Exclusive: Northern Irish actor and author Ciaran McMenamin’s 2018 novel Skintown has been set for a big screen adaptation from Keeper Pictures and recent IFTA award winners Cyprus Avenue Films with Anthony Boyle (Masters of The Air) and Josh Finan (Say Nothing) signed on to star.
The pic will be directed by Kieron J. Walsh. Set in the mid-90s during the Ira ceasefire, the film follows the roller coaster journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them. Described by producers as “a buddy movie combining the anarchy of Kneecap with the humor of Derry Girls,” the film is said to be influenced by titles like Trainspotting and Twin Town.
Skintown...
The pic will be directed by Kieron J. Walsh. Set in the mid-90s during the Ira ceasefire, the film follows the roller coaster journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them. Described by producers as “a buddy movie combining the anarchy of Kneecap with the humor of Derry Girls,” the film is said to be influenced by titles like Trainspotting and Twin Town.
Skintown...
- 5/10/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Warning: contains spoilers for Inside No. 9 Series 7 Episode 5
Out in the world of TV and movie production, millions are regularly spent on scripts containing a fraction of the complexity, ambition or potential in ‘A Random Act of Kindness’. Inside No. 9’s first sci-fi story was an imaginative feat frustratingly limited inside a BBC comedy budget.
Given the right backing, this desperately sad tale of a bereaved son’s guilt driving him to invent time travel and sacrifice his life to repair his relationship with his mother would make an excellent feature film. There could be an indie version starring Chloe Sevigny and David Thewlis, or a big Hollywood one perhaps, with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in the Jessica Hynes and Steve Pemberton roles. Triple the runtime, add a couple of zeroes to the budget, forget about the need to contain all the action inside a ‘number nine’ and you’d really have something.
Out in the world of TV and movie production, millions are regularly spent on scripts containing a fraction of the complexity, ambition or potential in ‘A Random Act of Kindness’. Inside No. 9’s first sci-fi story was an imaginative feat frustratingly limited inside a BBC comedy budget.
Given the right backing, this desperately sad tale of a bereaved son’s guilt driving him to invent time travel and sacrifice his life to repair his relationship with his mother would make an excellent feature film. There could be an indie version starring Chloe Sevigny and David Thewlis, or a big Hollywood one perhaps, with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in the Jessica Hynes and Steve Pemberton roles. Triple the runtime, add a couple of zeroes to the budget, forget about the need to contain all the action inside a ‘number nine’ and you’d really have something.
- 5/26/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Whether you know a lot about bicycle racing or very little, The Racer, written and directed by Kieron J. Walsh, offers a lot to ponder about the sport.
It offers a lot about the mindset of sporting in general, especially when it comes to team sports.
Team sports, whether cycling, car racing, or gymnastics, among a host of others, always have at least one standout, and it's not unique for the other team members to stand back and allow that athlete's star to shine at the behest of their coach and for the best of the team.
The Racer shines a light on Dominique Chabol, a domestique for his team in the 1998 Tour de France.
The race that year was special because the first three legs were completed in Ireland, and it's the first time that Epo doping reared its ugly head.
There was a solid history of doping in cycling,...
It offers a lot about the mindset of sporting in general, especially when it comes to team sports.
Team sports, whether cycling, car racing, or gymnastics, among a host of others, always have at least one standout, and it's not unique for the other team members to stand back and allow that athlete's star to shine at the behest of their coach and for the best of the team.
The Racer shines a light on Dominique Chabol, a domestique for his team in the 1998 Tour de France.
The race that year was special because the first three legs were completed in Ireland, and it's the first time that Epo doping reared its ugly head.
There was a solid history of doping in cycling,...
- 1/9/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Today marks the release of the intense new cycling film The Racer, who shows the blood, sweat and tears that go into this endurance sport, through the eyes of a team cyclist – set against the backdrop of the notorious 1998 Tour de France. To mark the film’s release we had the pleasure of speaking to both the Belgian lead actor Louis Talpe, alongside the film’s Irish writer/director Kieron J. Walsh, as the pair look back fondly on a project that tested them in ways they didn’t anticipate – but in a clearly rewarding way, with an impressive collaboration now out there for audiences to indulge in – and we fully recommend that you do.
Watch the full interview with Louis Talpe and Kieron J. Walsh here:
Synopsis
A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life — and potentially the end of his career — at the...
Watch the full interview with Louis Talpe and Kieron J. Walsh here:
Synopsis
A seasoned support rider experiences the most dramatic three days of his life — and potentially the end of his career — at the...
- 12/18/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Louis Talpe, Iain Glen, Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Karel Roden, Timo Wagner | Written by Kieron J.Walsh, Ciaran Cassidy | Directed by Kieron J.Walsh
It’s been a funny old few years for the Tour De France, with some shocking truths being revealed about racers having taken illegal enhancements. At first it seemed like there was only one or two of the top level guys but then documentary after documentary started bringing the whole era of doping to the forefront and it was revealed that… Well everybody was into it, top to bottom! This is something that the sport is going to have to endure and dare I say it “own it”. It’s done now let’s clean house and move on.
Of course this does pose a little bit of a quandary. How can you “just move on” when there are so many interesting stories that can be told here.
It’s been a funny old few years for the Tour De France, with some shocking truths being revealed about racers having taken illegal enhancements. At first it seemed like there was only one or two of the top level guys but then documentary after documentary started bringing the whole era of doping to the forefront and it was revealed that… Well everybody was into it, top to bottom! This is something that the sport is going to have to endure and dare I say it “own it”. It’s done now let’s clean house and move on.
Of course this does pose a little bit of a quandary. How can you “just move on” when there are so many interesting stories that can be told here.
- 12/16/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Sales also made to Latin America, France, Australia-New Zealand.
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights from Independent to Kieron J. Walsh’s cycling drama The Racer.
It is scheduled for a theatrical and streaming release in the UK on December 18; Vertigo is partnering with Wildcard Distribution on the Irish release, for which a date is not yet set. Cinemas are presently closed in Ireland.
Independent has also closed deals for Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment); German-speaking territories (Ascot Elite); Latin America and Africa (Turner International); Portugal (Nos Lusomundo); Scandinavia (Selmer Media); France (Epicentre and Mondex et...
Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland distribution rights from Independent to Kieron J. Walsh’s cycling drama The Racer.
It is scheduled for a theatrical and streaming release in the UK on December 18; Vertigo is partnering with Wildcard Distribution on the Irish release, for which a date is not yet set. Cinemas are presently closed in Ireland.
Independent has also closed deals for Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment); German-speaking territories (Ascot Elite); Latin America and Africa (Turner International); Portugal (Nos Lusomundo); Scandinavia (Selmer Media); France (Epicentre and Mondex et...
- 10/14/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
"Why risk your life like that?" Gravitas has unveiled an official US trailer for indie cycling drama titled The Racer, made by filmmaker Kieron J. Walsh, and supported by Screen Ireland and Blinder Films. It was supposed to be premiere at this year's SXSW Film Festival, now it'll be on VOD this month. The film tells the true story of a professional cyclist named Dom Chabol, a Belgian support rider. After being dropped from the team on his last race in 1998, he is reinstated following a doping error. He's always been one of the best support riders ("domestiques") on the Tour de France, but had dreams to win it himself. The film stars Louis Talpe as Dom, along with Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Iain Glen, and Karel Roden. We featured a sales trailer for this earlier in the summer already. It looks like a solid film, if not a bit depressing,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Why risk your life like that?" Screen has revealed the first promo trailer for an indie cycling drama titled The Racer, made by filmmaker Kieron J. Walsh, and supported by Screen Ireland and Blinder Films. This trailer is to help promote the film as it is being sold at the Cannes Market coming up this month, although it has a Us distributor already, but no release date set yet. The film tells the true story of a professional cyclist named Dom Chabol, a Belgian support rider. After being dropped from the team on his last race in 1998, he is reinstated following a doping error. He's always been one of the best support riders ("domestiques") on the Tour de France, but had dreams to win it himself one day. Starring Louis Talpe as Dom, along with Matteo Simoni, Tara Lee, Iain Glen, and Karel Roden. This seems to be distancing itself...
- 6/17/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Independent will market premiere the film at the Cannes online Marché.
Independent has signed a North American deal with Gravitas Ventures for Kieron J. Walsh’s Irish cycling drama The Racer.
The London-based sales outfit is showcasing the film at next week’s Cannes online Marché. Screen exclusively reveal the first trailer for the film, above.
Set in summer 1998, The Racer follows late-career cyclist Dom Chabol, who has been one of the best support riders on the Tour de France for 20 years, but secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey once before his career is over. Walsh wrote the script with Ciaran Cassidy.
Independent has signed a North American deal with Gravitas Ventures for Kieron J. Walsh’s Irish cycling drama The Racer.
The London-based sales outfit is showcasing the film at next week’s Cannes online Marché. Screen exclusively reveal the first trailer for the film, above.
Set in summer 1998, The Racer follows late-career cyclist Dom Chabol, who has been one of the best support riders on the Tour de France for 20 years, but secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey once before his career is over. Walsh wrote the script with Ciaran Cassidy.
- 6/17/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
With the 2019 edition of the Tour de France having drawn to a close, the first image of “The Racer,” a film set during the notorious 1998 edition of the iconic bike race, has been released.
The real-life Tour de France was tainted by doping scandals in 1998, subsequently earning the nickname the Tour de Dopage. The opening stages of the world’s biggest bike race took place in Ireland in that year, before moving to France.
Kieron J. Walsh’s “The Racer” follows fictional Belgian rider Dom Chabol. He has been a domestique, a support rider in cycling parlance, for years. With the Tour about to start he is dropped from his team. After a doping issue disqualifies a teammate, he finds himself back in the saddle and with a shot at achieving his secret desire to wear the yellow jersey, which is sported by the race leader.
Louis Talpe, who starred...
The real-life Tour de France was tainted by doping scandals in 1998, subsequently earning the nickname the Tour de Dopage. The opening stages of the world’s biggest bike race took place in Ireland in that year, before moving to France.
Kieron J. Walsh’s “The Racer” follows fictional Belgian rider Dom Chabol. He has been a domestique, a support rider in cycling parlance, for years. With the Tour about to start he is dropped from his team. After a doping issue disqualifies a teammate, he finds himself back in the saddle and with a shot at achieving his secret desire to wear the yellow jersey, which is sported by the race leader.
Louis Talpe, who starred...
- 7/29/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Louis Talpe, Tara Lee, Matteo Simoni, Iain Glen board film’s cast.
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded cycling drama The Racer and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
Louis Talpe (Of Kings And Prophets), Tara Lee (A Date For Mad Mary), Matteo Simoni (Gangsta), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones) and Karel Roden (The Bourne Supremacy) lead the cast of the feature, which is being produced by Katie Holly (Love & Friendship) and Yvonne Donohoe of Irish outfit Blinder Films.
Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira of Calach Films is co-producing with Caviar Films’ Robin Kerremans and Dimitri Verbeeck.
London-based sales and production outfit Independent has boarded cycling drama The Racer and will be introducing the project to buyers in Cannes.
Louis Talpe (Of Kings And Prophets), Tara Lee (A Date For Mad Mary), Matteo Simoni (Gangsta), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones) and Karel Roden (The Bourne Supremacy) lead the cast of the feature, which is being produced by Katie Holly (Love & Friendship) and Yvonne Donohoe of Irish outfit Blinder Films.
Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira of Calach Films is co-producing with Caviar Films’ Robin Kerremans and Dimitri Verbeeck.
- 4/23/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The chosen projects include 23 fiction films, 6 documentaries and 1 animation.
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The chosen projects include 23 fiction films, 6 documentaries and 1 animation.
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
Thirty feature projects will receive production support from European cinema support fund Eurimages, it was announced in Montreal.
A total of €6,447,783 will be invested in 23 fiction films, six documentaries and one animated feature. Contemporary political themes are prominent.
See below for selected projects
Ahmed is the 11th feature to be directed by the Dardennes brothers, which is about a Belgian teenager who plots to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Wild Bunch launched the film at Cannes last month.
Also receiving funding is Daniel, the new...
- 6/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Titles include action thriller Spider In The Web and BBC drama series Baptiste.
Belgian audiovisual fund Screen Flanders is investing €1.99m ($2.3m) across ten projects as part of its first funding call of 2018.
The chosen projects include six international co-productions. Amongst them are Spider In The Web, an action thriller from Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride) which stars Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci. Telling the story of an elderly Mossad agent on his last mission, the film was shot mainly on location in Antwerp.
Also receiving funding is BBC series Baptiste, which is a spin-off of hit drama series The Missing,...
Belgian audiovisual fund Screen Flanders is investing €1.99m ($2.3m) across ten projects as part of its first funding call of 2018.
The chosen projects include six international co-productions. Amongst them are Spider In The Web, an action thriller from Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride) which stars Ben Kingsley and Monica Bellucci. Telling the story of an elderly Mossad agent on his last mission, the film was shot mainly on location in Antwerp.
Also receiving funding is BBC series Baptiste, which is a spin-off of hit drama series The Missing,...
- 6/4/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Latest Irish Film Board funding round includes $1.23m (€900,000) for 13th century epic.
New projects from Whit Stillman and Brendan Muldowney are among 12 projects to receive production backing from the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding, Screen International has learnt.
Savage and Love Eternal director Muldowney’s next project Pilgrimage, written by Jamie Hannigan, will follow a group of monks who must escort a holy relic across war-torn 13th century Ireland.
The Sp Films production, due to shoot later this year, has scooped a hefty $1.23m (€900,000) commitment, one of the Ifb’s biggest grants. Conor Barry produces with John Keville.
Subotica’s Unless, to be directed by Alan Gilsenan, and Newgrange Pictures’ Seeing Chris, to be directed by Tom Cairns, both received $683,000 (€500,000) while Billy O’Brien’s I am Not a Serial Killer got $410,000 (€300,000).
Whit Stillman’s Jane Austen adaptation titled Jane Austen’s Love & Friendship, set to star Sienna Miller, received $287,000 (€250,000).
Lenny Abrahamson...
New projects from Whit Stillman and Brendan Muldowney are among 12 projects to receive production backing from the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding, Screen International has learnt.
Savage and Love Eternal director Muldowney’s next project Pilgrimage, written by Jamie Hannigan, will follow a group of monks who must escort a holy relic across war-torn 13th century Ireland.
The Sp Films production, due to shoot later this year, has scooped a hefty $1.23m (€900,000) commitment, one of the Ifb’s biggest grants. Conor Barry produces with John Keville.
Subotica’s Unless, to be directed by Alan Gilsenan, and Newgrange Pictures’ Seeing Chris, to be directed by Tom Cairns, both received $683,000 (€500,000) while Billy O’Brien’s I am Not a Serial Killer got $410,000 (€300,000).
Whit Stillman’s Jane Austen adaptation titled Jane Austen’s Love & Friendship, set to star Sienna Miller, received $287,000 (€250,000).
Lenny Abrahamson...
- 2/11/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
“Jump,” the latest film from Irish director Kieron J. Walsh, is garnering comparisons to the likes of Doug Liman’s “Go,” and “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barells” and “Snatch” from Guy Ritchie. Those are apt comparisons given that “Jump” is a fast paced crime story comprised of multiple threads and numerous narrative layers. However, the puzzle of the plot is more complex, as Walsh’s script zips you back and forth in time. Watching “Jump” is like playing an engaging game, full of twists and turns, and the action keeps you barreling through the spare 81-minute run time. In a post “Pulp Fiction,” post “Sixth Sense” world, you’ll see some of these shifts and curves coming, but that shouldn’t dampen your enjoyment of the film. Over the course of a single night, New Year’s Eve in fact, “Jump” sets a collection characters on a collision course of violence,...
- 7/15/2013
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
ITV Studios will produce one-off TV movie The Psychopath Next Door for the UK’s Sky Living. Anna Friel (The Vatican, The Look Of Love) will play the glamorous titular character who moves into a suburban community where her magnetic personality hides her true nature. Described as darkly comic, the film is written by BAFTA winner Julie Rutterford. It will air in the fall as part of Sky’s Drama Matters block. Kate Bartlett exec produces for ITV Studios in the company’s first commission from Sky Living. Myar Craig-Brown is producer, Kieron J. Walsh directs. Drama Matters has also added Lawless to the lineup. Written by Torchwood‘s Jacquetta May, the series hails from Warner Bros.-owned Shed Media’s Twenty Twenty. Scott & Bailey‘s Suranne Jones plays a new judge struggling to navigate the justice system. Jonathan Cake (Desperate Housewives), Chris Coghill and Lindsay Duncan also star. Other...
- 6/28/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
An ambitious, multi stranded tale of existential angst and organised crime set in Northen Ireland during New Years Eve, Jumps tells the story of Greta (Nichola Burley), the daughter of a Derry gangster (Lalor Roddy), rescued from committing suicide by Pearce (Martin McCann), fresh from being roughed up by her father's thugs for looking into his brother's disappearance. Finding solace in each other, they set in motion a series of events that impact not only their lives, but the lives of Greta's friends Marie (Charlene McKenna) and Dara (Valene Kane), and traumatised thug Johnny (Richard Dormer). Working from the stage play by Lisa McGee, director Kieron J. Walsh (When Brendan Met Trudy) juggles the multiple story lines with ease, throwing in some chronological slight of hand for good measure. It moves at a great pace, grabbing the audiences interest from the opening frame, and switching between the three stories effortlessly.
- 4/26/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Above: Ernie Gehr's Auto-Collider Xv.
The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.
Galas
A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)
Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)
The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)
Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)
Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)
English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)
Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)
Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)
Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)
Looper (Rian Johnson,...
The vast bulk of Tiff's 2012 has been announced and listed here, below. We'll be updating the lineup with the previous films announced, as well as updating links to specific films for more information on them in the coming days. Of particular note is that the Wavelengths and Visions programs have been combined to create what is undoubtedly the most interesting section of the festival. Stay tuned, too, for our own on the ground coverage of Tiff.
Galas
A Royal Affair (Nikolai Arcel, Demark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany)
Argo (Ben Affleck, USA)
The Company You Keep (Robert Redford, USA)
Dangerous Liaisons (Hur Jin-ho, China)
Emperor (Peter Webber, Japan/USA)
English Vinglish (Gauri Shinde, India)
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch)
Great Expectations (Mike Newell, UK)
Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, UK)
Inescapable (Ruba Nadda, Canada)
Jayne Mansfield's Car (Billy Bob Thorton, USA/Russia)
Looper (Rian Johnson,...
- 8/22/2012
- MUBI
The 37th Toronto International Film Festival® will roll out the red carpet for hundreds of guests from the four corners of the globe in September. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Rian Johnson, Noah Baumbach, Deepa Mehta, Derek Cianfrance, Sion Sono, Joss Whedon, Neil Jordan, Lu Chuan, Shola Lynch, Barry Levinson, Yvan Attal, Ben Affleck, Marina Zenovich, Costa-Gavras, Laurent Cantet, Sally Potter, Dustin Hoffman, Francois Ozon, David O. Russell, David Ayer, Pelin Esmer, Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Andrew Adamson, Michael McGowan, Bahman Ghobadi, Ziad Doueiri, Alex Gibney, Stephen Chbosky, Eran Riklis, Edward Burns, Bernard Émond, Zhang Yuan, Michael Winterbottom, Mike Newell, Miwa Nishikawa, Margarethe Von Trotta, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, Gauri Shinde, Goran Paskaljevic, Baltasar Kormákur, J.A. Bayona, Rob Zombie, Peaches and Paul Andrew Williams.
Actors expected to attend include: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Chan, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Bill Murray, Robert Redford,...
Actors expected to attend include: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jackie Chan, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Bill Murray, Robert Redford,...
- 8/21/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The globe-trotting section of this year’s Contemporary World Cinema programme has your Sundance (in a pair of excellent titles in Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere and James Ponsoldt’s Smashed) and has select items from several sections from this year’s Cannes ranging from Pablo Stoll Ward’s 3, Yousry Nasrallah’s After the Battle, Aida Begic’s Children of Sarajevo, Catherine Corsini’s Three Worlds, Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Love, and they must see In The Fog a masterwork from Sergei Loznitsa and will be padded by world premiere items such as Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You, Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did and Sion Sono’s The Land of Hope (see pic above). Here’s the entire list of items that make up this year’s section:
3 Pablo Stoll Ward, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina North American Premiere For Rodolfo (Humberto de Vargas), life at home feels empty and cold,...
3 Pablo Stoll Ward, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina North American Premiere For Rodolfo (Humberto de Vargas), life at home feels empty and cold,...
- 8/14/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
As the Irish film industry counts down the days to the annual Galway Film Fleadh on July 10, Iftn is on hand to give a run down of all industry events taking place in the west from July 10-15. Ventura Pons (Caricies), Kieron J. Walsh (Jump), Marianne Gray, Elizabeth Karlsen, Ed Bruce, Ciaran Crowley, Liam Neville, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and actress Isabelle Huppert are among the industry names set to take part in a number of events.
- 7/5/2012
- IFTN
Production has commenced on the set of new Irish co-production, 'Jump!' from Dublin's Blinder Films and Northern Ireland's Hot Shot Films. Kieron J. Walsh (Sensation) directs the feature which is currently shooting in Derry and Belfast with stars Charlene McKenna (Raw), Martin McCann (Killing Bono), Ciaran McMenamin (Outcast). The film is based on Lisa McGee's play of the same name the story of seven people whose unrelated lives suddenly collide at the strike of midnight on New Year's Eve. McGee has adapted her drama for the screen and shooting commenced Friday, March 8th and will wrap on Friday, March 29th.
- 3/22/2011
- IFTN
Shooting is underway on the set of the second series of the Ifta nominated comedy series, 'The Savage Eye'. Shooting in and around Dublin and Wicklow for the next five weeks and directed by Kieron J. Walsh (Raw), the series will see the return of Dave McSavage (Dental Breakdown) alongside his co-writer John Colleary (Touching People) and his fellow impressionists Pat McDonnell (Father Ted) and Dermot McMurrow (Emily's Song). Each week 'The Savage Eye' explores one subject in its entirety using vox pops from members of the public to inspire the comedy sketches and unflinching rants from numerous fictional characters. Produced by Katie Holly (One Hundred Mornings), the show's director of photography is Patrick Jordan (Croke Park Lives).
- 9/8/2010
- IFTN
With two major Us productions set to film in Ni this year, Northern Ireland Screen are focusing on bringing local talent and productions to this year's Cannes Film Festival revealing five new home-grown productions in the works. The screen agency's profile is currently at an all-time high amongst the global film-making community. New titles include; 'Paddy Mayne', an action drama penned by Richard Crawford (The Abduction Club) and produced by Alistair Maclean-Clark (The War Bride, Octane, Heartbreak Hotel, Arn), 'Teenage Kicks', produced by Michael Kelly, Pete Foott is directing with Spence Wright (Red Mist) and John Cairns screenwriting; 'Jump', the creation of 'Raw' writer Lisa McGee with Brendan Byrne on board to produce and director Kieron J. Walsh (When Brendan Met Trudy); director Tom Collins (Kings) is planning the adaptation of 'Reading in the Dark' - based on Seamus Deane's award winning novel; and 'Parabellum', produced by Colin...
- 5/14/2009
- IFTN
Scriptwriter Roddy Doyle had massive problems getting permission to use some vintage film clips in his new movie When Brendan Met Trudy. Doyle and his director Kieron Walsh were refused permission to use a background clip of the late actor James Stewart by his estate. Roddy says, "We were told that his estate just wouldn't approve. It was important to use John Wayne as well, and his estate were initially reluctant, worried that we might show him in a bad light. But the complete opposite is true. These guys are icons to us, and they're icons to Brendan in the movie as well. I could write a book on the amount of calls we had to make to get the clips - but I don't think anyone would want to read it!"...
- 2/26/2001
- WENN
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