Toronto Film Review: ‘Life’s a Breeze’
A family fortune goes missing, tucked away inside a discarded old mattress in "Life's a Breeze," another modest, character-driven fable from Irish director Lance Daly, whose crowd-pleasing "Kisses"…
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Director Lenny Abrahamson Poised for Breakout With ‘Frank’
Since his eye-catching debut with "Adam and Paul" in 2004, Lenny Abrahamson has been tipped as the most likely Irish director to follow Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan onto the international A-list.
PBS picks up Irish ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ to Air in the Fall
Irish reality show "Geneaology Roadshow" is hopping across the pond to PBS, which will air four episodes starting Sept. 23. In the U.S. version of the show, which will take place in Austin, Texas…
Irish Thesp Helena Carroll Dies at 84
Helena Carroll, an Irish stage, television and film actress died at her home in Los Angeles on March 31. She was 84. Carroll was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. She moved to the United States…
Review: ‘Luck of the Irish’
There's nothing like a nasty real estate battle to enflame racial hostilities. Kirsten Greenidge puts the match to one such bonfire in "Luck of the Irish," a play that observes a family of…
Irish-U.K. distrib Wildcard bows
Former Irish Film Board exec Patrick O'Neill has pacted with Irish production company Fastnet Films to set up U.K./Ireland distrib Wildcard Distribution, which launched at the European Film Market in…
Potter joins Irish Film Board
Keith Potter is taking up a new role as project manager in the Irish Film Board's production and development team. Potter joins Ireland's national development agency from Film Agency for Wales, where…
Irish send ‘As If I Am Not There’ to Oscars
Juanita Wilson's "As If I Am Not There" is Ireland's submission for the foreign-language category for the Academy Awards.
‘Bogman’ wins Irish prize
LONDON -- Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman have won €16,000 ($22,400) for feature project "The Bogman King" in the Untitled Screenwriting Competition, run by the Jameson Dublin Film Festival and the…
Review: ‘Route Irish’
Ken Loach's "Route Irish" explores the Iraq War through the eyes of private security contractors.
