Italian horror story
Mark Cousins told David Hennessy about his new documentary that looks at the rise of fascism in Italy more than 100 years ago but...
The beat of our own drum
Ruairi Glasheen told David Hennessy about his documentary series delving into the history and evolution of the bodhrán.
Ruairi Glasheen is a percussionist and film...
Tarrac comes to UK cinemas
The Irish World was there at the recent Irish Film Festival London when Tarrac, which we have previously covered, screened on the Friday with...
Film festival packs a punch
By David Hennessy
Irish Film Festival London returned recently with a programme of feature films- including many London and UK premieres, Q and As, short...
Reservoir Dogs in the Irish countryside…with vampires
Garry Walsh told David Hennessy about his debut feature film Wickedly Evil blending elements of crime, comedy and horror, and why you can’t freeze...
What Lies beneath
Director Lisa Mulcahy told David Hennessy about the new film Lies We Tell which is adapted from Sheridan Le Fanu’s Uncle Silas and has...
Ordinary women
David Hennessy spoke to Jane Crowe and Carol Anne Bridgman, two members of the Debenhams strike whose struggle has depicted in the documentary 406...
The odd couple
Patricia Kelly told David Hennessy why her debut feature film Verdigris, about two very different women who strike up an unlikely friendship, is a...
A Woman’s (Radical) Heart…
Croíthe Radacacha (Radical Hearts) is a documentary about all the gay women who were at the heart of the fight for Irish independence.
It was...
Lochlainn McKenna taking Two For the Road
Lochlainn McKenna told David Hennessy about his personal short film Two For The Road which stars Steve Wall and is vying for an Oscar...