Belfast One in association with Belfast Film Festival are bringing back Summer Cinema at Belfast City Hall for Take Two this August. With tickets free on a first come first served basis, you’ll need to be quick as you click so as not to disappoint your own Buzz Lightyear or Jessie for free tickets to… Read Article →
The filmmakers behind ‘Gaza’, the documentary directed by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell and produced by Brendan J. Byrne of Belfast based production company Fine Point Films, have launched an appeal to restore a film festival in Gaza. Their film won the inaugural Pull Focus Award for best new Irish documentary at the Docs Ireland… Read Article →
PULL FOCUS AWARD FOR BEST NEW IRISH DOCUMENTARY The judges of this years Pull Focus Award were documentarian Dónal Ó Céilleachair (The Camino Voyage), Kabosh Theatre’s CEO, Paula McFetridge and The Irish Film Institute’s Head of Irish Programming, Sunniva O’Flynn. After difficult hours of deliberating the judges finally came to a decision. They had fulsome… Read Article →
Sunday saw the final day of Docs Ireland and what a week it has been! It was another action packed day kicking off with Bombay Street Retrospective at the Ulster Museum introduced by director Vincent Kinnaird and Hidden War: The Story of the IRB introduced by one of its directors Deaglán Ó Mocháin. Thanks to… Read Article →
Day four was a day for filmmakers- with two of Ireland’s greatest, in Margo Harkin and John T. Davis, attending Docs Ireland. Emerging voices in film were also showcased in the Short Documentary Competition and we heard about the importance of documentary in acting as a catalyst for debate and change in a panel on… Read Article →
More docs. More guests. More discussion. Day three of Docs Ireland delivered another extensive programme of films and talks for audiences across Belfast. Docs Ireland was delighted to host a very, very special guest in Bernadette McAliskey for a screening of ‘Firing Line with William F. Buckley: Bernadette Devlin’ at QFT, followed by a Q… Read Article →
Irish civil rights leader Bernadette McAliskey, former PUP press officer Sophie Long, columnist and editor of ‘Repeal the 8th’ Una Mulally and writer, broadcaster Paul Gosling join moderator, journalist and writer Susan McKay, to consider the state of the place, in our State of the Nation panel. Is Brexit the catalyst for a fundamental shift… Read Article →
Day two of Docs Ireland was even bigger and better with even more special guests and screenings across Belfast! It was our great privelige to host a Q & A with one of the directors of For Sama, Waad el-Kateab, at QFT following a screening of the film. For Sama tells Waad’s story over five… Read Article →
Docs Ireland is under way! Our first day had a packed programme of screenings, workshops, Q & As, VR sessions and masterclasses across the city of Belfast- and with a total of 55 features and 34 short documentaries there is still a lot more to come over the next four days! Our Opening Night Gala… Read Article →
This week Belfast will become the centre of the documentary filmmaking world when the inaugural Docs Ireland begins on Wednesday 12th June. The last decade for the Irish film and television industry has been tremendously successful: Belfast has been the home of the world’s number one television series in ‘Game of Thrones’; while shorts ‘The… Read Article →
24th of April 2019 outside St Anne’s Cathedral Belfast, a large group of journalists formed a guard of honour which flanked the coffin of 29 year old activist and journalist, Lyra McKee. Lyra was shot dead by the anti-peace process ‘New IRA’ while observing riots. The shooting dead of this young woman just two months… Read Article →
Docs Ireland is pleased to announce the line up of projects, which will take part in the Northern Ireland Screen Feature Development Pitch at the festival. The initiative offers a chance for documentary filmmakers, from established filmmakers to new and emerging talent, to win an award of up to £7,500 towards a pilot for a… Read Article →
With Docs Ireland just over a week away, we are throwing a spotlight on some of the different films to see- today we are casting an eye over the music documentaries on offer, with a selection of new international and Irish films, as well as a retrospective offering of a number of classic music docs… Read Article →
Docs Ireland is pleased to announce the projects for our inaugural Marketplace, taking place on Thursday June 13th at the Europa Hotel, Belfast. 35 Irish, UK and international projects will pitch to international decision makers including BBC Storyville, CAT&Docs, Dogwoof, Kew Media and PBS. The full list of projects in participation are: A Short History… Read Article →
Today, in the surrounds of Belfast City Hall we held the launch of the first ever Docs Ireland programme. DOCS IRELAND will showcase the best new documentary films, presenting Irish and international feature length and short documentaries from 12-16 June in Belfast. The 5 day programme is bursting with the hottest new documentaries, and the… Read Article →
