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Brendan Coyle (John Bates): Plays English politician Augustine Birrell in the historical Irish film drama «The Rising.»
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The IFTA Awards are the highlight of Ireland's film and drama calendar and they celebrate the very best of Irish screen talent across film and television.
The event was hosted by Chief Executive of the Irish Film and Television Academy, Áine Moriarty, who congratulated all winners and nominees working in the Irish film and drama industry.
Monday also saw two Irish films screen: Urszula Antoniak's Nothing Personal, a soulful drama about immigration set in Connemara, and The Beholder, Conor Horgan's documentary about three Irish portrait painters.
Fans of the Oscar - winning 2006 Irish film Once (and its more recent stage - musical adaptation) may find this American drama a little derivative, but it's a strong story in its own right.
The first film is New Line's The Kitchen, according to Variety, a drama based on a cult comic - book series about a group of Irish Mafia wives in 1970s New York.
The lyrical lad of film - making, in the form of Irish writer - director John Carney (who gave us the wonderfully musical drama in 2007's «Once»), is at it again as he brings the continued inspiration of music and motivation in the engagingly festive coming - of - age musical melodrama Sing Street.
* This figure of $ 168 million represents the Irish expenditure for all projects which went into production this year in the categories of independent film, TV drama, animation and feature documentary only.
The feature films nominated for Best Film this year are «Frank» which gives an insight into the weird and wonderful world of the enigmatic musician; the gritty urban family drama of «Glassland»; the raw, moving and honest «I Used to Live Here»; the feel good true - life story of «Noble»; the poignant and sensitive exploration of mental health in «Patrick's Day», and the beautiful Irish animated fantasy «Song of the Sea»; Three of the Best Films also get nominations for Best Director; Lenny Abrahamson for «Frank»; Gerard Barrett «Glassland» and Terry McMahon for «Patrick's Day», with John Carney also in that category for the musical drama «Begin Again».
This year the IFB supported twelve Irish feature films, six creative feature co-productions, seventeen feature documentaries, two TV dramas and eight animated projects.
Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.
Director Adam Smith's feature film debut about a close - knit criminal family of Irish Travelers is a relatively low - key drama that never quite gets off the ground.
This hotly - anticipated suspense drama made history at its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 as it was the first film directed by an Irish woman to be selected for inclusion in the Festival.