Northern Irish feature film 'Good Vibrations' will be released in cinemas towards the end of this year after securing a distribution deal with UK distribution company The Works.The Terri Hooley biopic, which was directed by husband and wife Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn was written by Colin Carberry and Glenn Patterson. Andrew Eaton (The Trip), Chris Martin (Peacefire) and musician David Holmes produced. The film is a co-production between Belfast's Canderblinks Film and Music, London-based Revolution Films and Dublin's Treasure Entertainment. Richard Dormer (Five Minutes of Heaven), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Jodie Whittaker (One Day) star.
- 7/10/2012
- IFTN
Irish born and bred Macdara Vallely has a theater background; he moved to New York City in 2000 and -- skipping film school -- began making films in order to reach a wider audience than he could on the stage. He debuted with the feature "Peacefire" in 2008, which he adapted from his own award-winning play. The film went on to win awards at the Galway Film Fleadh, the European First Feature Festival at Angers and the Annonay Film Festival. What it's about: Set in the Bronx, "Babygirl" is a drama about a teenage girl, who finds herself trapped in a love-triangle with her mom's latest boyfriend. Director Vallely says: "I wrote 'Babygirl' a few summers ago shortly after witnessing a real-life incident on a 2 train in the Bronx. A lot of my directorial decisions were influenced by a desire to try recreate that slice-of-life moment. We had decided we...
- 4/17/2012
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Filming is currently underway on the set of 'Losing It', a new film written and directed by Northern Irish filmmaker Macdara Vallely (Peacefire, Fiorghael). The coming of age feature film is being produced by Samson Films in association with Escape Pictures and is shooting in New York. The post production will take place in Dublin's ScreenScene. Produced by Samson Films' David Collins (Once) and Escape Pictures' Paul Miller (The Pest) the film stars newcomers Yainis Ynoa, Flaco Navaja (Fighting, Pride and Glory), Rosa Arredondo (Feel the Noise).
- 9/30/2010
- IFTN
"Cherrybomb," "Peacefire," "Identities," "Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home" and "The Secret of Kells" will receive U.S. premieres at the Los Angeles Irish Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 23-27 at the Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.
"We are proud to be bringing five U.S. premieres to festival audiences," festival director Lisa McLaughlin-Strassman said. "The strong lineup for the 2009 Los Angeles Irish Film Festival continues to demonstrate that the new wave of filmmaking in Ireland is maturing, and we are pleased to be able to provide a forum for its storytelling tradition."
Conor McPherson's supernatural drama "The Eclipse," starring Ciaran Hinds and Aidan Quinn, will kick off the fest.
The festival will close with a tribute to Irish playwright Hugh Leonard, who died in Dublin in February, with a screening of "Da," the classic film based on his Tony-award winning, semi-autobiographical stage play.
"We are proud to be bringing five U.S. premieres to festival audiences," festival director Lisa McLaughlin-Strassman said. "The strong lineup for the 2009 Los Angeles Irish Film Festival continues to demonstrate that the new wave of filmmaking in Ireland is maturing, and we are pleased to be able to provide a forum for its storytelling tradition."
Conor McPherson's supernatural drama "The Eclipse," starring Ciaran Hinds and Aidan Quinn, will kick off the fest.
The festival will close with a tribute to Irish playwright Hugh Leonard, who died in Dublin in February, with a screening of "Da," the classic film based on his Tony-award winning, semi-autobiographical stage play.
- 8/18/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Peacefire', the debut feature by writer-director Macdara Vallely, has scooped the Prix du Jury Award at the Annonay Film Festival in France (30 January - 9 February 2009). Produced by mayFLY entertainment and funded by through Northern Ireland Screen's low-budget feature fund, 'Peacefire' is set against the backdrop of the Northern Ireland peace process and stars John Travers (Closing the Ring) as a young un-political man whose chance meeting with detective Gerry Doherty (Five Minutes of Heaven) drags him into political violence...
- 2/19/2009
- IFTN
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