Viva was written in Spanish about Cuban drag artists, but looks like being one of the best Irish films of the year, writes Esther McCarthy

As Jim Sheridan heads for Schull, he tells Esther McCarthy how the internet has been such a disruptive force for filmmakers

For the latest big release in an incredible year for Irish cinema, Rachel Griffiths plays a grieving mother embroiled in an unlikely love affair, writes Helen Barlow

Room, Sing Street, and My Name is Emily look set to be the big winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (Iftas) as they have bagged eight nominations apiece.

The festival once known as JDIFF (previously sponsored by Jameson) is now ADIFF, thanks to the involvement of Audi. But it's still the same celebration of cinema which we know as the Dublin International Film Festival.

The Dublin International Film Festival is back for 2016, with a new title sponsor in the form of Audi. And the list of films is just starting to be announced.

The film has progressed to the shortlist of 9 from an initial 80 entries.

Mark O’Halloran explains to Padraic Killeen how the central character of Davoren in The Shadow of a Gunman echoes O’Casey’s view of his younger self

The Abbey has marked William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday by producing Twelfth Night, says Pádraic Killeen.

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IT’S not often that an Oscar-nominated movie director helps out with your school project.

Ken Loach-directed Irish Civil War story The Wind that Shakes the Barley leads a strong showing of Irish films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 17 - 28.

Something nasty in the woods - that's the theme of director Paddy Breathnach's latest film, which starts shooting in Monaghan next month.

The latest film from the creator of Man About Dog and The Mighty Celt looks set to be a road trip with a difference.

Two Irish films - including Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto - starring a host of top actors are set to premiere on the world stage at a major UK festival, it was confirmed today.

Director Paddy Breathnach's Man About Dog has rocketed to the top of the Irish Box Office, beating Collateral (starring Tom Cruise), Wimbledon (Paul Bettany) and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Jude Law).

A fluffy tale - tail? - of three chancers - Leech, Murphy and Nolan - who become involved in a scam with a greyhound and dysfunctional hoods.