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Kildare filmmakers hoping for Fresh Film Festival success

Kildare filmmakers will be hoping for success at the 2019 Fresh Film Festival after the event, which incorporates Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards, received a record 1,700 submissions. Filmmakers from all over the country, including ...

06 Mar 2019 at 15:32

National News

Saoirse Ronan presents award for making ‘challenging cinema’ to Paul Mescal

Saoirse Ronan has presented her fellow Irish actor Paul Mescal with an award at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event. Normal People star Mescal, who was nominated for a best Oscar actor gong for his role in drama Aftersun – and is ...

20 Oct 2024 at 15:18

Arts & Entertainment

Bono presents legendary filmmaker with special award at film festival

Bono made a surprise appearance at the Berlin international film festival to present Steven Spielberg with a special lifetime achievement award. The U2 frontman described Spielberg as “one of the biggest big shots in Hollywood”, as he ...

23 Feb 2023 at 10:02

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: What movies will premiere at the world's oldest film festival?

Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths will have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this autumn. The Marilyn Monroe ...

26 Jul 2022 at 17:00

National News

Bono presents Steven Spielberg with lifetime award at Berlin film festival

22 Feb 2023 at 03:15

Arts & Entertainment

'We're speaking to the world in our native tongue' - Irish language film wins top award

An Irish language movie has won a top award at one of the five most prestigious film festivals in the world. 'An Cailín Ciúin' won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Film at the Berlin Film ...

17 Feb 2022 at 17:13

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Kildare film about a bog monster premiering at Dublin Film Festival tomorrow

A film shot in Kildare, featuring a bog monster and actress Mary McEvoy (AKA Biddy from Glenroe), is to have it's Dublin premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival tomorrow. Peat is a short comedy about a widow ...

21 Feb 2025 at 21:00

National News

Bono treats Sarajevo Film Festival crowd to song after U2 documentary screening

Bono treated an audience on the opening night of the Sarajevo Film Festival to a song as a U2-inspired Bosnian war documentary opened the event. The Irish star delivered an a cappella rendition of Bob Marley’s ...

12 Aug 2023 at 15:58

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Well-known Kildare theatre to host the Dublin International Film Festival Tour 2024

The Dublin International Film Festival Tour 2024 will be hosted in the Riverbank Arts Theatre in Newbridge next month. Commenting on the announcement, a spokesperson for the Centre said: "The Riverbank Arts ...

13 Feb 2024 at 15:00

National News

Irish and Northern Irish actors to be honoured at U.S. film festival this year

An Irish actress and Northern Irish actor are among eight to be honoured at a film festival in California this year. Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan (Belfast) will join West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose and ...

08 Jan 2022 at 13:27

National News

Ethan Hawke hopes to work in Ireland again after ‘wonderful’ Blue Moon filming

Actor Ethan Hawke has said he had a “wonderful” experience filming his latest movie, Blue Moon, in Ireland and would love to work there again. His newest collaboration with director Richard Linklater was ...

25 Nov 2025 at 13:02

Arts & Entertainment

Oscar-winning creator of Banshees of Inisherin shows support for striking writers

Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh expressed his support for striking Hollywood writers on the opening day of the Venice Film Festival. McDonagh, who won best original screenplay at the 2023 Oscars ...

31 Aug 2023 at 10:22

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