Feature debutant Colm Bairéad’s Berlin-winning “An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”) was the big film winner at the 2022 Irish Film and Television Academy awards on Saturday with eight wins.
“An Cailín Ciúin” won best film, director and lead actress for Catherine Clinch in addition to a raft of craft awards. Bairéad also won the rising star award.
Creators Ciaran Donnelly and Peter McKenna’s “Kin” led the television awards with six wins including best drama, script for McKenna, lead actress drama for Clare Dunne, lead actor drama for Sam Keeley and supporting actress drama for Maria Doyle Kennedy.
Ciaran Hinds won both the film and drama supporting actor awards on the night for “Belfast” and “Kin” respectively. Overall, despite a slew of nominations, it was a disappointing outing at the awards for Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” which, besides Hinds’ win, won script for Branagh and nothing else.
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“An Cailín Ciúin” won best film, director and lead actress for Catherine Clinch in addition to a raft of craft awards. Bairéad also won the rising star award.
Creators Ciaran Donnelly and Peter McKenna’s “Kin” led the television awards with six wins including best drama, script for McKenna, lead actress drama for Clare Dunne, lead actor drama for Sam Keeley and supporting actress drama for Maria Doyle Kennedy.
Ciaran Hinds won both the film and drama supporting actor awards on the night for “Belfast” and “Kin” respectively. Overall, despite a slew of nominations, it was a disappointing outing at the awards for Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” which, besides Hinds’ win, won script for Branagh and nothing else.
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- 3/13/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Both have received 10 nominations.
Colm Bairéad’s debut The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast are the joint frontrunners for the 2022 Irish Film And Television Academy (IFTA) awards, with 10 nominations each.
The Quiet Girl is an Irish-language drama telling the story of a young girl’s summer break away from her dysfunctional family in 1980s Ireland, when she stays with a foster couple. It is set to receive its premiere as the opening film at the Dublin International Film Festival tomorrow, and recently won the grand prize in the Generation Kplus strand at the Berlinale.
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Colm Bairéad’s debut The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) and Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast are the joint frontrunners for the 2022 Irish Film And Television Academy (IFTA) awards, with 10 nominations each.
The Quiet Girl is an Irish-language drama telling the story of a young girl’s summer break away from her dysfunctional family in 1980s Ireland, when she stays with a foster couple. It is set to receive its premiere as the opening film at the Dublin International Film Festival tomorrow, and recently won the grand prize in the Generation Kplus strand at the Berlinale.
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- 2/22/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Nominations have been announced for this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Awards (IFTAs). Scroll down for the full list.
Leading the way with ten apiece are Kenneth Branagh’s much-fancied awards contender Beflast and Irish-language feature An Cailín Ciúin, which recently won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Both titles are up for Best Film, alongside Deadly Cuts, Swan Song, Who We Love, and You Are Not My Mother. Of those six, four are debut features.
For Belfast, Branagh will also contend for the Best Director and Best Script prizes. The film is up for seven Oscars this year.
On the TV Side, crime drama Kin dominated the field with 13 nominations, including Best Drama, as well as director, script, actor (twice) and actress. Vikings:Valhalla, the Netflix sequel of the popular historical show, received seven noms, as did BBC show Hidden Assets.
Leading the way with ten apiece are Kenneth Branagh’s much-fancied awards contender Beflast and Irish-language feature An Cailín Ciúin, which recently won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Both titles are up for Best Film, alongside Deadly Cuts, Swan Song, Who We Love, and You Are Not My Mother. Of those six, four are debut features.
For Belfast, Branagh will also contend for the Best Director and Best Script prizes. The film is up for seven Oscars this year.
On the TV Side, crime drama Kin dominated the field with 13 nominations, including Best Drama, as well as director, script, actor (twice) and actress. Vikings:Valhalla, the Netflix sequel of the popular historical show, received seven noms, as did BBC show Hidden Assets.
- 2/22/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” and Colm Bairéad “An Cailín Ciúin” lead nominations at the 2022 Irish Film and Television Academy Film and Drama award nominations with 10 nods across categories.
“Belfast” is nominated for best film, best director and script for Branagh, with a lead actor nod for Jude Hill, supporting actor recognitions for Ciarán Hinds and Jamie Dornan and a supporting actress nod for Caitríona Balfe, besides craft nominations.
“An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”), which won the grand prize at the Generation Kplus strand of the recently concluded Berlin Film Festival, was similarly recognized across the main categories.
“Kin” led the drama nominations with 13 nods, while “Vikings: Valhalla” and “Hidden Assets” had seven each and “Smother” five.
IFTA chief executive Áine Moriarty said: “What a spectacular line-up of nominees that have been shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year, after a record-breaking production year for the Irish industry. The work...
“Belfast” is nominated for best film, best director and script for Branagh, with a lead actor nod for Jude Hill, supporting actor recognitions for Ciarán Hinds and Jamie Dornan and a supporting actress nod for Caitríona Balfe, besides craft nominations.
“An Cailín Ciúin” (“The Quiet Girl”), which won the grand prize at the Generation Kplus strand of the recently concluded Berlin Film Festival, was similarly recognized across the main categories.
“Kin” led the drama nominations with 13 nods, while “Vikings: Valhalla” and “Hidden Assets” had seven each and “Smother” five.
IFTA chief executive Áine Moriarty said: “What a spectacular line-up of nominees that have been shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year, after a record-breaking production year for the Irish industry. The work...
- 2/22/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s Kev with a video review of Irish-set black comedy Deadly Cuts, a black comedy set in a working-class Dublin hair salon where the stylists become accidental vigilantes and community heroes as they take on the gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Written and directed by Rachel Carey, Deadly Cuts stars Angeline Ball, Ericka Roe, Lauren Larkin and Shauna Higgins.
Written and directed by Rachel Carey, Deadly Cuts stars Angeline Ball, Ericka Roe, Lauren Larkin and Shauna Higgins.
- 12/15/2021
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
The Newport Beach Film Festival is back and bigger than ever. Following 2020’s scaled-down, mostly virtual festival, this year returns to in-person screenings and events. Running Oct. 21-28, it will screen more than 300 films from 50 countries, hosting outdoor events, special honors and more.
“We’re so excited to be back with a full, live festival, operating safely of course,” says Todd Quartararo, the Nbff’s vice president of marketing and co-founder. “We are thrilled to give people the total festival experience.”
The festival will kick off with the world premiere of “Never Catch Pigeons: And Eleven More Hard Lessons From Mr. Paul Van Doren,” a documentary about the founder of the Vans shoe company that brings together the festival’s action sports and business constituencies. Along with the screening, an outdoor reception will feature skate ramps, demonstrations by Vans’ professional skate team, food and hosted bars.
“It’s a little unique for us,...
“We’re so excited to be back with a full, live festival, operating safely of course,” says Todd Quartararo, the Nbff’s vice president of marketing and co-founder. “We are thrilled to give people the total festival experience.”
The festival will kick off with the world premiere of “Never Catch Pigeons: And Eleven More Hard Lessons From Mr. Paul Van Doren,” a documentary about the founder of the Vans shoe company that brings together the festival’s action sports and business constituencies. Along with the screening, an outdoor reception will feature skate ramps, demonstrations by Vans’ professional skate team, food and hosted bars.
“It’s a little unique for us,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Paul Plunkett
- Variety Film + TV
Universal release, James Bond title “No Time to Die,” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second weekend in a row, but competition is waiting in the wings.
The film, Daniel Craig’s swan song as the iconic British super spy, collected £15.2 million ($20.7 million) and now has a mighty total of £52.6 million.
Another Universal release, “The Addams Family 2,” featuring a voice cast of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz and Bette Midler, held its own against the Bond juggernaut and collected a shade over £2 million in its debut weekend.
In third place, Disney holdover “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” took £558,408 in its sixth weekend and now has a total of £20.5 million.
Paramount’s “Paw Patrol: The Movie” collected £125,902 in fourth position in its ninth weekend at the box office and now has a cumulative £8.3 million.
Close behind, in fifth position, was Warner Bros....
The film, Daniel Craig’s swan song as the iconic British super spy, collected £15.2 million ($20.7 million) and now has a mighty total of £52.6 million.
Another Universal release, “The Addams Family 2,” featuring a voice cast of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz and Bette Midler, held its own against the Bond juggernaut and collected a shade over £2 million in its debut weekend.
In third place, Disney holdover “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” took £558,408 in its sixth weekend and now has a total of £20.5 million.
Paramount’s “Paw Patrol: The Movie” collected £125,902 in fourth position in its ninth weekend at the box office and now has a cumulative £8.3 million.
Close behind, in fifth position, was Warner Bros....
- 10/13/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The film has £52.6m, ahead of ‘Spectre’ at the same stage but behind ‘Skyfall’.
Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 8-10) Total gross to date Week 1 No Time To Die (Universal) £15.2m £52.6m 2 2 The Addams Family (Universal) £2m £2m 1 3 Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (Disney) £556,579 £20.5m 6 4 The Paw Patrol Movie (Paramount) £126,000 £8.3m 9 5 The Many Saints Of Newark (Warner Bros) £125,000 £1.9m 3
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Universal’s No Time To Die has surged to £52.6m from just 11 days in cinemas, comfortably retaining the UK-Ireland box office lead on its second weekend.
The film took £15.2m from Friday to Sunday,...
Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (Oct 8-10) Total gross to date Week 1 No Time To Die (Universal) £15.2m £52.6m 2 2 The Addams Family (Universal) £2m £2m 1 3 Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (Disney) £556,579 £20.5m 6 4 The Paw Patrol Movie (Paramount) £126,000 £8.3m 9 5 The Many Saints Of Newark (Warner Bros) £125,000 £1.9m 3
Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.36
Universal’s No Time To Die has surged to £52.6m from just 11 days in cinemas, comfortably retaining the UK-Ireland box office lead on its second weekend.
The film took £15.2m from Friday to Sunday,...
- 10/11/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Wildcard Distribution distributes in Ireland, UK.
Heading into the Cannes virtual pre-screenings event next month, Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights excluding the UK and Ireland to Irish comedy Deadly Cuts.
Rachel Carey wrote and directed the film, a Dublin International Film Festival Discovery Awards recipient for breakthrough talent that closed the festival in March.
Deadly Cuts follows a working class hair salon where young stylists Stacey, Gemma, and Chantelle and their boss Michelle accidentally become vigilantes and community heroes when they challenge gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Victoria Smurfit, Ericka Roe,...
Heading into the Cannes virtual pre-screenings event next month, Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights excluding the UK and Ireland to Irish comedy Deadly Cuts.
Rachel Carey wrote and directed the film, a Dublin International Film Festival Discovery Awards recipient for breakthrough talent that closed the festival in March.
Deadly Cuts follows a working class hair salon where young stylists Stacey, Gemma, and Chantelle and their boss Michelle accidentally become vigilantes and community heroes when they challenge gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Victoria Smurfit, Ericka Roe,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
This year’s edition saw the triumph of Christos Nikou’s Apples, crowned Best Film, and Tadhg O’Sullivan’s To the Moon, which scooped Best Irish Feature. It’s a wrap for the 2021 edition of the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, one of Ireland’s most prestigious film events. This year, the festival was held online from 3-14 March. Yesterday, the gathering was brought to a close with a screening of Rachel Carey’s black comedy Deadly Cuts. This year’s edition saw the triumph of Christos Nikou’s Apples, crowned Best Film, and Tadhg O’Sullivan’s To the Moon, which pocketed the Award for Best Irish Feature. Nikou’s film, premiered in the Orizzonti strand of the Venice Film Festival last year, is set amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia and follows the middle-aged Aris (played by Aris Servetalis), who finds himself enrolled in a...
Leading casting directors for ‘Avatar’ and ‘Normal People’ discussed how their roles have forever changed.
Leading international casting directors are now “traversing the planet” in a day and expanding their search to hundreds of international performers as a result of methods employed during the virus crisis.
Ireland’s Louise Kiely, whose casting credits include UK-Ireland drama Normal People and upcoming Ireland-Canada-us feature The Green Knight (produced for for Bron and A24 and shot in Ireland), discussed the ‘new normal’ on a virtual panel at the Dublin International Film Festival.
“We had a day where [casting director Karen Scully] and I started in...
Leading international casting directors are now “traversing the planet” in a day and expanding their search to hundreds of international performers as a result of methods employed during the virus crisis.
Ireland’s Louise Kiely, whose casting credits include UK-Ireland drama Normal People and upcoming Ireland-Canada-us feature The Green Knight (produced for for Bron and A24 and shot in Ireland), discussed the ‘new normal’ on a virtual panel at the Dublin International Film Festival.
“We had a day where [casting director Karen Scully] and I started in...
- 3/15/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
”We were able to reach out well beyond Dublin, which is fantastic,” said Gráinne Humphreys.
The Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) dropped its virtual curtain last night (March 14) wiith the world premiere of Rachel Carey’s Dublin-set comedy Deadly Cuts in in a year that saw strong audience build and increased sales.
Virtual screenings had their audiences capped, with many titles including the opening and closing films as well as Irish titles The Boys From County Hell and Son, and international festival favourites Limbo and Minari selling out well in advance.
There were several titles that were particularly well-received by audiences,...
The Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) dropped its virtual curtain last night (March 14) wiith the world premiere of Rachel Carey’s Dublin-set comedy Deadly Cuts in in a year that saw strong audience build and increased sales.
Virtual screenings had their audiences capped, with many titles including the opening and closing films as well as Irish titles The Boys From County Hell and Son, and international festival favourites Limbo and Minari selling out well in advance.
There were several titles that were particularly well-received by audiences,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Rachel Carey’s debut feature has its world premiere at Diff.
The Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) has announced the recipients of this year’s Discovery Awards for breakthrough talent, which aims to identify and champion emerging talent in front of and behind the camera.
Recipients include Rachel Carey, whose debut feature Deadly Cuts will have its world premiere as Diff’s closing-night film on March 14th. Set in Dublin, the film revolves around a group of hairstylists who take on a criminal gang which threatens their community.
Actor Hazel Doupe is given an award for her work on Kathleen Was Here.
The Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) has announced the recipients of this year’s Discovery Awards for breakthrough talent, which aims to identify and champion emerging talent in front of and behind the camera.
Recipients include Rachel Carey, whose debut feature Deadly Cuts will have its world premiere as Diff’s closing-night film on March 14th. Set in Dublin, the film revolves around a group of hairstylists who take on a criminal gang which threatens their community.
Actor Hazel Doupe is given an award for her work on Kathleen Was Here.
- 3/11/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Irish features and world cinema to run alongside Diff’s industry platform of events.
Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) is preparing to launch its first online-only edition with a line-up that aims to reflect the strength and diversity of contemporary Irish filmmaking alongside the best of world cinema.
“One of the aims every year is to try and find the key Irish films you want to include, because that is a very important aspect to the festival, providing a platform for new work,” says Diff festival director Gráinne Humphreys.
The 19th edition of the festival, which runs March 3-14, stays...
Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) is preparing to launch its first online-only edition with a line-up that aims to reflect the strength and diversity of contemporary Irish filmmaking alongside the best of world cinema.
“One of the aims every year is to try and find the key Irish films you want to include, because that is a very important aspect to the festival, providing a platform for new work,” says Diff festival director Gráinne Humphreys.
The 19th edition of the festival, which runs March 3-14, stays...
- 3/3/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
World premieres include Ivan Kavanagh’s thriller ‘Son’ and David Burke’s ‘The Father of the Cyborgs’.
World premieres of Ivan Kavanagh’s thriller Son and David Burke’s The Father of the Cyborgs are among the new Irish titles that will screen at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) (March 3-14).
The edition of Diff, which recently announced it would take place online-only due to the ongoing pandemic, has selected acclaimed world cinema titles including Korean-American awards contender Minari, Ben Sharrock’s UK comedy-drama Limbo, French feature Gagarine and Greek drama Apples.
Guests participating virtually will include Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth,...
World premieres of Ivan Kavanagh’s thriller Son and David Burke’s The Father of the Cyborgs are among the new Irish titles that will screen at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) (March 3-14).
The edition of Diff, which recently announced it would take place online-only due to the ongoing pandemic, has selected acclaimed world cinema titles including Korean-American awards contender Minari, Ben Sharrock’s UK comedy-drama Limbo, French feature Gagarine and Greek drama Apples.
Guests participating virtually will include Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth,...
- 2/3/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Ongoing Covid-19 restrictions end plans for hybrid.
The Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) has abandoned plans to host a hybrid event in March and will instead move entirely online due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
The 19th edition of the festival was due to run March 3-14, with plans to mix cinema, drive-in and virtual screenings, closing with the world premiere of Rachel Carey comedy Deadly Cuts.
But with cinemas in Ireland remaining closed due to the virus crisis and lockdown restrictions extended this week until March 5, festival organisers have taken the decision to move all activity to its new online platform.
The Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) has abandoned plans to host a hybrid event in March and will instead move entirely online due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
The 19th edition of the festival was due to run March 3-14, with plans to mix cinema, drive-in and virtual screenings, closing with the world premiere of Rachel Carey comedy Deadly Cuts.
But with cinemas in Ireland remaining closed due to the virus crisis and lockdown restrictions extended this week until March 5, festival organisers have taken the decision to move all activity to its new online platform.
- 1/28/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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