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Promo for ‘From Tee to Green’
A promo for the series ‘From Tee to Green: The Story of Irish Golf’ has been released in advance of its debut next week. The show is a three-part sporting history, featuring great players, spectacular courses and moments of high drama all set on an island designed for golf. I really enjoyed cutting this series,…
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The Break Fundraiser
So a friend of mine, Denis Fitzpatrick earlier this year made a short film with Ken Williams and the 2 lads are having a fundraiser this saturday night in Sweeneys on Dame St from 8:30 to help cover their post production costs. It looks like i’ll be a great night with stand up from Cian…
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Todays the day to donate to ‘The Queen of Ireland’. DO IT
Over the last few weeks the good people at Blinder Films have been raising money on Indiegogo for a very exciting and important project. Its a feature documentary about ‘Panti Bliss’ called ‘the Queen of Ireland’. So far the campaign has raised over 30,000 but is still 20 grand shy of their 50k total. A…
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Sky Road Film Festival Line-up Announced
This morning the line-up for the first Sky Road Festival in Clifden was announced. This festival offers something that no other Irish film festival offers and that is a chance to celebrate the diverse range and talent of our documentary television industry. Its probably the thing we do best in this country so its fantastic…
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One Ocean: No Limits Selected for Festivals in Florida and Arizona
Following ‘One Ocean: No Limits’ successful screenings at festivals in San Francisco, Newport Beach and Boston so far this year, the film has now been selected as a finalist in the Surfing & Ocean Sports category at the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Florida in November 2014. It is the only Irish film to have…
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Showrunners to Screen in Edinburgh on Friday
Described by The Hollywood Reporter as “an intriguing behind the scenes expose of the men and women responsible for TV’s recent revolution” Showrunners will have an exclusive presentation at this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Showrunners is the first ever feature length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of U.S. television showrunners and…
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Bergmann wins down under!
It’s been a great start to the week with the news that the short documentary I cut ‘The Last Days of Peter Bergmann’ has won the Best Documentary Short Film Award at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), the largest film festival in the southern hemisphere. This is the second time the film has…
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Well Done Cian
A somewhat overdue congratulations to my buddy Cian McGarrigle on his recent victory at this Galway Film Fleadh. He won top prize in their annual pitching award for his film ’12 Gauge Withdrawl’. Cian walked away with a cool €3000 cheque. Since it’s inception in 2005, The Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Award has gone from…
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Blog Award Nomination
Delighted to say that I have been nominated in the 2014 Blog Awards in the Best Arts and Culture category. The shortlist will be published on 22nd August and then there’s another judging round for the finalist stage. The awards are being held on 4th October in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane. There will be…
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