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Kara wins at Dare Media Awards
Last week the Dare Media Underground Short Film Festival was held down in cork. A week long showcase of some of the best emerging talent in the country, its fast becoming a go-to event in the Irish Film Calender. Screening among the wide selection of shorts was Traolach O’Murchu’s Kara and I’m delighted to say…
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Mea Maxima Culpa wins Emmy
‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ – which won the IFTA for Best Feature Documentary 2013 – has been awarded an early Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. Although the actual Emmys ceremony won’t take place till 15th September, the winners for certain categories are announced early – which require unanimous…
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Dublin Editors to stage a get-together
So Dublin Editors is a new facebook page for post-production people based in Dublin and in Ireland in general. Setup just over 2 weeks ago, the page has gotten a great response with over 60 people signed up for it already. Who know there were so many of us? Eventually the page will hopefully serve…
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When Ali Came to Ireland Tonight @10 RTE1
The IFTA winning documentary “When Ali Came to Ireland” is repeated tonight on RTE 1 at ten bells. It was made by Ross Whitaker and Aideen O’Sullivan of True Films and edited by my good self. The film centres on the 1972 fight, in Croke Park, between Ali and the American challenger Al “Blue” Lewis,…
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Big Trad Festival for Milltown*
*Milltown, Co.Galway So this weekend my hometown, the beautiful little town of Milltown, Co. Galway is hosting a really great line up for the first ever PJ Conlon traditional music festival. The festival celebrates the life and music of one of Milltown’s most famous native sons and brings a wealth of traditional music, workshops and…
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Big Showrunners Announcement at SDCC…
There was some big news yesterday for Showrunners, the film I’ve been cutting for the best part of this year. On Friday the film hosted a panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con featuring contributors Bill Prady (The Big Bang Theory), Hart Hanson (Bones) and Jane Espenson (Husbands) from the film as well as Director…
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Mikey & the Scallywags: Whelans tonight
This gig hitting Dublin tonight promises to be something special Mikey and the Scallywags play Whelans tonight. Don’t miss it. About 2 months ago I went to see these lads play in the Grand Social. They put on quite a show and a mighty night was had by all. They return to dublin tonight and…
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Kara to screen at Galway Film Fleadh
The Galway Film Fleadh is just around the corner and I’m pleased to say that a film I cut is screening as part of the new Irish Shorts Programme on the morning of Thursday 11th July. “Kara” is a dark drama that sees a young woman follow a nightmarish creature to an isolated rural farmhouse…
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Sight and Sound
Earlier this year the film King of the Travellers was released nationwide here in Ireland and in the UK. The release in the Uk meant that the film was reviewed in some of the biggest media outlets in the movie business. Seeing the film reviewed in all the big uk papers was very cool, especially…
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