Posts Tagged Film

OFFline Film Fest now accepting film submissions

Are you a film student, graduate or just enthusiastic about creating cinema magic? If so, OFFline Film Festival are now calling for submissions of films made by first time directors, writers and producers.

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IFI launch archival treasure trove on IFI Player and June Dark Skies Festival

By David Prendeville The Irish Film Institute recently announced the launch of the Loopline collection on the IFI player. Loopline was set-up in 1982 by Sé Merry Doyle. A film-making company, its prominent focus was on documentaries. This launch of […]

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The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival

By David Prendeville The 17th Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland’s premier film event, returns to the capital from February 20th to March 3rd. The packed programme features over 125 events across 12 days, including the finest local and […]

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Ingrid Nachstern wins LA Film Award

  By David Prendeville Award-winning director and choreographer Ingrid Nachstern, who ran the Nachstern Ballet School in Sandymount for nineteen years until 2017, has had great success with her new film Shoe Horn/Office. The film recently won Best Experimental Film […]

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Oscar nominations for local talent

By David Prendeville This year’s Oscar nominations brought about unprecedented success for local talent. Mespil Road based, Element Pictures’ The Favourite (reviewed on Page 23) carried on its awards season march, scoring ten nominations. That is an unprecedented number for […]

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Events in Pearse Street Library this week

Events in Pearse Street Library this week

Pearse Street Library will host a poetry reading and a screening of a foreign language film over the next two days.   The poetry reading will take place this evening, with Sean O Meara delving into An Bhe Dhatheangach (The […]

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Spanish language film in Pearse Street Library

Pearse Street Library will host a screening of the Spanish language film La Sonrisa Verdadera (True Smile) tomorrow evening. A 2014 documentary written and directed by Juan Rayos and co-written by Juan Manuel Aznárez Rosado, it follows the latter and […]

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