Category: Movies
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Peter Bergmann disappears with Audience Award at IFI Stranger than Fiction
I had a great evening last Saturday at the IFI. The Last Days of Peter Bergmann was having its world premiere along with 3 other Irish Film Board Reality Bites short documentary films. Despite the program starting sufficiently late that we all could have seen the second half of the hurling, there was a great…
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The Last Days of Peter Bergmann Trailer
This saturday sees the world premiere of Ciaran Cassidy’s new film “The Last Days of Peter Bergmann” which I had the privilege to edit. I’m very excited to be part of this film as I think it’s something really special. In advance of the premiere, here is the trailer for the film. Peter Bergmann –…
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Analogue People in a Digital Age
Twopair Films based in Crusheen, Co. Clare are to premiere their short film ANALOGUE PEOPLE IN A DIGITAL AGE at the Stranger than Fiction Documentary festival on the 28th September in the IFI, Dublin. Directed by Keith Walsh and produced by Jill Beardsworth, the 13 minute film is set in Johnny Walsh’s pub in…
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Men At Lunch Opens this week in NYC
Men at Lunch directed by Sean O’Cualain opens this week in New York as part of the films US Theatrical run. The film was edited with great skill by Dathai Connaughton and shot in spectacular fashion by Ray MacDonnacha. I was privileged to be asked to do some additional editing for the US Cinema version.…
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10 Questions for John Murphy
I’m very honoured to have been asked to do an interview with editing blog Frame of Reference. The site, run by Jamaican editor Twain Richardson, features a whole host of editors giving their answers to a set of ten questions. The interviews offer a fascinating insight into the working methods of editors from all over…
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Stranger than Fiction Lineup is deadly!
The documentary film festival IFI Stranger than Fiction returns at the end of the month. I’m delighted that a film I cut “The Last Days of Peter Bergmann” will have its world premiere at the event. The film, directed by Ciaran Cassidy and produced by Morgan Bushe for Fastnet Films is showing as part of…
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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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