Niall Murphy

Dún Laoghaire

Founder and Managing Editor at Scannain

Media consultant and founder/editor of @Scannain_com. Always willing to lend a hand in the name of Irish film. He/him

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Galway Film Fleadh announces more films for the 2025 festival

3 weeks ago | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

The Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland’s leading film festival will celebrate the 37th edition from 8th – 13th July in the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema. The Galway Film Fleadh have made an agreement with Galway City Council to manage the Pálás venue for the duration of the festival. The Pálás has been an important venue for the Fleadh with screenings taking place in three screens simultaneously.
Galway to host Animation Ireland’s Meitheal 2025 on May 23rd

2 months ago | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

Animation Ireland returns to Galway with Meitheal 2025, on Friday May 23rd. The annual day-long conference brings together Ireland’s animation industry and many of the biggest names from the international scene, as well as live action and creative media professionals and students from across Ireland. Animation Ireland’s Meitheal 2025 will explore cutting-edge technology, investigate sustainability in AI, and dissect future animation content, platforming and audience trends.
Bradford/ West of Ireland 2025 Screen Producer Exchange Callout

2 months ago | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

Bradford 2025, in partnership with Ardán, WRAP, and Screen Yorkshire, are seeking applications from producers to take part in a Bradford/West of Ireland Screen Producer Exchange programme. The intention of the exchange is to develop international relationships and opportunities between the Irish and UK producing community via learning and networking opportunities in Bradford and the West of Ireland. What’s included?
Film Ireland to host a Cover Art Exhibition on April 17th

2 months ago | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

Film Ireland will host an extended exhibition of Film Ireland Cover Art (Issues 1-100) to mark the ongoing development of the Film Ireland Digital Archive, in association with DBS School of Arts and the PARC25 Research Conference. FLUX Studios, 4 Chatham Row, Dublin 26pm Thursday 17th April 2025Film Ireland had its samizdat beginnings as Issue No.1 of Film Base News in May/June 1987 and continued in print form as Ireland’s leading film publication until moving exclusively online in 2014.
Details announced for new RTÉ drama series These Sacred Vows

2 months ago | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

RTÉ, in association with Banijay Rights and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, has announced details of their new drama series These Sacred Vows. The new comedy-drama is written and directed by award-winning Irish screenwriter John Butler, and centres on an Irish wedding in Spain; a week of day-drinking and chaotic nights where secret fears, jealousy and desire bubble to the surface.
Watch the gripping trailer for Mark O'Connor's Amongst The Wolves

Mar 21, 2025 | scannain.com | Niall Murphy |Irish Film

The official trailer and poster have just been released for Amongst The Wolves, the newest feature film from Irish writer/director Mark O’Connor. The film is set to open in Irish cinemas on Friday May 2nd. O’Connor, best known for Cardboard Gangsters and King of the Travellers, brings his raw and authentic storytelling to Amongst The Wolves, delivering an unflinching look at the intense, gritty underworld of organised crime and the fragile loyalties that bind it together.
Unsettling trailer and poster released for Irish folk horror Fréwaka

Mar 19, 2025 | scannain.com | Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya |Niall Murphy |Irish Film

Wildcard Distribution, in association with Shudder, has unveiled the official poster and trailer for Fréwaka (Fréamhacha), a chilling new folk horror from acclaimed writer-director Aislinn Clarke. Rooted in ancient Irish folklore and steeped in a menacing atmosphere, FRÉWAKA tells a haunting story of isolation, superstition, and the terrifying grip of the past.
KNEECAP sweeps at 36th Galway Film Fleadh

Jul 15, 2024 | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

The 36th edition of the Galway Film Fleadh came to an end last night after another outstanding year. With sold-out screenings across the festival programme, the Fleadh featured 94 feature films and over 100 short films featuring the best Irish and World cinema. The annual awards ceremony took place on Sunday 14th July before the closing film, To A Land Unknown from director Mahdi Fleifel, which follows Chatila and Reda who are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens.
‎Irish Films, a list of films by Niall Murphy • Letterboxd

Apr 15, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Niall Murphy

Published 2024-04-15T10:11:45.887Z Updated 2024-04-15T12:03:11.561Z
Strong Irish representation at Cannes 24 as Element Pictures secure 3 selections

Apr 11, 2024 | scannain.com | Niall Murphy

The Cannes Film Festival this morning announced its lineup for the 77th edition of the prestigious festival. Irish films and filmmakers are dotted throughout the programme, with Dublin-based Element Pictures having three of its films invited to official selection. The Element Pictures productions selected are:Kinds of Kindness is Element Picture’s latest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos, director of the multi-Oscar winning POOR THINGS.