Irish eyes are definitely smiling this afternoon as Irish films, filmmakers and actors picked up 9 Academy Award nominations.
Two Irish films, Room and Brooklyn, have been nominated for the University of Southern California Libraries Scripter Award.
Fingal Film Festival announces its schedule for 2016, which kicks off on Friday 30th September and runs till Sunday 2nd October 2016 at Movies@Swords.
Irish films Room wins Best Film and Brooklyn wins the Audience Award at the 2015 Twin Cities Film Festival, Minnesota.
Irish-Canadian co-production Room, from director Lenny Abrahamson, won big at last night's Canadian Screen Awards. The film took nine prizes.
First image from Lenny Abrahamson's Room, an adaptation of the Emma Donoghue novel, starring Brie Larson, William H. Macy, and Jacob Tremblay.
Shooting begins on Lenny Abrahamson's Room, an adaptation of the Emma Donoghue novel, starring Brie Larson, William H. Macy, and Jacob Tremblay.
The Irish Film Board has released their new trailer for Irish film in 2016, featuring Room, Brooklyn, Mammal, My Name is Emily, Sing Street, Viva, and Traders.
One Irish film will play in competition, with 9 more screening, and 14 attempting to acquire distribution at the 2015 Berlinale/European Film Market.
Perhaps a few stops down from essential, but Room is still quietly devastating thanks to two sublime lead performances.