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Jessie Buckley in WOMEN TALKING

Jessie Buckley

When Jessie Buckley first read Sarah Polley’s script for WOMEN TALKING, it bothered her. There they were, a bunch of women sitting in a barn in the back-blocks of Canada, talking about what they were going to do with their lives: they wouldn’t let her go. “There was so much unknown within it, which was the best part of it, because it kept nagging me,” she says. “Even after I’d read the original book and met Sarah, it was something that kept just returning. I was like, ‘Get out! Get out of my head!’”

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Fassbender on HUNGER

Michael Fassbender

Actor Michael Fassbender has described his portrayal of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands as the performance “closest to my heart out of all the work I have done”. The directional debut of future Oscar-winner Steve McQueen, the 2008 film HUNGER was a drama about the 1981 hunger strike by republican prisoners in the Maze prison. It won a host of international awards, including the prestigious Caméra d’Or award for first-time filmmakers and the Sydney Film Prize.

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Éanna Hardwicke in THE DOLL FACTORY

Éanna Hardwicke

NORMAL PEOPLE star Éanna Hardwicke has been cast in THE DOLL FACTORY with the Irish actor taking on role of Silas, a taxidermist. DERRY GIRLS star Saoirse Monica Jackson has also been cast in the supporting ensemble for the new series. Filming is currently underway in and around Dublin and will run until 2023.

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Ciaran Hinds joins THE FAMILY PLAN

Ciaran Hinds

Written by David Coggeshall, THE FAMILY PLAN tells the story of a suburban dad who must take his family on the run when his past catches up with him. Hinds is coming off his Oscar-nominated performance in Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST. The film also stars Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan. Simon Cellan Jones, who recently collaborated with Wahlberg on ARTHUR THE KING, will direct.

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AISHA trailer released

Aisha

A new film about Ireland’s direct provision system starring Black Panther’s Letitia Wright is set for release this week. Filmmaker Frank Berry got the idea for AISHA while making an entirely different project back in 2017. The Dubliner was researching Michael Inside, a film about Irish prison life, when he discovered that the Department of Justice also ran Ireland’s immigration system. Five years on, AISHA will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema on Thursday, 17 November.

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Siobhán Cullen in OBITUARY

Siobhán Cullen

Irish TV and theatre actress Siobhán Cullen stars as Elvira Clancy, an obituarist working at a small-town newspaper, who suddenly finds herself being paid by the obituary due to cuts. When she “accidentally” kills a nasty piece of work, she discovers she might have an untapped bloodlust, and sets her sights on other unpleasant residents of the town. Her killing spree hits a potential snag when the paper hires an attractive crime correspondent.

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Saoirse Ronan in THE OUTRUN

Saoirse Ronan is set to star in a highly anticipated film as a recovering addict, fresh out of rehab. The Irish actor has been cast in the movie adaptation of THE OUTRUN – a bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot. A first look at the film shows a blue-haired Ronan looking stoic as Rona, who returns to the wild Orkney Islands of Scotland after a decade away.

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BALLYWALTER to open BFF

A new film starring County Down-born comedian and presenter Patrick Kielty is to get its world premiere in Belfast on Nov 3. The drama BALLYWALTER was shot on a number of locations on the Ards Peninsula and in Belfast.
Kielty has acted on stage before but this is his first feature-film role.

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