Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA)’s annual series of Screen Discussions has launched ahead of the 2023 IFTA Awards.
Filmmakers, cast and crew behind many of the films submitted for Best Feature Film at the awards are participating in the series, which are available on IFTA’s YouTube channel, as well as on Spotify in audio podcast format.
Films discussed so far include Joyride, Róise & Frank, and It Is In Us All, with further discussions to be released over the coming weeks ahead of the IFTA Awards nominations announcement.
Here are a selection of the Screen Discussions released so far:
Róise & Frank with directors Rachel Moriarty and Peter Murphy, producer Cúán Mac Conghail and actor Bríd Ni Neachtain.
The Cellar with actors Elisha Cuthbert & Eoin Macken, writer/director Brendan Muldowney, and producers Rich Bolger & Conor Barry.
Joyride with director Emer Reynolds, producer Aoife O'Sullivan, writer Ailbhe Keogan, and actors Charlie Reid and Lochlann Ó Mearáin.
It Is In Us All with writer/director Antonia Campbell Hughes, producers Emma Foley and Tamryn Reinecke, director of photography Piers McGrail, production designer John Leslie & actor Rhys Mannion.
The Cry of Granuaile with writer/director Donal Foreman, actor Judith Roddy, composers Nick Roth and Olesya Zdorovetska and sound designer Simon Bird.
Ann with writer/director Ciaran Creagh, lead actress Zara Devlin, director of photography David Grennan, producer Ferdia Doherty and composer Roger Taylor.
The Troubles a Dublin Story with writer/director/producer Luke Hanlon, costume and production designer Ani Davtyan, actors Ray Malone, Sophia Adli and Sarah Hayden, editor Jay Javeri, and cinematographer/co-editor Colm Mullen.
The IFTA Screen Discussions will continue over the coming weeks.
