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In How to Stop a Recurring Dream, teenager Yakira kidnaps her sister during a family separation. The film explores feelings of desperation, anxiety and alienation, showing what happens when you’re pushed to the edge. In this interview…

Astronaut follows Angus Stewart (Richard Dreyfuss), an octogenarian, who battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket on the first civilian space journey. Astronaut had its World premiere at 2019's…

The exploration of friendship and escape in a dusty, desert environment are at the forefront of writer and director Alexandra McGuinness' drama 'She's Missing', which premiered in March 2019 at the Dublin International Film Festival. Troy…

I really hate elitism in film criticism, and I think it’s important we get a diverse range of opinions and voices in order to really explore the art form.

"Fear isn’t something that we get to go through many times, and it’s an emotion full of adrenaline, excitement and sheer terror. It’s something that is completely different to any other emotion because it causes us to react in ways we might…

"We’re really looking for that special voice no matter who the writer is. I would love to have a female Grand Prize winner because oddly that hasn’t happened yet, but we play things as they lay. Whoever is the best per our judges wins and…

"As someone who loves film and enjoys writing about it, I feel I should have my voice heard like anybody else. And I genuinely think as a woman, I’ll have different takes and thoughts to a man because (in our society) we’re likely to have…

"It’s amazing that Kubrick got away with what he did, but I suppose that’s because he was a genius." David O'Reilly on Kubrick By Candlelight.

When you watch a Game of Thrones, you win...or you win

Chris Watt talks to the talented writer/director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall and producer Tamar Bird about their remarkable new short film, Haven.