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Ballyliffin film festival holding charity event for earthquake victims

The Disappear Here Film Festival in Ballyliffin is holding a charity clothes drive in the village for victims of the earthquakes that struck northern Syria and southern Turkey earlier this month. The festival screened the documentary film For Sama ...

25 Feb 2023 at 14:07

Arts & Entertainment

National: 'We are buzzing' - First Irish language film Kneecap to premier at Sundance Film Festival

Rich Peppiatt’s KNEECAP will have its world premiere at the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Utah next month where it will screen on the opening night on Thursday 18th January. Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking ...

07 Dec 2023 at 11:19

Local News

Donegal filmmakers encouraged to apply for €3,000 short documentary bursary

Donegal filmmakers are being encouraged to apply for a film bursary of €3,000 to film a short documentary that will delve into the themes of global justice. The Donegal Short Documentary Film Bursary is an initiative between ChangeMakers ...

07 Feb 2025 at 14:53

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Gallery: Ballyliffin hosts Disappear Here Film Festival

Michael McLaughlin, Disappear Here Film Festival Director, and Sinne Lundgaard. Michael McLaughlin, Disappear Here Film Festival Director, and Tresca Mallon Kathleen McEleney and Lisa Glover Adam William Cahill, Bianca Santana, Marie ...

28 Sept 2022 at 20:06

Arts & Entertainment

Irish film starring Paul Mescal to feature at Glasgow Film Festival

Premieres showcasing stars including Kelly Macdonald, Paul Mescal and Emily Watson will feature at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. The 19th annual edition of the festival will host more than 250 screenings and events at Glasgow ...

25 Jan 2023 at 12:01

Local News

Locally-funded films to be screened at Ballyliffin’s Disappear Here festival

An afternoon of engaging film funded by funded by Concern Worldwide is being hosted by the Disappear Here Film Festival in Ballyliffin. The ChangeMakers stage at the film festival will screen a series of local and global films on ...

27 Sept 2024 at 14:59

National News

Saoirse Ronan presents award for making ‘challenging cinema’ to Paul Mescal

Saoirse Ronan has presented her fellow Irish actor Paul Mescal with an award at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event. Normal People star Mescal, who was nominated for a best Oscar actor gong for his role in drama ...

20 Oct 2024 at 15:18

Arts & Entertainment

Oscar-winning creator of Banshees of Inisherin shows support for striking writers

Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh expressed his support for striking Hollywood writers on the opening day of the Venice Film Festival. McDonagh, who won best original screenplay at the 2023 Oscars for The Banshees Of ...

31 Aug 2023 at 10:22

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Film festival is returning to Ballyliffin

The scenic village of Ballyliffin will once again play host to the Disappear Here Film Festival, celebrating its seventh edition from October 4 to 7, 2024. This year’s festival promises to be the biggest yet, with a ...

26 Sept 2024 at 14:43

National News

Irish and Northern Irish actors to be honoured at U.S. film festival this year

An Irish actress and Northern Irish actor are among eight to be honoured at a film festival in California this year. Caitriona Balfe and Jamie Dornan (Belfast) will join West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose and Licorice ...

08 Jan 2022 at 13:27

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: What movies will premiere at the world's oldest film festival?

Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths will have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this autumn. ...

26 Jul 2022 at 17:00

National News

Bono presents Steven Spielberg with lifetime award at Berlin film festival

Bono made a surprise appearance at the Berlin international film festival to present Steven Spielberg with a special lifetime achievement award. The U2 frontman described Spielberg as “one of the biggest big ...

22 Feb 2023 at 03:15

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