“Nothing Compares,” a documentary about the life and career of Sinead O’Connor, will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Sept. 23 for a one-week run that qualify it for Academy Award consideration. The film’s theatrical release will come days ahead of the docu’s Sept. 30 Showtime streaming and on-demand debut.
The 97-minute film, directed by Kathryn Ferguson, traces O’Connor’s rise to worldwide fame after “Nothing Compares 2 U” was released in 1990, as well as the Irish singer’s eventual exile from pop mainstream after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992. The docu also examines other headline-grabbing controversies, like O’Connor’s refusal to perform at a New Jersey stadium amid the Persian Gulf War unless stadium officials agreed to forgo the playing of the national anthem. At the time, the star’s political and religious outrage was met with outrage.
The 97-minute film, directed by Kathryn Ferguson, traces O’Connor’s rise to worldwide fame after “Nothing Compares 2 U” was released in 1990, as well as the Irish singer’s eventual exile from pop mainstream after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992. The docu also examines other headline-grabbing controversies, like O’Connor’s refusal to perform at a New Jersey stadium amid the Persian Gulf War unless stadium officials agreed to forgo the playing of the national anthem. At the time, the star’s political and religious outrage was met with outrage.
- 9/15/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime announced today that “Nothing Compares,” a documentary feature about Sinéad O’Connor, will debut in select U.S. theaters on Sept. 23 and air on Sept. 30 (for Showtime subscribers) before streaming on Oct. 2. The film will release theatrically in the U.K. and Ireland on Oct. 7.
Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, “Nothing Compares” charts the musician’s rise to global fame and how her outspoken personality led to her eventual exile from mainstream pop music.
As seen in the trailer, the film will draw from archival material, music videos, live performances and unseen footage, focusing on her life from 1987 to 1993. Among other commentators and contemporary musicians, O’Connor gives a new interview in which she reflects on her words and actions from a present-day perspective.
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Showtime Documentary Films Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sinéad O’Connor Doc ‘Nothing Compares’
“Nothing Compares” was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition...
Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, “Nothing Compares” charts the musician’s rise to global fame and how her outspoken personality led to her eventual exile from mainstream pop music.
As seen in the trailer, the film will draw from archival material, music videos, live performances and unseen footage, focusing on her life from 1987 to 1993. Among other commentators and contemporary musicians, O’Connor gives a new interview in which she reflects on her words and actions from a present-day perspective.
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Showtime Documentary Films Acquires Worldwide Rights to Sinéad O’Connor Doc ‘Nothing Compares’
“Nothing Compares” was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition...
- 9/15/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Paramount Plus has revealed a further slate of scripted and unscripted U.K. original series ahead of the launch of the streaming service in the U.K. this summer.
Scripted original series commissioned by Sebastian Cardwell, deputy chief content officer, U.K., Paramount, as part of the streamer’s plans to greenlight 50 new international scripted originals in 2022, include “The Ex-Wife” (4×60″), based on Jess Ryder’s the hit psychological thriller novel, where a woman’s world of a perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl is turned upside down when her husband’s ex-wife won’t leave them alone.
Céline Buckens (“Showtrial”) plays the lead role in the series, which is co-produced by Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media, with Night Train Media financing and controlling worldwide distribution rights.
“The Ex-Wife” is written by Catherine Steadman who will also serve as executive producer on the series alongside Mike Benson for Clapperboard,...
Scripted original series commissioned by Sebastian Cardwell, deputy chief content officer, U.K., Paramount, as part of the streamer’s plans to greenlight 50 new international scripted originals in 2022, include “The Ex-Wife” (4×60″), based on Jess Ryder’s the hit psychological thriller novel, where a woman’s world of a perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl is turned upside down when her husband’s ex-wife won’t leave them alone.
Céline Buckens (“Showtrial”) plays the lead role in the series, which is co-produced by Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media, with Night Train Media financing and controlling worldwide distribution rights.
“The Ex-Wife” is written by Catherine Steadman who will also serve as executive producer on the series alongside Mike Benson for Clapperboard,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of the film's March premiere at SXSW, Shudder has acquired The Cellar, with plans to release it on streaming services this April!
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today the acquisition of The Cellar, from critically-acclaimed Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken, ahead of the film’s world premiere at SXSW. The film is also the closing film of FrightFest Glasgow. The Cellar will have a day-and-date premiere on April 15th, streaming exclusively on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand with a U.S. theatrical release through Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks.
Filmed on location in Roscommon, Ireland, The Cellar tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and...
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today the acquisition of The Cellar, from critically-acclaimed Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken, ahead of the film’s world premiere at SXSW. The film is also the closing film of FrightFest Glasgow. The Cellar will have a day-and-date premiere on April 15th, streaming exclusively on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand with a U.S. theatrical release through Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks.
Filmed on location in Roscommon, Ireland, The Cellar tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and...
- 2/4/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Rlje Films and Shudder have teamed to acquire rights to The Cellar, the Irish horror film written and directed by Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken. The deal comes as the pic is prepping for its world premiere next month at SXSW. It will now get an April 15 day-and-date release in the U.S., with Shudder to stream it exclusively in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and its AMC Networks sibling Rlje Films handling theatrical.
The Cellar, which bows March 12 at SXSW in the festival’s Midnighters section (it also screens that night as the closing film at (FrightFest Glasgow), centers on Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.
The Cellar, which bows March 12 at SXSW in the festival’s Midnighters section (it also screens that night as the closing film at (FrightFest Glasgow), centers on Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.
- 2/4/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime plans theatrical release later this year in US, UK & Ireland.
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Sinead O’Connor documentary and recent Sundance premiere Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson.
The film premiered in World Cinema Documentary Competition and charts the Irish singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise to stardom and how she used her voice at the height of her fame before she was vilified in the media and pushed to the sidelines.
O’Connor, who continues to make music, reflects on her turbulent life through voice-over and the film includes first-hand insight from artists and social commentators.
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Sinead O’Connor documentary and recent Sundance premiere Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson.
The film premiered in World Cinema Documentary Competition and charts the Irish singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise to stardom and how she used her voice at the height of her fame before she was vilified in the media and pushed to the sidelines.
O’Connor, who continues to make music, reflects on her turbulent life through voice-over and the film includes first-hand insight from artists and social commentators.
- 2/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Showtime Documentary Films have acquired worldwide rights to “Nothing Compares,” the documentary about Sinéad O’Connor that premiered at the virtual 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. announced on Tuesday.
“Nothing Compares” was directed by Kathryn Ferguson in feature directorial debut, and was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival last week.
Showtime is planning a theatrical release later this year in the U.S., UK and Ireland ahead of the premiere in the U.S., and its international partner streaming platforms later this year.
“When we began making this documentary four years ago, a key objective was that we would one day be able to share the film with audiences around the world, and to celebrate Sinéad’s music and artistry with fans both old and new,” Ferguson said in a statement. “We’re delighted to...
“Nothing Compares” was directed by Kathryn Ferguson in feature directorial debut, and was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival last week.
Showtime is planning a theatrical release later this year in the U.S., UK and Ireland ahead of the premiere in the U.S., and its international partner streaming platforms later this year.
“When we began making this documentary four years ago, a key objective was that we would one day be able to share the film with audiences around the world, and to celebrate Sinéad’s music and artistry with fans both old and new,” Ferguson said in a statement. “We’re delighted to...
- 2/1/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: 24 and Happy Endings star Elisha Cuthbert is set to star with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and The Night Shift star Eoin Macken in Ireland-set horror movie The Cellar, which Epic Pictures will launch at the upcoming AFM.
Pic tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.
The Cellar heralds from Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney, whose previous film, Pilgrimage, starring Tom Holland, John Bernthal and Richard Armitage, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Muldowney reunites with Pilgrimage DoP Tom Comerford (The Hole in the Ground), composer Stephen McKeown (The Hole in the Ground) and production designer Owen Power (Maudie).
Principal photography on the horror film is set to begin in Roscommon,...
Pic tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.
The Cellar heralds from Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney, whose previous film, Pilgrimage, starring Tom Holland, John Bernthal and Richard Armitage, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Muldowney reunites with Pilgrimage DoP Tom Comerford (The Hole in the Ground), composer Stephen McKeown (The Hole in the Ground) and production designer Owen Power (Maudie).
Principal photography on the horror film is set to begin in Roscommon,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks’ horror streamer Shudder has picked up North American rights to Boys From County Hell, Chris Baugh’s comedy-horror that recently had its world premiere at Sitges.
The movie was selected for this year’s Tribeca fest before that event was cancelled. Now, it will premiere on Shudder in the U.S. and Canada next year.
Starring Jack Rowan (Peaky Blinders), Nigel O’Neill (The Bookshop), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Fra Fee (Animals) and John Lynch (The Terror), the film follows Eugene Moffat, who spends his days drinking pints with his friends and pranking tourists at the grave site of Abhartach — a legendary Irish vampire who may have inspired Stoker’s infamous Dracula. Sinister events unfold when Eugene and his father’s construction crew knock over Abhartach’s supposed resting place and they are attacked by an infected workmate.
The pic is produced by Brendan Mullin of Six Mile Hill Productions...
The movie was selected for this year’s Tribeca fest before that event was cancelled. Now, it will premiere on Shudder in the U.S. and Canada next year.
Starring Jack Rowan (Peaky Blinders), Nigel O’Neill (The Bookshop), Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Fra Fee (Animals) and John Lynch (The Terror), the film follows Eugene Moffat, who spends his days drinking pints with his friends and pranking tourists at the grave site of Abhartach — a legendary Irish vampire who may have inspired Stoker’s infamous Dracula. Sinister events unfold when Eugene and his father’s construction crew knock over Abhartach’s supposed resting place and they are attacked by an infected workmate.
The pic is produced by Brendan Mullin of Six Mile Hill Productions...
- 10/14/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky has acquired “The Secret Garden” from Studiocanal and will release the film in U.K. and Ireland cinemas and Sky Cinema channels on Oct. 23.
Directed by three-time BAFTA winner Marc Munden (“National Treasure”) and produced by David Heyman (“Harry Potter” franchise) and Rosie Alison (“Paddington”), “The Secret Garden” is an adaptation of the classic children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It stars Dixie Egerickx (“Summerland”), Oscar and BAFTA winner Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) and BAFTA winner Julie Walters (“Mamma Mia”).
Set in 1940s England, “The Secret Garden” tells the story of a 10-year-old girl, sent to live with her uncle at a remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors, who begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly a wondrous garden with healing powers.
The film was originally due to release in April and then moved to August.
Distribution
Picturehouse Entertainment and Element Distribution will distribute “The Iron Lady...
Directed by three-time BAFTA winner Marc Munden (“National Treasure”) and produced by David Heyman (“Harry Potter” franchise) and Rosie Alison (“Paddington”), “The Secret Garden” is an adaptation of the classic children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It stars Dixie Egerickx (“Summerland”), Oscar and BAFTA winner Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) and BAFTA winner Julie Walters (“Mamma Mia”).
Set in 1940s England, “The Secret Garden” tells the story of a 10-year-old girl, sent to live with her uncle at a remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors, who begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly a wondrous garden with healing powers.
The film was originally due to release in April and then moved to August.
Distribution
Picturehouse Entertainment and Element Distribution will distribute “The Iron Lady...
- 8/4/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Post-lockdown release date set for Sundance drama.
Picturehouse Entertainment and Element Distribution will release Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself into UK and Irish cinemas from 30 October.
The Irish feature proved a buzz title following its world premiere at Sundance in January while writer and star Clare Dunne received the Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival, which was closed by Herself in March.
It also adds to the post-lockdown release schedule, which is being repopulated as cinemas continue to reopen throughout the UK and Ireland.
Herself, co-written by Malcolm Campbell, centres on a mother (Dunne) who works to rebuild her...
Picturehouse Entertainment and Element Distribution will release Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself into UK and Irish cinemas from 30 October.
The Irish feature proved a buzz title following its world premiere at Sundance in January while writer and star Clare Dunne received the Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival, which was closed by Herself in March.
It also adds to the post-lockdown release schedule, which is being repopulated as cinemas continue to reopen throughout the UK and Ireland.
Herself, co-written by Malcolm Campbell, centres on a mother (Dunne) who works to rebuild her...
- 8/4/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Post-lockdown release date set for Sundance drama.
Picturehouse Entertainment and Element Distribution will release Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself into UK and Irish cinemas from 30 October.
The Irish feature proved a buzz title following its world premiere at Sundance in January while writer and star Clare Dunne received the Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival, which was closed by Herself in March.
It also adds to the post-lockdown release schedule, which is being repopulated as cinemas continue to reopen throughout the UK and Ireland.
Herself, co-written by Malcolm Campbell, centres on a mother (Dunne) who works to rebuild her...
Picturehouse Entertainment and Element Distribution will release Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself into UK and Irish cinemas from 30 October.
The Irish feature proved a buzz title following its world premiere at Sundance in January while writer and star Clare Dunne received the Discovery Award at the Dublin International Film Festival, which was closed by Herself in March.
It also adds to the post-lockdown release schedule, which is being repopulated as cinemas continue to reopen throughout the UK and Ireland.
Herself, co-written by Malcolm Campbell, centres on a mother (Dunne) who works to rebuild her...
- 8/4/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Deals announced in run-up to Cannes virtual market.
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Variety has the exclusive trailer for a new film on Ireland’s abortion rights struggle, executive produced by Abigail Disney.
Set to premiere at the Hot Docs Film Festival this week, “The 8th” tells the story of Ireland’s campaign to remove its constitutional ban on abortion, known as the 8th Amendment, against the backdrop of the conservative country’s transformation into a more liberal, secular society.
Both sides of the abortion debate are represented in “The 8th,” though its primary focus is the female leaders of the pro-choice campaign. In particular, the film follows veteran campaigner Ailbhe Smyth and self-described glitter-activist Andrea Horan as they chart a strategy of grassroots activism.
Directors Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O’Boyle and Aideen Kane said in a statement: “When the government called a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment, we knew this was one of the most important stories of our generation. Our goal...
Set to premiere at the Hot Docs Film Festival this week, “The 8th” tells the story of Ireland’s campaign to remove its constitutional ban on abortion, known as the 8th Amendment, against the backdrop of the conservative country’s transformation into a more liberal, secular society.
Both sides of the abortion debate are represented in “The 8th,” though its primary focus is the female leaders of the pro-choice campaign. In particular, the film follows veteran campaigner Ailbhe Smyth and self-described glitter-activist Andrea Horan as they chart a strategy of grassroots activism.
Directors Lucy Kennedy, Maeve O’Boyle and Aideen Kane said in a statement: “When the government called a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment, we knew this was one of the most important stories of our generation. Our goal...
- 5/26/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Tiff selection lands at Signature in UK, Icon in Australia/New Zealand, Gussi in Mexico, Colombia, Central America
Epic Pictures Group has closed key territories on deals on the sci-fi thriller Sea Fever that premiered in Toronto and stars Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen, and Dougray Scott.
Director of international sales Kalani Dreimanis has licensed rights on Neasa Hardiman’s debut feature debut to the UK (Signature), Australia and New Zealand (Icon), Cis (Kinologistika), Mexico, Colombia and Central America (Gussi), South Korea (Challan), Japan (Inter Film), Middle East (Eagle), and Philippines (Pioneer).
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label Dust previously acquired Us rights.
Epic Pictures Group has closed key territories on deals on the sci-fi thriller Sea Fever that premiered in Toronto and stars Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen, and Dougray Scott.
Director of international sales Kalani Dreimanis has licensed rights on Neasa Hardiman’s debut feature debut to the UK (Signature), Australia and New Zealand (Icon), Cis (Kinologistika), Mexico, Colombia and Central America (Gussi), South Korea (Challan), Japan (Inter Film), Middle East (Eagle), and Philippines (Pioneer).
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label Dust previously acquired Us rights.
- 11/7/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The 5th annual Ax Wound Film Festival wants to keep the frights coming now that, sadly, Halloween is over. Continue reading for more details before the festival kicks off on Friday, November 15th. Also: Sea Fever acquisition news, This is Our Home release details, and info on the new comic series The Traveller .
Ax Wound Film Festival 2019 Announced: "Need a cure for your post-spooky-season blues? The Ax Wound Film Festival (Awff)— now in its fifth year—is ushering in more scares deep into the Fall 2019 season. Spend Friday evening, November 15th and all-day Saturday, November 16th at the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery (https:// www.hookerdunham.org) in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont with some of the most riveting and intense shorts directed by women.
“Many films are darkly funny and more likely to utilize experimental storytelling over the traditional narratives,” says festival director Hannah “Neurotica” Forman. Neurotica’s vision each year is focused...
Ax Wound Film Festival 2019 Announced: "Need a cure for your post-spooky-season blues? The Ax Wound Film Festival (Awff)— now in its fifth year—is ushering in more scares deep into the Fall 2019 season. Spend Friday evening, November 15th and all-day Saturday, November 16th at the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery (https:// www.hookerdunham.org) in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont with some of the most riveting and intense shorts directed by women.
“Many films are darkly funny and more likely to utilize experimental storytelling over the traditional narratives,” says festival director Hannah “Neurotica” Forman. Neurotica’s vision each year is focused...
- 11/6/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Gunpowder & Sky has acquired U.S. rights to the Irish sci-fi thriller Sea Fever, the Neasa Hardiman-directed pic that had its world premiere this fall at the Toronto Film Festival. It will now get a U.S. release in early 2020 via G&s’ multiplatform sci-fi label Dust.
Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Siobhan, a young marine biology student who boards a trawler run by a couple. When the ship hits an unseen object, a mysterious bioluminescent force infiltrates the vessel, and the crew begins a fight for survival while marooned at sea.
Hardiman calls her debut feature film “a dreamlike and devastating parable, where a neurodivergent heroine struggles with individual responsibility and threat in our increasingly fragile world.”
Fantastic Films’ Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell produced in a co-production with Borje Hansson of Bright Pictures (Sweden), Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts...
Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Siobhan, a young marine biology student who boards a trawler run by a couple. When the ship hits an unseen object, a mysterious bioluminescent force infiltrates the vessel, and the crew begins a fight for survival while marooned at sea.
Hardiman calls her debut feature film “a dreamlike and devastating parable, where a neurodivergent heroine struggles with individual responsibility and threat in our increasingly fragile world.”
Fantastic Films’ Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell produced in a co-production with Borje Hansson of Bright Pictures (Sweden), Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts...
- 11/5/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The film stars Irish actor Clare Dunne, with Cornerstone screening first footage at this week’s American Film Market.
Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder’s Cornerstone Films has signed several deals for Herself, the female-led drama directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
Deals have been confirmed for Spain (Youplanet Caramel), Italy (Bim), Japan (Longride), Portugal (Lusomundo), Israel (Forum), and the Middle East (Italia).
These join previously arranged deals with Element Distribution for Ireland and Picturehouse Entertainment for the UK.
Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the project, and will screen first footage at this week’s American Film Market.
It has also...
Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder’s Cornerstone Films has signed several deals for Herself, the female-led drama directed by Phyllida Lloyd.
Deals have been confirmed for Spain (Youplanet Caramel), Italy (Bim), Japan (Longride), Portugal (Lusomundo), Israel (Forum), and the Middle East (Italia).
These join previously arranged deals with Element Distribution for Ireland and Picturehouse Entertainment for the UK.
Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the project, and will screen first footage at this week’s American Film Market.
It has also...
- 11/4/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Kim Longinotto’s Shooting the Mafia, a documentary about photojournalist Letizia Battaglia’s coverage of organized crime in Italy, has been acquired by Cohen Media Group. The film had its world premiere last month in the World Cinema Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival and just screened at the Berlin Film Festival. The deal is for U.S. distribution rights; no release plans were announced.
The pic uses Battaglia’s black-and-white photographs and rare archival film to tell the story of a woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Sicilian Mafia’s brutal crimes. “Kim Longinotto’s film is a stirring tribute to the remarkable Letizia Battaglia, who put herself at great personal risk to document appalling crime and its victims,” Gmg owner, chairman and CEO Charles S. Cohen said in the release announcing the deal Wednesday.
The Screen Ireland/Lunar Pictures film is produced by Niamh Fagan.
The pic uses Battaglia’s black-and-white photographs and rare archival film to tell the story of a woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Sicilian Mafia’s brutal crimes. “Kim Longinotto’s film is a stirring tribute to the remarkable Letizia Battaglia, who put herself at great personal risk to document appalling crime and its victims,” Gmg owner, chairman and CEO Charles S. Cohen said in the release announcing the deal Wednesday.
The Screen Ireland/Lunar Pictures film is produced by Niamh Fagan.
- 2/13/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a nice first trailer for Irish boxing drama Float Like A Butterfly, which picked up the Fipresci Discovery Prize at the Toronto Film Festival.
The second film from writer-director Carmel Winters (Snap), Float was filmed on location in West Cork and follows 15-year-old Frances who has been raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland and wants to become a boxing champion like her idol Muhammad Ali. However, she must overcome cultural and familial hurdles to achieve her dreams.
The film, which is repped for world sales by WestEnd Films, also won the Audience Award in Cork where it had its Irish premiere in November. Starring are Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger), Hilda Fay (The Cured), Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders) and newcomer Johnny Collins.
Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) for Port Pictures and...
The second film from writer-director Carmel Winters (Snap), Float was filmed on location in West Cork and follows 15-year-old Frances who has been raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland and wants to become a boxing champion like her idol Muhammad Ali. However, she must overcome cultural and familial hurdles to achieve her dreams.
The film, which is repped for world sales by WestEnd Films, also won the Audience Award in Cork where it had its Irish premiere in November. Starring are Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger), Hilda Fay (The Cured), Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders) and newcomer Johnny Collins.
Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) for Port Pictures and...
- 12/17/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Vertigo takes UK rights following A24’s acquisition for Us.
Lee Cronin’s Sundance-bound horror The Hole In The Ground has secured a series of international territory deals for sales agent Bankside Films ahead of its Sundance premiere in January.
Adding to yesterday’s North America deal with A24 and Directv, the film has now sold to Vertigo Releasing for the UK. Both the North America and UK theatrical releases are being timed for March 2019. Wildcard Distribution is releasing in Ireland.
Deals are also done for Spain (Festival Films), Latin America (Cinepolis), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Italy (Koch Media...
Lee Cronin’s Sundance-bound horror The Hole In The Ground has secured a series of international territory deals for sales agent Bankside Films ahead of its Sundance premiere in January.
Adding to yesterday’s North America deal with A24 and Directv, the film has now sold to Vertigo Releasing for the UK. Both the North America and UK theatrical releases are being timed for March 2019. Wildcard Distribution is releasing in Ireland.
Deals are also done for Spain (Festival Films), Latin America (Cinepolis), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Italy (Koch Media...
- 12/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Lee Cronin’s forthcoming Sundance premiere “The Hole in The Ground” has sold North American distribution rights to A24 and DirecTV.
The horror-thriller will open at the annual Utah gathering in January, and marks the feature directing debut of Cronin on the heels of his buzzy 2016 short “Ghost Train.”
A24 will take the film out to theaters while DirecTV will offer a limited pay-per-view window before release, as the latter has on many similar deals including Jamie Bell’s “Skin” and Johnny Depp’s “Richard Says Goodbye.”
“Hole in The Ground” stars heatseeking Irish actress Seána Kerslake as Sarah, a mother who moves with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) to a country home on the edge of a forest, which happens to hide an enormous sinkhole. Her boy vanishes and soon reappears unharmed, though his behavior grows increasingly disturbing, leaving his mother to fear the worst — that the...
The horror-thriller will open at the annual Utah gathering in January, and marks the feature directing debut of Cronin on the heels of his buzzy 2016 short “Ghost Train.”
A24 will take the film out to theaters while DirecTV will offer a limited pay-per-view window before release, as the latter has on many similar deals including Jamie Bell’s “Skin” and Johnny Depp’s “Richard Says Goodbye.”
“Hole in The Ground” stars heatseeking Irish actress Seána Kerslake as Sarah, a mother who moves with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) to a country home on the edge of a forest, which happens to hide an enormous sinkhole. Her boy vanishes and soon reappears unharmed, though his behavior grows increasingly disturbing, leaving his mother to fear the worst — that the...
- 12/5/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
A24 and Directv have acquired North American rights from Bankside Films to the supernatural horror The Hole In The Ground ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight section at Sundance next month.
A24 and Directv have acquired North American rights from Bankside Films to the supernatural horror The Hole In The Ground ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight section at Sundance next month.
Lee Cronin makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay he co-wrote with Stephen Shields about Sarah (Seána Kerslake), who moves to the Irish countryside with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) and...
A24 and Directv have acquired North American rights from Bankside Films to the supernatural horror The Hole In The Ground ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight section at Sundance next month.
Lee Cronin makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay he co-wrote with Stephen Shields about Sarah (Seána Kerslake), who moves to the Irish countryside with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) and...
- 12/5/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Three films to be greenlit with budgets of up to €400,000.
Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) has named the six project teams that will take part in the inaugural edition of its Pov scheme, which backs female filmmakers.
The selected projects will enter a development and mentorship phase before three will be greenlit, with a budget of up to €400,000 each – the money has been ring-fenced from Screen Ireland’s overall production budget. They will be aiming to enter production in late 2019/early 2020.
The teams chosen include Roisín Geraghty who is producing Sunlight for Blinder Films, the company behind Love...
Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) has named the six project teams that will take part in the inaugural edition of its Pov scheme, which backs female filmmakers.
The selected projects will enter a development and mentorship phase before three will be greenlit, with a budget of up to €400,000 each – the money has been ring-fenced from Screen Ireland’s overall production budget. They will be aiming to enter production in late 2019/early 2020.
The teams chosen include Roisín Geraghty who is producing Sunlight for Blinder Films, the company behind Love...
- 9/19/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film focuses on London 2012 gold medal-winner Katie Taylor.
London-based sales outfit WestEnd Films has boarded Katie, the feature documentary about Irish boxer Katie Taylor.
The film chronicles Taylor’s career over ten years, which has seen her win Olympic gold at the 2012 London Olympics, five consecutive gold medals at the Women’s World Championships, and establish a professional career with zero losses to date.
Ross Whitaker (Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story) directed the feature, which premiered at this year’s Galway Film Festival in Ireland, winning Best Irish Documentary.
Producers are Aideen O’Sullivan and director Whitaker. Executive producers are Andrew Freedman,...
London-based sales outfit WestEnd Films has boarded Katie, the feature documentary about Irish boxer Katie Taylor.
The film chronicles Taylor’s career over ten years, which has seen her win Olympic gold at the 2012 London Olympics, five consecutive gold medals at the Women’s World Championships, and establish a professional career with zero losses to date.
Ross Whitaker (Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story) directed the feature, which premiered at this year’s Galway Film Festival in Ireland, winning Best Irish Documentary.
Producers are Aideen O’Sullivan and director Whitaker. Executive producers are Andrew Freedman,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Check out the first footage of Irish writer-director Carmel Winters’ (Snap) Toronto-bound boxing drama Float Like A Butterfly.
WestEnd Films handles sales on the pic about Irish Traveller Francis who has to fight for the right to pursue her passion…boxing.
The film stars Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger) and Hilda Fay. Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) and David Collins (A Dark Song). Cathleen Dore (Viva) is co-producer.
The feature is executive-produced by Lesley McKimm for The Irish Film Board, which financed the film in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and RTÉ Television. Crew members include editor Julian Ulrichs (Sing Street) and DoP Michael Lavelle.
As revealed yesterday, the film will get its world premiere in the festival’s Discovery Strand.
WestEnd Films handles sales on the pic about Irish Traveller Francis who has to fight for the right to pursue her passion…boxing.
The film stars Hazel Doupe (Ripper Street), Dara Devaney (Camelot), Aidan O’Hare (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Lalor Roddy (Hunger) and Hilda Fay. Producers are Martina Niland (Sing Street) and David Collins (A Dark Song). Cathleen Dore (Viva) is co-producer.
The feature is executive-produced by Lesley McKimm for The Irish Film Board, which financed the film in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and RTÉ Television. Crew members include editor Julian Ulrichs (Sing Street) and DoP Michael Lavelle.
As revealed yesterday, the film will get its world premiere in the festival’s Discovery Strand.
- 8/22/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Room and Brooklyn backers appoint two project managers to drive development and production.
The Irish Film Board has made two key hires in the shape of Creative England senior film executive Celine Haddad and development executive and script editor Dearbhla Regan who are both joining the funding body as project managers within the production and development team.
Haddad and Regan will work alongside Lesley McKimm, who was appointed last September, to manage the slate of Ifb supported projects from development through to production and distribution.
The duo take over from outgoing project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
At Creative England Haddad has worked on titles including God’s Own Country, Jawbone, Fly Away and Fanny Lye Delivered. She previously worked at Pathé, first as a creative executive and then as head of creative affairs.
Regan has worked as a development producer and script editor in film, TV drama and documentary. Her most recent...
The Irish Film Board has made two key hires in the shape of Creative England senior film executive Celine Haddad and development executive and script editor Dearbhla Regan who are both joining the funding body as project managers within the production and development team.
Haddad and Regan will work alongside Lesley McKimm, who was appointed last September, to manage the slate of Ifb supported projects from development through to production and distribution.
The duo take over from outgoing project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
At Creative England Haddad has worked on titles including God’s Own Country, Jawbone, Fly Away and Fanny Lye Delivered. She previously worked at Pathé, first as a creative executive and then as head of creative affairs.
Regan has worked as a development producer and script editor in film, TV drama and documentary. Her most recent...
- 3/8/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sales outfit has a trio of documentaries playing in the festival’s world documentary competition.
Austrian film sales outfit Autlook Filmsales has picked up three documentaries that are all set to play at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 19-29).
It’s Not Dark Yet, narrated by Colin Farrell, marks the Sundance return of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish director who previously submitted his short, The Sound of People at the Park City event in 2008.
Despite being affected by the first symptoms of Als (motor neurone disease) at the time, he has since directed a full length feature and written a book. In this documentary he is confronting the realities of his condition with an emphasis on the role of his wife and family which he made with the use of his eye-gaze technology.
Kathryn Kennedy produced the film with Lesley McKimm, a project manager with the Irish Film Board.
The Workers’ Cup [pictured], directed by Adam Sobel, will be...
Austrian film sales outfit Autlook Filmsales has picked up three documentaries that are all set to play at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (Jan 19-29).
It’s Not Dark Yet, narrated by Colin Farrell, marks the Sundance return of Simon Fitzmaurice, an Irish director who previously submitted his short, The Sound of People at the Park City event in 2008.
Despite being affected by the first symptoms of Als (motor neurone disease) at the time, he has since directed a full length feature and written a book. In this documentary he is confronting the realities of his condition with an emphasis on the role of his wife and family which he made with the use of his eye-gaze technology.
Kathryn Kennedy produced the film with Lesley McKimm, a project manager with the Irish Film Board.
The Workers’ Cup [pictured], directed by Adam Sobel, will be...
- 12/8/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Irish producer McKimm’s credits include My Name Is Emily and 1,000 Times Good Night.
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Lesley McKimm as project manager in the outfit’s production and development team.
In the role, McKimm will manage part of the Ifb’s slate of supported projects across all genres from initial development stage through financing and market exploitation.
Boasting 25 years’ experience in the independent film and TV industry, McKimm has worked as a producer on feature films including Simon Fitzmaurice’s drama My Name Is Emily, Frankie Fenton’s documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, and as a co-producer on Erik Poppe’s war drama 1,000 Times Good Night.
Her TV credits include Ifta-winning mini-series Whistleblower and Dublin-set comedy-drama Any Time Now for the BBC.
McKimm will be taking up her new position alongside incumbent project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
She is also a founding member of Women in Film & TV Ireland...
The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Lesley McKimm as project manager in the outfit’s production and development team.
In the role, McKimm will manage part of the Ifb’s slate of supported projects across all genres from initial development stage through financing and market exploitation.
Boasting 25 years’ experience in the independent film and TV industry, McKimm has worked as a producer on feature films including Simon Fitzmaurice’s drama My Name Is Emily, Frankie Fenton’s documentary It’s Not Yet Dark, and as a co-producer on Erik Poppe’s war drama 1,000 Times Good Night.
Her TV credits include Ifta-winning mini-series Whistleblower and Dublin-set comedy-drama Any Time Now for the BBC.
McKimm will be taking up her new position alongside incumbent project managers Keith Potter and Mary Callery.
She is also a founding member of Women in Film & TV Ireland...
- 9/2/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease did not thwart Simon Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature, which has gone on to score awards and distribution deals.
“When all this happened, it was my writing that saved me,” explains director Simon Fitzmaurice.
“When my life fell apart, my writing was there for me. I became a writer through my darkest days. And, like writing, the passion of film has never left me.”
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease (Mnd) did not thwart Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature. If anything, being told he had the progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord made him even more determined to get behind the camera.
That he has realised this ambition is an extraordinary feat in itself. The Irish filmmaker is the only known person in the world with Mnd to have written and directed a feature solo.
My Name Is Emily tells the...
“When all this happened, it was my writing that saved me,” explains director Simon Fitzmaurice.
“When my life fell apart, my writing was there for me. I became a writer through my darkest days. And, like writing, the passion of film has never left me.”
A diagnosis of motor neurone disease (Mnd) did not thwart Fitzmaurice’s ambitions to make his first feature. If anything, being told he had the progressive condition that attacks the nerves in the brain and spinal cord made him even more determined to get behind the camera.
That he has realised this ambition is an extraordinary feat in itself. The Irish filmmaker is the only known person in the world with Mnd to have written and directed a feature solo.
My Name Is Emily tells the...
- 2/25/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Les Arcs European Film Festival is in full swing, including the sixth edition of the ever-growing Co-Production Village.
The industry events kicked off with the popular Works-In-Progress session, now in its fourth year, that showcases ten (European) films in post-production, looking for financing, distribution or a sales agent.
The event’s artistic director, Frederic Boyer, confirmed the films must be feature length, with a completion target of spring the following year. “The presentations that include three short clips are exclusive to this festival, and have not been presented at other neighbouring festivals such as Thessaloniki or Torino,” said Boyer.
Receiving 15% more entries than previous years, the event’s ‘first-look’ line-up spanned a wide range of themes and production styles. The full list included Family Film (Czech Republic/Slovenia); Galloping Mind (Belgium); The High Sun (Croatia/Slovenia); It’s Time (Romania); Magic Mountain (Poland/ Romania/ France); My Name is Emily (Ireland); Pioneer Heroes (Russia); Rams (Iceland); Sparrows...
The industry events kicked off with the popular Works-In-Progress session, now in its fourth year, that showcases ten (European) films in post-production, looking for financing, distribution or a sales agent.
The event’s artistic director, Frederic Boyer, confirmed the films must be feature length, with a completion target of spring the following year. “The presentations that include three short clips are exclusive to this festival, and have not been presented at other neighbouring festivals such as Thessaloniki or Torino,” said Boyer.
Receiving 15% more entries than previous years, the event’s ‘first-look’ line-up spanned a wide range of themes and production styles. The full list included Family Film (Czech Republic/Slovenia); Galloping Mind (Belgium); The High Sun (Croatia/Slovenia); It’s Time (Romania); Magic Mountain (Poland/ Romania/ France); My Name is Emily (Ireland); Pioneer Heroes (Russia); Rams (Iceland); Sparrows...
- 12/15/2014
- ScreenDaily
Kevorkian, Shoval, Haq, Fiennes, Sigurðsson, Nikonova and Runarsson heading to Les Arcs European Film Festival with upcoming projects.Scroll down for full list of projects
The UK’s Johnny Kevorkian and Sophie Fiennes, Israeli Tom Shoval, Norwegian Iram Haq and Russia’s Angelina Nikonova will be among the filmmakers presenting their upcoming projects at the Les Arcs Co-Production Village this year.
The event, running Dec 13-16 within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20), will present 25 projects in development and a further 10 Works-in-Progress.
“I thinks it’s a good sign that filmmakers whose projects we presented in development are now coming back to show their films in Work-in-Progress, which is the case for Sparrow and Rams,” said Les Arcs industry head Vanja Kaludjercic.
“Conversely, we’ve got directors who presented in Works-in Progress, such as Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, who came with Paris of the North last year, who is back with his new project The Tree...
The UK’s Johnny Kevorkian and Sophie Fiennes, Israeli Tom Shoval, Norwegian Iram Haq and Russia’s Angelina Nikonova will be among the filmmakers presenting their upcoming projects at the Les Arcs Co-Production Village this year.
The event, running Dec 13-16 within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20), will present 25 projects in development and a further 10 Works-in-Progress.
“I thinks it’s a good sign that filmmakers whose projects we presented in development are now coming back to show their films in Work-in-Progress, which is the case for Sparrow and Rams,” said Les Arcs industry head Vanja Kaludjercic.
“Conversely, we’ve got directors who presented in Works-in Progress, such as Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, who came with Paris of the North last year, who is back with his new project The Tree...
- 11/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature is set to shoot this summer.
Freddie Highmore and James Nesbitt are attached to star in My Name is Emily.
Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature follows a 16-year-old who escapes from her foster home and, with the help of a boy who loves her, sets out to find her father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution.
Award-winning film-maker Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008 when he started writing the script, which he finished five years later with an iris-recognition screen.
Nesbitt commented: “This film has such a heart and soul - it’s a really original piece of writing. I’m very excited to be a part of it and to be exploring a role I haven’t played before.”
“It’s fantastic to be on board for Simon’s latest project. It has that fresh and spontaneous angle of all great Irish scripts,” added Highmore...
Freddie Highmore and James Nesbitt are attached to star in My Name is Emily.
Simon Fitzmaurice’s debut feature follows a 16-year-old who escapes from her foster home and, with the help of a boy who loves her, sets out to find her father who is locked up in a psychiatric institution.
Award-winning film-maker Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease in 2008 when he started writing the script, which he finished five years later with an iris-recognition screen.
Nesbitt commented: “This film has such a heart and soul - it’s a really original piece of writing. I’m very excited to be a part of it and to be exploring a role I haven’t played before.”
“It’s fantastic to be on board for Simon’s latest project. It has that fresh and spontaneous angle of all great Irish scripts,” added Highmore...
- 2/4/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The Irish version of the Oscar’s / Golden Globes / BAFTA’s etc. took place last night. Below is the full list of winners. Huge night for The Guard and Love/Hate, and the recognition of the immense talent of Michael Fassbender, continues. That said, no golf club jokes this time. Best Film The Guard - Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures) Albert Nobbs- Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film Productions) Charlie Casanova- Terry McMahon (Source Productions) Stella Days- Jackie Larkin & Lesley McKimm (Newgrange Pictures) Director Film John Michael McDonagh - The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures ) Rebecca Daly - The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films) Terry McMahon - Charlie Casanova (Source Productions) Thaddeus O’Sullivan - Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures) Script Film John Michael McDonagh - The Guard (Reprisal Films /...
- 2/12/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
The ninth annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place tonight at a Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin.
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
- 2/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
A public hearing is to be held on Friday, March 18th in Brussels where the future of the Media funding programme is to be discussed. The event, organised by the European Commission is entitled 'Future of the Medias'. To mark the upcoming event Iftn spoke with Irish filmmakers who have received support from the Media programme over the years. These included Cartoon Saloon's Paul Young; Siobhán Ward from Crossing the Line Films; Grand Pictures' Ailish McElmeel; Fastnet Films' Macdara Kelleher; Jam Media's John Rice; Newgrange Pictures' Lesley McKimm and Magma Production's Moe Honan.
- 3/10/2011
- IFTN
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