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Irish Film Festival 26

From gripping dramas and powerful documentaries to fresh new voices shaping Irish cinema,the Irish Film Festival Australia (IFF26) returns from October 8th until November 15th 2026 with its biggest program in 12 years. Continue reading →

Reflections on Beckett provoked by ‘Dance First’

Beckett’s life, gravely played by Gabriel Bryne, unspools magnificently in a sequence of austere performed memories. Continue reading →

Verdigris and the Poetry of Change

A Film Review by Frances Devlin-Glass Verdigris (1923), Directed and written by Patricia Kelly and starring Geraldine McAlinden and Maya O’Shea. Cinematography by Tania Freimuth. Verdigris is a gentle film about violent men, and it takes us on a slow journey of revelation. The title is a poetic evocation of the toll time takes on a metal … Continue reading →

For Irish and Irish-Australian Film Buffs…

A feast of Irish film available in Sydney, but also online around Australia. A roundup from Enda Murray and team. Continue reading →

Filming Ulysses

Gilsenan’s poetic method involves matching lines with a private visual vocabulary, rather like treating the novel as ‘found poetry’ pi Continue reading →

More Reviews from the Online Irish Film Festival 2020

The fact that such a masterful piece of cinema is the debut feature film for writer and director Tomás Ó Súilleabháin, and the outstanding performances of Dónal Ó Héalai, Dara Devaney and young Saise Ní Chuinn speaks volumes for the maturity and depth of talent present in the Irish film industry today. Continue reading →

Irish Film Festival – Online in 2020

6TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAM The popular annual Irish Film Festival returns from 19 – 29 November with its biggest line-up ever. Moved online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, cinephiles all over Australia can now catch the best new Irish cinema releases without leaving their homes. The online festival program is packed … Continue reading →

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