IFTA Screen Discussion Series 2020
As part of the 2020 Film & Drama Awards Viewing and Voting season The Irish Film & Television Academy presents IFTA Screen Discssions: a series of online Q&A's, Panels and Discussions.
IFTA Screen Discussions
Traditionally, IFTA hosts special Academy Screenings & Discussions in cinemas during the IFTA Viewing season for Irish titles and talent in consideration for awards. As the cinemas are closed, we are delighted to continue this engagement ONLINE through the Academy’s IFTA Screen Discussions with the filmmakers and talent involved - Directors, Writers, Producers, Acting andCraft talent, during the Awards viewing and voting season throughout June & July. Round One Voting closes July 1st- for Shortlisting of Nominees.
You are invited to join us online for the following events.
Please Register Below
Be Good or Be Gone
4pm Monday, July 6th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Be Good or Be Gone with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Academy Members are invited to participate in a live Q&A with the cast and crew of Be Good or Be Gone as part of IFTA's Screen Discussion Series
Be Good or Be Gone, directed by Cathal Nally,penned by Les Martin (here also serving as a producer and lead actor) and Paul Murphy, is set in the Irish capital over the course of four days and follows the misfortunes of two petty-criminal cousins, Ste (Martin) and Weed (Declan Mills), who receive a temporary release from prison. Ste wishes to make a better life for himself, his partner Dee (Jenny Lee Masterson) and his six-year-old daughter Ellie Mae, whilst Weed – perhaps the most interesting character in the entire movie – feels a weird desire to conquer the world of high fashion, despite his criminal past and his crippling drug addiction.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance:
Cathal Nally (Director/Producer) , Les Martin (Actor/Producer/Co- writer), Declan Mills (Actor/Producer), Alan Sherlock (Actor) & Joe Conlan (Composer)
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
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Rosie
2pm Friday, July 3rd – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for ROSIE with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Academy Members are invited to participate in a live Q&A with the cast and crew of Rosie as part of IFTA's Screen Discussion Series
A woman, her husband and their four children find themselves homeless after their landlord sells their house. Over the next 36 hours, the couple desperately search for a place to live while trying to shield the kids from the reality of the situation.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance: Paddy Breathnach (Director) Roddy Doyle (Writer) & Sarah Greene (Actor)
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Never Grow Old
3pm Monday, June 29th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Never Grow Old with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. The once-peaceful frontier town is now a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived and began gunning down their opposition. Undertaker Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch) must choose between the blood money he makes burying the murderers' victims and the threats he and his family face in this intense and gritty western.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Writer/Director Ivan Kavanagh, Producers Jacqueline Kerrin & Dominic Wright and cast Molly McCann, Tim Ahern and Sean Gormley
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
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The New Music
6pm Monday, June 29th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for The New Music with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
After a Parkinson's diagnosis a classically trained pianist embarks on a path of self discovery leading him to a punk band. Their rebellious lifestyle and music provide a distraction to his troubles and a sharp contrast to his old life.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance: Chiara Viale (Director/Writer) Philip Kidd (co-producer, cinematographer and editor) and Cilléin Mc Evoy (Lead Actor).
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The Breadwinner
3pm Tuesday, June 23rd – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for The Breadwinnerwith Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who lives under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001. After the wrongful arrest of her father, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy to support her family. Working alongside a friend, she soon discovers a new world of freedom and danger. Drawing strength from the fantastical stories she invents, Parvana embarks on an epic quest to find her father and reunite her family.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director Nora Twomey and Producer Paul Young
3pm Tuesday, June 23rd
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The Hole in the Ground
3pm Wednesday, June 24th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for The Hole in the Ground with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
One night, Sarah's young son disappears into the woods behind their rural home. When he returns, he looks the same, but his behavior grows increasingly disturbing. Sarah begins to believe that the boy who returned may not be her son at all.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director Lee Cronin, Writer Stephen Shields, Producer John Keville, & Actors Seána Kerslake & James Quinn Markey
3pm Wednesay, June 24th
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A Good Woman is Hard to Find
3pm Thursday, June 25th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for A Good Woman is Hard to Find with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
A dynamic killer thriller, with its finger firmly on the pulse of stark social commentary and shattering suspense. Recently widowed mother of two Sarah is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr Big, she’s forced into taking drastic action to protect her children
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Actress Sarah Bolger, Director Abner Pastoll and writer Ronan Blaney
3pm Thursday, June 25th
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Calm with Horses
2pm Friday, June 26th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Calm with Horses with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he gets his latest orders.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Actors Niamh Algar and Cosmo Jarvis, Director Nick Rowland, and Screenwriter Joe Murtagh
2pm Friday, June 26th
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Float Like a Butterfly
3pm Monday, June 15th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Float Like a Butterfly with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
From the producers of Once and Sing Street, Float Like a Butterfly is a powerful and timely story of a girl's fight for freedom and belonging. In a gender-reversal of classic film Billy Elliot, 15-year-old Frances has to fight for the right to fight back.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director/Writer Carmel Winters and actors Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney and Johnny Collins
3pm Monday, June 15th
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
Director: Carmel Winters
Writer: Carmel Winters
Cast: Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney, Johnny Collins
Produced by: Port Pictures and Samson Films
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The Dig
3pm Tuesday, June 16th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for The Dig with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim's father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of him is to help him dig.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Andy & Ryan Tohill, Actors Moe Dunford, Emily Taaffe and Lorcan Cranitch
3pm Tuesday, June 16th
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Director: Ryan & Andy Tohill
Writer: Stuart Drennan
Cast: Moe Dunford, Lorcan Cranitch, Emily Taaffe
Extra Ordinary
3pm Wednesday, June 17th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Extra Ordinary with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Rose, a mostly sweet and lonely Irish driving instructor, must use her supernatural talents to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely) from a washed-up rock star who is using her in a Satanic pact to reignite his fame
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Directors Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman, Actors Maeve Higgins, Terri Chandler and Barry Ward, and producers Katie Holly and Mary McCarthy
3pm Wednesday, June 17th
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Directors: Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman
Writesr: Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman, Damien Fox and Maeve Higgins
Cast: Maeve Higgins, Will Forte, Terri Chandler and Barry Ward
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Finky
3pm Thursday, June 18th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Finky with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Running away from his tragic past, outcast and broken, Micí Finky is on a psychedelic, high-speed odyssey straight to the bottom of his own personal hell. Hoping to rise like a phoenix from the ashes, Finky must first choose forgiveness…or risk becoming lost in the madness that threatens to engulf him.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Writer & Director: Dathaí Keane, Writer: Diarmuid de Faoite, Cast: Dara Devaney, Fionnuala Gygax & Producer: Eileen Seoighe.
3pm Thursday, June 18th
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Black '47
2pm Friday, June 19th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Black '47 with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director: Lance Daly, Producer: Macdara Kelleher and actors James Frecheville and Stephen Rea
2pm Friday, June 19th
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A Bump Along the Way
2pm Friday, June 12th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for A Bump Along The Way with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Pamela is a boozy 44-year-old single mother whose teenage daughter Allegra disapproves of her care-free lifestyle. Their fragile relationship is further tested when Pamela becomes pregnant after a one-night stand..;
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Bronagh Gallagher, Mary Moulds, director Shelly Love, writer Tess McGowan and producer Louise Gallagher
2pm Friday, June 12th
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
Director: Shelly Love
Writer: Tess McGowan
Producer: Louise Gallagher
Cast: Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew & Mary Moulds.
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Cellar Door
3pm Thursday, June 11th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Cellar Door with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Racing from young love to tortured loss and back again this story follows Aidie, a fighter inside and out, as she searches for her son while in the grip of the Church.
With a unique point of view on a familiar trauma, Cellar Door cuts deep into the character’s experience in an exploration of love regained and loss relived.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director/Writer Viko Nikci and actors Karen Hassan, Leah McNamara and Mark O'Halloran
3pm Wednesday, June 10th
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Director: Viko Nikco
Writer: Viko Nikci
Cast: Karen Hassan, Catherine Walker, Mark O'Halloran and Leah McNamara
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A Bump Along the Way
2pm Friday, June 12th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for A Bump Along The Way with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Pamela is a boozy 44-year-old single mother whose teenage daughter Allegra disapproves of her care-free lifestyle. Their fragile relationship is further tested when Pamela becomes pregnant after a one-night stand..;
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Bronagh Gallagher, Mary Moulds, director Shelly Love, writer Tess McGowan and producer Louise Gallagher
2pm Friday, June 12th
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
Director: Shelly Love
Writer: Tess McGowan
Producer: Louise Gallagher
Cast: Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew & Mary Moulds.
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Ordinary Love
3pm Tuesday, June 9th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Ordinary Love with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Joan (Lesley Manville) and Tom (Liam Neeson) have been married for many years. There is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together and a depth of love which expresses itself through tenderness and humour in equal part. When Joan is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their relationship as they are faced with the challenges that lie ahead. Ordinary Love is a story about love, survival and the epic questions life throws at each and every one of us.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Directors Lisa Barros D'Sa & Glenn Leyburn, writer Owen McCafferty and Actress Lesley Manville
3pm Tuesday, June 9th
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Directors: Lisa Barros D'Sa & Glenn Leyburn
Writer: Owen McCafferty
Cast: Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, David Wilmot
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The Last Right
3pm Wednesday, June 10th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for The Last Right with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
A fateful exchange on a flight has consequences for Daniel Murphy. He's left in charge of a corpse of someone he never knew. He is persuaded to take on the challenge of getting a coffin from his family home in Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director/Writer Aoife Crehan. Actresses Niamh Algar and Eleanor O'Brien, and Producer Paul Donavan from Deadpan Pictures.
3pm Wednesday, June 10th
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Director: Aoife Crehan
Writer: Aoife Crehan
Cast: Michiel Huisman, Niamh Algar, Samuel Bottomley, Colm Meaney, Cian Boylan, Brian Cox
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3pm Friday, May 29th – LINK HERE TO REGISTER
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for We Ourselves with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Writer/Director Paul Mercier is one of Ireland's most intriguing and insightful writers and playwrights, whose work is known for its gritty poetic realism and examination of ordinary, contemporary Irish life - with Fintan O'Toole commending Mercier for his "inclusive dramatic vision".
In this film 'We Ourselves', Mercier brings his incredible writing skill on a journey through the minds and hearts of a group of idealists and careerists as they take their separate paths in life.
We Ourselves is an unconventional film dealing with the lives of a group of seven friends over a period of more than two decades. With rich and textured individual performances delivered in consecutive monologues, the film weaves an intimate drama about nationhood, identity, love and loss, as the belief of close friendships, give way to loneliness and a state of exile.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Paul Mercier, Anne Gately, Catherine Walker, Gavin Drea, Seana Kerslake, Paul Reid and Caitríona Ennis will take part in an online discussion.
3pm Friday, May 29th
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Writer/Director: Paul Mercier
Producer: Anne Gately
Cast: Caitríona Ennis, Gavin Drea, Seána Kerslake, Paul Reid, Catherine Walker, Aidan Gillen, Declan Conlon
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Arracht
3pm Wednesday, June 3rd – Link here to register
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Arracht with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
Arracht tells the story of Colmán Sharkey, a fisherman, a father, a husband, living on the wild shores of Connemara in 1845 as The Great Hunger descends. As land taxes rise and crops rot Colmán confronts his Landlord, the night ends in deadly violence and Colmán is forced to go on the run, hunted for crimes he did not commit. As the years pass in solitude, Colmán returns to the mainland and encounters a young girl, Kitty and a life-saving friendship develops.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Director Tom Sullivan and Actor Dónall Ó Héalai will take part in an online discussion.
3pm Wednesday, June 3rd
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
Writer/Director: Tom Sullivan
Cast: Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney
Rialto
2pm Friday, June 5th – Link here to register
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present this special ONLINE discussion for Rialto with Cast & Filmmakers in attendance, as part of the Irish Academy awards viewing season.
At 46, Dubliner Colm has a comfortable life: a managerial job in the city’s docks, two healthy teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, Colm’s emotional life cracks open. Unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a young 19-year old who quickly becomes his only solace from the pressures he feels.
Cast & Filmmakers in attendance
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Mark O'Halloran and Peter Mackie Burns will take part in the online discussion.
2pm Friday, June 5th
This will be an online Zoom Event - You will be sent the Zoom Access Link by email
Writer/Director: Peter Mackie Burns
Writer: Mark O'Halloran
Cast: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom Glynn-Carney, Monica Dolan
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