On Monday, September 30th Lambing aired on RTÉ 2 as part of the Shortscreen, the national broadcaster’s initiative to showcase short films from Irish creatives.
Lambing is now also available to stream on RTÉ Player: https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/shortscreen-lambing/559907368119
The Writers’ Guild of Ireland presented the awards for the best writing across film, theatre and radio at the 16th annual ZeBBie Awards on October 17th.
LAMBING won Best Short Film Script. Producer Mo O’Connell presented the award as I was in California representing the film at the Newport Beach Film Festival. This is my second ZeBBie Nomination and first win, and I’m so grateful to the Writers Guild of Ireland for this recognition. It’s an absolute honour.
Other winners include Colm Bairéad for AN CAILÍN CÚIN and Lisa McGee for DERRY GIRLS. For a full list of winners, please visit the WGI Website.
“It’s a great honour for the Writers Guild of Ireland to celebrate the exceptional work that our members produce every year through our annual Zebbie Awards at The Sugar Club. Though their work is often in the spotlight, it is rare for writers themselves to be celebrated. The winners and nominees across all the categories at the 2023 Zebbie Awards reflect the quality of Irish writing for stage, screen and radio, and it is no surprise that their work resonates with audiences internationally as well as here in Ireland.
“All of the great productions we enjoy, whether they are plays, films, radio dramas or tv series, begin at a writer’s desk, and the Writers’ Guild of Ireland is proud to support our members in ensuring they get the credit they deserve for the brilliant scripts they produce.”
– Jennifer davidson, Chair of the Writers guild of ireland
I was absolutely delighted to host a Masterclass with legendary Producer Christine Vachon on June 29th at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin.
Vachon’s work has had a huge impact on me both personally and professionally, and it was an honour to speak with her in front of a full house in the IFI.
Christine Vachon is an Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award winner who co-founded Killer Films with partner Pamela Koffler in 1995. Over two decades, they have produced more than 100 films, including some of the most celebrated and important American independent features: Kids, I Shot Andy Warhol, Happiness, Boys Don’t Cry, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Far From Heaven, One Hour Photo, Still Alice, Carol, Beatriz at Dinner, and First Reformed. In television, Vachon executive-produced the Emmy and Golden Globe-awarded miniseries Mildred Pierce for HBO as well as the Emmy Award-winning limited series Halston for Netflix. Upcoming releases include Celine Song’s Past Lives (A24), which premiered at Sundance and screened in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Todd Haynes’ May December, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, which screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Read more: https://www.screenireland.ie/courses/industry-masterclass-with-christine-vachon
IFTA announced the Nominees for the 2022 Awards this week, with a total of six for indie feature film WHO WE LOVE, including Best Script – Film for Graham Cantwell & Katie McNeice.
WHO WE LOVE | IFTA Nominations 2022
Best Film – Who We Love
Best Direction – Graham Cantwell
Best Script – Graham Cantwell & Katie McNeice
Best Supporting Actor – Dean Quinn
Best Supporting Actress – Amy-Joyce Hastings
Best Original Music – Joseph Conlon
Our rural drama LAMBING has just wrapped after a three-day shoot in Co. Kildare. Huge thanks from myself and Producer Mo O’Connell to all the cast and crew who made this shoot possible and who were wonderful to work with.
Thanks also to our funders at the Kildare ShortGrass Film Bursary and to the IMDb Script to Screen Award team for believing in this project and helping us bring it to life.
Hardback Films is delighted to announce that The Kerry International Film Festival presented Katie McNeice with the Inaugural Rising Talent Taking Flight Award, sponsored by Kerry Airport.
Festival Director Eibh Collins presented the award to McNeice for her work to date, including feature film WHO WE LOVE, co-written with Director Graham Cantwell, which headlined at this year’s festival.
In the 2020 edition of the Kerry International Film Festival McNeice’s LAMBING received the award for Best Short Screenplay, while in 2019 her debut film IN ORBIT screened as part of the Irish shorts.
WHO WE LOVE also received the award for Best Fiction Feature Film at the 2021 festival.
Katie McNeice 