FNI Wrap Chat

On this episode of FNI WRAPCHAT (after a short break) PBL is joined by

a shining example of grit, determination and resilience, which could all take a lead from. Kamila Dydyna. 

Kamila talks about her real life experiences being a Jehovah's Witness and how that experience shaped her latest film and she talks about how she managed to fundraise a successful crowdfunding campaign of 20 thousand euro for the project. 

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Kamila Dydyna is an actress and filmmaker based in Dublin. 

 Her debut short film Testimony, starring Neill Fleming and Clodagh Downing, was screened in festivals in Ireland, Europe, U.S.A. and Australia. It picked up multiple award nominations along the way, including Best Director at the BAFTA-qualifying Underwire Film Festival in London and IMDb New Filmmaker Award at the Bath Film Festival.   Her second film, The Betrayal (co-directed with Natasha Waugh, starring Miriam Devitt and Mark McAuley) premiered at the GAZE International LGBT Film Festival in Dublin. Kamila received a Best Actress nomination for her portrayal of Nel, The Betrayal's protagonist, at the Dublin Underground Cinema Awards. The film, featuring music by Nick Cave, Ryan Vail & Conor Walsh, was broadcast on RTE and included in The Irish Times list of best TV programs of the week. 

Her acting work includes performances in Dear Ireland Continues (Abbey Theatre), My Name Is Language (Dublin Theatre Festival) and Normal (Smock Alley Theatre/ Restless Ecstasy Theatre Company).  She’s currently in post-production on her 3rd short, Debutante, a contemporary drama set in the world of Irish Jehovah’s Witnesses, which was shot between the two pandemic lockdowns of 2020.

There's also a whole back catalogue of over 100 Episodes with some incredibly kind and gracious people. So check us out on Fni Wrapchat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google podcasts of course on the Headstuff Podcast Network.

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This time, joining Mia on Fni Wrapchat is one of Ireland's finest, Actors, performers and visual artists. Olwen Fouéré.

Wrapchat is sponsored by Wildcard Distribution, Film Equipment Store and Octovid.com. Mixed by Bedford and hosted on the Headstuff podcast Network. 

Olwen Fouéré is an actress and writer/director in theatre, film and visual arts. She was born on the west coast of Ireland of Breton parents Yann Fouéré and Marie-Magdeleine Mauger. In 2020, she was listed at number 22 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She is the recipient of some of the highest accolades in Irish Theatre over many many years and carries an almost mythical reputation amongst the performing arts.

Some recent stage work includes the role of 3 in Ballyturk written and directed by Enda Walsh (Abbey Theatre, Dublin and St Ann’s Warehouse, New York 2018) and Unwoman III by The Rabble (Dublin 2018 and Melbourne, Australia 2019).

We don't have enough space to mention them all here. 

Recent film work includes Violet Gibson, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald, Mandy, Beast, Sea Fever, and The Survivalist by Stephen Fingleton for which she received an IFTA nomination.

Olwen will soon feature in the reboot of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

What an inspirational woman. What an incredible career, What lucky people we are to listen.

We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct. THIS FRIDAY, We're also joined by Ciaran Foy (Insidius 2, Eli (Netflix)

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On this week's Episode of FNI Wrap Chat is one of Ireland's hardest working and most dedicated actors of stage and screen. Ian Lloyd Anderson.

Ian is an Actor's Actor, with a great sense of humour, Ian is a brilliant example of grit, talent and determination. From his brilliant turn in Dublin Old School (stage and screen) to his latest film, working with Clare Dunne on Herself, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, Iron Lady). PBL and Seán T. Ó Meallaigh had a very Frank chat about all things daddy bedtime stories with his kids, the importance of staying sharp, fighting for parts and dealing with rejection and the downside to Acting and the creative life.

****This is an unmissable podcast for actors in particular.

A graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting; Ian was recently awarded best supporting actor at the Irish Times Theatre awards for his performance in Druid Theatre’s Beacon at The Gate Theatre. He can now be seen on screen in season 2 of Blood opposite Adrian Dunbar and Grainne Keenan on Virgin Media One.

Film/TV credits include:

Herself (Element Pictures, Dir: Phyllida Lloyd), Wastewater, Headcases (RTÉ), Honest (IFB Short Film), Dublin Old School (Element Pictures, Dir: Dave Tynan), They Shoot People (Short), Leave (Short), Game of Thrones (HBO), Love/Hate (RTÉ, Dir: Dave Caffrey), Standby (Black Sheep Productions), Scratch (Short), Raw, The Clinic (RTÉ) & Dorothy Mills (Octagon Films).

Theatre credits include:

The Cherry Orchard (Druid Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Beacon (The Gate Theatre, Dir: Garry Hynes), Evening Train (Everyman Theatre, Dir: Annabelle Comyn), In Our Veins (The Peacock Theatre), Dublin Old School (The Project Arts Centre), Come on Home (The Peacock Theatre), Plough and the Stars (Lyric Hammersmith/Gaiety Theatre), Common (The National Theatre), Sive, The Risen People, Major Barbara, Shibari, Alice in Funderland, Macbeth, The Rivals and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The Abbey Theatre), Every Doris Has His Day, Big Ole Piece of Cake, Bruising of Clouds (Fishamble: The New Play Company), Richard III (Fast and Loose Theatre Company), Ride On Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Livin’ Dred Theatre Company), End Time (Project Arts Centre), Danti Dan (Galloglass Theatre Company), The Colleen Bawn (Bedrock Productions and Project Arts Centre), Bad Sunday (TILT Theatre Company), Ferry Tales and 50 Ways to leave Dun Laoghaire (BDNC and Carpet Theatre Company).

FNI Connect (funded by ScreenSkills Ireland) continues this OCT with former head of development at British Screen Stephen Cleary for a world-class workshop on development for producers and directors. Also, our Very own Wrap Chat host, IFTA nominated and award-winning documentary director, Paul Webster for his course 'Finding the Story: Documentary. '

And it's free. Thanks to Screenskills Ireland.

www.WeAreFni.com/connect to register for tics. Applicants will be emailed code for classes afterwards. 

We also have our brand new national networking evening for Writers/Directors/Producers (Only) on the 30th Oct.

*Hopin and work the room. Places FLYING SO BOOK HERE ASAP. FREE!!

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In our first FNI Wrapchat Build episode, hosts Ray Mongey and Stephen Fagan speak with Laura Elizabeth of Client Portal, a simple to use project management tool to help you manage all your client projects.

Fni Wrapchat Build is mixed by Bedford, Produced by the Headstuff Podcast Network and Sponsored by Film Equipment Hire, Wildcard Distribution and The Octovid Player. 

Laura Elizabeth

Client Portal, Founder - www.client-portal.io

Design Academy, Founder - www.designacademy.io

Project Pack, Founder - www.projectpack.co

Laura Elizabeth is a designer and the founder of 3 products: Client Portal (a super simply way to store your clients' deliverables), Design Academy (a design course for developers), and Project Pack (sets of templates and documents for freelancers and agencies). 

She loves helping creative businesses improve their workflows, project management skills, and design through both free and premium products.

Check our her free course on giving clients a 5-star experience here: www.clientexperiencecourse.com

And for a free 6-day masterclass in improving your design skills: www.learndesigncourse.com

Set yourself apart from your competitors by giving your customers a professional, organised client portal. Client Portal integrates with WordPress to help you manage your client projects... without the bulky project management software.

Use the code fnibuild for 10%off www.client-portal.io

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This week, Reporting for FNI Wrapchat duty is "The Colonel", One of the industry's most likable and respected figures; Tony Kearns.

Tony is also a Leeds United Supporter so is in great form at the moment.

Tony is a highly experienced, BAFTA nominated, film editor who has worked on music videos for the likes of "Radiohead", "The Prodigy" "Coldplay" and "The Chemical Bros", Numerous TV commercials, short films, feature films including The Lodgers, Cardboard Gangsters and various TV drama recently.

His most notable recent work has been the interactive Black Mirror film Bandersnatch and episodes 1 to 4 of the second series of The End Of The F***ing World. He lives near Dublin and has worked extensively in Dublin, London and other European locations.

He has his own cutting room at his home and is highly experienced at working remotely on a variety of projects. Tony works on Premiere Pro and Avid.

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For this Episode, Paul Webster is joined on co-hosting duty by friend of the show and great actor and creative, Steve Gunn. Thanks for helping out Steve.

The lads are joined by a brilliant figure in the independent film scene in Ireland and director of one of the most successful Irish Movies released in 2020, "Broken Law" Gentleman, Paddy Slattery. 

Paddy Slattery is an award winning writer/director/producer from Offaly. A proud Midlands man; Paddy has had an exceptional route into filmmaking and is widely regarded by everyone in the Irish Film and Tv as a gentleman.

Broken Law is Paddy's debut feature that was many years in the making after a number of successful short films and producing work.

Broken Law features his long time collaborator Tristan Heanue alongside Graham Earley, Gemma-Leah Devereux and an all Irish cast.

Broken Law is Produced by Failsafe Films and supported by Screen Ireland and is currently in Irish Cinemas now.

Fni Wrapchat is available on Spotify, Google podcasts, Apple Podcasts and on the Headstuff Podcast Network.

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https://www.standmantra.com/ for more about Paddy.

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Fergal Costello. Ep 120.

Fergal's Visual Flair, Sense of humour and Directing style has been gathering notice for some time now. He is an award winning Director of Adverts, Music videos, TV and despite his recent success, you'd never guess.

His work on the Short Film "Brain in Gear"in 2019 was rewarded in 2020 with a BAFTA award and our very own Sean T, Dropped everything to get the Skinny on the Alter Ego British/Irish Comedy Short.

Fergal is from Carlow and began his career as a Director on Irish Academy Award winning comedy show Republic of Telly. During his two-year run on Republic, Fergal directed a range of viral sketches and short films and directed two award winning commercials. In 2017, Fergal picked up three coveted Kinsale Shark Awards for Best Director, Best New Irish Director and Best Low Budget Music Video for his music video work.So far in 2018, Fergal has won Best Newly Signed Director at The Shiny Awards in The Mill, London as well as Best Music Video at the 2018 YDA's for his piece "Way to Love". He's in the process of developing his first feature film at the moment, it's currently called "Untitled Awesome Horror Film" in his Google Docs. 

See some of his work here:

https://jumperproductions.ie/fergalcostello

http://fergalcostellofilm.com/

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This week joining our new Awesome host and Filmmaker Mia Mullarkey for a very special chat is Filmmaker Myles O’Reilly.

Fni Wrapchat is mixed by Bedford, Produced by the Headstuff Podcast Network and Sponsored by Film Equipment hire and Wildcard Distribution.

Myles O’Reilly is a musician, composer and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. Since first lifting a camera in 2010, multi tasking O’Reilly has filmed, directed and edited over 100 music video promo’s and 20+ music documentaries of Irish musicians at home and abroad, some of which include Glen Hansard, Villagers, Imelda May, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds, Sinead O’Connor and Lisa Hannigan alongside other International artists such as Hollywood sound track virtuoso Ernst Reijseger, Icelandic artists Soléy, Múm and Amiina, US soul phenomenon Janelle Monae and UK folk trio The Staves.

Early life as a working musician began for Myles in 2003 with the band Juno Falls. Signed for two albums by Sony UK and then V2 records,  Juno Falls disbanded in 2010. Ten years later and in a global pandemic lockdown, Myles returned to making music and has since composed, recorded and released a plethora of works in the ‘ambient’ music genre under the moniker Indistinct chatter.

Since beginning a Pateron account in 2018 enabling followers to fund his film projects, O’Reilly’s camera lens is increasingly more focused on discovering and supporting little-known emerging artists, to help “represent some of the most talented but hard to pigeonhole musical visionaries in Ireland today”. Now almost a full time vocation, his efforts to seek out and endorse new music extends to the curation of an annual rising-artist stage at the renown Body&Soul festival, and the production of a critically acclaimed web series This Ain’t No Disco, co-created with eminent Irish broadcaster Donal Dineen of ‘No Disco’ fame.

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Recently PBL was joined by old pal, Friend of FNI and SuperDUB Stephen Fagan for the show.

Fni Wrapchat is mixed by Bedford, Produced by the Headstuff Podcast Network and Sponsored by Film Equipment hire and Wildcard Distribution.

Stephen Fagan is a Dublin born Animation Producer, Coach and Managing Director of the new Animation Studio Meala.

Stephen started his studies in animation production at Dublin’s Ballyfermot Senior College. After working in various animation and creative roles Stephen developed a passion for empowering creativity in people and sees animation production as the ultimate form of creative expression and collaboration.

As a company Director, Coach and Mentor working closely with Animation Skillnet, Screen Leaders and Screenskills Ireland, Stephen is a brilliantly engaging guest with an insight to a variety of creative roles, who tells things the way they really are.

(No kissing , straight in)

We talk about all things animation in Ireland, the importance of representation across the country and what the future holds for the industry and his own hopes for the exciting new Studio Meala into 2021.

https://studiomeala.com/

Stephen has been Producing animation, Dreaming, Sketching, messing, designing and illustrating for both commercial and IP projects for a number of years. We're very lucky to have him on.

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#BONUS EPISODE TIME

On this extra episode; Seán T. Ó Meallaigh (Flying solo) went to Galway and Dublin respectively to interview Phillip Doherty,  Emma Foley and Tamryn Reinecke of Pale Rebel Productions to chat about their recent success with their debut feature made for just 40,000 and with a bucket of Cavan good will, Redemption of a Rogue

Phillip Doherty is a playwright and director. Two-time winner of the RTE PJ O'Connor Radio drama Award, Philip Doherty a native of Cavan Town, holds an MA in Drama and Theatre Studies from NUI Galway where he developed his writing and honed his unique voice. He is artistic director of the Gonzo Theatre Company. This is Phillips first Feature Film.

Redemption of a Rogue is set in Cavan and stars Aaron Monaghan (Maze, Assassin's Creed) as Jimmy, a man who "embarks on a sacrificial and outlandish journey to rid himself of his guilt and shame from the past, ultimately redeeming himself through love". 

The cast also includes Aisling O'Mara, Kieran Roche, Kevin McGahern, Shane Connaughton and Pat McCabe. 

Redemption of a Rogue won Best Irish Film and Best Irish First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh at the weekend. It is due for release in cinemas later in the year. 

Producers Emma Foley and Tamryn Reinecke of Pale Rebel Productions.

PRP strive to develop creative content from the ground up, working collaboratively with filmmakers from concept through to completion. They are focused on projects that put the creative process at the centre, with the goal of producing unique audience driven content. 

Emma and Tamryn were also nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the Galway Film Fleadh.

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FNI@Home is back on the 19th of August.

Self Care and Confidence with Nick Dunning, Helena Walsh and Nichola Culloty. 

Self Care and Confidence Fni@ home is a practical evening of discussion, debate, and empathetic analysis, Looking at our current stop start situation and a potential future of confusion through a lens of Mindfulness, Neuro linguistic programming and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. And of course networking as always after. Places are limited.

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