Volta Pictures & BFI Distribution announce release of God’s Creatures in Ireland & UK

Volta Pictures & BFI Distribution announce release of God’s Creatures in Ireland & UK

A hotly-anticipated Irish story has been picked up for distribution on this side of the Atlantic. Volta Pictures will be bringing A24 flick God’s Creatures, featuring Ireland’s own Aisling Fraciosi and Paul Mescal, to Irish cinemas this Spring. Volta Pictures announced today that it is partnering with BFI Distribution to release the critically acclaimed God’s…

A tour through Dublin as it is, was and can be in North Circular

A tour through Dublin as it is, was and can be in North Circular

Director: Luke McManus Featuring: Lisa O’Neill, John Francis Flynn, Séan Ó Túama, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Ian Lynch, Gemma Dunleavy Running Time: 80 minutes “Those in power write the history, those who struggle write the songs”. North Circular quotes Frank Harte’s assertion, and in its journey through the length of the North Circular Road, stopping off…

Shaun Dunne and Anna Rodgers tell all on How To Tell A Secret

Shaun Dunne and Anna Rodgers tell all on How To Tell A Secret

A powerful examination of the experiences of people who are living with HIV in Ireland today, How to Tell A Secret is a hybrid documentary film that looks at social stigma and the art of telling your story. The highly anticipated film will open on limited release in select Irish cinemas from Thursday 1st December, coinciding with World AIDS Day 2022. Robbie Lawlor…

Honest, engaging, eyes-open answers to How to Tell A Secret

Honest, engaging, eyes-open answers to How to Tell A Secret

Director: Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne Starring: Shaun Dunne, Robbie Lawlor, Lady Veda, Jade Jordan, Eva-Jane Gaffney, Lauren Larkin Running Time: 101 minutes Breaking a stigma is about removing walls. In How To Tell A Secret, performance and interview are interwoven. Stories of living with HIV pass through acting, re-enacting and interview, from performance to…

Dublin International Comedy Film Festival back live this December

Dublin International Comedy Film Festival back live this December

The third iteration of the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival is coming soon to Smithfield. The Generator Hostel will be host to a fully live edition of DICFF, bringing short and feature films and live comedy performances to patrons over three days from Dec 2 – 4th. The brainchild of writer and director Maureen ‘Mo’…

Peter McGann, Natasha Waugh and Jonathan Hughes dig into the depths of La Tumba

Peter McGann, Natasha Waugh and Jonathan Hughes dig into the depths of La Tumba

In 2018, director Natasha Waugh and writer Jonathan Hughes worked together on short film Mother, an offbeat, darkly funny tale of a matriarchal kitchen appliance. Their latest film, La Tumba is similarly smart, taking what seems like a pure comedy premise and delivering a sincere, emotional story. Featuring lovely performances by the leads, Eloisa Etxebarria…

Wit, wonder and wordplay in The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

Wit, wonder and wordplay in The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

Director: Seamus Murphy Starring: Pat Ingoldsby Running Time: 96 minutes One of Dublin’s most recognisable faces gets a moment in the spotlight in The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby. The poet, a fixture on the streets of the city for decades, is interviewed along with close friends and family in Seamus Murphy’s documentary. It…