Month: November 2011
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Foreign Film Oscar Controversy rolls on
An interesting article from the New York Times Many of the 63 films submitted in the competition for the 2012 Academy Award for best foreign-language film have not yet even begun a commercial run in an American theater, and some never will. But since its introduction in 1947, the category of best foreign-language film is…
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Tommy Tiernan Live in Vicar Street on TV3 Tonight
A few years back I edited Tommy Tiernan’s DVD “Cracked-The Comedians Cut” and a special slightly shorter version of that show goes out on air tonight at 10:00 on TV3. The re-versioning of this for tv3 was done by Cillian Duffy in EMC Post. Its one of his best shows and if you haven’t seen…
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Aindrias needs your money!
My buddy Aindrias de Staic about whom I made the film Shtax a while back is seeking funding for another film. He is currently in Melbourne and is in the process of script development for his film “The Year I Got Younger” and he is running a crowd funding campaign to help get the film…
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Shtax to screen at pretty cool music festival in Sligo
People of Sligo, my film SHTAX will play this week as part of a pretty exciting festival of events taking part in the town. SOUND+VISION is a film festival devoted to music films and we are thrilled to be showing the film in some illustrious company. The film is on this Friday 18 Nov at…
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Local Heroes: A Town Fights Back – Drogheda
A few months back I edited a short piece about Drogheda and how it has been so poorly effected by the harsh economic times we live in. The film was put together as part of the ongoing “Local Heroes” series on RTE which premiered last week. In the first episode of the show, the organisers…
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Tommy Tiernan Crooked Man DVD
Here is two short internet teaser videos I did for Tommy Tiernan’s new comedy dvd “Crooked Man”. The dvd was shot on film in City Limits in Cork by director Richerd Ayoade. The performance will be shown as part of the Cork Film Festival next week and the DVD is available in stores nationwide. Its…
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A Song for Ireland
A while back I edited and directed a music video for my friend Aoife Scott who next week will represent Ireland in the Liet International Song Contest in Italy THE AOIFE SCOTT BAND TO REPRESENT IRELAND IN LIET INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST It’s no surprise that Aoife Scott shall be taking to the stage in Udine…
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Sensation opens nationwide this Friday
During the summer while working for Irish Film NY, I was fortunate to see a preview copy of Tom Hall’s new movie Sensation. The movie staring Domhnaill Gleeson is a real little gem and well worth seeing. We all pay a lot of lip-service to supporting the Irish film industry, well here’s a chance to…
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