by Rob Hartnett | Oct 23, 2019 | Cinema, Daily Video, News
The saga will end, the story will live forever. So begins the introduction to the final trailer for the final episode on the Star Wars trilogy of trilogies. The movie will be out in cinemas, giving a massive Christmas boost to the sector all around the world on...
by Rob Hartnett | Oct 23, 2019 | Cinema, Funding, News
The Irish Film Institute has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise €10,000 but also to trigger a matched funding pledge from a key donor what will be worth an additional €84,000. Throughout this year the IFI in Temple Bar has been refurbishing its two cinemas...
by Rob Hartnett | Oct 11, 2019 | Arts, Cinema, Media, News
After the success of the first live-stream of a Wexford Festival Opera last year, RTÉ and Wexford Festival Opera invites the world to a ‘Night at the Opera’ as the two organisations join forces once again to bring the magic of Wexford to new audiences across Ireland,...
by Rob Hartnett | Jul 26, 2019 | Cinema, Media, News, TV
Virgin Media Discovers judge Birch Hamilton has urged Irish filmmakers to seize the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’, as the deadline to submit entries into a competition that has already attracted huge interest looms large this Friday (July 26th). As Executive...
by Rob Hartnett | Jul 10, 2019 | Cinema, Media, News, Sponsorship
Virgin Media are hitting the road again this summer with what is becoming a summer staple the Drive-In Movie Series. Lucy Kennedy was behind the wheel to launch this year’s programme that gets underway on August 10th. The roadshow will bring music blockbusters...
by Rob Hartnett | May 30, 2019 | Cinema, News
The Irish Film Classification Office has published its annual report for 2018 which shows that the number of films certified for cinematic release last year was almost exactly the same as in 2017. We had the opportunity to see 448 movies in the cinema last year, as...