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  • #46 | Viko Nikci | Writer/Director (Cellar Door)
    Viko Nikci is a Director and writer, known for Coming Home (2014), Cellar Door (2018). 
    Viko has been on film sets since his teenage years in New York. This experience lead to  the short film Take it Back – which led to over a hundred festival screenings.
    As a Director, Viko’s feature documentary COMING HOME – premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh, where it won Best Documentary and the Amnesty International Award for Best Human Rights Documentary. 
    His first narrative feature Cellar Door (2018) with Samson Films was screened at the Galway film Feadth and subsequently won best Irish First Feature in 2018. Its in Irish Cinemas now. Check out the trailer here and #SupportIrishfilm 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk1vYUmPRkI&t=14s
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    48 min
  • #45 | Ian Hunt Duffy | Director/Producer
    On the very first Episode of FNI Wrapchat of 2019 on the Headstuff Podcast Network is Director and Producer at Failsafe Films Ian Hunt Duffy.
    Ian’s first love is genre cinema and he strives to make movies that will grip an audience and keep them guessing. Having graduated from The National Film School in Ireland Ian established Failsafe Films in Dublin, producing the IFTA Nominated and Academy Award longlisted ‘Love is a Sting’ in 2015, written by Academy Award winner Benjamin Cleary. Ian’s short film ‘Gridlock’ has won 48 awards to date, including Best Director at the Savannah International Film Festival, Best International Short Film at DC Shorts, and a Young Director Award (YDA) in Cannes. Ian has also been nominated for this years Virgin Media Dublin Film Festival Discovery Award 2019.
    In 2018, Ian took part in the prestigious Berlinale Talents in Germany as a director, being the only Irish filmmaker chosen amongst 250 candidates from 81 countries. Since then, Ian has successfully received funding from Screen Ireland for his two latest projects- his new short film ‘Low Tide’, and development funding for his debut feature film ‘Double Blind’.
    Director’s Selected Filmography: Double Blind - Director (In Development) Low Tide - Director (2018) Gridlock - Director (2016) Love is a Sting - Producer (2015)
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    47 min
  • #44 | Fergal Rock | Screenwriter/Director
    Merry Christmas Folks and Thanks for listening this year.
    On todays ep:44 of Fni WrapChat is Screenwriter Fergal Rock.
    An award-winning Irish filmmaker, Fergal Rock graduated from Dublin Institute of Technology with an honors MA in Film (Theory & Production) in 2002. He is best known as the screenwriter of Then Came You (2019), starring Asa Butterfield and Maisie Williams.
    Fergal is a winner of the BlueCat Screenplay Contest and a semi-finalist of both the American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest and Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition.
    He has written, and directed three short films.
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    1 hr 10 min
  • #43 | Nuala O'Connor & Diarmaid Ferriter | Director. Writer (Keepers of the Flame)
    Nuala O'Connor is an Emmy award Winning Irish Director and works closely with Writer Diarmaid Ferriter with whom she collaborated with on her first documentary feature, Keepers of the Flame. Keepers of the Flame is playing at the IFI this week. #SupportIrishFilmmaking
    Keepers of the Flame tells the universal story of generations dealing with the consequences of war and civil war; of what is remembered and what is forgotten.
    Keepers of the Flame delves into the archives of the Irish Military Service Pensions and what emerges is a truly personal retelling of a brutal and divisive period in the birth of a nation and the devastating legacy it left in its wake, for the individuals who took part and their families who suffered long after the fighting ended. More than 85,000 applied for the Irish Military Service Pension. Just over 18,000 received any payment.
    Keepers of the Flame examines the Irish journey in search of a collective courage to remember and acknowledge the deeds of the past, recognise the wrongs that were done, realise the context of the events and establish common ground to enable an understanding of who we are as a nation. It reveals just how problematic commemoration and remembrance can be – this is true of all wars but especially civil wars. The story is timely coming as it does in the run up to 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Civil War.
    Produced by Tina O’Reilly. Executive Producer Philip King. Director of Photography is by Colm Hogan, Sound by Bob Brennan and Editor is Eoin McDonagh
    Archive readings are performed by Mary Black, Aiden Gillen, Philip King, Aine Lawlor, Eoin McDonagh, Dermot McLoughlin, Aisling Ni Shúilleabháin, Joseph O’Connor, Olivia O’Leary, Iarla O’Lionaird and Marian Richardson. The soundtrack is composed by Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Keepers of the Flames is a South Wind Blows Production, made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, in association with the Irish Film Board/ Bord Scannáin na hÉireann and RTÉ.
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    34 min
  • #42 | Mary Kate and Rachel O'Flanagan | Script Editors/Story Consultants/Writer
    Coming up on the FORTY SECOND ep of Fni Wrapchat is the Amazing O'Flanagan Sisters. Mary-Kate and Rachel. 
    Rachel is a story consultant who works across the business and arts industries. She works with teams and individuals in Ireland, the UK and Germany to develop visual storytelling and audience engagement. She has worked on a wide range of television and film productions ensuring that scripts communicate the writer’s vision, connect with audiences and achieve commercial, as well as artistic, success.
    Rachel works with her sister and colleague Mary Kate as A Dramatic Improvement and they have designed and delivered training workshops in visual storytelling for the Irish Writers Centre; Film Base; Screen Training Ireland and the advertising industry via IAPI.
    In 2014/2015 they were lead tutors and writing mentors at Y Labordy an initiative funded by S4C, Film Wales Literature Wales and the Royal Theatre of Wales
    Rachel and Mary Kate design and deliver workshops exploring the applications of storytelling in business. They are particularly interested in the role of storytelling in leadership, branding, change management, team building and knowledge transfer. They are uniquely positioned to build bridges between the skills of storytelling and the needs of businesses to connect with their audiences.
    Mary Kate O’Flanagan
    Mary Kate trained in the craft of screenwriting with the professors of screenwriting at The University of Southern California. She has worked as a tutor alongside her former professors for the last ten years. She has continued to be mentored by them, in particular David Howard, author of The Tools of Screenwriting. She is a guest tutor at the Czech Film School FAMU and The National Film School in Ireland as well as a lead tutor on pan-European programmes.
    In the last year she has given intensive workshops and lectures on screenwriting in Prague, London, Cologne, Pilzen, Valletta as well as Dublin, Cork and Galway. She has also given workshops in Africa. She specialises in giving in-depth training to aspiring screenwriters from diverse backgrounds.
    Mary Kate is a working writer who has written six feature-length screenplays, all of which have been funded by The Irish Film Board and subsequently optioned, currently in development. She holds an MA in Screenwriting, has won pan-European awards for her screenwriting, is a published short story writer and Ireland’s Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at The Moth. Mary Kate is also a Grand Slam Champion Storyteller at THe Moth in LA. You can hear her story here: themoth.org/stories/carry-him-shoulder-high
    Mary Kate and Rachel have lived in several European countries and are particularly interested in screen stories that transcend borders.
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    59 min
  • #41 | Jake & Luke Morgan | Director/Producer/ Composer
    Luke Morgan is an Irish director and writer. He is a founder of both “the Theatre Room Galway” and the filmmaking collective “Project Spatula”. His short films have screened at a variety of festivals, including the Galway Film Fleadh (2015), The Cork Film Festival (2016), Richard Harris International Film Festival (2014, 2016), the Polish International Film Festival (2016) and the Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival (both 2015 and 2016).
    As a writer, he has sold two feature-length screenplays to production companies. His debut poetry collection “Honest Walls” was published in 2016. He was one of the storyliners for Ros na Rún’s 21st season finale (TG4). He co runs Project Spatula with his Brother Jake. This year the collective made their first feature - Sooner or Later, which has premiered at The Galway Film Fleadh and went on to screen at The Cork Film Festival.
    Jake Morgan is an emerging composer and conductor from Galway who specialises in creating original music and audio for film, theatre, and video games. He studied composition and sound design at The Royal Irish Academy of Music and Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. This year, Morgan is pursuing his masters degree in Composition for Screen from the University of Edinburgh.
    Jake has been commissioned to write original concert music for many orchestras world-wide, including; The Harbin Symphony Orchestra, Plovdiv Philharmonic orchestra, Sofia Sinfonietta, Varna Radio Orchestra, Gamelan Nua and the Galway Senior Youth Orchestra, as well as smaller chamber ensembles of many varieties.
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    54 min
  • #40 | Tim Wardle | Director (Three Identical Strangers)
    Tim Wardle is a BAFTA-nominated documentary director, and Executive Producer at award-winning production company Raw. As Director, his films include Three Identical Strangers, a feature documentary for CNN Films which up to date has grossed over 12 million in the USA alone. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling.
    An extraordinary documentary, 4 stars – The Guardian
    Incredible – The Hollywood Reporter
    A Shocking, Emotional, Must-See Nature vs. Nurture Documentary – Collider
    Knockout documentary – Vulture
    Check out the trailer below:
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-OF0OaK3o0
    It is released in Ireland this weekend. Other credits include One Killer Punch (Channel 4), a documentary exploring the far-reaching repercussions of a single act of violence; and Lifers (Channel 4), an observational study of murderers at Europe's largest prison for life-sentenced prisoners. Tim has also worked as head of development for a number of leading UK production companies, including Century Films, Blast Films, Raw and BBC Documentaries.
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    39 min
  • #39 | Roger Gregg | Director/Actor/Writer/Voiceover artist
    On this Stars and Stripes ep of Fni Wrapchat is Roger Gregg.
    Roger Gregg is a playwright, musician, Actor and voiceover artist from Ohio in the good old Us of A. But he's one of us as he's been living here since the 1980s . He has written plays for Dublin Youth Theatre, the Gaiety School of Acting, TEAM Theatre Company, and Graffiti Theatre Company. In 1998, he founded Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, whose productions have twice won the American Mark Time Award for Best Audio Science Fiction Production, in 1999 and in 2000. He has created music and soundscapes for many companies including Barabbas, The Company and Graffiti Theatre Company. Roger has written for Rte on a number of productions and is frankly the coolest Yank you will ever meet.
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    53 min
  • #38 | Feargal Ward | Director (The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid)
    http://www.feargalward.com/
    Feargal Ward is an Irish filmmaker based in Berlin and Dublin. His award-winning work has been screened, exhibited and broadcast worldwide. He also collaborates with other filmmakers and artists on projects of shared interest. His latest feature Documentary, The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid is in selected Irish Cinemas now.
    It centres around Farmer Thomas Reid who lives a solitary life in Ireland. Suspicious of intrusion, Thomas does not welcome the State agents who come to forcibly purchase his home and lands. He vows to resist.
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    37 min
  • #35 | Feargal Ward | Director/DOP
    http://www.feargalward.com/
    Feargal Ward is an Irish filmmaker based in Berlin and Dublin. His award-winning work has been screened, exhibited and broadcast worldwide. He also collaborates with other filmmakers and artists on projects of shared interest. His latest feature Documentary, The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid is in selected Irish Cinemas now.
    It centres around Farmer Thomas Reid who lives a solitary life in Ireland. Suspicious of intrusion, Thomas does not welcome the State agents who come to forcibly purchase his home and lands. He vows to resist.
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    36 min

About FNI Wrap Chat

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Film Network Ireland's Wrap Chat Podcast is the Irish Film Industry Podcast. Hosted and produced by freelancers. Founded by Paul Butler Lennox, Paul Webster and Ray Mongey in 2017, they were joined in 2020 by an exceedingly talented line up of presenters including Mia Mullarkey, Sean T. O Malley and Remie Michelle Clarke and more recently by the indomitable Georgina McKevitt, Mark Monks (who is also our engineer) and Luke Brabazon. In 2025 we welcomed, Johnny Elliott and Joe Griffin on Presenting duties also. 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 wonderful host Keith O'Grady Director to the fold. Thanks also to Rebbeca Sartor and Cian Johnston for their tireless work in production. 

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