Podcasts about Belfast Film Festival

Ep. 323: Jessica Kiang on Bi Gan's Resurrection and Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. I'm back at the Cannes Film Festival to talk about the highlights with another all-star cast of guests. This episode I sat down with Jessica Kiang who kindly gives virtuosic readings of two standouts from late in the festival: Resurrection (directed by Bi Gan) and The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt), plus some thoughts on what films she'd like to see win awards. Kiang is as usual writing reviews for Variety at Cannes; she is also programmer at Belfast Film Festival and a member of the selection committee of the Berlinale. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Naomi Waring started out writing for the theatre and was part of the young writer's program at the Royal Court, an invite-only group with Stacy Gregg and Alice Birch with her first play showing at London's BAC. Her first film Little Ones, an autobiographical documentary was supported by Film London and the Kevin Spacey Foundation and went to various international festivals. She holds an MA degree from the London Film School and her graduation film won best short film and screened at top BAFTA and Oscar qualifying festivals. Her work is usually set in working-class communities and is influenced by social realism, with a particular interest in youth culture and the female perspective. In 2019 Naomi was selected for Bela Tarr's directing workshop, where she developed and shot the film Ascend, The film got screened at Locarno Film Festival as part of the anthology Under the God. She was also selected for the Encounters Widening the Lens and Go Shorts writing program as well as mentoring by Raising Films in 2016 at The Edinburgh Film Festival. In 2020 Naomi was commissioned by BBC N.I and Screen N.I to shoot a short film, Ode, which was screened on BBC Arts, BBC Iplayer, and various international film festivals, such as Aesthetica, Dublin Film Festival, Uppsala, and Underwire. She is currently shadowing director, Alex Winkler on the HETV series Mary and George. Naomi is currently developing her debut feature film: which was shortlisted for the Torino Script Lab and LIM. Naomi is a visiting lecturer at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and GSA teaching screen Acting on the BA acting course. Other clients include Hatch Films, The Paper Birds, The Round House, The Lyric Hammersmith, and ISSA. Her Films have screened at BBC I Player, Dublin Film Festival, Cork International Film Festival, Galway Film Festival, Belfast Film Festival, Manchester International Film Festival, Underwire, Aesthetica, Locarno Film Festival, Kerry International Film Festival, Richard Harris International Film Festival, Shiny winner, Off Line Best International Short, Finalist European Cinematography Awards.

Send us a textIn this episode Jim & Adam chatted about some of the films which have screened at this year's Belfast Film Festival (31 October to 09 November). Jim also spoke with Aislinn Clarke, the writer/director of Fréwaka, which opened this year's festival and Paul Kennedy, the writer/director of Dead Man's Money, which also screened at a gala event within the programme.Support the showAs always each recording is filled with spoilers, silliness and bad-language along with tangents a-aplenty.If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave us a reviewCheck out our socials on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.Don't forget to subscribe to make sure you never miss a single episode and find our complete back catalogue on our website.

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ian Hunt-Duffy about his debut feature Double Blind. Double Blind is in Irish cinemas from Friday 9th February and is available on demand and digital February from 13th. Directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy and written by the award-winning screenwriter Darach McGarrigle and starring British actress Millie Brady (The Last Kingdom, The Queen's Gambit, Roadkill) alongside horror icon Pollyanna McIntosh (Vikings: Valhalla, The Walking Dead, The Woman), Double Blind follows seven young test subjects who must face a terrifying side effect when an experimental drug trial goes horribly wrong – if you fall asleep you die.  Trapped in an isolated medical facility, they must find a way to escape, and somehow manage to stay awake. The feature which was filmed in Limerick and Dublin had its world premiere Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) last year and has gone on to screen at numerous festivals across the globe including Leeds Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh and Belfast Film Festival. Produced by Simon James Doyle for Dublin-based production company Failsafe Films in association with Los Angeles-based indie genre production company Epic Pictures Group and Screen Ireland.

On this weeks ep of FNI Wrapchat Paul Webster got to chat with the talaented Director of "Ballywalter" Prasanna Puwanarajah, Ballywalter is in Irish Cinemas from the 22nd of September. A bitter-sweet comedy drama set in Ballywalter, Northern Ireland. Patrick Kielty (RTE's new Late Late Show host) is deeply touching in director Prasanna Puwanarajah's debut feature. Ballywalter, opened at the Belfast Film Festival in 2022. It subsequently played at the Cork International Film Festival 2023, CIFF23 Solas Nua in Washington DC (where it won the Audience Award), and the Galway Film Fleadh 2023. Releasing in UK and Irish cinemas on 22nd September 2023, the film was written by Stacey Gregg, stars Seána Kerslake and Patrick Kielty, and was produced by Empire Street Productions (BFI, Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen).  Prasanna, Jed Mercurio and Rachel Clarke recently adapted Rachel's COVID-19 pandemic memoir Breathtaking for ITV, which wrapped filming earlier in 2023. Prasanna and Jed are also developing an adaptation of their 2021 graphic novel Sleeper. Prasanna's debut play Nightwatchman premiered at the National Theatre in 2011, where he has also worked as an actor. He directed Moth at the HighTide Festival, and at the Bush Theatre, where it was a TimeOut Critics' Choice in the summer of 2013. In 2019 he directed Venice Preserved at the Royal Shakespeare Company. His production of The Reluctant Fundamentalist was nominated for The Carol Tambor Award and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expressions Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe, with lead actor Akshay Sharan winning The Stage Debut Award. Eileen (Seana Kerslake) is a caustic, unrepentant university drop-out whose dreams of a successful life in London have fallen by the wayside. Back at home with her mum, she makes ends meet by working as an unlicensed driver in her ex-boyfriend's minicab. Shane (Patrick Kielty) has exiled himself in Ballywalter following the break-up of his marriage, but now he's trying to get his life back on track by enrolling in a stand-up comedy course. When Shane calls a taxi to get him to his classes, Eileen answers and a surprising connection is made. As the two spend time together shuttling back and forth, a beautiful friendship develops, leading them both to a moment of realisation. Shane reintegrates, and Eileen makes peace with herself and who she really is. Finally, she can stop running and just drive. Ballywalter is a life-affirming story about the unexpected connections that can change the course of our lives. We're proud to support Minding Creative Minds here at Film Network Ireland. And will regularly be supporting their good work and will run an advert on our podcasts to raise awareness of their support structures on Wrapchat. Please visit https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/what-we-do/ GET YOUR TICKET FOR FNI FAST FEST THIS OCT 20TH TO 22ND. https://wearefni.com/fastfest/ Moreover, If you enjoy our podcast and events why not deep dive into our back catalogue and pop over to support us on buymeacoffe.com/fni and become a member, to get the most out of FNI. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, @paulbutlerlennox Paul Webster @paulwebsterfilms and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks @mark_monks99 in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. @thepodcaststudios Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this weeks ep of FNI Wrapchat Paul Webster got to chat with the talaented Director of "Ballywalter" Prasanna Puwanarajah, Ballywalter is in Irish Cinemas from the 22nd of September. A bitter-sweet comedy drama set in Ballywalter, Northern Ireland. Patrick Kielty (RTE's new Late Late Show host) is deeply touching in director Prasanna Puwanarajah's debut feature. Ballywalter, opened at the Belfast Film Festival in 2022. It subsequently played at the Cork International Film Festival 2023, CIFF23 Solas Nua in Washington DC (where it won the Audience Award), and the Galway Film Fleadh 2023. Releasing in UK and Irish cinemas on 22nd September 2023, the film was written by Stacey Gregg, stars Seána Kerslake and Patrick Kielty, and was produced by Empire Street Productions (BFI, Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen).  Prasanna, Jed Mercurio and Rachel Clarke recently adapted Rachel's COVID-19 pandemic memoir Breathtaking for ITV, which wrapped filming earlier in 2023. Prasanna and Jed are also developing an adaptation of their 2021 graphic novel Sleeper. Prasanna's debut play Nightwatchman premiered at the National Theatre in 2011, where he has also worked as an actor. He directed Moth at the HighTide Festival, and at the Bush Theatre, where it was a TimeOut Critics' Choice in the summer of 2013. In 2019 he directed Venice Preserved at the Royal Shakespeare Company. His production of The Reluctant Fundamentalist was nominated for The Carol Tambor Award and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expressions Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe, with lead actor Akshay Sharan winning The Stage Debut Award. Eileen (Seana Kerslake) is a caustic, unrepentant university drop-out whose dreams of a successful life in London have fallen by the wayside. Back at home with her mum, she makes ends meet by working as an unlicensed driver in her ex-boyfriend's minicab. Shane (Patrick Kielty) has exiled himself in Ballywalter following the break-up of his marriage, but now he's trying to get his life back on track by enrolling in a stand-up comedy course. When Shane calls a taxi to get him to his classes, Eileen answers and a surprising connection is made. As the two spend time together shuttling back and forth, a beautiful friendship develops, leading them both to a moment of realisation. Shane reintegrates, and Eileen makes peace with herself and who she really is. Finally, she can stop running and just drive. Ballywalter is a life-affirming story about the unexpected connections that can change the course of our lives. We're proud to support Minding Creative Minds here at Film Network Ireland. And will regularly be supporting their good work and will run an advert on our podcasts to raise awareness of their support structures on Wrapchat. Please visit https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/what-we-do/ GET YOUR TICKET FOR FNI FAST FEST THIS OCT 20TH TO 22ND. https://wearefni.com/fastfest/ Moreover, If you enjoy our podcast and events why not deep dive into our back catalogue and pop over to support us on buymeacoffe.com/fni and become a member, to get the most out of FNI. FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, @paulbutlerlennox Paul Webster @paulwebsterfilms and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks @mark_monks99 in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. @thepodcaststudios Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film

About Mark Cousins Mark is a Northern Irish-Scottish filmmaker and writer. His themes are the inspiring power of cinema, cities, walking, childhood, archives and recovery. At the start of his career he made TV documentaries on childhood, neo-Nazism and Mikhael Gorbachev. In the mid 90s he and the Edinburgh International Film Festival showed films in Sarajevo to support its besieged citizens. His first book was Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary (“Indispensible” - Times Literary Supplement). His 2004 book The Story of Film was published around the world. The Times called it “by some distance the best book we have read on cinema.” Its latest edition was published in October 2020. His 930 minute film, The Story of Film: An Odyssey (“The place from which all future film revisionism should begin” - New York Times), played in the major film festivals and cinemas, and has had an influence on film education. Michael Moore gave it the Stanley Kubrick Award, it won the Peabody Award, was BAFTA Scotland nominated, and received other prizes. In 2021 he added a sequel film, The Story of Film: A New Generation. It premiered as the launch film of Cannes, was called “poetry in motion” by the Hollywood Reporter, and “the soul of the festival” by Cannes director Thierry Frémaux. Empire magazine called it “a poetic opus” and it was nominated for Grierson award. Cousins' first feature documentary, The First Movie, about kids in Kurdish Iraq, won the Prix Italia. It was inspired by growing up in the Troubles in Northern Ireland and his passionate interest in the role cinema can play in kids' lives. In 2012 he was nominated for the London Awards for Art and Performance and the Screen International award. He was guest curator at the Eye Cinematheque in Amsterdam. His next feature film, What is this Film called Love?, played in 20 countries, at the ICA in London, and was nominated for Best Director by BAFTA Scotland. PJ Harvey called it “revelatory and inspiring”. The rock band Maximo Park wrote a song inspired by it. In 2013 he completed Here be Dragons, a film about the vital role of film archives, especially one in Albania. It won the main prize in the Romania Film Festival. In the same year he made A Story of Children and Film, which was in the official selection in Cannes. He curated Cinema of Childhood, a series of 17 films which toured the UK and Ireland for a year and was supported by the BFI. He received the Visionary Award in Traverse City and the Saltzgeber Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. Then he made Life May Be, co-directed with Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari, and 6 Desires, an adaptation of DH Lawrence's book Sea and Sardinia. Life May Be was noted for its feminism and innovation and was called “transcendent and extraordinarily delicate”. It won the Don Quixote prize. 6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia, in which Jarvis Cocker plays the voice of DH Lawrence, had its world premiere at the London Film Festival and its international premiere at Sundance. Cousins had his first retrospective at the Wroclaw film festival. Others have followed in London, Thessaloniki, Finland and Geneva. Cousins' The Oar and the Winnowing Fan was a takeover of the DazedDigital website. His I am Belfast was his first full feature about Northern Ireland. It was released by the BFI. Variety compared it to the great director Dziga Vertov. His BBC/BFI film Atomic, a collaboration with the band Mogwai, played in Hiroshima, near Chernobyl and Coventry Cathedral and at the Edinburgh International Festival. He curated a season of films for the Romanian Cultural Institute and made a fiction film, Stockholm My Love, (starring Neneh Cherry, released by BFI). He completed Bigger than The Shining, a secret project, showable only in underground circumstances, and wrote The Story of Looking (“Like a wise man looking at the stars”, the Guardian; “Brilliant” the New York Times). It was nominated for the Saltire Award for best non-fiction book. Cousins' The Eyes of Orson Welles world premiered in Cannes and received rave reviews. His 2 hour, four-screen Storm in My Heart is about Hollywood sexism and racism. His 14 hour film Women Make Film premiered at the Venice, Toronto and Telluride film festivals, is narrated by Jane Fonda, Sharmila Tagore, Debra Winger, Adjoa Andoh, Kerry Fox and Tilda Swinton, and is showing in many countries. The Times called it “Exquisite, emotionally resonant and intellectually unassailable. Pure poetry.” It won the European Film Academy's inaugural Innovative Storytelling award, and has led to the restoration of a series of films directed by women. Two more recent films are The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, about the legendary film producer – which premiered in Cannes 2021 and won the best documentary in Spain's Dias De Cine - and The Story of Looking, in which he filters the history of looking through his own eye operation. Time Out called it “A rich cinematic journey into the art of seeing and how it connects us with culture, ourselves and each other.”  It won the Best Non-Fiction Film award at the Seville Film Festival. Cousins recently completed My Name is Alfred Hitchcock and The March on Rome, an Italian Palomar production about Mussolini and Fascism, part-shot in Cinecitta in Rome and starring Alba Rohrwacher. The latter premiered at the Venice film festival, was called “entirely arresting” by the Guardian, won the audience award for Best International Documentary in Brazil, and was nominated for a European Film Academy Award. The former premiered at the Telluride film festival. In 2022, his films were the subject of a multi screen film installation, Passé Présent Futur, at the huge Plaza cinema in Geneva, and had a retrospective at the Biograf film festival in Bologna. He premiered his first art installation, Like a Huge Scotland, at teh Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh, and – along with Cate Blanchette and Sarah Polley - was given the Outstanding Contribution to Cinema medal at the Telluride Film Festival. Cousins has honorary doctorates from the Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling, is Honorary Professor of film at Queen's University, was co-artistic director of Cinema China and did The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams and A Pilgrimage, with Tilda Swinton. He and Swinton also ran The 8 ½ Foundation, a two year event which created a movie birthday for children. It was nominated for the Human Rights Award. He was chair of the Belfast Film Festival and Docs Ireland. He was recently given Portugal's Aurelio de Paz dos Reis international award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema (2019), and the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Outstanding Achievement Award for his work in screen education (2020). Mark's roles in filmmaking, education and advocacy have widened and deepened with the years. He was an early adopter of small cameras and new technology to evolve a business model for filmmaking which was sustainable, international and creatively free. He has walked across Los Angeles, Belfast, Moscow, Beijing, London, Paris, Berlin, Dakar and Mexico City. He drove from Edinburgh to Mumbai, and loves night swimming.     Mark's Info https://twitter.com/markcousinsfilm https://www.womenmakefilm.net/  

Today joining our BRAND SPANKING NEW HOST Keith O'Grady @keithogradyfilm from the beautiful surroundings of Belfast Met... is a wonderful director from Northern Ireland, Lynne Davison. Her Debut feature MANDRAKE follows probation officer Cathy Madden, given the task of rehabilitating notorious killer ‘Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society after twenty years of jail. Cathy has always believed that every client deserves a shot at redemption, but her beliefs are firmly tested when two children disappear near Mary's farm. Lynne Davison was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. She has been a Writer and Director since 2004 with films in the Belfast Film Festival, Chicago Irish Film Festival and the 26th BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film festival. It is an important interest of Lynne's to explore thought provoking female led universal stories within Drama, Sci Fi, Horror and Fantasy genres “Lynne Davison is definitely a director to keep an eye on. With a secret 90s horror remake and an apocalypse Sci-Fi flick in the works, Mandrake represents the opening gambit of an astonishingly confident new voice on the genre movie scene.” Bradley Hadcroft The People's Movies" https://lynnedavison.org/ for all things Lynne and her work and journey so far.  Come to our awesome CHRISTMAS PARTY on the 10th December: Tics: https://linktr.ee/wearefni FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support Film Network Ireland by becoming a member at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today joining our BRAND SPANKING NEW HOST Keith O'Grady @keithogradyfilm from the beautiful surroundings of Belfast Met... is a wonderful director from Northern Ireland, Lynne Davison. Her Debut feature MANDRAKE follows probation officer Cathy Madden, given the task of rehabilitating notorious killer ‘Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society after twenty years of jail. Cathy has always believed that every client deserves a shot at redemption, but her beliefs are firmly tested when two children disappear near Mary's farm. Lynne Davison was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. She has been a Writer and Director since 2004 with films in the Belfast Film Festival, Chicago Irish Film Festival and the 26th BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film festival. It is an important interest of Lynne's to explore thought provoking female led universal stories within Drama, Sci Fi, Horror and Fantasy genres “Lynne Davison is definitely a director to keep an eye on. With a secret 90s horror remake and an apocalypse Sci-Fi flick in the works, Mandrake represents the opening gambit of an astonishingly confident new voice on the genre movie scene.” Bradley Hadcroft The People's Movies" https://lynnedavison.org/ for all things Lynne and her work and journey so far.  Come to our awesome CHRISTMAS PARTY on the 10th December: Tics: https://linktr.ee/wearefni FNI Wrapchat is Produced by PBL, Paul Webster and Edited and Mixed by Mark Monks in the heart of Dublin City Centre at the Podcast Studios. https://www.thepodcaststudios.ie/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out Film Network Ireland at https://wearefni.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/fni_film https://www.instagram.com/filmnetworkireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Support Film Network Ireland by becoming a member at BuyMeACoffee.com/fni -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

An average of over seven million viewers are hooked on ITV crime drama The Bay, which first aired in 2019. The show, set in the small seaside town of Morecambe in Lancaster, is on its third season, with a fourth in the works. And the man behind the critically acclaimed and hugely popular whodunnit was born and bred right here in Armagh. Daragh Carville brought the complex characters and stories to life as writer and co-creator of The Bay and while it's probably his best-known work, the screenwriter, playwright and university lecturer has produced plenty of fine work over the years. The recipient of numerous awards from stage to screen, Daragh has more than proven that he is a true talent. His first feature film, Middletown, was nominated in nine categories at the Irish Film and Television Awards in 2007, including Best Film and Best Screenplay, with Irish actress Eva Birthistle winning Best Actress. And his second film, Cherrybomb' starring Harry Potter's  Rupert Grint, Love /Hate alumnus Robert Sheehan and our very own James Nesbitt, also picked up awards at the Berlin and Belfast Film Festival. The theatre is where it all started for Daragh, but whatever the platform, his works have translated successfully on radio, and stage as well as on the big and small screen. Daragh is a proud Armagh man, a place that he still calls home despite settling in Lancaster with his novelist wife Jo Baker and their two children. The family come back to Armagh regularly to visit and  it's in Armagh where his career began. He says writing was a vocation for him, with an innate love of film, music, books, comics and art pulling him in that direction. But it was a special and inspirational English teacher in St Pat's Armagh, who encouraged Daragh to pursue his interests. That teacher nurtured his talents, and sent him on the path that led to the career that he loves. And for this week's podcast, Daragh tells us how it all happened and allows us a glimpse into the mind of a successful writer.          

In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Director Damian McCann & Writer Aislinn Clarke about their film ‘Doineann'. Doineann the Irish for ‘stormy weather', is the feature debut from Damian McCann with the screenplay penned by Aislinn Clarke and tells the story of the disappearance of a woman and her baby on a remote Irish island. Her husband must put his trust in the island's retired policewoman to help find his family before a storm hits the island. Starring Love/Hate actor Peter Coonan, Bríd Brennan (Calm With Horses, Brooklyn), Clare Monnelly (Moone Boy) and Sean T. O'Meallaigh (Vikings). Since the film's world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year it has gone on to screen at Newport Beach Film Festival in California, the Foyle Film Festival and the Belfast Film Festival where star Bríd Brennan was presented with the Reálta Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema. Doineann was produced by Diarmuid Lavery, Christopher Myers and Michael Hewitt for the multi-award-winning film production company DoubleBand Films, with the support of the Irish Language Broadcast Fund, BBC Gaeilge and TG4. Doineann is in cinemas from 28th January 2022. https://filmireland.net/

Agus COP26 ag dul ar aghaidh faoi láthair cluineann muid ó Dheirdre de Bhailís atá mar bhainisteoir ar thoscairí as Mol Cruthaitheachta agus Nuálaíochta Chorca Duibhne a thaistil an bealach ar fad ón Daingean go Glaschú i gcarr leictreach. Insíonn Michelle Ryan d'Fhearghal faoin tsraith úr den chlár Underdogs a bheidh le feiceáil ar TG4 agus faoin dúshlán atá rompu i mbliana. Faigheann muid léargas ar an saol sa Tuaisceart i 1981 ón iriseoir Póilín Ní Chiaráin atá i ndiaidh a bheith aitheanta dá cuid oibre le Buaic-Ghradam Cumarsáide Oireachtas na Gaeilge Labhraíonn Damian McCann, stiúrthóir scannán faoina rogha scannáin agus imeachtaí ó chlár na bliana seo ag Féile Scannán Bhéal Feirste. We hear from Deirdre de Bhailís, manager of a team of delegates from the Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub who travelled the whole way from Dingle to Glasgow in an electric car. Selector Michelle Ryan from the new series of Underdogs on TG4, talks to Fearghal about this year's challenge. Veteran broadcaster Póilín Ní Chiaráin talks about her early days working in the North of Ireland, and film director Damian McCann gives us his choice of events and films from this year's Belfast Film Festival.

After too long a break, Sara and Hugh return with a new series of podcasts celebrating the return of Film Hub NI members, doing what they do best, showing great films. First up we're joined from Belfast Film Festival by Michele Devlin, Director and Stephen Hackett, Head of Programming, to talk about the forthcoming in real life return of the Festival. Covering such topics as the premiere of Sir Kenneth Branagh's  new peon to his hometown, Belfast, Japanese surrealism, archive film and much more, we are so looking forward to the festival, and after listening to this, so will you be.For details of all screening in BFF21 and how to book, visit the festival website. Also this episode see the return of the much missed, 'Sara's Round Up'. It's been too long. Enjoy, and let's show film! Support the show (https://www.filmhubni.org/contact/)

In this episode, we need to talk about Docs Ireland, which is happening both physically and digitally from Wednesday 25 August - Sunday 29 August.For this recording, Jim McClean was joined by BanterFlix's deputy editor Joe Mc Elroy and local writer Victoria Brown.Along with looking through the festival's programme, we spoke with Doc Ireland's head of programming Stephen Hackett and Brendan Byrne, whose film Ryan McMullan: Debut is included within the festival's programme.Jim, Joe and Victoria also chatted about some of the film's they've watched recently, including Michael Sarnoski's Pig and Prano Bailey Bond's Censor.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/banterflix)

This week in our second part, The talent continues to be only massive, We're throwing our spotlight on Some brilliant up and coming filmmakers who are screening at the Still Voices Film Festival. https://stillvoicesfilmfestival.com/ BALLYMAHON, CO. LONGFORD ONLINE - AUGUST 13TH - 16TH 2020 STREAMING NOW Fni Wrapchat is mixed by Bedford, Produced by the Headstuff Podcast Network and Sponsored by Film Equipment hire and Wildcard Distribution.  Joining the Paul's on Part two in the studio and online: Damien Varley - Life After Life Damien Varley is a first time Director from Limerick. Damien is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster and Captained Ireland. He played as a hooker. Damien retired from rugby in February 2015, due to a foot injury and is now looking to forge a new creative career in his other passion of storytelling. Damien gives a fascinating insight into the parallels between top professional sport and Filmaking and his hopes for the future. Laura O' Shea - Match Laura and Tony met in 2015 when they trained together in Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting. Since then, they have been continually acting, writing and/or producing together. Their first production together was a play called ‘Knowing Nathan'. It had a sold-out run-in The Complex Dublin (January 2018) and went on to win the Judge's Choice Award at Galway Fringe Festival in 2018. Now, the pair have teamed up again to create something for screen. Neither are strangers to making shorts and films - Laura's debut short film as a filmmaker ‘Hold the Line' won the award for ‘Best Short Film' at Belfast Film Festival in 2019 as well as ‘Best Acting' and ‘Best Editing' at the 2018 Richard Harris International Film Festival. Tony can be seen Acting in Irish Features Dublin Oldschool and Michael Inside, both currently streaming on Netflix.            Match is co-directed with Tony Doyle Cara Holmes - Welcome to A Bright White Limbo Cara Holmes is a director and film editor based in Ireland. Her work has predominantly been in documentary (both independent and broadcast) as well as working on TV dramas, award winning observational documentary series, experimental film and short films. Cara's interests lie in feminism, disability rights and LGBT stories, she is interested in making films that uncover interesting truths. Cara's most recent work was the Screen Ireland funded documentary ‘WELCOME TO A BRIGHT WHITE LIMBO'. Combining documentary approach and live dance performance, this visually arresting film dives into the mind and creative process of Oona Doherty' and her award-winning dance show 'Hope Hunt'. The film is set to premiere at the Cork International Film Festival, 2019. At the moment, Cara is co-directing and editing the documentary ‘TEENAGE AMBASSADORS', an inspiring story of teenage best friends Natasha and Minahil who grew up in the direct provision centre in Athlone, Ireland. The documentary will be broadcast in November, 2019        Iseult Howlett - The Grass Ceiling Iseult Howlett has been crafting stories for screen for almost 20 years. She is a multiple IFTA nominated editor and has cut a number of award-winning documentaries and short films. The Grass Ceiling is Iseult's directorial debut. Virginia Gilbert  - Day Out. Virginia Gilbert is an award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and director of film, TV and radio. Her screenwriting work has been placed on the BritList and she was named as a 'Star of Tomorrow' by Screen International. She is currently developing numerous original film and TV projects, including the adaptation of her debut novel, Travelling Companion. Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni #WeAreFni #YouAreFNI #StaySafe #StayInformed #StayPositive WWW.WEAREFNI.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in our second part, The talent continues to be only massive, We're throwing our spotlight on Some brilliant up and coming filmmakers who are screening at the Still Voices Film Festival. https://stillvoicesfilmfestival.com/ BALLYMAHON, CO. LONGFORD ONLINE - AUGUST 13TH - 16TH 2020 STREAMING NOW Fni Wrapchat is mixed by Bedford, Produced by the Headstuff Podcast Network and Sponsored by Film Equipment hire and Wildcard Distribution.  Joining the Paul's on Part two in the studio and online: Damien Varley - Life After Life Damien Varley is a first time Director from Limerick. Damien is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster and Captained Ireland. He played as a hooker. Damien retired from rugby in February 2015, due to a foot injury and is now looking to forge a new creative career in his other passion of storytelling. Damien gives a fascinating insight into the parallels between top professional sport and Filmaking and his hopes for the future. Laura O' Shea - Match Laura and Tony met in 2015 when they trained together in Bow Street Academy for Screen Acting. Since then, they have been continually acting, writing and/or producing together. Their first production together was a play called ‘Knowing Nathan’. It had a sold-out run-in The Complex Dublin (January 2018) and went on to win the Judge’s Choice Award at Galway Fringe Festival in 2018. Now, the pair have teamed up again to create something for screen. Neither are strangers to making shorts and films - Laura’s debut short film as a filmmaker ‘Hold the Line’ won the award for ‘Best Short Film’ at Belfast Film Festival in 2019 as well as ‘Best Acting’ and ‘Best Editing’ at the 2018 Richard Harris International Film Festival. Tony can be seen Acting in Irish Features Dublin Oldschool and Michael Inside, both currently streaming on Netflix.            Match is co-directed with Tony Doyle Cara Holmes - Welcome to A Bright White Limbo Cara Holmes is a director and film editor based in Ireland. Her work has predominantly been in documentary (both independent and broadcast) as well as working on TV dramas, award winning observational documentary series, experimental film and short films. Cara’s interests lie in feminism, disability rights and LGBT stories, she is interested in making films that uncover interesting truths. Cara's most recent work was the Screen Ireland funded documentary ‘WELCOME TO A BRIGHT WHITE LIMBO’. Combining documentary approach and live dance performance, this visually arresting film dives into the mind and creative process of Oona Doherty’ and her award-winning dance show 'Hope Hunt’. The film is set to premiere at the Cork International Film Festival, 2019. At the moment, Cara is co-directing and editing the documentary ‘TEENAGE AMBASSADORS’, an inspiring story of teenage best friends Natasha and Minahil who grew up in the direct provision centre in Athlone, Ireland. The documentary will be broadcast in November, 2019        Iseult Howlett - The Grass Ceiling Iseult Howlett has been crafting stories for screen for almost 20 years. She is a multiple IFTA nominated editor and has cut a number of award-winning documentaries and short films. The Grass Ceiling is Iseult's directorial debut. Virginia Gilbert  - Day Out. Virginia Gilbert is an award-winning, BAFTA-nominated writer and director of film, TV and radio. Her screenwriting work has been placed on the BritList and she was named as a 'Star of Tomorrow' by Screen International. She is currently developing numerous original film and TV projects, including the adaptation of her debut novel, Travelling Companion. Become a patron/Supporter of Fni on: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buymeacoffee.com%2Ffni%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0kD26R2Tl0YB1WDhfTcIk2kaxFGtra86l3Xn0H5jRead4ww-duXIwz0CY&h=AT3uA2oZ5jDFvi92seoFmEO8IoWlVgC2C8FDMiyt456_btk9OP4WtC3wseLJ8RyjRZdhdZ9U4BZ_E6jetVxgHrB_W1KlESGGuASgTO8wH2H9mpPIRPoC6JA4ijDM22CznS1Vx2QZ1CSwue35GUMSNrqZPSyL) #WeAreFni (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wearefni?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #YouAreFNI (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/youarefni?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StaySafe (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staysafe?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StayInformed (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stayinformed?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) #StayPositive (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/staypositive?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG) WWW.WEAREFNI.COM (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FWWW.WEAREFNI.COM%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3O86-JGARQ-lEhbDk1tI4iPs-IveYXswBmtrbLFxlCQR87TtNfcUt7IEU&h=AT3aoqXPN-Ji0hWcR7b1U8F1WKOD6ksGhmepWBN4J4fN1fd4U_ZxOnvRmBah-5hEK2uiv1f-OEJzyYl4lIqzYHUv3plISZZxaS3s6YeRNhnBStz1ainqVe67it4j8FxV7BrNOVGO6U51IWACerTgSVYiAaU9)

On this recording, Jim was joined by Joseph Mc Elroy and Darren Vincent as they chatted about many things on this week's podcast! We chatted about the news Henry Cavill will be returning as the Man of Steel and reviewed Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (a recent BanterFlix watch-a-long).We also had a general chat about what else we've been watching in lockdown.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/banterflix)

On Episode 12 of You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet we dive into the mysterious world of Twin Peaks, exploring he show's inception and first season from 1990 in the first of a recurring segment on the show.We also discuss some of the excellent short films which ere submitted to the Belfast Film Festival this year and finally have a look at some of the interesting matches from Wrestlemania 36 which happened earlier this month.Something for everyone, so like, share, subscribe, tell a friend then tune in and chill out.Check us out on Facebook and Instagram for updates on our episodes!

Garret Daly has news of some of the best television and film we can enjoy at home, plus the Bow Street Short Film Festival, Belfast Film Festival and lots of online offerings from Screen Ireland.  

The cost of the delayed release of 'No Time to Die', return of The Goonies, casting news for 'The President is Missing', a thriller about The Bermuda Triangle, The Belfast film Festival celebrates its 20th year and all the new releases with Garret Daly.

On Episode 76 of the podcast, Brought to you by Wildcard Distribution is Producer Louise Gallagher. Louise has been working in the media industry for 30 years, with 23 of those years spent at the BBC in Belfast in various production roles across radio, television and online services. In 2011 Louise moved into the independent film and TV sector, working as a freelance Production Manager, Line Producer and Producer on short films, features films, children's TV drama, commercials and live television for clients such as Nickelodeon, Buccaneer TV, RTE, TG4, The Fyzz Facility, Out Of Orbit, CauseAscene Films, Village Films, The Guardian and Northern Ireland Screen. In recent years, Louise's credits include The DIG (2018) – Line Producer (Best Irish Film Galway Film Festival), Produced by Brian J Falconer at Out of Orbit ECHOES (2018) – Producer (Best Irish Sci Fi Short – Dublin Sci-Fi Awards) for CauseAscene Films TAKE THE SHOT (2017) – Line Producer. Produced by Claire Mundell at Synchronicity Films In 2018 Louise founded Gallagher Films, and started work on the company's first major project A BUMP ALONG THE WAY Staring her Sister Bronagh, written by Tess McGowan and directed by Shelly Love. It was developed and produced with the assistance of Northern Ireland Screen through their New Talent Writers and New Talent Focus programmers. It was further supported by Yellowmoon Post Production and Roma Downey. It has now completed, and was selected to open the 2019 Belfast Film Festival and is out soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 76 of the podcast, Brought to you by Wildcard Distribution is Producer Louise Gallagher. Louise has been working in the media industry for 30 years, with 23 of those years spent at the BBC in Belfast in various production roles across radio, television and online services. In 2011 Louise moved into the independent film and TV sector, working as a freelance Production Manager, Line Producer and Producer on short films, features films, children’s TV drama, commercials and live television for clients such as Nickelodeon, Buccaneer TV, RTE, TG4, The Fyzz Facility, Out Of Orbit, CauseAscene Films, Village Films, The Guardian and Northern Ireland Screen. In recent years, Louise’s credits include The DIG (2018) – Line Producer (Best Irish Film Galway Film Festival), Produced by Brian J Falconer at Out of Orbit ECHOES (2018) – Producer (Best Irish Sci Fi Short – Dublin Sci-Fi Awards) for CauseAscene Films TAKE THE SHOT (2017) – Line Producer. Produced by Claire Mundell at Synchronicity Films In 2018 Louise founded Gallagher Films, and started work on the company’s first major project A BUMP ALONG THE WAY Staring her Sister Bronagh, written by Tess McGowan and directed by Shelly Love. It was developed and produced with the assistance of Northern Ireland Screen through their New Talent Writers and New Talent Focus programmers. It was further supported by Yellowmoon Post Production and Roma Downey. It has now completed, and was selected to open the 2019 Belfast Film Festival and is out soon.

CinePunked's resident film historians Robert JE Simpson and Dr Rachael Kelly plus writer Conor Smyth discuss and debate Alan Clarke’s 1989 Troubles film Elephant, and it’s influences on Gus Van Sant’s 2003 Columbine-focused appropriation of the same name. They’re joined by very special guest Kevin Jackson, who was location manager on Clarke’s original BBC film. Recorded as part of the Belfast Film Festival 2016.

As part of Docs Ireland we were delighted to sit down with Shane Smith, Director of Programming at Hot Docs, North America’s largest Festival and Market for documentary film. The event took place at the Ulster Museum, in front of an audience of doc lovers, doc screeners and doc makers, and touches on the dark arts of making a huge documentary festival come alive, how Shane got started in the industry and how Hot Docs are taking the gospel of documentary beyond the borders of North America. Support the show (https://www.filmhubni.org/contact/)

On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we shared our thoughts on the latest version of Stephen King's Pet Sematary and discussed our favourite cinematic adaptions of King's work.We also continued our countdown to this year's Belfast Film Festival and chatted about some of the recent movie-related news.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/banterflix)

Ahead of the gala screening of their new film,'A Bump Along the Way' at the Belfast Film Festival, Sara and Hugh from Film Hub NI talk to Louise and Bronagh Gallagher. We talk about being a women in the film industry, how a Northern Irish film gets made and the type of biscuits they ate on set. Support the show (https://www.filmhubni.org/contact/)

On this episode, recorded at the Odeon Belfast we shared our thoughts on Tim Burton's Dumbo, which is out in cinemas now. We also continued our countdown to this year's Belfast Film Festival and chatted about some of the recent movie related news from the past seven days.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/banterflix)

Get excited to see 'Worlds of Ursula K. Le Giun' by hearing the stories behind making the film from Director Arwen Curry on docupod. Arwen talks about reading Ursula's books since she was a child, how she initially reached out to her, and her successful kickstarter campaign. Plus she talks about her favorite memory with Ursula, what it taught her about taking criticism, and why we need Ursula's work now more than ever. For more about the film: www.WorldsOfUKL.com For more docupod: www.docupod.co The film on Twitter: Twitter.com/WorldsofUKL The film on Instagram: Instagram.com/WorldsofUKL The film on Facebook: Facebook.com/WorldsofUKL Tiffany on Twitter: Twitter.com/SpecialSays Tiffany on Instagram: Instagram.com/SpecialSays_ Screenings: -Berkeley Public Library- Saturday 3/30 -Sebastapol Documentary Film Festival- Sunday 3/31 @ 1pm, Robert Brent Auditorium SCA -University of Florida- 4/4 -Cinema Politica Concordia- 4/8 -Los Angeles Valley College- 4/10 -Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival- 4/10 -Phoenix Film Festival- 4/5-15 Date TBA -Rialto Cinemas in Berkeley, CA- 4/11 -Fort Meyers Film Festival- 4/11 -Women+Film Festival in Denver, CO- 4/12 -Honolulu Museum of Art- 4/12 & 4/13 -Belfast Film Festival in Belfast, Ireland- 4/16 -Alamo Drafthouse Winchester, VA- 4/21 -Leeds Film City- 4/14 -Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael- 4/25 @ 7pm

On this podcast, Jim was joined by BanterFlix's very own Jess Blair and the Thin Air's Conor Smyth as they reviewed The Kindergarten Teacher and What Men Want.We also chatted about the launch of this year's Belfast Film Festival and Jess chatted her experience at the Dublin Comic Con: Spring Edition.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/banterflix)

Sara and Hugh are joined by Michele Devlin of Belfast Film Festival to hear about the upcoming 19th Festival starting on 11th April. Titles such as 'Beats' and 'A Bump on the Way' which are opening and closing the Festival and the great guests that are coming such as Robert Carlyle and Amir Khan. Also featuring the legendary 'Sara's Round Up'. Support the show (https://www.filmhubni.org/contact/)

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On this episode, Jim looked back at some of his favourite interviews he's done over the past 12 months for the BanterFlix podcast.You'll hear his chat with Issa López about Tigers Are Not Afraid, his chat with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer about their feature The Parting Glass and his interviews with Ben Elton and Penelope Wilton amongst many others.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/banterflix)

Viewing certain films has become more problematic than ever before.Claims of sexual abuse and impropriety dominate the headlines leading to the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns. Once beloved personalities are now box office poison. From Arbuckle to Spacey, Allen to Polanski, scandal clouds the filmmaking industry.Recorded before a live audience at the 2018 Belfast Film Festival, CinePunked’s resident hosts Robert JE Simpson and Dr Rachael Kelly are joined by Liz Nelson (and a special contribution from director Anna Biller) for an interactive panel discussion navigating the ethics of film-watching in a post-Weinstein era. Can we separate art from artist? How is the cinema gaze being redirected? Is it ok to watch a film when the makers have been convicted of criminal activity? Where does the line sit between suffering for craft, and abuse?

This week our Mondays pregame show we bring on a guest from across the pond and a friend of Horror Amino and Devil Jacks Creepy Carnival Amino. He's an Artist and a wise cracker. None other than Mark_Doubt. We kick off the show with a few #horrorshots for the upcoming Thursday Edition of our “Childs Play” and “Childs Play 2” flesh and potatoes segment. We decided to take a “Chucky Fudge” #horrorshot. THEN, we Jump into the news of last week and dissect it. Including the Belfast Film Festival in a Church, the evil dead cabin (Which has about 2 days left on Ebay) and a lot more. Then we jump into our Aftershots segment with Mark. You've probably seen us post/re-post his work on our social media (And Below). Mark knows his horror and isn't afraid to dip back into the 20's of silent films to get a better understanding of why horror is a genre. We discuss his origins of horror, why he started art, the draconian days of UK video-nasties, the Universal problem of “The Dark Universe” and a whole lot more. So grab your ink pens, don't forget your Tom Cruise Spaceship and be sure to grab your Copy of Driller Killer on VHS as we travel Beyond The Void! LINK TO MARK_DOUBTS work www.housebythecemetery.bigcartel.com Instagram - https://preprod.instagram.com/bavalamp/ add him on Amino - Mark_Doubt BTV Website https://www.longlivethevoid.com JOIN THE BTV VIP CLUB - https://www.longlivethevoid.com/sign-up/ !!_-_-_- #HORRORSHOTs Recipe-_-_-_!!! “CHUCKY ” ½ shot of IRISH WHISKEY ½ shot of Triple Sec (your choice) Garnish with orange peel (if you are fancy) Say “It's Good Guy” (which we forgot to say) SHOOT! REGRET! ************************* _____________________________________________________________________ __________________ Alex Plays “Friday The 13th” Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7tykfxw3o4 Alex Reviews “The Void” - https://youtu.be/fTc5R0m1jzs ----------------------------------------------- NEWS 1. The Exorcist Church  www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40520316 2. The Void is now on Netflix  3. Ghosts of Shepherdstown s2 troubles  https://t.co/XMdB6yrtq0 4. Evil Dead 2 cabin on eBay.  http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3445148/large-piece-evil-dead-2-cabin-surfaces-ebay/ 5. George Romero next Zombie Film Road Of The Dead.  http://www.rue-morgue.com/single-post/2017/07/05/Fantasia-%E2%80%9917-Exclusive-George-A-Romero-on-the-fast-and-furious-zombies-of-ROAD-OF-THE-DEAD ------------------------------------------------------ CHECK BACK on THIS Thursday when we talk about these movies! ------------------------------------------------------ Childs Play (1988) Childs Play (1990) FOLLOW US! OR ELSE! *** Twitter https://twitter.com/BTVcast *** FB page https://www.facebook.com/beyondtheveilcast *** Alexs Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alexbtvcast/ *** SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/btvcast *** Youtube https://www.youtube.com/BeyondTheVeilHorrorPodcast ***Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iz2c4m6eyv7cdhqocsurh7v2zee?t=Beyond_The_Void_-_Horror_Podcast *** Twitch Streaming https://www.twitch.tv/dekonreighn *** FIND US ON Podcast Addict, Google Play, Tune in, Stitcher