Underground Cinema Reel Talk

An Interview with Film Director Luke Walters about his new short film, I Made The Time Machine which has been nominated in the Best International Film category at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards

An interview with award winning director Alan Dunne whose film Where It All Began has been nomianted in 5 different categories at the 15th Underground Cinema Awards.

Best Short Film - Lee-Loi Chieng,

Eoin Quinn, Jayne Delahunt & Alan Dunne

Best Director - Alan Dunne

Best Actor - Lalor Roddy

Best Actress - Laylah Beattie

Best Screenplay - Alan Dunne

An interview with Maria McLeod who's debut film has been nominated Best Independent Feature Film at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards

An interview with Peter J McCarthy & Ben Conway about thei award winning short film Simon. Simon has been nomianted for Best Short Film - Rob Earley & Mark Griffin, Best Director - PeterJ McCarthy & Ben Conway, Best Actor - Aaron Monaghan, Best Screenplay - Ben Conway, Best Sound Design - Colm O'Rourke, Andrew Kirwan, Ciara Walsh, Best Cinematographer - Burschi Wojnar and Best Production Design - Micheál Fitzgerald

An interview with director Jason Figgis and actor Steven Jess on the new indie feature The House At The End Of The Lane starring Patrick Bergin, Sharon McCoy & Steven Jess. The film has been nominated Best Independent Feature Film at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards.

Part of our series of online interviews in the run up to the 15th Underground Cinema Awards, Dave Byrne interviews Tony Kelly who has been nominated for a Rising Star Award. His feature film Gar Campion: A Hurlers Tale has also been nominated for Best Independent Feature Film

An interview with director Luke Walters on his film I Made War of the Worlds which won the Best International Film at the 14th Underground Cinema Awards

Film Synopsis

After a down-and-out podcaster is fired due to a rapid decline in ratings, he turns his attention to the mass hysteria myth of the 1938 radio drama "The War of the Worlds" to get his career back on track. With the help of his more successful yet reluctant friend, and a naive waitress/wannabe actress with dreams of grandeur, the trio set out to recreate a hoax alien invasion to cause chaos, go viral, and bring them the fame and fortune they desire.

An interview with award winning director Cathal Boland on his short film Who Shot Sergeant Kirwan.

Film Synopsis

The film is based on material taken from original witness statements, now held in the Military History Archives. These statements are made by those who took part in these events, and locals and family members who had knowledge about an event which took place in Ballyboghil, a small rural agricultural village located in Fingal, North County Dublin during the Irish War of Independence.

During Spring in 1921, talks of a truce between Britain and Ireland were in the air. Terrible months from the Autumn of 1920 had left the people hurt and bruised, yet determined to fight on to victory. Like in all such wars, life went on, an attack here, an attack there, and so it was on this Spring April day.

What happened has left lasting memories. This film shares that village story with a wider audience

An interview with Underground Cinema Award winner Johnny French and Underground Cinema Nominee Sean Deery about thei award winning film The Rock In The Sea

Film Synopsis

"A Monk living in 9th century Ireland must contend with grief, despair, isolation and his own identity, on a far-off desolate rock."

Set against the backdrop of the viking expansion era in the late 9th century. An Irish Monk living on a remote island rock must confront grief and contend with despair as his hope falls into decay. It becomes a question of his own morality, as he endures a life of complete solitude. Being torn between defeat and finding a path for resolve.