen Ireland, Trailers, VMDIFF21, Wildcard Distribution

Film Festivals,Reviews

Another Round is a Dark but Welcome Tonic

Director: Thomas Vinterberg Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang Running Time: 115 minutes

Thomas Vinterberg has a curious habit of going to the very darkest corners of humanity and somehow using these dark corners to showcase the most enduring aspects of humanity. A decade ago, Submarino explored the lives of drug addicted and prison bound brothers at the bottom of the Danish socio-economic ladder. More recently, The Hunt took a look at how horrifying but false allegations could implode the lives of even the most innocent of protagonists. What these two films in particular had in common is the desire of the human spirit to survive in the direst of circumstances. Arguably, it could be said that Vinterberg’s films are as much about the power of lasting human connection as the drudgery of human suffering. With Another Round, he again focuses on problematic and dark aspects of Danish society, while injecting a refreshing sense of humor that gives an otherwise gut wrenching story a surprisingly positive hoppy lift.

March 7, 2021
Another Round, DIFF, International Cinema, Mads Mikkelsen, Surprise Film, Thomas Vinterberg, VMDIFF21

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