FNI Wrap Chat
Film Network Ireland's Wrap Chat Podcast is the Irish Film Industry Podcast. Hosted and produced by freelancers. Founded by Paul Butler Lennox and Paul Webster in 2017, they were joined in 2020 by an exceedingly talented line up of presenters including Mia Mullarkey, Sean T. O Malley and Remie Clarke and more recently by the indomitable Georgina McKevitt, Mark Monks (who is also our engineer) and Luke Brabazon. It is a show about and for Irish filmmakers of all levels and industry enthusiasts. A library of personal experiences in Irish Film, Animation, Audio and TV. We're also delighted to welcome the wondeful Carla Lennon as a host focusing on the irish Animation industry. We endeavour to bring you regular interviews with the most exciting voices working in the Irish Film and Television industries, from directors and producers to actors and aasting agents to editors and cinematographers. Please Support Fni Wrapchat on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni Wrap Chat is available on https://headstuffpodcasts.com/ Spotify, Google podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever you get your awesome audio content. FNI@Home is currently bringing you regular online classes and events Please Check out our social media pages: https://facebook.com/filmnetworkireland https://instagram.com/filmnetworkireland https://twitter.com/Fni_film https://linktr.ee/fni https://WeAreFni.com for more #WeAreFni #FNI #YouAreFni
Episodes
November 24, 2023 • 62 mins
Friend of the show Ken Wardrop of Venom Films returns to talk to Luke Brabazon about his brand new feature documentary So This Is Christmas. We urge everyone to see this funny, beautiful and incredibly moving film in the cinema. It is the antidote to all the pre-Christmas madness.
Ken studied filmmaking at the National Film School, IADT. His short films have screened at many of the worlds most prestigious festivals including Sunda...
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November 20, 2023 • 34 mins
We can't believe we've done 200 episodes of the podcast, but here we are. We got to celebrate this milestone in front of an amazing crowd at the FNI Fast Fest screening in The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin last week.
We sat down with Cathy Brady and Mark O'Connor and had a wonderful chat about the life of a filmmaker in Ireland today.
Cathy Brady is a two-time IFTA-winning director, having won Best Short in 2011 for her first film Sm...
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October 24, 2023 • 32 mins
Paul Butler Lennox recently sat down with super-talented stunt performer and fellow Northside native, and proud Ballymunner Philip Condron.
Philip Condron, 32, from Ballymun, who runs Screen Combat Ireland training performers in martial arts and action training, has been working in the performing arts industry for four years. He was selected to be the stunt double for the top Hollywood actor’s character Pádraic Súilleabháin in a ...
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September 14, 2023 • 49 mins
On this weeks ep of FNI Wrapchat Paul Webster got to chat with the talaented Director of "Ballywalter" Prasanna Puwanarajah, Ballywalter is in Irish Cinemas from the 22nd of September.
A bitter-sweet comedy drama set in Ballywalter, Northern Ireland. Patrick Kielty (RTE's new Late Late Show host) is deeply touching in director Prasanna Puwanarajah’s debut feature.
Ballywalter, opened at the Belfast Film Festival in 2022. It subsequ...
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August 24, 2023 • 70 mins
Welcome back to a very special episode of Wrapchat! hosted by Mark Monks, we had the unique incredible opportunity to attend the Boyne Valley Film Festival recently. A huge thank you to Frank Kelly and his team for accommodating FNI and allowing us to delve into the world of The Boyne Valley International film Festival and the fantastic movies that were screened. The standard of the shorts this year has been nothing short of incred...
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August 8, 2023 • 53 mins
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July 27, 2023 • 51 mins
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Our special eps on the Animation Industry in Ireland, Continues.
Hosted by the exuberant Carla Lennon, these specials will delve into the world of animation, featuring interviews with some of the brightest names in the Animation industry.
In this series of special eps, we dive deep into the world of animation and chat with some of the most talented animators, artists, and voice acto...
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July 17, 2023 • 26 mins
A Couple of years ago we did a mindfulness episode where we identified a need for a mindfulness and wellbeing service on the island of Ireland. We felt that it was badly needed. In that time Minding Creative minds was founded and what an important service it is. Today we have the founder of MindingCreativeMinds.ie, Dave Reid to talk about its inception and progress.
Roll camera, roll with the pros at #WeAreFni 72 hour shoot and sc...
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June 29, 2023 • 61 mins
Joining Luke on this Episode of Fni Wrapchat is the fascinating and determined Screenwriter, Director and Educator Ronika Merl.
RONIKA IS AN AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER. SHE ALSO DIRECTS, AND RUNS THE WICKLOW STORIES FILM FESTIVAL. Having placed highly in both the Academy Nicholl Fellowship as well as the Austin Film Festival in 2019, she has since expanded her slate to contain more than 22 feature-length scripts. She has lectured a...
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June 19, 2023 • 48 mins
Fni Wrapchat Ani-mates! beginning with the incredibly talented Paul McGrath of Whackala!
Hosted by the exuberant Carla Lennon, these specials will delve into the world of animation, featuring interviews with some of the brightest names in the Animation industry.
In this series of special eps, we dive deep into the world of animation and chat with some of the most talented animators, artists, and voice actors in the industry. Eac...
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June 12, 2023 • 81 mins
Welcome to the second edition of the FNI Wrap Chat Podcast Fastnet Film Festival special, this is the second of two, which we recorded live from our lovely campervan provided by Rambling Rover.ie at the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull in West Cork.
Please excuse the slight noise as we were parked near the hive of activity of the festival hub.
Special thanks this week goes out to Windmill Lane for their support and we’re very excit...
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Welcome to a very special edition of the FNI Wrapchat Podcast Hosted by Paul Butler Lennox, Keith O'Grady and Paul Webster, this is the first of two we'll be releasing this week, which we recorded live from our lovely campervan provided by Rambling Rover.ie at the Fastnet Film Festival in West Cork in 2023! As always are excited to bring you exclusive interviews with some of Ireland's top filmmakers, actors, and industry insiders. ...
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May 22, 2023 • 45 mins
Joining Paul Webster on the podcast is writer and director, Ciaran Creagh.
Ciaran Creagh is a screenwriter, director & producer whose credits include In View, a feature he wrote and directed which won Best Screenplay at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Newcomer Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival. Creagh also wrote the feature Parked, starring Colm Meaney. Parked was nominated...
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May 19, 2023 • 112 mins
Join our hosts, Mark Monks and Paul Butler Lennox on today's bumper episode, sponsored by RamblingRover.ie @Ramblingrovercampervans
Join us as we bring you the highlights from Achill Island Film Festival, an annual celebration of Film that takes place on the stunning island of Achill in Co. Mayo now in its second year.
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Guests Include Tom Callahan from Chicago with his film, Good Fences and Belfa...
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May 10, 2023 • 34 mins
On this brand new Ep of Fni Wrapchat is Fintan Connolly and Writer Fiona Bergin. Hosted by Mark Monks. The creative minds behind the recent Irish Feature Barber.
Check out Barber staring Aidan Gillian, Still playing in the IFI and the Lighthouse this week.
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Barber’s initial investigation into Sara’s disappearance quickly darkens. Sec...
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Paul Webster was joined this week by two exciting filmmakers who are very much on the up, Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney.
They are an award-winning Irish director/producer duo from Longford. They wrote, produced and directed the upcoming feature film ‘Lakelands’ which stars Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People, Vivarium), Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone, Kin), Lorcan Cranitch (Bloodlands) and Gary Lydon (Banshees of Inisherin). ...
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April 21, 2023 • 64 mins
Paul and Mia sit down with director Sinéad O Shea to chat about her fascinating career and her stunning new feature documentary. Pray For Our Sinners tells the story of a group of citizens who resisted the status quo of systematic brutality against women and children when the Catholic church was at the height of its power in Ireland. We strongly urge you to catch this one in the cinema if you can.
Also, tonight is the night of FNI...
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April 5, 2023 • 26 mins
Joining Paul @paulbutlerlennox on this brand spanking new ep for a chat about all things Achill and the Achill Island International Film Festival @achillfilmfestival is the wonderful Emily O’Callaghan.
Why not come along to our Networking event on the 21st of April at 7pm.
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March 30, 2023 • 50 mins
Hey Film makers! Why not come along to our Networking event on the 21st of April at 7pm. At Northern Soul, Dublin Quays.
https://link.wearefni.com/springsprungnetworking for a TICKET!!!!
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After a little break we're back with the next episode of our podcast Wrapchat, Luke sat down with his old IADT classmate and Risi...
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February 27, 2023 • 46 mins
Why not come along to our Networking event on the 21st of April at 7pm.
At Northern Soul, Dublin Quays.
https://link.wearefni.com/springsprungnetworking for TICKET!!!!
Our New Bi Monthly event. You asked for it, Get your 10 euro tickets now or become a member on BuymeaCoffee.com/Fni
On this weeks episode of FNI Wrapchat. Luke Brabazon (Our Brand new Co-Host, Welcome Luke) sat down in the Podcast Studios with the immersive m...
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