Film Ireland Podcast
Covering all things cinema on the island of Ireland.
Episodes
December 12, 2025 • 77 mins
In this episode of Film Ireland Presents, we chat with Margo Harkin, an accomplished and masterful filmmaker who has been directing and producing fiction and documentary work for over forty years. Her films span many aspects of life on the island of Ireland, from chronicling Northern Ireland’s political history, to examining the systemic oppression of women, to exploring the healing power of creativity, and much more beyond. The Ir...
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December 5, 2025 • 46 mins
In this episode of the Film Ireland Podcast, we celebrate two great new Irish films.
First, Mo O’Connell chats with actor Carolyn Bracken about their feature Horseshoe, which is released in cinemas on 5th December. Mo, an accomplished actor herself, and a producer on the award-winning family dramedy, chats with about their Carolyn about their exciting new indie film.
Then, contributor Hayley Jorja sits down with IFTA-nominated fi...
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November 28, 2025 • 57 mins
In this episode of the Film Ireland Podcast, supported by Coimisiún na Meán, we shine a light on two powerful new documentaries.
First, we catch up with director Daire Collins to discuss Beo Faoin Bhfód (Buried Alive), the story of two Irish daredevils who vied for the world record for the longest time spent buried alive, which recently aired on TG4 and is now available to stream on the TG4 Player.
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November 21, 2025 • 45 mins
In this Film Ireland Podcast, we’re shining a spotlight on the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival (DICFF), which returns for its sixth edition from 27th - 30th November, to Tailors’ Hall, The Liberties.
First up, festival director Mo O’Connell talks through this year’s jam-packed programme.
Then we have a live recording from the first heat of the DICFF stand-up competition, held earlier this year in collaboration with Cult...
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November 18, 2025 • 69 mins
In the latest episode of the State of the Arts Podcast, host filmmaker and writer Des Doyle chats with Steven S. DeKnight, acclaimed screenwriter, director, producer, and creator/showrunner behind some of the most influential genre series of the past two decades.
Produced in partnership with Film Ireland and supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland through the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, the State of the Arts series explore...
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November 14, 2025 • 55 mins
In today’s Film Ireland podcast, we are delighted to partner with two wonderful film festivals. Last month at the Dinard British & Irish Film Festival, we caught up with acclaimed actor Bríd Brennan to talk about her extraordinary career on stage and screen, as well as her powerful performance as Cait in her latest film, Aontas.
We’ll also be reporting live next week from the Foyle Film Festival, running in Derry from the 19th to ...
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November 7, 2025 • 74 mins
In this Film Ireland Podcast, we're delighted to partner with the Cork International Film Festival, which runs until the 16th of November. In this very special episode, we highlight some of the standout films in this year’s line-up.
First, IMRO Award-winning journalist and reviewer Yuliia Riabova speaks with Aurélie Godet, Cork International Film Festival’s Director of Programming, about this year’s themes, approach, and the stro...
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November 2, 2025 • 70 mins
In this episode of the Film Ireland Podcast, we are delighted to once again partner with the Dinard British and Irish Film Festival, which held its 36th edition last month in the picturesque seaside town of Dinard, Brittany.
First, we chat with Dominique Green, Artistic Director of Dinard, who shares insights into the festival’s vision, programming, and what makes it such a unique event on the film calendar.
At the festival, Assoc...
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State of the Arts: Bestselling Author Catherine Doyle (The Dagger and the Flame) with host Des Doyle
October 27, 2025 • 64 mins
In the latest episode of the State of the Arts Podcast, host filmmaker and writer Des Doyle chats with Catherine Doyle, internationally bestselling and award-winning author of The Dagger and the Flame, The Rebel And The Rose and The Storm Keeper trilogy.
Produced in partnership with Film Ireland and supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland through the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, the State of the Arts series explores the cre...
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October 24, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode of the Film Ireland Podcast, we’re celebrating filmmaking, storytelling, and cinema across the island of Ireland - with a special focus on the Belfast Film Festival, which runs from October 30th to November 8th.
We begin with Rose Baker, Head Programmer of the festival, who shares insights into this year’s exciting lineup.
Then, we’re joined by writer-director Stroma Cairns, whose moving debut feature The Son and ...
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October 17, 2025 • 44 mins
In this Film Ireland podcast, Conor Bryce talks to Writer Rodney Lee & Director Bonnie Dempsey about their live-action family thriller TV series 'The Unreal'. Originally commissioned by RTE, series 2 begins airing October 26th.
In the first series, the Kelly family discovered they were actually fictional characters who had escaped from a 1980s TV sitcom into the real world. Now, one year later, the Kellys are just trying to live...
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October 13, 2025 • 69 mins
In this debut episode of the State of the Arts Podcast, host filmmaker and writer Des Doyle chats with Ciarán Donnelly, BAFTA and multiple IFTA award-winning Director/Producer, and co-creator of Kin. Produced in partnership with Film Ireland and supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland through the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, the series explores the creative processes, industry challenges, and new opportunities that both Iris...
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October 10, 2025 • 67 mins
In this episode of the Film Ireland Podcast, we are delighted to partner with the Dinard British and Irish Film Festival, which held its 36th edition last weekend in the picturesque seaside town of Dinard, Brittany.
The episode features filmmaker John Kelly, whose animated short Retirement Plan - winner of both the Jury and Audience Awards at SXSW - continues its successful festival run with a screening at Dinard. Our contributor ...
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October 6, 2025 • 42 mins
There was a lot to celebrate this Culture Night, as Newcastle West Film Club in Limerick marked 16 years of screening an impressive programme of films. Meanwhile, Coimisiún na Meán’s Sound and Vision Scheme has just turned 20 - and what better way to honour both occasions than with a screening of the scheme’s recent success, documentary Birdsong?
In Desmond Complex on 19th September, Coimisiún na Meán hosted a brilliant evening of...
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Presents: Johnathan Young, May One EP/former Original Programming & Production VP HBO Central Europe
September 29, 2025 • 50 mins
Today, we are partnering with Words Across Europe to welcome Johnathan Young, Executive Producer at May One and former VP of Original Programming and Production at HBO Central Europe.
Words Across Europe is an innovative, paid programme that provides participants with a deep understanding of the broader industry landscape, along with the confidence to navigate series writing for television. Most exciting of all, the programme take...
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September 27, 2025 • 45 mins
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Dave Byrne, Director of Sunphlowers.
This podcast has been made possible with the support of Screen Ireland.
Set against an agricultural backdrop, Catherine finds her husband dead in one of their glasshouses. In putting his affairs in order, the extent of secrecy and destruction her late husband Michael has left in his wake, forces Catherine to take a long hard look at the direc...
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September 19, 2025 • 61 mins
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks with Donncha Gilmore, Director of 'Girls & Boys'
Girls & Boys tells the story of rugby player Jace meeting aspiring filmmaker Charlie at a college party. Both attend Trinity, but their worlds couldn’t be more different—Charlie is trans, her circle full of queer artists and creatives, while Jace sticks with the more straight-laced camaraderie of his rugby teammates. When the party is...
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September 12, 2025 • 41 mins
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Ciarán Kissane, Director of Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO).
This podcast has been made possible with the support of Screen Ireland.
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IFCO & Screen Ireland: Classify an Irish Short Film
As part of this year’s Culture Night, the Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) and Screen Ireland invite visitors behind th...
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September 5, 2025 • 48 mins
The Meath Film Festival takes place at the Solstice in Navan on 13-14 September 2025, full details are on the website at Meathfilm.ie
In this Film Ireland podcast, shorts programmer for the festival and Film Ireland contributor Mick Jordan talks to director Steven Benedict about his new film A Lady of Paris, which is screening at the festival.
Steven Benedict
Steven Benedict is a multi-award-winning writer, producer, and director...
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August 29, 2025 • 41 mins
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Alan O'Gorman, Writer of 'Christy'.
17-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. Kicked out of his suburban foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane and his young family. As far as Shane is concerned this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork's working-class Northside. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he ...
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