Category: Editing
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Showrunners…From the Edit Suite
Greetings from the Showrunners edit suite… Its been a crazy couple of months and especially so the last few weeks. Editing a feature documentary is an all-consuming proposition and your work-life balance can get thrown somewhat askew, so I’ve become something of a stranger to my friends and family but it will all be worth…
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Some Upcoming Screenings etc…
I’ve been very busy on projects recently and havent had time to update the blog much so I thought I’d just write a little bit of an update on some bits of news. KARA Kara is screening this week in Dun Laoghaire as part of the December event of the ongoing Underground Cinema screenings. The…
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On Our Way
Earlier this year, I finished the grade on a short “On Our Way” by Dublin based filmmaker Fergal Rock, who is now in the process of raising funds for its festival run. Fergal and its star Dorothy are friends of mine and I was happy to help out whatever way I could. Now its your…
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More Festival Fun
I love having stuff in festivals, theres a great buzz in knowing that a group of people someplace in the world are sitting down to watch this film that you spent do long working on and enjoying it (or not) and maybe are going away talking about it. I have two films screening this weekend.…
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Rewind TV3 9:00 Tonight
The feature film Rewind on which I was an editor on is screening tonight at 9 on Tv3. The film was nominated for 3 Ifta’s with Amy Huberman winning Best Actress in 2011 The film is a dark psychological thriller and stars Amy Huberman and Alan Leech. The film had its world premiere at the…
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Kara at Clones and Twisted Pepper
Kara, the short film I edited for director Traolach O’Murchu has two screenings today. The first is at The Twisted Pepper tonight at 8 as part of the Scared Shortless Night which is just one of the many events happening in Dublin as part of the Bodytonic Beatyard Festival. The film is also screening at…
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John Murphy – A Face for Radio
So yesterday afternoon, for the first time since my days on Blackboard Jungle in the mid-90’s I once again took to the National airwaves. I was very kindly asked by the good people on Newstalk Sports Sunday to take part in a panel discussion on Sports Documentary Films. For the last hour of the show,…
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Some Festival News
Last week TG4 aired the Ras Tailteain documentary and despite some technical issues with the first broadcast, everyone seemed to really like it and the feedback online was great. The doc went onto to play the Bicycle Film Festival in London last weekend where it played to a full house in London’s famous Barbican, which…
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Ras Tailteann Doc Airs Tonight TG4 9:30
A documentary I edited on the colourful history of the Ras Tailteann cycling race is to broadcast tonight on TG4 at 9:30. You may have heard the lads on Off The Ball discuss it on last nights show where they gave it an enthuastic thumbs up. the film was produced by David Burke of Dot…
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The Dun Laoghaire Underground Film Festival Opens Today
The Dun Laoighaire Underground Film Festival kicks off today. This festival has grown from strength to strength and is really carving a niche for itself in the Irish Festival circuit. Great credit must go to its director Dave Byrne who is doing sterling work. Among the films playing at it is Kara. This is a…
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