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.…
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Bridging gaps at the Chroma International Film Festival
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,…
Set sail for new films at the Achill Island Film Festival 2022
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…
Dear Tenant: A Crushing Love Letter About Identity and Suffering
Director: Yu Chieh Cheng Starring: Mo Tzu Yi, Chen Shu Fang, Run Yin Bai Runtime: 106mins Taiwanese director Yu Chieh Cheng is a near veteran when it comes to issues surrounding identity. 2009 saw the release of Yang Yang, a film that probed the complicated journey of a French-Taiwanese woman and how this shaped her…
White Building: An Introspective Look at Dreams and Demolition
Director: Kavich Neang Starring: Piseth Chhun, Hout Sithourn, Jany Min Runtime: 130 mins For filmmaker Kavich Neang, White Building is deeply personal. Already in his youthful but promising career, he has cut his directorial teeth by chronicling the painful destruction of the apartment block where he and his peers were raised. In 2019, he documented…
Reykjavík is under siege in crime movie satire Cop Secret
Director: Hannes Þór Halldórsson Starring: Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson Running Time: 98 minutes If there’s one thing you can say about Cop Secret with absolute certainty, it’s that it is the best movie to be made by a professional Icelandic goalkeeper… Ok – that’s a joke that I’m positive will have been made 100 times…
Innovative, Independent, Inspiring Cinema at the East Asia Film Festival Ireland 2022
The collaborative efforts at the Irish Film Institute to showcase East Asian cinema will be returning soon. The sixth edition of the East Asia Film Festival Ireland will be on at the IFI and online via the IFI@Home platform this spring, in Dublin from Thursday, March 31st to Sunday, April 3rd. The EAFFI will be hitting the…
Red Rocket is fuelled by a sensational Simon Rex
Director: Sean Baker Starring: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss, Ethan Darbone, Judy Hill Running Time: 128 minutes What strikes you first about Red Rocket is its setting. Our story takes place amongst the luscious greens & scorched ambers of rural Texas now sadly littered with terrible infrastructure. The horizon is punctuated by cooling towers & smoke…
The full programme for the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2022 has arrived
The programme for this year’s edition of the Dublin International Film Festival has been announced. Tickets are available now for the eagerly anticipated 20th anniversary of Dublin’s biggest celebration of film, which is returning to live screens in 2022. For decades DIFF has brought big names, celebrated cinema and a space for film fans and…
An Cailín Ciúin to open Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2022
The countdown is on to the full reveal of this year’s Dublin International Film Festival programme and as info starts dripping in, the Opening Gala of the biggest festival in the fair city of film has been revealed. This year a film as Gaeilge will be opening DIFF, as Colm Bairead’s coming of age drama…