Film Ireland Podcast

Stephen Totterdell sat down with Barry Ward and Simone Kirby, who star in Ken Loach's latest film, 'Jimmy's Hall', a portrait of Irish communist and activist Jimmy Gralton, played by Ward alongside Kirby, who plays Gralton's former love Oonagh.

Unable to escape from the basement, Ruairí and Donnchadh give us their latest film ramblings, including the latest film news, open up their homework(The Day the Earth Stood Still & The Quiet Earth ) and take a look at stuff in the cinema, including X-Men: Days of Future Past, Edge of Tomorrow, Godzilla, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and more...

Ruairí and Donnchadh give us their latest film news, salute H.R. Giger, who died this week, catch up on films they should've seen but haven't - but have now(Punch-Drunk Love & Once Upon a Time in the West) and check out some current cinema releases - Frank, Blue Ruin and Transcendence.

The Act Of Killing: Q&A with director Joshua Oppenheimer by Film Ireland

Steven O’Riordan chats to Lynn Larkin about his documentary 'No Limbs No Limits' - a story of hope and triumph over adversity, a story of how human resilience can conquer all by overcoming many obstacles to achieve what others would deem impossible. 'No Limbs No Limits' is released in Irish cinemas 11th April 2014.

In Part II of this Film Ireland podcast Stephen Shields, Conor McMahon, Ciarán Foy, Conor Barry and Brendan Muldowney talk about the place of reviews, critics, bloggers and trolls in the age of social media; how audiences consume film; marketing film; 'Irish' film and the Irish accent in film. Stephen Shields is the screenwriter on RTE Storyland winner Zombie Bashers, Republic Of Telly, and Newsbag. Conor McMahon is the director of Stitches, Dead Meat and The Braineater. Ciarán Foy is the director and writer of Citadel. Brendan Muldowney is the director of Savage and Love Eternal. Conor Barry is the producer of Savage and Love Eternal and was selected as Ireland’s ‘Producer on the Move’ for this year’s Cannes International Film Festival.