Month: August 2011
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Interview with Traolach Ó’Murchú
Several weeks ago I wrote a post about my friend Traolach’s lovely short film “Alive” and how he needed people to watch it for the competition he had entered. Well, the good news is that he only went and bloody won the thing. It still isn’t exactly clear what the nature of his prize is…
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Can You Feel It?
Here’s a short I worked on about a decade ago. I didn’t edit it, in fact I worked as Locations Manager on it. The Film was directed by Marissa O’Mahoney who was in college with me and the whole crew was basically a bunch of us from Chluain Mhuire. Myself, Maire and even my old…
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Poster for the Underground Cinema Festival
This is the poster for the Dublin Underground Cinema Festival which runs Sept 9-11 and in which my film Shtax will be screened Tickets can be bought here
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Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your blogs…
I’m really enjoying doing this blog, among other things it has presented me with the chance to read some other excellent blogs by some friends of mine, so I thought I’d do a quick post about what my mates are up to and where to find them. I apologise in advance if I have forgotten…
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The Lost Art Of Film Editing
This is an astute article I copied out from the Boston Globe archives. It was written by Jessica Winter who is the author of “The Rough Guide to American Independent Film”. She wrote it 5 years ago but the central argument she makes is still true today and if anything the decision by committee is…
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The Honey Spike Opens Tonight…
For the last number of weeks my friend Róisín Stack has been toiling away as Creative Producer on Mephisto Theatre Company’s production of Bryan McMahon’s “The Honey Spike”. The play opens tonight on the Town Hall Main Stage in Galway where it runs until Saturday. Advance word is that its something special, you can buy…
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Do I even have a tuxedo anymore?
I woke up this morning to some great news. My Film ‘Shtax’ has received a nomination at the Underground Cinema Awards. The film got a nod in the Best Independent Feature Film category and I’m obviously delighted with the news. As well as being up for the gong, the film will be screened as part…
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