FNI Wrap Chat

Nick Rowland is an award-winning directing graduate of the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. Even before graduating, his work as a director had already earned him a Royal Television Society Award for DANCING IN THE ASHES, and he has since been nominated for a BAFTA for SLAP. His recent TV credits include HARD SUN (BBC1), RIPPER STREET (BBC) and CUFFS (BBC2). His first Feature CALM WITH HORSES (starring Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar and Cosmo Jarvis) premiered at TIFF 2019 and gained excellent reviews at the London Film Festival aswell as the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival recently.

It's a fantastic debut feature with amazing performances from a stellar cast. It's in Irish cinemas this weekend. 

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On this week's Ep of FNI Wrapchat from the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival is Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy. As a Directing Duo, Desperate Optimists are Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, they are multi-faceted creatives rooted in theatre, performance art and mixed media. Hailing from Finglas in Dublin, Ireland they have lived and worked in the UK since 1987. For over ten years desperate optimists have been making works for a variety of media and contexts including film, video, digital arts, performance and radio.

They have an abundance of short and Feature content which explores the boundaries of the endless endeavour to challenge an audience and subvert creative and narrative expectations. Their work includes:

Rose Plays Julie 2019

Further Beyond (Documentary)

Mister John

Iong Bahru (Short)

Helen

Joy (Short)

Daydream (Short)

Moore Street (Short)

Who Killed Brown Owl (Short)

Rose plays Julie, Starring Aidan Gillen, Orla Brady and a striking leading performance from Ann Skelly, will be available to view in Irish and UK cinemas from May. Check out the trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGsbD0803g

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On the First of our Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2020 Specials of FNI Wrapchat is Director Matthew Toman and Director Daniel J. Holmes.

Daniel J. Holmes is Self Shooter, Writer and Director. Who has been based in Ireland for a number of years. Daniel comes from The Windy City of Chicago in the United States (He ain't no blow in..., Dan has worked on a number of Productions with Bankhouse Productions in various roles. His credits include Street Leagues, The Feature "Dive" "Static" and in the light of my eyes.

Matthew is an award-winning film producer, founder of a successful digital media agency, and creator of "The Evolution of Success" - a film series, podcast, and soon-to-be book series intended to help people facing similar challenges to re-define success, discover their joy, and turn it into a profitable, sustainable career. The film features many of the people who Matthew looked up to at his lowest point like Jack Canfield, Joe Vitale, and Bob Doyle. Now Matthew's main mission is to help as many people as possible experience their own evolution of success. His latest project as producer "Street Leagues" is four years in the making and is a real labour of love.

Featuring contributions from actor Colin Farrell, the movie follows the Irish Street Leagues (Homeless World Cup) as they progress through a major tournament, told through the personal testimonies of its members, who are homeless men and women and tremendous characters.

Street Leagues Screens on the 29th February, 6pm, Cineworld as part of the VDIFF. Preceded by our very own Short Film winner of our FNI 2020 Vision Initiative "Warm For Winter"

The Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival runs from 26 February – 8 March 2020. For the full line-up, and to buy tickets, visit www.diff.ie.

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On todays Episode of Fni Wrapchat are Co-Directors Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan.

As directors (Luna Directing Duo), They specialise in crafting engaging, cinematic narratives.

Whether directing short films, commercials, or music videos, their goal remains the same, to tell arresting stories, grounded in realism, with a focus on under-explored themes and characters.

Their Short Film 'Flicker', Screens at this years Virgin Media Dublin International film Festival at Virgin Media DIFF Shorts #3, 3 Mar 2020. Light House Cinema

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Flicker

In the aftermath of a violent assault, twenty something Danny struggles to accept the full extent of his injuries.

Director: Nathan Fagan, Luke Daly / 20 mins Producer: Aaron McEnaney

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Roisín is a Film Producer, Programmer, and Festival Manager, with international experience in arts administration from both Ireland and the US.

Roisín is currently the Industry & Events Manager / Programme Advisor at the Cork Film Festival.

Roisín has also worked extensively with the GAZE International LGBT Film Festival and a Produced with Roads Entertainment. Working previously with the Galway Film Fleadh The Offline Film Festival and Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival in Ireland, as well as the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) and Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Roisín prides herself in the creation, curation and proliferation of independent narrative and documentary film content, as well as advocating for both the creative and business elements of film. Roisin is currently producing Claire Dix's latest feature which was supported through their POV Scheme with Screen Ireland.

Check out her talk at TED DUBLIN, Film as the Empathy Machine | Roisín Geraghty | TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin

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On Episode 91 of the Podcast is Dublin Filmmaker and Musician Willie Stewart. 

Dublin born, Leitrim based film maker Willie Stewart has been active in the DIY/Underground music, art and film scene since 1993. After a number of shorts and music videos he made his first full length creative doc, 'Ludo Is Fantastic' about Antwerp based Avant Garde artist, performer and film maker in 2018. After numerous screenings of Ludo Is Fantastic all over Ireland, USA, UK and mainland Europe he is ready to release his latest film 'Black Birds Slowed Down', a visual response to musicians Natalia Beylis and Tola Custy during a residency at Glor in Ennis, Co Clare, which will be screening early in 2020.

For Screenings/Info:

https://ludoisfantastic.com/

www.williestewart.org

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On this week we're joined by the wonderful Helena Walsh.

We've a massive amount of respect for the practices of Helena at Film Network Ireland, hence, we've been chasing her for a while.. 

Helena Walsh is an International Voice and Acting Coach.  She is one of Ireland’s leading coaches in the Irish film and theatre industry for young up and coming actors, preparing them for screen and stage alike.Helena teaches and hosts workshops all over the world.  She is Artistic Director and founder of her own Voice and Acting Studio ‘Helena Walsh Voice and Acting Studio’ in Dublin, Ireland.  It is an innovative, cutting edge, studio for artists around the world.  She invites some of the finest international teachers in the industry to co-teach with her at her studio.  

The studio acts as a centre for cutting edge practice for an interdisciplinary approach to a truly empowered, creative, vibrant and embodied actor and human being.

Her mission with her work is to empower each actor and filmmakers to discover their unique creative intuition and foster it so they stand out because of their differences.  She gives them skills that ensure their resilience and artistry within the industry.  She offers them a practice and a process that they can continue to foster their craft through for the years ahead.  She has created a truly unique approach to acting from her thirty years of research and practice. Helena's approach to mindfulness and well being is at the very core of her work to help people to Find their authentic voice as an artists and creators. Helena is a bundle of positivity and good will and raises some really interesting points on how a creative working in the industry can apply practices to be present, authentic and relaxed. This is an episode not to be missed.  

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On the 89th episode of FNI Wrapchat is Actor, Playwright and Screenwriter CLARE DUNNE.

You may know Clare from her recent starring role in "Kin" for Rte and Bron studios and her beautiful performance in "Herself".

We had a wonderful chat about making opportunities for yourself, Sharon Horgan empowering you and how Meryl Streep popped into her dressing room. Clare also tells us about her long and ultimately fruitful Journey of her Script "Herself" which was subsequently made and will Screen at Sundance in 2020. Herself looks at a single mother in Dublin, taking the bull by the horns and creating a self build home for herself and children during one of the worst housing crisis's in Ireland's history and how people, the community and the Irish spirit... is what will get us out.

Dunne’s work at the Abbey Theatre includes Juno and the Paycock (a co-production between the Abbey Theatre and the National Theatre of Great Britain). Other theatre work includes The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Silver Tassie, Druid 35 and The Playboy of the Western World (Druid), Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), Detroit (National Theatre), Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith and Filter), A Midsummer Night’s Dream[3] (Filter at Latitude) and Crunch (Nabakov). Dunne wrote and performed Living With Missy (Smock Alley Theatre). Radio work includes On Her Majesty’s Service and 'News From Home' (BBC Radio 4). Dunne graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff in 2009.

Dunne played Prince Hal in the Donmar Theatre all-female version of Shakespeare's Henry IV., directed by Phyllida Lloyd.

Dunne's film work includes Nice Night For It (2017) and The Cherishing (2016).

Clare portrayed Victoria in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) "Herself" written by Clare, Produced by Element Pictures and Directed by Phyllida Lloyd will be in Irish Cinemas later this year.

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Happy NEW YEAR from us all at FNI. Here's our first Episode of 2020.

and we've a brand new theme thanks to composer Pat O'Connor.

Check out Pat's website here: https://www.patrickoconnorcomposer.com/about-1/

Paul Duane RETURNS, our first guest to come on a second time. 

Paul Duane is a Director of Film, Tv and a writer. Has directed television programmes including: Ballykissangel, Casualty, The Royal, Small Potatoes and Footballer's Wives

He has also made several short films including LSD 73! based on an original script by the Irish novelist Patrick McCabe. More recently he co-created the ITV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl based on the well-known blog, Belle de Jour. The Irish production company Screenworks was established by Paul Duane and Rob Cawley in 2008. Their first production, Barbaric Genius, on the life of the London-Irish author John Healy premiered in February 2011.

More films include Very Extremely Dangerous and Natan, about the French producer Bernard Natan.

In December 2013 he was listed by Variety magazine as part of their yearly 10 Directors to Watch feature. 

His latest film What Time Is Death? described as "his long-gestated study of new activities by the men who used to be KLF"[8] is a documentary charting Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty’s latest project to build a pyramid of hand-fired bricks, each containing the ashes of a dead person, a process dubbed MuMufication (referencing the KLF song Justified & Ancient).

What Time Is Death? featured at the 2019 Dublin International Film Festival and screened to a full house in the IFI in 2019.

We're also pleased to announce that Paul will be joining our panel this SAT 18th of Jan for our Documentary; Finding the Story Panel and workshop. All details on following link:

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On the final episode of FNI Wrapchat of the year is Director and Producer Luke McManus.

Luke has a variety of credits working in Tv, Film and Documentary over a number of years. Luke speaks to us very openly about his Career and what it takes to stay knocking around working in Film and Tv in this Country, he also regaled us with some great stories of chancing your arm, believing in yourself and making the best of opportunities. 

Luke has filmed on five continents making award-winning documentaries for Channel 4, RTE, TV3 and TG4, winning three IFTA Awards,  the Celtic Media Award, the Radharc Award and prizes at the Galway Film Fleadh and Cork Film Festival in the process. Luke has also directed a number of dramas for Channel 4, TG4 and the Irish Film Board. Luke is always interested in new conversations and connections,  what a Fascinating chat.

We have a number of classes coming up in the new year, Treat yourself.

For Actors... Make friends with the Lens with Morgan C Jones.

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For young performers... First starts in Film and Tv with Darragh O'Toole.

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Documentarians/Directors/Producers... Finding the Story with Paul Webster.

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