The Achill Island Film Festival has for the last two years aimed to provide a showcase of Irish and international filmmakers off the west coast of Ireland. Recent social media posts from the festival’s official X (formerly Twitter) account have caused concern among the Irish filmmaking community however. Early in the morning of the 17th…
Writer, editor and filmmaker Cassidy Olsen is no stranger to the world of online film writing, with by-lines in The Boston Globe, Film Comment, Little White Lies and more. Olsen moved to Ireland in 2020 and since then has written and directed her debut film Convince Me I’m Real, which will be receiving its world…
A new film festival will be arriving off the west coast of Ireland later this month. The Achill Island Film Festival will bring aa range of films and events for fans and filmmakers, coming from afar and living locally on the island. From May 20th – 22nd, islanders and those up for the trip can…
