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Donald Clarke

Whingeing about cinema and real life since 2009

Film Festivals

Downtown Mick Hannigan announces new film festival for Cork

Recently made redundant by the Cork Film Festival in controversial circumstances, Mick Hannigan and Úna Feely embark on a new event.

ace_attorney_press Winners at the Japanese Film Festival

Citizens throughout the nation still have time to make it to one the year’s most tasty cinema jamborees.

Mick Hannigan Programmer and CEO of The Cork Film Festival made redundant

The oldest film festival in Ireland lays off Mick Hannigan, CEO, and Úna Feely, festival programmer, “due to the financial position of the company”.

Day seven at JDIFF

Last night I tramped on stage to chat with the great Costa-Gavras at the screening of his new film Le Capital. The Greek-born director is known for a series of superb political films beginning in 1969 with the savage thriller …

Good night from JDIFF

I really like this year’s Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. Commandant Humphreys, festival director, has assembled a programme that manages to surprise you into happy compliance. Tonight we got a glimpse at something from left field that advertised the aesthetic …

Further musings on the JDIFF weekend

Highlights of the weekend and tips for tomorrow.

With Robert Towne at JDIFF

The legendary screenwriter of Chinatown, The Last Detail and Shampoo touches down at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.

Tony Donoghue’s Irish Folk Furniture wins at Sundance

Hooray! Tony Donoghue’s hugely charming Irish Folk Furniture, which I enjoyed greatly at the Cork Film Festival, has won best short animation at the Sundance Film Festival. I need not tell you what it is like. Thanks to this modern …