The Last Right wins at Cork Film Festival – in cinemas December 6th
Huge thanks to everyone who came, saw & partied with us for the premiere of The Last Right at the Cork Film Festival! We’re thrilled with the amazing response and so proud that the film, written&directed by Aoife Crehan, also won the Cork Film Festival Audience Award🏆🍾 Huge thanks & congrats to Aoife, and all our friends and partners on the project including Cross Day Productions, Screen Ireland, eOne, Lip Sync, RTE & Northern Ireland Screen. The Last Right is In cinemas across Ireland December 6th. 📽️ Watch the trailer here! More on the Cork Film Festival winners here.
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Watch the brand new trailer for The Last Right
Incoming! Watch the brand new trailer for The Last Right here. 2 brothers, 1 stranger and a coffin. Discover the journey of a lifetime in #TheLastRight – in cinemas across Ireland December 6th.
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The Last Right enjoys Irish Gala at Cork Film Festival
The Last Right will enjoy its World Premier Gala Screening at the 64th Annual Cork Film Festival on Thursday 14th November 2019, tickets can be purchased through the festival website here. The film stars Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones, Orphan Black, World War Z) , Niamh Algar (Raised by Wolves, The Virtues, The Drummer and the Keeper), Samuel Bottomley (Tyrannosaur, Wolf Hall), Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, The Snapper) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity, Braveheart, Rushmore, Adaptation).
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The South Westerlies in Variety Magazine
The South Westerlies features in Variety Magazine this week! We’re in production at the mo and can’t wait to share more news soon. Watch this space. CREDIT: ACORN MEDIA ENTERPRISES Originally posted on Variety.com on 11th October 2019: Acorn, RTE Team Up on Irish-Produced Comedy-Drama ‘The South Westerlies’ (EXCLUSIVE) By STEWART CLARKE AMC’s Acorn Media Enterprises and Irish pubcaster RTE have teamed up on “The South Westerlies,” an Irish-produced original comedy-drama featuring an ensemble cast led by Orla Brady (“Mistresses”). ZDF Enterprises and Norway’s TV2 are also on board the series, which has backing from Screen Ireland. Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures is producing. It will bow on RTE in 2020. In the U.S. …
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Seanie & Flo to premiere at Indie Cork
Very pleased to announce that Imogen Murphy’s brilliant short film SEANIE & FLO – written by John Morton and starring John Connors and Ann Skelly – will enjoy its premiere at Indie Cork! The short comedy screens Oct 11th 3.45pm. The full Indie Cork brochure is online now – we’re in good company.
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Dead Still now in production
Excited to announce our new production! DEAD STILL stars Michael Smiley, Kerr Logan and Eileen O’Higgins and will hit screens next year. Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of ‘postmortem photography’ the six-episode period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects. #DeadStill is an RTÉ and Acorn TV commission, made with the support of the BAI. We’re in production at the mo, alongside partners Shaftesbury and ZDF Enterprises. It was developed with the support of Screen Ireland and Creative Europe, written by John Morton and is directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace. More news soon… in …
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Deadpan’s Ailish McElmeel selected for Inside Pictures
There’s our Ailish, who’s been selected for Inside Pictures, a big international industry hootenanny. No better woman! From the IFTN website, 29th April 2019: Deadpan Co-Founder and Producer Ailish McElmeel Selected for Inside Pictures Programme 2019 29 Apr 2019 : by Nathan Griffin Irish producer Ailish McElmeel has been selected to participate in the 2019 edition of Inside Pictures, the National Film and TV School’s (UK) international business training and leadership skills development programme. McElmeel is the Irish representative among the 20 participants to be selected and features alongside Samanta Roberts, marketing director of film at eOne; Frédéricque Rouault, director of international sales at Playtime (France); and Film 4’s …
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Can’t Cope Won’t Cope 2 nominated for 2019 Celtic Media Festival Award
We’ve very pleased to announce that Can’t Cope Won’t Cope Season 2 has been nominated for a 2019 Celtic Media Festival Drama Award! The 40th annual Celtic Media Festival awards will take place in Aviemore on 4th – 6th June 2019. Can’t Cope Won’t Cope 2 sees Aisling and Danielle struggling with the new normality of being apart. We meet Aisling after she’s had her soul sucked out of her by small town Mallow for an entire summer. Meanwhile in Vancouver, Danielle is struggling despite having her wish for more art and less Aisling come true. Nominees from across the UK, Ireland and Europe will compete across 23 award categories at the festival, …
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Can’t Cope Won’t Cope S2 now on Irish&UK Netflix
Yipee!!! Can’t Cope Won’t Cope Season 2 is now available on Irish & UK Netflix. Catch it here. So that’s the whole series, both seasons, there to watch. And you can still find it on international Netflix too. “The perfect binge” – Entertainment Weekly “One to watch..gleeful fun” – The New York Times “Best of 2018” – The Irish Times
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Women on the Verge nominated for two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Women on the Verge has been nominated for 2 UK Broadcasting Press Guild Awards! The show is up for Best Comedy and Best of Multichannel. Women on the Verge was a co-production between Merman, House Productions and Deadpan Pictures airing on UKTV’s W and RTÉ2 in Ireland. The show was created by Sharon Horgan and Lorna Martin, an adaptation of Lorna’s successful novel Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. It stars Kerry Condon as Laura, Nina Sosanya as Katie and Eileen Walsh as Alison. Sharon Horgan also appeared as Dr Fitzgerald. The series was directed by Annie Griffin, produced by Gavin O’Grady and the executive producers were Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross, Ailish McElmeel, Justin Healy, …
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