‘True History of the Kelly Gang.’ (Photo: Ben King)
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang and Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 5-15.
Scripted by Shaun Grant and starring George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Charlie Hunnam, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis and Harry Greenwood, the saga of the Australian bush-ranger and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s will be among the gala premieres.
Moon’s biopic of the fiercely ambitious Australian singer Helen Reddy whose 1971 hit became the rallying cry of the women’s liberation movement, starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Evan Peters, Matty Cardarople and Danielle Macdonald, will open the special presentations section.
In addition, The Other Lamb, the first English-language feature by Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska, scripted by Australian Catherine Smyth-McMullen, will screen in special presentations.
The Belgian-Irish co-production is...
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang and Unjoo Moon’s I Am Woman will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 5-15.
Scripted by Shaun Grant and starring George Mackay, Russell Crowe, Charlie Hunnam, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis and Harry Greenwood, the saga of the Australian bush-ranger and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s will be among the gala premieres.
Moon’s biopic of the fiercely ambitious Australian singer Helen Reddy whose 1971 hit became the rallying cry of the women’s liberation movement, starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Evan Peters, Matty Cardarople and Danielle Macdonald, will open the special presentations section.
In addition, The Other Lamb, the first English-language feature by Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska, scripted by Australian Catherine Smyth-McMullen, will screen in special presentations.
The Belgian-Irish co-production is...
- 7/23/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
As part of the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh, Underground Cinema are proud to present the Irish Premiere of In View the extraordinary directorial debut of Ciaran Creagh whose previous feature Parked starring Colm Meaney was a winner at the Fleadh in 2011.The world premiere of In View was held at the Dallas International Film Festival in April 2016 and the producers are delighted to present the film for the first time in Ireland at the festival. When In View was written it was always the director’s hope that one day the script would be made into a film and not just remain words stuck in his head. According to In View’s producer, David Byrne, "It is extremely difficult to get funding to produce a feature film especially one of this genre. Everybody said we were mad to even attempt to make such a film. Never did we realise that so...
- 6/27/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Curzon’s on demand service will present a season of acclaimed Irish films including the award winning titles ‘Parked’ and ‘Waveriders’, starting from Friday, November 14th in partnership with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (Ifb). Curzon Home Cinema offers the very best in hand-picked, critically-acclaimed and award-winning independent cinema and, supported by the Ifb, presents a selection of quality independent Irish films to homes across Ireland and the UK from November 14th. The titles are: ‘Eden’ (2008): A powerful examination of marriage adapted by Eugene O’Brien from his own acclaimed play ‘Waveriders’ (2008): The inspirational and untold story of the Irish roots of worldwide surfing and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing ‘Parked’ (2010): A funny and moving story of an unlikely friendship starring Colm Meaney and Colm Morgan ‘Snap’ (2010): The feature debut from Irish playwright Carmel Winters is a taut and suspense-filled psychological.
- 11/12/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Home Is Where The Heart Is: Byrne Takes Up Fiction
For the decade prior to making his fictional feature debut, director Darragh Byrne helmed a number of Irish television documentaries that held implications of those who found themselves in various unfortunate situations, whether outlaws by chance (or choice, in The Underworld) or afflicted immigrant by law (as was partially the case in Mixed Blessings). Making the leap from non-fiction to fabrication with the socially conscious dramedy, Parked, Bryne continues to follow similar themes without rehashing worn material or sentimentally moralizing. Instead, the director takes a pair of downtrodden contradictory characters he could have plucked from one of his previous docs and rubs them together in classic odd couple tradition like a comedic experiment to see what kind of charge will result from the friction.
Long an Irish emigrant working odd jobs in Britain, Fred (played by a lovingly precarious...
For the decade prior to making his fictional feature debut, director Darragh Byrne helmed a number of Irish television documentaries that held implications of those who found themselves in various unfortunate situations, whether outlaws by chance (or choice, in The Underworld) or afflicted immigrant by law (as was partially the case in Mixed Blessings). Making the leap from non-fiction to fabrication with the socially conscious dramedy, Parked, Bryne continues to follow similar themes without rehashing worn material or sentimentally moralizing. Instead, the director takes a pair of downtrodden contradictory characters he could have plucked from one of his previous docs and rubs them together in classic odd couple tradition like a comedic experiment to see what kind of charge will result from the friction.
Long an Irish emigrant working odd jobs in Britain, Fred (played by a lovingly precarious...
- 11/29/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Colin Morgan was born on January 1, 1986. Anyone born on the very first day of a new year just has to be special. This young gentleman certainly qualifies. He was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland. His mother is a nurse and his father is a painter and decorator. He has a younger brother Neil who lives in Boston. At the age of 24 in 2010, Colin was honored with an Award of Distinction for his contribution to the Arts by The Belfast Metropolitan College. Colin attended Integrated College Dungannon and during his third year he won the 'Denis Rooney Associates' Cup for being the best overall student of that academic year. In 2004, after he received a National Diploma in Performing Arts and studying at Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education, he went on to study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland situated in Glasgow and graduated in 2007. While still in drama school,...
- 6/1/2012
- by jbonadona@corp.popstar.com (Julia Bonadona)
- PopStar
If you're going to make a movie that relies heavily on symbolism, you need either a particularly light touch, or to be bold enough about it people get swept away by your vision, no matter how daft it might come across on paper. Darragh Byrne's Parked has neither. It starts with that title, and the idea this is about a man whose life has stalled, almost literally - a nice, but pathologically self-centred loser whose declining circumstances mean he lives out of his car, and his fumbling efforts to turn things around. And it gets steadily worse from there.The great Colm Meaney (Hell On Wheels, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) tries his hardest in the lead, but he can't do anything for a film that...
- 3/19/2012
- Screen Anarchy
In no particular order, here’s a list of movies either based in Ireland or with an Irish connection. The Snapper The Guard 28 Days Later Disco Pigs The Actors My Left Foot Millers Crossing In Bruges Happy St.Patricks Day to everybody, no doubt the fighting, drinking and sheep molesting is starting. On the off chance that you’re not partaking in some mutton molestation today…or painting yourself green here’s some extras on the above selections from the crew here at The Movie Bit. Vic: For some vintage Colm Meaney (and his finest performance comes in Parked)and even if it is quite brief, some vintage Brendan Gleeson, check out The Snapper. Based on the Roddy Doyle, this is nothing but pure hilarity about pregnancy. And speaking of Brendan Gleeson, that dude has been in everything from Braveheart to Artificial Intelligence, but one of his finer moments has to be in The Guard.
- 3/17/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
★★☆☆☆ Darragh Byrne's debut feature Parked (2011), starring Bel Ami's Colm Meaney and Colin Morgan, is a disappointing example of contemporary Irish cinema, especially when compared to last year's triumphant and hugely successful comedy The Guard (2011). The film follows Fred Daley (Meaney), who returns from England without cash or employment, ultimately forced to live in his car in a parking lot beside the sea. This is where he meets 21-year-old drug addict Cathal (Morgan), who becomes an unlikely friend brightening up Fred's lonely life.
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- 3/13/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Chicago – One of the annual gems of the Chicago movie scene is the Siskel Film Center’s unmissable European Union Film Festival. It provides local movie buffs with the opportunity to sample some of the finest achievements in world cinema. For many of the festival selections, their EU appearance will function as their sole screening in the Windy City.
This year’s edition, running from March 2nd through the 29th, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Andrea Arnold (“Wuthering Heights”), Bruce Dumont (“Hors Satan”), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (“The Fairy”), Abdellatif Kechiche (“Black Venus”) and John Landis (“Burke & Hare”). Moviegoers will have the opportunity to see the latest work from some of the world’s most acclaimed and beloved actors, including Léa Seydoux (“Belle Épine”), Tahir Rahim (“Free Men”), Colm Meaney (“Parked”), Noomi Rapace (“Beyond”), Andy Serkis (“Burke & Hare”), Isabella Rossellini (“Late Bloomers”) and Ewan McGregor...
This year’s edition, running from March 2nd through the 29th, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Andrea Arnold (“Wuthering Heights”), Bruce Dumont (“Hors Satan”), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (“The Fairy”), Abdellatif Kechiche (“Black Venus”) and John Landis (“Burke & Hare”). Moviegoers will have the opportunity to see the latest work from some of the world’s most acclaimed and beloved actors, including Léa Seydoux (“Belle Épine”), Tahir Rahim (“Free Men”), Colm Meaney (“Parked”), Noomi Rapace (“Beyond”), Andy Serkis (“Burke & Hare”), Isabella Rossellini (“Late Bloomers”) and Ewan McGregor...
- 2/15/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Fred Daly, (Colm Meaney) quite literally does not have pot to piss in and lives in his clapped out car, which is permanently parked in the local beach car park. It’s a meaningless existence until young druggie Cathal (Colin Morgan aka BBC’s Merlin) comes into his world. The question is: will Cathal’s chaotic energy give Fred’s life the kick up the arse that it needs?
Starting off with an always brave dialogue free opening five minutes, Parked meanders along as Fred mopes about, either staring wistfully out to sea, washing in the public toilets, or trying to sign on. From the off, it’s easy to see that this ambling pace may be a struggle for those audience members with a short attention span and despite the appearance of Cathal entering the fray, we still never get out of second gear (my...
Fred Daly, (Colm Meaney) quite literally does not have pot to piss in and lives in his clapped out car, which is permanently parked in the local beach car park. It’s a meaningless existence until young druggie Cathal (Colin Morgan aka BBC’s Merlin) comes into his world. The question is: will Cathal’s chaotic energy give Fred’s life the kick up the arse that it needs?
Starting off with an always brave dialogue free opening five minutes, Parked meanders along as Fred mopes about, either staring wistfully out to sea, washing in the public toilets, or trying to sign on. From the off, it’s easy to see that this ambling pace may be a struggle for those audience members with a short attention span and despite the appearance of Cathal entering the fray, we still never get out of second gear (my...
- 11/29/2011
- by Harry Roth
- Obsessed with Film
Take Shelter (15)
(Jeff Nichols, 2011, Us) Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart. 121 mins.
After a year-long disaster-movie onslaught, apocalypse fatigue could well be setting in, but this one's worth the extra effort – particularly since it's less about the end of the world than the threat of it. That plays large in the mind of Shannon's modern-day Midwestern Noah, who sets about building his underground ark. His wife worries more about his mental health, and their day-to-day problems. Brilliantly constructed and performed, it's a domestic saga infused with haunting, unnamed dread.
50/50 (15)
(Jonathan Levine, 2011, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. 100 mins.
The Knocked Up of cancer movies? Not quite, but this is funnier and more frank than most terminal illness movies. Gordon-Levitt is a potential victim, to whom Rogen offers blokey support.
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
(Terence Davies, 2011, UK) Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston. 98 mins.
Davies again recreates postwar Britain, this...
(Jeff Nichols, 2011, Us) Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart. 121 mins.
After a year-long disaster-movie onslaught, apocalypse fatigue could well be setting in, but this one's worth the extra effort – particularly since it's less about the end of the world than the threat of it. That plays large in the mind of Shannon's modern-day Midwestern Noah, who sets about building his underground ark. His wife worries more about his mental health, and their day-to-day problems. Brilliantly constructed and performed, it's a domestic saga infused with haunting, unnamed dread.
50/50 (15)
(Jonathan Levine, 2011, Us) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick. 100 mins.
The Knocked Up of cancer movies? Not quite, but this is funnier and more frank than most terminal illness movies. Gordon-Levitt is a potential victim, to whom Rogen offers blokey support.
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
(Terence Davies, 2011, UK) Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston. 98 mins.
Davies again recreates postwar Britain, this...
- 11/26/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
★★☆☆☆ Despite accruing an impressive array of film festival credits, director Darragh Byrne's feature debut Parked (2010) is unable to compare in ambition or quality to recent notable Irish efforts such as In Bruges (2008) or this year's The Guard. All to often finding itself on the wrong side of whimsical mawkishness, the film follows the newly homeless Fred (Colm Meaney) who returns to Dublin from England with nowhere to live except his car.
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- 11/25/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
A mild drama about a man living in his car finds itself on a slow and winding road to self-discovery
Every morning Fred wakes up, pulls the seat upright and climbs out of his car. He hasn't had much luck on the housing front, so for now a Mazda in Dublin's Coast Road car park is home. Life would be grim if it weren't for Cathal (Colin Morgan), a fellow auto-dweller and unusually altruistic junkie, and Juliana (Milka Ahlroth), a kindly Finnish piano teacher that Fred (played winningly by Colm Meaney) bumps into in the local swimming pool. They're allocated their own diversions in this mild drama – Cathal's dad's disowned him, Juliana's a widow toying with moving back to Helsinki – but there's little doubt that we're heading on a pre-logged route: a slow and winding journey to self-discovery. There's a little action – drug dealers are after Cathal for €600 – and a little comic relief,...
Every morning Fred wakes up, pulls the seat upright and climbs out of his car. He hasn't had much luck on the housing front, so for now a Mazda in Dublin's Coast Road car park is home. Life would be grim if it weren't for Cathal (Colin Morgan), a fellow auto-dweller and unusually altruistic junkie, and Juliana (Milka Ahlroth), a kindly Finnish piano teacher that Fred (played winningly by Colm Meaney) bumps into in the local swimming pool. They're allocated their own diversions in this mild drama – Cathal's dad's disowned him, Juliana's a widow toying with moving back to Helsinki – but there's little doubt that we're heading on a pre-logged route: a slow and winding journey to self-discovery. There's a little action – drug dealers are after Cathal for €600 – and a little comic relief,...
- 11/25/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
'Parked', the directorial debut from Irish director Darragh Byrne (Starstruck, The Suicide Club) starring Colm Meaney (The Perfect Stranger, Whole Lot of Sole) and Colin Morgan (Merlin) has won the top prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg film festival, a festival dedicated to up and coming new directors. The award was collected by producer Dominic Wright and Colin Morgan at the festival on Sunday night.
- 11/23/2011
- IFTN
Magic Trip (15)
(Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney, 2011, Us) 107 mins
Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters' LSD-fuelled 1964 road trip is one of those seminal cultural moments you can't believe really happened, at least not like it did in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. But here it is, chaotically shot and narrated by the culprits themselves and painstakingly reassembled. That makes for a certain lack of perspective, and watching others having a great time isn't necessarily the same as having one, but the contrast between these turned-on teens and square 60s America is often hilarious.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (12A)
(Bill Condon, 2011, Us) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 117 mins
At last, some consummation! Bella and Edward's wedding comes a few movies too late for neutral observers, but the supernatural saga is in no danger of coming to an abrupt end, thanks to the franchise's determination to vampirically milk fans dry.
(Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney, 2011, Us) 107 mins
Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters' LSD-fuelled 1964 road trip is one of those seminal cultural moments you can't believe really happened, at least not like it did in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. But here it is, chaotically shot and narrated by the culprits themselves and painstakingly reassembled. That makes for a certain lack of perspective, and watching others having a great time isn't necessarily the same as having one, but the contrast between these turned-on teens and square 60s America is often hilarious.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (12A)
(Bill Condon, 2011, Us) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 117 mins
At last, some consummation! Bella and Edward's wedding comes a few movies too late for neutral observers, but the supernatural saga is in no danger of coming to an abrupt end, thanks to the franchise's determination to vampirically milk fans dry.
- 11/19/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Irish directors Darragh Byrne (Parked) and Risteard O'Domhnaill (The Pipe) are attending the Irish Film Festival London, which is being launched later today at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith London. The festival, which brings Irish film, documentaries, shorts and animation to a London audience, will run until Sunday 6th November and opens with John Michael McDonagh's 'The Guard' staring Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Part 1, Troy) and Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2, Hotel Rwanda).
- 11/2/2011
- IFTN
Colin Morgan, star of BBC1's Merlin, will be bringing his special brand of magic to the Queen's Film Theatre (Qft) in Belfast to open the Takeover Film Weekend on Friday, November 18.
The weekend begins with the Northern Ireland premiere of Parked. It stars Armagh-born Colin, who will introduce and discuss the film.
A story of friendship, hope and perseverance, Parked tells the story of how a proud man (Colm Meaney) living in his car is inspired by a young addict (Morgan) to become a better person.
Marion Campbell, Qft Education Officer, said:"Takeover Film participants from local community groups have worked together under the guidance of creative industry professionals over the past three months to learn skills in cinema programming, graphic design, event management and film-making.
"We are really proud of the programme they have put together, which encompasses a wide range of film genres and includes a Northern Ireland premiere,...
The weekend begins with the Northern Ireland premiere of Parked. It stars Armagh-born Colin, who will introduce and discuss the film.
A story of friendship, hope and perseverance, Parked tells the story of how a proud man (Colm Meaney) living in his car is inspired by a young addict (Morgan) to become a better person.
Marion Campbell, Qft Education Officer, said:"Takeover Film participants from local community groups have worked together under the guidance of creative industry professionals over the past three months to learn skills in cinema programming, graphic design, event management and film-making.
"We are really proud of the programme they have put together, which encompasses a wide range of film genres and includes a Northern Ireland premiere,...
- 11/1/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Up until now, it’s been a pretty amazing year for Irish film. The Irish film industry has had success after success. Enjoyable movie, after enjoyable movie. And I’m really glad to say that trend is now continuing, thanks to Parked. It’s the story of Fred (Colm Meaney) who lives in his car, in a seaside car park. A man of few words and at the same time a man who’s face tells a thousand tales. In between failed attempts at signing on the dole and successful fiddling with clocks, Fred’s existence is as barren as the ocean landscape he see’s through his windscreen. That is until Cathal (Colin Morgan) turns up, complete with his own car and drug addiction. Cathal almost instantaneously brightens up Fred’s bleak little world and the two become close friends, getting into a scrape or 2 along the way. As they grow closer,...
- 10/11/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Two Irish films have been selected as part of the European Film Promotion (Epp) at the Busan International Film Festival, which takes place in South Korea from the 6th-14th October. The Epp is now in its 14th year of its partnership with the Busan Festival. The two Irish features 'Parked' and 'Stella Days', directed by Darragh Byrne and Thaddeus O'Sullivan, are among the 20 European films in the Epp strand.
- 9/29/2011
- IFTN
Irish film has undergone a renaissance over the last decade, with new directors and world-class production facilities popping up north and south. Add to that mix wider government funding, new scripts that are more representative of life in modern Ireland and a stable of new and emerging talent achieving major star wattage globally, and you can say that Ireland’s moment in the sun has arrived. That’s why a new contemporary Irish screening series coming to Nyu’s Cantor Film Center on Friday, September 30 is so timely. Called Irish Film New York (Ifny) the six-film festival opens with the New York premiere of the remarkably absorbing documentary Knuckle, which takes a you-are-there cinema verite look the violent world of bare-knuckle boxing among Ireland’s Traveler community. Watch the trailers below Already the film has attracted major attention, and so the news that HBO is adapting the documentary into a...
- 9/28/2011
- IrishCentral
Critics are heaping praise on Irish productions following premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. Ian Fitzgibbon's 'Death of a Superhero' had its world premiere at this year's Tiff and critics are giving rave reviews of the Irish feature. Variety lauded the Irish/German co-production saying that “Fitzgibbon has achieved something special…the pic's general appeal will lie in its honest and touching performances.” Cast in the feature include Andy Serkis (TinTin, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Thomas Brodie Sangster (Nowhere Boy), Aisling Loftus (Dice), Jessica Schwarz (Perfume) and Michael McElhatton (Parked, Happy Ever Afters).
- 9/20/2011
- IFTN
Helsinki International Film Festival, which kicked off yesterday, will screen a programme of Irish features and shorts including box-office record breaker 'The Guard', Ian Palmer's bare-knuckle boxing documentary 'Knuckle' and Ripple World Pictures' Irish-Finnish co-production 'Parked'. Irish stars to attending the festival include Colm Meaney, who will be present for the screening of 'Parked' with fellow 'Parked' co-star and Finnish actress Milka Ahlroth, and director Risteard O'Domhnaill, whose feature length documentary on the Corrib Gas Pipeline 'The Pipe' will be screened at the festival. 'Knuckle' helmer Ian Palmer will also attend the Finnish Festival.
- 9/16/2011
- IFTN
Now in its eighth year, the San Francisco Irish Film Festival will screen ten Irish independent films at the Roxie Film Center this September. Ian Power's 'Runway' will open the festival ahead of its upcoming Us release. 'The Runway' is inspired by the real life story of a South American plane that crashed in a small town in county Cork. Galway Film Fleadh winning feature 'Parked'starring Colm Meaney and Colin Morgan will also screen at the festival.
- 9/1/2011
- IFTN
A new contemporary Irish screening series comes to Nyu’s Cantor Film Center on Sept. 30, 2011. The six-film festival opens with the New York premier of the documentary Knuckle, a visceral look at the violent world of bare-knuckle boxing among Ireland’s Traveler community, opening in theaters in December, 2011. HBO is adapting the documentary into a new drama series. Irish Film New York (Ifny) includes the Galway Film Festival-winning feature Parked, a story of friendship, hope, and perseverance between two ‘neighbors’ living in their cars starring Colm Meaney. Also new to New York is The Runway, a real life-inspired story of a South American plane that crashes in a County Cork town and how the town comes together to send the pilot home, with Weeds star Demián Bichir. Irish Film New York is partnering with the San Francisco Irish Film Festival and the Los Angles Irish Film Festival to bring the filmmakers of Knuckle,...
- 9/1/2011
- IrishCentral
The 2011 Dallas International Film Festival Announces
Award Winners
Jess + Moss receives the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature
Elevate receives the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature
Five Time Champion receives the $20,000 in Cash, Goods and Services for the Mps Studios Texas Filmmaker Award
If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front receives the Environmental Visions Award
Zero Percent receives the $10,000 Embrey Family Foundation Silver Heart Award
The Legend Of Beaver Dam, The Robbery and Paths Of Hate are named winners for Best Short Film, Student Short and Animated Short
Audience Awards go to Snowmen for Narrative Feature, Wild Horse Wild Ride for Documentary and The Legend Of Beaver Dam for Short
Dallas, TX, April 9, 2011 . For the second year running, the .Dallas Film Society Honors. presented by the Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation provided an elegant forum for the awards presentation at the Dallas International Film Festival presented by Cadillac.
Award Winners
Jess + Moss receives the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature
Elevate receives the $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature
Five Time Champion receives the $20,000 in Cash, Goods and Services for the Mps Studios Texas Filmmaker Award
If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front receives the Environmental Visions Award
Zero Percent receives the $10,000 Embrey Family Foundation Silver Heart Award
The Legend Of Beaver Dam, The Robbery and Paths Of Hate are named winners for Best Short Film, Student Short and Animated Short
Audience Awards go to Snowmen for Narrative Feature, Wild Horse Wild Ride for Documentary and The Legend Of Beaver Dam for Short
Dallas, TX, April 9, 2011 . For the second year running, the .Dallas Film Society Honors. presented by the Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation provided an elegant forum for the awards presentation at the Dallas International Film Festival presented by Cadillac.
- 4/11/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Cameras start to roll today on the Belfast set of 'Whole Lotta Sole', a new feature form Oscar nominated Irish director Terry George (writer, Hotel Rwanda, In the Name of the Father) starring Brendan Fraser (Crash), Colm Meaney (Parked) and Martin McCann (The Pacific). The comedy heist thriller will shoot for six weeks in Belfast. Lead actor Martin McCann is excited about the production, telling Iftn “I am going to love this one!”...
- 4/8/2011
- IFTN
The Dallas International Film Festival presented by Cadillac Announces Ann-Margret to receive the Dallas Star Award
Beautiful Boy, Ok Buckaroos and Soul Surfer named as the Centerpiece screeningsAll Selections in the Target Documentary and Narrative CompetitionsThe Dallas International Film Festival presented by Cadillac announced today that award-winning actress Ann-Margret will be honored with the Dallas Star Award at the upcoming festival (March 31 . April 10, 2011). This marks the first announcement of the prestigious Dallas Star Award Honorees.
Poignant dramas Beautiful Boy and Soul Surfer and the world premiere of Ok Buckaroos will be featured in the coveted Centerpiece screening slots. Fourteen films will vie for the unrestricted $25,000 Target cash prize in both the Target Documentary Feature and Narrative Feature Competitions.
The selection of Ann-Margret as a recipient of the Dallas Star Award follows a Dallas Iff Honoree Hall of Fame that features esteemed greats such as Sydney Pollack, Lauren Bacall, Adrien Brody,...
Beautiful Boy, Ok Buckaroos and Soul Surfer named as the Centerpiece screeningsAll Selections in the Target Documentary and Narrative CompetitionsThe Dallas International Film Festival presented by Cadillac announced today that award-winning actress Ann-Margret will be honored with the Dallas Star Award at the upcoming festival (March 31 . April 10, 2011). This marks the first announcement of the prestigious Dallas Star Award Honorees.
Poignant dramas Beautiful Boy and Soul Surfer and the world premiere of Ok Buckaroos will be featured in the coveted Centerpiece screening slots. Fourteen films will vie for the unrestricted $25,000 Target cash prize in both the Target Documentary Feature and Narrative Feature Competitions.
The selection of Ann-Margret as a recipient of the Dallas Star Award follows a Dallas Iff Honoree Hall of Fame that features esteemed greats such as Sydney Pollack, Lauren Bacall, Adrien Brody,...
- 3/9/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bosnian war drama As If I Am Not There received three Ifta awards for Best Film, Director and Script for the film's Irish writer/director Juanita Wilson at tonight's Ifta awards, celebrating the Irish film and television industry.
Martin MCCann was named Best Actor for 'Swansong - Story of Occi Byrn', while Amy Huberman was got Best Actress for 'Rewind.'
Pierce Brosnan and Saorise Ronan took home the supporting honours at the awards with Brosnan winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'The Ghost', while Ronan's part in The Way Back earned her the supporting actress honour.
In the international categories, 'The Social Network' won the best international film, with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning Best Actor. Annette Bening took Best Actress for 'The Kids Are All Right'.
Winners Of The 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards:
Outstanding Contribution to Industry...
Martin MCCann was named Best Actor for 'Swansong - Story of Occi Byrn', while Amy Huberman was got Best Actress for 'Rewind.'
Pierce Brosnan and Saorise Ronan took home the supporting honours at the awards with Brosnan winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'The Ghost', while Ronan's part in The Way Back earned her the supporting actress honour.
In the international categories, 'The Social Network' won the best international film, with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning Best Actor. Annette Bening took Best Actress for 'The Kids Are All Right'.
Winners Of The 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards:
Outstanding Contribution to Industry...
- 2/12/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Merlin, starring Colin Morgan, Bradley James and Anthony Head, returns for a third season on Syfy beginning Friday, January 7, at 10Pm (Et/Pt).
Few shows have had the sort of rough history that Merlin has had to survive, including the simple lack of attention, and fewer still are as fun and wild. Somewhere in the general category of such things as Hercules, Robin Hood, and Legend of the Seeker, Merlin finds us tagging along with the earlier versions of our Camelot legends. Uther is alive, and has outlawed magic, and Merlin is Arthur's squire-come-houseboy who has to somehow perfect his abilities without being able to use them openly. We have to get from there to the days that rise to mythic stature (so I guess we know who isn't going to die), all the while doing battle with a variety of beasts and baddies.
I was on the fence about...
Few shows have had the sort of rough history that Merlin has had to survive, including the simple lack of attention, and fewer still are as fun and wild. Somewhere in the general category of such things as Hercules, Robin Hood, and Legend of the Seeker, Merlin finds us tagging along with the earlier versions of our Camelot legends. Uther is alive, and has outlawed magic, and Merlin is Arthur's squire-come-houseboy who has to somehow perfect his abilities without being able to use them openly. We have to get from there to the days that rise to mythic stature (so I guess we know who isn't going to die), all the while doing battle with a variety of beasts and baddies.
I was on the fence about...
- 1/7/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Torino Film Festival audience members will be among the first in the world to see Darragh Byrne's 'Parked', at its world premiere on December 2nd at the Italian festival. The feature will join other Irish works such as Shimmy Marcus' 'Soulboy' and Colm McCarthy's 'Outcast'. The festival has also chosen to honour 'The General' director John Boorman and 'The Dead' helmer, John Huston.
- 11/15/2010
- IFTN
Principal photography commences today, October 5th, on the German-Irish coproduction 'Superhero' in Dublin. Andy Serkis (TinTin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) heads up the feature which is directed by Ian FitzGibbon (Perrier's Bounty), and written by Anthony McCarten. The film's other cast members include Thomas Brodie Sangster (Love Actually, Nowhere Boy), Aisling Loftus (Dive), Jessica Schwarz (Perfume, Off Beat) and Irish actor Michael McElhatton (Parked, Happy Ever Afters).
- 10/5/2010
- IFTN
Walking down a narrow track deep in the Forest of Dean, the cloudless, blue sky slowly becomes obscured as the trees grow ever denser. A light mist weaves its way around the ancient trunks.
It seems only fitting to find two characters of legend, Merlin and Morgana, deep in conversation at the end of the path, their silhouettes highlighted by a stream of golden sunlight breaking through the woodland canopy.
Then a cry of 'Cut' can be heard and, in an instant, the spell is broken as crew members set about preparing the next scene of the successful TV series, Merlin.
Now in its third series, the show is based on Arthur and Merlin in their formative years, with Merlin a novice wizard and Arthur a headstrong prince in a Camelot where magic is outlawed.
"There's a danger with fantasy that people take the light-hearted approach but I think you...
It seems only fitting to find two characters of legend, Merlin and Morgana, deep in conversation at the end of the path, their silhouettes highlighted by a stream of golden sunlight breaking through the woodland canopy.
Then a cry of 'Cut' can be heard and, in an instant, the spell is broken as crew members set about preparing the next scene of the successful TV series, Merlin.
Now in its third series, the show is based on Arthur and Merlin in their formative years, with Merlin a novice wizard and Arthur a headstrong prince in a Camelot where magic is outlawed.
"There's a danger with fantasy that people take the light-hearted approach but I think you...
- 9/30/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Irish production company Ripple World Pictures began shooting this week in Wales on the British psychological thriller 'Retreat' starring Cillian Murphy (Inception, Perrier's Bounty, The Dark Knight), Thandie Newton (2012, RocknRolla, Crash) and Jamie Bell (Defiance, Jumper, Billy Elliot) in co-production with the UK's Magnet Films. 'Retreat' is the debut feature of British director Carl Tibbetts who co-wrote the screenplay with Janice Hallett. Gary Sinyor (Leon the Pig Farmer) of Magnet Films is producing the feature with Dominic Wright (Lapland Odyssey) and Jacqueline Kerrin (Parked) of Ripple Exec Producing alongside David Frost and Michael Rosenberg (In Your Dreams) also of Magnet Films. Sony Entertainment have UK, Irish and German rights. Quickfire Films and Sc Films are handling international sales.
- 9/23/2010
- IFTN
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