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The Irish in Film Rule 2018

By Olivia O'Mahoney
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Martin McDonagh and Saoirse Ronan continue to dominate the 2018 awards season, with McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri claiming the British Academy Film Award for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay and the Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Film. Ronan took home the IFTA for Best Actress thanks to her performance in the much-lauded … [Read more...] about The Irish in Film Rule 2018

Maudie: A Love Story

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by 4 Comments

Irish director Aisling Walsh talks to Patricia Harty about her latest film. Set in Nova Scotia and filmed in Newfoundland, Maudie is based on the true story of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (Sally Hawkins) and the unlikely romance between Maud and a hardened reclusive bachelor, Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke). Lovingly brought to the screen by Dublin-born … [Read more...] about Maudie: A Love Story

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George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin on this day in 1856. Shaw, Ireland’s famous playwright and most well known for his works like “Pygmalion,” is amongst the four Irishmen who have received the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. In 1925, he was awarded the prize, just two years after William Butler Yeats won the award. Shaw was also well known for being a Socialist, writing essays such as “How to Settle the Irish Question” (1917).

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