Strong totals for Phyllida Lloyd’s ‘Herself’, animation ‘Wolfwalkers’.
Coming-of-age drama Dating Amber, Element Pictures’ Herself, and Oscar nominee Wolfwalkers are among the best film contenders at this year’s Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTAs).
Element and BBC TV series Normal People leads the overall nominations, shortlisted in 15 categories.
Scroll down for the list of nominations
Nominations across 25 categories in film and TV drama have been announced, with the awards to take place virtually and be broadcast on Virgin Media One on Sunday, July 4.
Across all film categories including craft and technical, David Freyne’s Dating Amber, about two closeted teenagers in 1990s Ireland,...
Coming-of-age drama Dating Amber, Element Pictures’ Herself, and Oscar nominee Wolfwalkers are among the best film contenders at this year’s Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTAs).
Element and BBC TV series Normal People leads the overall nominations, shortlisted in 15 categories.
Scroll down for the list of nominations
Nominations across 25 categories in film and TV drama have been announced, with the awards to take place virtually and be broadcast on Virgin Media One on Sunday, July 4.
Across all film categories including craft and technical, David Freyne’s Dating Amber, about two closeted teenagers in 1990s Ireland,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Irish crime thriller premiered at Dublin International Film Festival.
Paddy Slattery’s Irish crime thriller Broken Law has landed a raft of sales around the world, including to Reel 2 Reel Films for North America.
UK sales agent 101 Films International closed the deals for the feature, which also included agreements for Central and Eastern Europe (HBO), the Middle East (Phoenicia Pictures) and New Zealand (Rialto).
Broken Law world premiered at Dublin International Film Festival in 2020, where it won the Discovery award for debut writer-director Slattery, and was subsequently picked up by Netflix for the UK and Ireland.
Irish filmmaker Slattery...
Paddy Slattery’s Irish crime thriller Broken Law has landed a raft of sales around the world, including to Reel 2 Reel Films for North America.
UK sales agent 101 Films International closed the deals for the feature, which also included agreements for Central and Eastern Europe (HBO), the Middle East (Phoenicia Pictures) and New Zealand (Rialto).
Broken Law world premiered at Dublin International Film Festival in 2020, where it won the Discovery award for debut writer-director Slattery, and was subsequently picked up by Netflix for the UK and Ireland.
Irish filmmaker Slattery...
- 5/25/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Warner Bros.’ 10th anniversary rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office with £207,675, according to final numbers released by Comscore.
“Inception” released midweek on Aug. 12 at 313 sites, ahead of Nolan’s keenly anticipated Aug. 26 bow for “Tenet.”
Russell Crowe’s road rage holdover “Unhinged,” released by Altitude Film Distribution, collected £136,347 from 282 locations in its third week, a surge of 16% from the previous week. “Unhinged” has collected a total of £675,916 so far.
Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio,” starring Roberto Benigni, distributed by Vertigo U.K. debuted in third position with £108,626 from 272 sites.
Among the other new releases, Breakout’s Dublin film festival winner “Broken Law” opened in sixth place with £52,748 from 35 sites, while another festival favorite Picturehouse Entertainment’s “Babyteeth” bowed in eighth position with £38,977 from 139 locations.
The biggest gainers of the week as more cinemas opened their doors were holdovers, Disney’s “Onward” and Vertigo’s “100% Wolf,...
“Inception” released midweek on Aug. 12 at 313 sites, ahead of Nolan’s keenly anticipated Aug. 26 bow for “Tenet.”
Russell Crowe’s road rage holdover “Unhinged,” released by Altitude Film Distribution, collected £136,347 from 282 locations in its third week, a surge of 16% from the previous week. “Unhinged” has collected a total of £675,916 so far.
Matteo Garrone’s “Pinocchio,” starring Roberto Benigni, distributed by Vertigo U.K. debuted in third position with £108,626 from 272 sites.
Among the other new releases, Breakout’s Dublin film festival winner “Broken Law” opened in sixth place with £52,748 from 35 sites, while another festival favorite Picturehouse Entertainment’s “Babyteeth” bowed in eighth position with £38,977 from 139 locations.
The biggest gainers of the week as more cinemas opened their doors were holdovers, Disney’s “Onward” and Vertigo’s “100% Wolf,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
The post This Week In Trailers: Make Up, Clapboard Jungle, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, Tiny Creatures, Broken Law appeared first on /Film.
The post This Week In Trailers: Make Up, Clapboard Jungle, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, Tiny Creatures, Broken Law appeared first on /Film.
- 8/1/2020
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Sales company 101 Films Intl. has picked up the distribution rights to Paddy Slattery’s debut crime thriller “Broken Law,” and will present it to buyers at the Cannes Virtual Film Market.
The film premiered in February at the Dublin Intl. Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize, voted for by the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle.
“Broken Law” tells the story of Dave Connolly, a respected member of the Irish police, whose loyalty to the force gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe following a botched robbery. Suddenly Dave finds himself embroiled in a cover-up that leads to a secret relationship with Amia, an unhappily married woman, who also happens to be the victim of his brother’s latest crime.
The film stars Tristan Heanue and Graham Earley, previously seen together in “Cardboard Gangsters,” alongside John Connors (“Love/Hate”), Gemma-Leah Devereux and Ryan Lincoln (“Kissing Candice”).
It was produced by...
The film premiered in February at the Dublin Intl. Film Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize, voted for by the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle.
“Broken Law” tells the story of Dave Connolly, a respected member of the Irish police, whose loyalty to the force gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe following a botched robbery. Suddenly Dave finds himself embroiled in a cover-up that leads to a secret relationship with Amia, an unhappily married woman, who also happens to be the victim of his brother’s latest crime.
The film stars Tristan Heanue and Graham Earley, previously seen together in “Cardboard Gangsters,” alongside John Connors (“Love/Hate”), Gemma-Leah Devereux and Ryan Lincoln (“Kissing Candice”).
It was produced by...
- 6/12/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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