Tag Archives: Documentary

THE DEEPEST BREATH trailer

Netflix

THE DEEPEST BREATH, which debuts on Netflix on July 19, tells the gripping, tragic story of two free divers, the world-record-holder Alessia Zecchini from Italy and her vigilant coach and safety expert, Stephen Keenan from Ireland. I won’t give away the nature of the tragedy, which took place in Dahab, Egypt, because McGann unspools it so suspensefully and movingly. But I will say that the documentary braids together many kinds of love: love between people, love of the ocean, love of excellence and adventure, love of original lives, love of tight-knit communities, and love of travel to places that are breathtaking, in both senses of the word.

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Irish Film

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THE DEEPEST BREATH on Netflix

Netflix

Irish director Laura McGann’s latest film, THE DEEPEST BREATH, airs July 19 on Netflix. THE DEEPEST BREATH follows champion freediver Alessia Zecchini, who fell in love with the sport as a child growing up in Italy, astounding coaches with her raw talent and determination in pool swims and open water contests before she was even old enough to legally compete. The Deepest Breath will be released worldwide on Netflix on July 19, with limited theatrical release in Ireland from July 14.

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Irish Film, Irish Television

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN N.I preview

The Troubles

ONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND is a new five-part documentary about the Troubles that combines personal accounts with archive footage to tell the stories of people and communities dealing with violence and conflict on a daily basis. Series director James Bluemel said his experience directing the Bafta and Emmy award-winning ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAQ inspired him to take on the task of telling the story of a conflict closer to home. Now streaming on BBC iPlayer.

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Irish Television

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McGREGOR FOREVER on Netflix

UFC

Conor McGregor has revealed new details about his upcoming Netflix sports documentary series. Titled McGREGOR FOREVER, the Irish UFC star took to Twitter on Tuesday to unveil a trailer for the show. In the clip, McGregor talks about breaking his ankle during a 2021 fight with Dustin Poirier, an injury he says he thought was a career-ender. On Tuesday, however, he said of the series: “You heard it here first. My brand new documentary series McGREGOR FOREVER is coming to Netflix on 17 May. The only place to hear my true story, which is only getting started!”

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Irish Television

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LOLA review

Lola

The debut film from Irish director Andrew Legge is a pacy, thrillingly inventive found-footage mockumentary that purports to show the invention, in 1940, of a machine that can intercept television and radio broadcasts from the future. The device is named Lola in honour of the mother of the machine’s creators: two sisters, Thomasina (Emma Appleton) and Mars (Stefanie Martini). And at first, Lola is a portal to new artistic and cultural frontiers. But then, as the second world war escalates, the machine becomes part of the war effort, at considerable cost to future generations: an alternative fascist reality swallows the future that the women had glimpsed.

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Irish Film

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TOWN OF STRANGERS review

Town of Strangers

Town of Strangers

TOWN OF STRANGERS is set in the town of Gort in County Galway, perhaps best known for being the site of Coole House, the home of Lady Gregory and the Irish literary revival of Yeats, Synge, O’Casey and Shaw. None of that is mentioned, however: director Threasa O’Brien focuses on its 21st-century distinction of having Ireland’s highest percentage of migrants. O’Brien auditions for people to come and be involved in her documentary, and these “audition” scenes evolve into being the central part of the film itself: where people simply talk about their lives, where they’ve come from and what they expect of Gort.

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Irish Film

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NOTHING COMPARES doc wins BIFA

 Sinead O'Connor

A Belfast film director has won two prestigious awards for her new documentary on singer Sinéad O’Connor. Kathryn Ferguson was named winner of the Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary category at the 25th British Independent Film Awards in London on Sunday for her film NOTHING COMPARES, which was released in October. The film, produced with the support of NI Screen and Screen Ireland, and which charts the career of the Dublin-born singer from 1987 to 1993, also won the Best Feature Documentary category at the event.

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Irish Film

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NORTH CIRCULAR doc

North Circular documentary

NORTH CIRCULAR is a documentary musical that travels the length of Dublin’s North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, exploring the history, music and streetscapes of a street that links some of the country’s most beloved and infamous places. The film also includes musical performances from artists local to the North Circular, including Lisa O’Neill, John Francis Flynn, Séan Ó Túama, Eoghan O’Ceannabháin, Ian Lynch & Gemma Dunleavy.

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Irish Film

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