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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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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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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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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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Adrian Dunbar MY IRELAND

Adrian Dunbar

LINE OF DUTY star Adrian Dunbar was spotted filming for a new ITV series in Enniskillen this week ahead of his appearance in another Channel 5 series later this month. The Enniskillen native returned to his roots with a visit to the Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel where he was revealed to be filming for upcoming ITV series DNA JOURNEY, where famous faces delve into their family history. ADRIAN DUNBAR MY IRELAND will see the actor travelling to some of his favourite locations across the island, where viewers will get a ‘rare glimpse’ into his childhood in Enniskillen.

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Lyra McKee documentary

A new documentary about the work and life of murdered journalist Lyra McKee will come to Irish cinemas later this year. Filmmakers have taken footage, voice recordings and interviews from her dictaphone which they say enables McKee to narrate her own story in the film. The film is directed by Belfast-based filmmaker Alison Millar, who is a BAFTA winner.

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Hot Docs Review: NOTHING COMPARES

NOTHING COMPARES is a powerful reminder of just how revolutionary Sinéad O’Connor was as a female artist in the 80’s and 90’s. Decades ahead of her time in fashion, music and political causes, O’Connor arrived out of nowhere, taking the world by storm with her never-before-experienced attitude and sound. This gripping documentary will remind you of the raw glory of her incredible voice, her ballsy commitment to institution-challenging statements and her amazing artistic vulnerability. O’Connor was decades ahead of her time and we just weren’t ready for her.

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Hot Docs Review: MILLION DOLLAR PIGEONS

MILLION DOLLAR PIGEONS is a crisp documentary by Irish director Gavin Fitzgerald that takes a semi-humourous look at the rapidly-changing world of pigeon racing. Once the domain of dedicated amateurs, the sport has evolved into a highly competitive, and ridiculously lucrative, global sporting phenomenon. Well worth the approx 100min duration, MILLION DOLLAR PIGEONS will teach you more than you never knew you didn’t know about this evolving sport, pairing that with wonderful cinematography and snappy, candid interviews. 

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