Best film nominees separated into 2019 and 2020 categories.
Tom Sullivan’s Great Famine drama Arracht and Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness story Rosie lead the film nominations at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards.
Arracht picked up 11 nominations from 15 feature film categories; with Rosie scoring nine.
Full IFTA 2020 nominations below
IFTA is finalising plans for a virtual 2020 awards ceremony in September; there will be no physical IFTA awards ceremony until April 2021. This year’s best film nominees have been split into two categories: five titles are nominated for best film 2019 and a further five have been nominated for best film...
Tom Sullivan’s Great Famine drama Arracht and Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness story Rosie lead the film nominations at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards.
Arracht picked up 11 nominations from 15 feature film categories; with Rosie scoring nine.
Full IFTA 2020 nominations below
IFTA is finalising plans for a virtual 2020 awards ceremony in September; there will be no physical IFTA awards ceremony until April 2021. This year’s best film nominees have been split into two categories: five titles are nominated for best film 2019 and a further five have been nominated for best film...
- 7/14/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Andrew Legge’s feature debut and Phillyda Lloyd’s ’Herself’ also receive production awards.
New projects from filmmakers Carmel Winters, Darren and Colin Thornton and Andrew Legge are among the projects being backed by Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) in its latest round of funding decisions. The body has also awarded production funding this quarter to Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, which is currently shooting in Dublin.
Winters, the winner of the Fipresci Prize for the Discovery Programme at Toronto for Float Like A Butterfly (pictured), is developing her next project Heron Island - a love story about a...
New projects from filmmakers Carmel Winters, Darren and Colin Thornton and Andrew Legge are among the projects being backed by Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) in its latest round of funding decisions. The body has also awarded production funding this quarter to Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, which is currently shooting in Dublin.
Winters, the winner of the Fipresci Prize for the Discovery Programme at Toronto for Float Like A Butterfly (pictured), is developing her next project Heron Island - a love story about a...
- 5/30/2019
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
’Avengers: Endgame’ aims to hold top spot for third week.
Warner Bros’ Pokémon Detective Pikachu faces a daunting task in trying to wrest the box office crown from Avengers: Endgame this weekend.
The feature is the latest instalment in the popular Japanese franchise, with Ryan Reynolds lending his voice and motion-captured face to the small rodent-like creature with powerful electrical abilities. It is the first Pokémon film to mix animation with live action.
In this story, a former Pokémon trainer Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) finds a talking Pikachu that once belong to his father, and wants to be a detective.
Warner Bros’ Pokémon Detective Pikachu faces a daunting task in trying to wrest the box office crown from Avengers: Endgame this weekend.
The feature is the latest instalment in the popular Japanese franchise, with Ryan Reynolds lending his voice and motion-captured face to the small rodent-like creature with powerful electrical abilities. It is the first Pokémon film to mix animation with live action.
In this story, a former Pokémon trainer Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) finds a talking Pikachu that once belong to his father, and wants to be a detective.
- 5/10/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Nika McGuigan (“Traders”) and Nora-Jane Noone (“The Descent”) are seen as sisters struggling to come to terms with secrets buried deep in their family’s past in the first-look image from “Wildfire.”
The film is Irish writer-director Cathy Brady’s anticipated first feature and currently in post production. Great Point Media is handling world sales and will have footage to show buyers at Cannes.
“Wildfire” tells the story of the sisters, who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past but uncovered secrets and resentments that have been buried deep threaten to overwhelm them. Filming took place in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Tempesta Films’ Carlo Cresto-Dina (“Happy As Lazzaro “) is producing with Cowboy Films’ Charles Steel (“The Last King of Scotland”) and...
The film is Irish writer-director Cathy Brady’s anticipated first feature and currently in post production. Great Point Media is handling world sales and will have footage to show buyers at Cannes.
“Wildfire” tells the story of the sisters, who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past but uncovered secrets and resentments that have been buried deep threaten to overwhelm them. Filming took place in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Tempesta Films’ Carlo Cresto-Dina (“Happy As Lazzaro “) is producing with Cowboy Films’ Charles Steel (“The Last King of Scotland”) and...
- 5/10/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Christopher Smith directing 1930s-set genre film.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) and Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) will lead the cast of director Christopher Smith’s horror The Banishing.
WestEnd Films is producing the project and handling sales at Afm. Principal photography will begin on November 5 in the UK.
Set in the 1930s, The Banishing tells the story of a young reverend and his wife (Jessica Brown Findlay) and daughter who move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend is forced to confront his beliefs.
Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) and Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) will lead the cast of director Christopher Smith’s horror The Banishing.
WestEnd Films is producing the project and handling sales at Afm. Principal photography will begin on November 5 in the UK.
Set in the 1930s, The Banishing tells the story of a young reverend and his wife (Jessica Brown Findlay) and daughter who move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend is forced to confront his beliefs.
- 10/31/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Great Point boards sales on Ireland and Northern Ireland-set project.
Nora-Jane Noone and Nika McGuigan will lead the cast of Wildfire, the debut feature of Irish filmmaker Cathy Brady.
The project is being produced by Tempesta Films’ Carlo Cresto-Dina, Cowboy Films’ Charles Steel and Samson Films’ David Collins.
The film follows two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is reignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep threaten to overwhelm them.
Nora-Jane Noone and Nika McGuigan will lead the cast of Wildfire, the debut feature of Irish filmmaker Cathy Brady.
The project is being produced by Tempesta Films’ Carlo Cresto-Dina, Cowboy Films’ Charles Steel and Samson Films’ David Collins.
The film follows two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is reignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep threaten to overwhelm them.
- 10/19/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Screen Ireland also received a funding boost in annual Irish budget speech.
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Screen Ireland also received a funding boost in annual Irish budget speech.
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
The Irish government has committed to the extension of Section 481, Ireland’s primary tax incentive for film and TV, until at least December 2024.
The measure had been due to expire in 2020. It also announced the introduction of a ‘regional uplift’ of 5% to Section 481, to encourage local and international production across the regions of Ireland.
Further details of criteria for this scheme will be announced in the forthcoming Finance Bill.
In his annual budget speech, the Irish finance minister also confirmed a budget increase of €2m for Screen Ireland,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize went to Peter Farrelly’s Green Book directed to Peter Farrelly. This puts it in prime Oscar territory — five TIFF audience award winners have won Oscars for best picture, including Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, The King’s Speech, American Beauty and Chariots of Fire. This is why TIFF is such a prime territory for acquisitions executives.
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of Green Book for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible for ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and ‘There...
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of Green Book for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible for ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and ‘There...
- 9/17/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain wins Midnight Madness award.
The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.
The Tiff audience...
The period drama Green Book from Peter Farrelly has won the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) 2019 Grolsch People’s Choice Award and bolstered its awards season prospects given Tiff’s recent track record.
Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali star in the tale of an Italian-American bouncer who drives an African-American jazz pianist on a 1960s concert tour of the South. Participant Media produced and financed Green Book through its joint venture with Amblin/Dreamworks, and Universal will release the film in the Us on November 21.
The Tiff audience...
- 9/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has triumphed at Tiff, winning the coveted Grolsch People’s Choice Award over films like “A Star Is Born” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Often considered an Oscar bellwether — “La La Land,” “The King’s Speech,” and “12 Years a Slave” are all previous honorees — the prize helps awards season take shape a week after Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” took home the Golden Lion from Venice.
Last year’s prize went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t the only People’s Choice Award, as Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” won in the Midnight Madness category and “Free Solo,” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, took home the Documentary prize. Other honorees include Wi Ding Ho...
Last year’s prize went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t the only People’s Choice Award, as Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain” won in the Midnight Madness category and “Free Solo,” directed by E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, took home the Documentary prize. Other honorees include Wi Ding Ho...
- 9/16/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize positions Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” in prime Oscar territory — five audience award winners have gone on to capture best picture, including “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The King’s Speech,” “American Beauty” and “Chariots of Fire.” In 2016, the prize went to “La La Land,” while last year’s award went to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Both were nominated for best picture.
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of “Green Book” for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible...
Peter Debruge wrote in his review of “Green Book” for Variety: “Featuring a pair of terrific performances by Viggo Mortensen as a goombah with a heart of gold and Mahershala Ali as multilingual composer-musician Don Shirley, the story may be unique, yet it goes pretty much exactly the way you might expect, with one huge twist: The credits read “Directed by Peter Farrelly” — which means this feel-good tour through American bigotry was made by one-half of the sibling duo responsible...
- 9/16/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff announced at an awards ceremony on Sunday.
The film, which tells the true story of an Italian-American nightclub bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who serves as the chauffeur for a black pianist on a tour through the Deep South in the early 1960s, opened at the festival on Tuesday and was an instant hit with audiences and critics, although Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” had been considered the likely winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Runners-up for the award were Barry Jenkins’ lyrical James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Alfonso Cuaron’s moving memory piece “Roma.”
Also Read: 'Green Book' Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
In the past, Toronto audience members voted by...
The film, which tells the true story of an Italian-American nightclub bouncer (Viggo Mortensen) who serves as the chauffeur for a black pianist on a tour through the Deep South in the early 1960s, opened at the festival on Tuesday and was an instant hit with audiences and critics, although Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” had been considered the likely winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Runners-up for the award were Barry Jenkins’ lyrical James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Alfonso Cuaron’s moving memory piece “Roma.”
Also Read: 'Green Book' Film Review: Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali Take a Perilous Road Trip Through the Deep South
In the past, Toronto audience members voted by...
- 9/16/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Peter Farrelly’s Green Book is the winner of this year’s sometimes Oscar-predictive Grolsch People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Last year’s winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri went on to be nominated for Best Picture and won two acting awards, but the ultimate Oscar winner for Best Picture, The Shape Of Water did not even make Tiff’s list of the top three audience favorites.
This year’s first runner up is Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk which Annapurna will release on November 30 and was warmly received at its Tiff World Premiere last Sunday. Second runner up is Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma which Netflix will debut in December and which recently won the Golden Lion top prize at Venice and is expected to be a major awards player this season.
The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the awards...
This year’s first runner up is Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk which Annapurna will release on November 30 and was warmly received at its Tiff World Premiere last Sunday. Second runner up is Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma which Netflix will debut in December and which recently won the Golden Lion top prize at Venice and is expected to be a major awards player this season.
The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the awards...
- 9/16/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
A lot can change in five to ten years and even more can unfortunately remain the same. When we first meet the Joyce family little Frances’ age has yet to hit double digits, her younger brother Patrick still clinging to their mom’s side. Their band of traveling Irish sing their folk songs and drink their stout, enjoying the freedom they live to protect — the same freedom outsiders love to destroy by lobbing racist and classist bigotry onto them as though they were savages. Michael Joyce (Dara Devaney) puts Frances on his shoulders to give the ol’ Muhammad Ali one-two while declaring her the greatest ever when a local Sergeant (Aidan O’Hare) arrives to cause trouble. The dust settles to show Michael leaving in chains, his wife tragically dead.
Writer/director Carmel Winters then fast-forwards the aforementioned span of time to show Frances (Hazel Doupe) has only grown stronger...
Writer/director Carmel Winters then fast-forwards the aforementioned span of time to show Frances (Hazel Doupe) has only grown stronger...
- 9/15/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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