Month: January 2012

• Marymount starts on TV3 tonight

  My friend Cliona Nolan edited this series, Marymount which starts tonight on Tv3. Its well worth a look I’d say Here’s what the Irish Times had to say about it Hospices are too often associated with immense sadness, but a new series hopes to show the positive side of palliative care, writes BRIAN O’CONNELL MENTION…

  January 31, 2012

  Television

• Warning: This Film could be Twee

  I came across this article by Emma Cowing in the Scotsman today it turns out that a lot of people are using crowd-sourcing to fund their projects including these guys… Call it Belle and Sebastian: the musical. A transatlantic appreciation society between the Scottish Indie rocker band and a Hollywood producer has led to a…

  January 29, 2012

  Movies

• Cork Film Centre announce Pat Collins Mentorship

  IFTA award winning Irish director Pat Collins of Harvest Films is to be the new mentor for the Cork Film Centre for the Mentor for New Films for 2012 programme. In my opinion Pat Collins is the finest documentary maker we currently have in this country. He has directed over 25 projects in his career,…

  January 28, 2012

  Movies, Television

• NBC sign TG4 format show.

  Congratulations to everyone at Tile media who recently sold the rights to their show ‘Who Lived In My House?’ to NBC. the show was edited by Daithi Connaughton, a very good editor and a top bloke who I regularly run into. Heres the iftn piece about their success In April 2010 Tile Films went to…

  January 18, 2012

  Television

• Mobs Cheanada picks up two IFTA nominations

  Time to get those glad rags on! The IFTA nominations were announced today and it was a good day for people west of the Shannon and I think its fair to say its one of the best line-up of nominations in a number of years. Among the nominees is Mobs Cheanada a series I edited…

  January 10, 2012

  Editing, Television