Fni Wrap Chat

Actor, Producer and Writer Barry McEvoy is with us this Episode. Brought to you by Wildcard Distribution. Barry recounts frankly some Interesting and unbelievable encounters with Hollywood top brass, performing with some incredible people, Auditioning for Martin Scorcese, a run in with Harvey Weinstein, having Robin Williams on your tail and trying to keep your integrity in a town where the order of the day is a side of inconsistency. You won't believe some of these anecdotes. Barry McEvoy is an Irish film Actor/writer best known for writing and playing the lead in An Everlasting Piece, directed by Barry Levinson. McEvoy's first screen appearance of note was in the supporting role of a gangster in Gloria, filmed after he had spent a decade performing in Off Broadway plays in New York City. He appeared in Gettysburg, Veronica Guerin, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Five Minutes of Heaven. McEvoy based the screenplay of An Everlasting Piece upon the adventures of his own father selling toupée

On Todays Fni Wrapchat brought to you by Wildcard Distribution is Irish Actor and Writer Seán T. Ó Meallaigh. Seán's latest role was that of St.Patrick playing opposite John Rhys-Davies in a new feature length historical docudrama I AM PATRICK directed by Jarrod Anderson for Northstar Studios. Other credits include the Irish language feature MO GHRÁ BUAN and played lead role “Douglas” in short film A BETTER YOU for Screen Ireland. Recent film and television credits include Frank Monk “Father Prudentius” in acclaimed adventure series VIKINGS, Séamus in Irish language feature ARRACHT for TG4, MAZE, CHARLIE, RTE, THE FEATURE PURSUIT, AND playee Tom Morgan in ÉIRÍ AMACH AMÚ. Seán is best known for playing one of the three brothers (Pádraig Connolly) in IFTA award-winning period drama AN KLONDIKE, which is available on Netflix at as Dominion Creek. Film credits include Daithi Carrol in romantic comedy THE CALLBACK QUEEN, KINGS with Colm Meaney and JIMMY’S HALL. Seán also appeared in documentary-drama BÁS NÓ

Episode #71 of FNI Wrapchat on the Headstuff podcast network is the brilliant Neili Conroy. Neilí has worked as an Actor in film, television and theatre for over twenty years. She's one of three performers from her Family, Following in the footsteps of her Father Brendan and forging a career along with her Brother Rúaidhrí. After getting her break in Roddy Doyle’s excellent ‘Family’ as a teenager, she has continued to work steadily in Irish film, television and theatre. She is best known for her work in Irish films such as  The Van, Intermission, Kisses and The General and on television in Love/Hate,The Clinic and most recently becoming a series regular in the hugely popular Rte Soap Fair City. Neilí talks very very candidly about what it is to be a female Actor in this country, What it was like working on some of the more successful Films Ireland has produced over the last 25 years and what it's like being from a family of Actors and the support it brings, how Important going back to education was for

https://urlzs.com/cGeKd Why not join us at our latest networking event in Dublin on the 3rd of September. Be part of the change you want to see. TICS via Eventbrite.  Joining us this week on FNI Wrapchat is Writer/Director, Ciaran Cassidy. Ciarans Debut Feature Documentary "Jihad Jane" screened at this years Galway Film Fleadh and was supported by Screen Ireland. Ciaran's first feature screenplay, THE DOMESTIQUE, is in development with Blinder Films and Screen Ireland. His short, THE LAST DAYS OF PETER BERGMANN, premiered at Sundance and is the winner of an IFTA for Best Irish Short Film, the Stranger than Fiction audience award, the Nashville Film Festival Jury Award, the Melbourne International Film Festival and Milwaukee Film Festival Short Documentary Award and the Camden Film Festival Non-Fiction Award. His previous short film COLLABORATION HORIZONTALE premiered at Telluride and won an award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. His radio documentary, 'The Runners' on a child who esc

Ep 69 is Screenwriter, Playwright and Director, Gary Duggan Gary was raised in the North Dublin suburb of Donaghmede. He studied Media Production at Dublin Institute of Technology. Gary began writing scripts at the age of 15 while attending Grange Community College in Donaghmede. He won the Stewart Parker Trust Award for his first play MONGED. He has numerous Theatre, Tv and Film writing credits including Co writing The Rte Tv Show Amber and he currently has a number of Projects in active development, Including Costigan which was commissioned initially as an RTE Storyland project.. A lovely frank chat about staying the course, Keeping it realistic and how important it is to keep a number of projects going at the same time. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4888433/ CATCH WRAPCHAT ON SPOTIFY, GOOGLE PODCASTS, APPLE PODCASTS, STITCHER AND IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WILDCARD DISTRIBUTION. HTTPS://WWW.BUYMEACOFFEE.COM/FNI TO SUPPORT FILM NETWORK IRELAND Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiara Viale is an Italian born Writer Director and Producer in Love with Ireland. After obtaining a degree in English as a Foreign Language and Literature in Milan, she went on studying screenwriting in Dublin and began making films in every capacity possible to learn her craft. Her first Independent Feature Film, The New Music, was selected to screen at this years IndieCork Film festival. We sat down for a chat to talk with Chiara to chat about her film The New Music. A real labour of love which also has a very important message about Parkinson's disease. Check out the following article to find out a bit more about the project. https://www.hotpress.com/music/people-suffering-parkinsons-music-can-incredible-support-chiara-viale-talks-punk-parkinsons-inspiring-film-new-music-22782226?fbclid=IwAR3I-UJNilpYR0e6X-72DyNzYuM6NxQ4RlNN3L1PfH38UBpxBO7TyCK7Xew Catch Wrapchat on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple podcasts, Stitcher and is brought to you by Wildcard Distribution. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni to

With the Virgin Media Discovers deadline fast approaching, we had a quick conversation with Bill Malone, a judge for the scheme and Director of Content for Virgin Media. Deadline for entries is Friday 26th of July.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dathaí Keane is a TV and film director. He began his career as an editor before moving into directing and has directed a number of award-winning documentaries. His first drama series, An Klondike, a four-part bilingual Western (Was distributed internationally as Dominion Creek on Netflix). An Klondike was also released in a theatrical version and was selected as the Closing Film of the Galway Film Fleadh in 2015. This year his latest Film "Finky" debuted at this years film Fleadh. An offbeat, mysterious, fantasy drama, Finky is a celebration of life, love, and death, and the transformative power of art. A musician and puppeteer seeking to escape his past steals an envelope full of cash and escapes to Scotland with his childhood friend Tom to start a new life. On their first night in Glasgow, Finky has an accident and is left paralysed from the waist down. He hits rock bottom, but is given a chance at redemption when he is recruited by Carnival Chaotica, an avant-garde circus troupe. Check out the trailer o

On on today's Fni WRAPCHAT on the Headstuff podcast network is Liam Ryan.  Liam is an assistant director and producer. He has held the roles of Film Producer, Freelance Line Producer and Production Manager over a varied professional career. Liam has worked on dozens of Ireland's most notable short Films, features and Tv shows. We were delighted to have him on to chat to us about his varied experiences working on Irish sets and what inspires him and led him into his career. Liam is also Production Manager for the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival as well one of the Short Film Programmers for the Festival. Liam has aslo coordinated Industry Programmes for the Festival Liam has many years previous experience as an Assistant Director as well as event manager on large scale film Premieres in Dublin. Catch Wrapchat on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple podcasts, Stitcher and is brought to you by Wildcard Distribution. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni to support Film Network Ireland Learn more about

Episode #64 of FNI Wrapchat is Director Imogen Murphy. Imogen, taking the time out to join us from the editing suite, is from Cork and a Director of Drama for Film & Television. A graduate of the National Film School of Ireland, she has gained numerous awards for her drama and documentary work. Her short films have played at over 100 film festivals world-wide, and she has Directed for broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, E4, MTV, RTE, TG4, TV3, Setanta and the History Channel. Recent work includes,The Irish Mini Series "Dead Still" (Currently in post) for Rte, The Series Bump for Rte, Imogen has also Directed episodes of the Successful series Can't Cope, Won't Cope (Rte) which is currently available on Netflix, Further credits on TV include Hollyoaks and Red Rock for TV3/Element. Catch Wrapchat on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple podcasts, Stitcher and is brought to you by Wildcard Distribution. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fni to support Film Network Ireland Learn more about your ad choi

On this weeks Episode Joining Paul Webster is vastly Experienced Irish producer Edwina Forkin.  Edwina Forkin, is one of the most positive and engaging people working in Irish Film and Tv, Edwina is is an Irish Film Producer and the Founder of Zanzibar Films, an independent Production company in Ireland. Zanzibar Films was founded in 1998. They have Produced over 41 award winning film and TV productions. She is also a partner of Nantosuelta Entertainment Films, founded in 2017 - an Irish Production Company offering finance to foreign filmmakers. Previous credits include SWANSONG - the story of Occi Byrne (2010) six IFTA nominations - Winner of Best Actor - IFTA 2011, SANCTUARY (2016) - WINNER FIRST BEST FEATURE GALWAY FILM FLEADH, Michael Dwyer Discovery Award - Audi Dublin International Film Festival and Best Director - Newport Beach International Film Festival, Malta International Film Festival - Best Story and Austrian International Film Festival - Best Film (2017) Penance/AITHRI - (2017) and ROYALLY EV

Our Guest this week is Director Gavin Fitzgerald. Gavin Fitzgerald has a knack making gripping feature documentaries and television shows. He has worked with some of the biggest clients in the business including Universal Pictures, Warner Music & Showtime Television. His recent documentary, Notorious: Conor McGregor (2017), became the highest grossing Irish documentary of all time and was quickly snapped up on Netflix. Gavin, in an amazing twist of fate was head hunted by Liam Gallagher to make his feature Doc, after Liam managed to take in his previous Notorious Doc on a long Haul Flight.  "As it was" tells the story of the rockstar's fall from grace and last ditch comeback. The film is out in cinemas this month (June 7th) Currently Gavin is developing a documentary on high stakes pigeon racing with Venom films.. FOR PREVIOUS EPISODES OF WRAPCHAT CHECK US OUT AND SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY, ITUNES AND GOOGLE PODCASTS AND AS ALWAYS HEAD OVER FOR ALL YOUR PODCAST NEEDS TO WWW.HEADSTUFF.ORG FOR ALL YOUR PODCAS

Sam Atwell. Episode 61.  Sam is an Australian television Writer and previous Actor perhaps best known for his role as Kane Phillips in the soap opera Home and Away. An Aussie living in Ireland, Sam was originally taken by the craft of acting, he pursued this part of his career by working across the mediums of theatre, film and television. This opened his eyes to opportunities in writing, directing and producing. He continues to work in all these areas and develop his own work.  Sam also has also tutored at Screenwise - Australia's leading Film & TV school for actors in Sydney Australia. An accomplished playwright, He has produced his own plays, including Savage/Love which he co-produced and starred in alongside former Home and Away co-stars Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen and Leah Pappin. Sam currently works as a story editor working for the animation company Jam media and previously on the Irish soap Fair City in recent years. And what a great chat we had with him. For previous Episodes of WrapChat Che

Episode 60 of WrapChat is with the really wonderful Helen Behan.  Helen sits down with Paul and discusses her amazing journey from being a well-loved nurse working in Drogheda to starring opposite Stephen Graham as his long lost Sister in Shane Meadows critically acclaimed gripping new Channel 4 TV show, The Virtues. Quite literally a walking example of never giving up on your dreams. How a chance encounter with Shane Meadows in a Bar in Bettystown, changed the course of her life forever, An Incredible story to be shared with others, so share with a friend.  (Episode one, two and three available of the Virtues on the All4 player (In Ireland) now and episode 4 airs on C4 WED 5th of June at 9pm. With an excellent supporting Irish Cast Including the always brilliant Mark O'Halloran, Niamh Alger and Frank Laverty. Don't miss out. Its a brilliant piece of work.  Helen's other credits recently include Rte's Taken Down, Love/Hate and This is England 88 and 90. Helen will also be seen in the upcoming Wildfire, d

On this weeks Episode of FNI Wrapchat is Producer and Manager of Jumper productions Fiona Kinsella.  Fiona has over 20 years' experience in film and television production. Fiona's heartfelt passion for film, coupled with her extensive experience in film industry training and development, give her an instinctive ability to bring out the very best in the many talented people with whom she works. As well as the rich array of commercial producing experience, Fiona has also produced quite a number of highly regarded short films for Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann over the years. If you would like to support Film Network Ireland to keep producing content which you believe useful, head on over to www.buyMeACoffee.com/fni two sugars, drop of milk and we will get the next one. Subscribe if you'd like to receive notifications of our latest chats on Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts and of course The Headstuff Podcast Network.  #WeAreFni Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE, No 58 of FNI Wrapchat is Director Carmel Winters. Carmel was born in Cork and studied Drama and English at Trinity College Dublin. She is an award-winning storyteller, the maker of bold and innovative drama for stage and screen. "Snap", her debut feature as writer/director, was critically acclaimed as ‘engrossing… nervy, audacious filmmaking’ (Variety) and ‘a masterclass in storytelling’, (HotPress) picking up a host of awards at international A-list festivals, including Critic’s Choice, (Karlovy-Vary), Best Film (Montevideo), Best Film and Best Director (Dublin Critic’s Circle at the JDIFF) and nominated in the Tribeca Film Festival and the Warsaw International Film Festival in the Best Narrative Feature category.  Her most recent Film work "Float like a Butterfly" is a ten year labour of love, selected to screen at The Toronto International Film Festival last year. Young Hazel Doupe is a revelation and stars as a Traveller who, during the early 1970s, becomes a dedicated boxer. The Film subse

This week on FNI WrapChat is MD of Wildcard Distribution Patrick O'Neill. Wildcard Distribution is an Irish film distributor established in early 2013 specialising in new and fresh approaches to distribution. Its breath of work and clients over the last number of years is very impressive. Its slate in recent years include Cardboard gangsters, The Young Offenders, Katie, Black 47, The Hole in the Ground, and the upcoming Extra Ordinary. Their job is to acquire and release films in Irish cinemas as well as on Video on Demand and DVD. In addition to distribution, Wildcard also offers a consultancy service advising on sales and marketing films at different stages from script to screen. Patrick has over 15 years experience in the film industry including seven years at the Irish Film Board where he managed their film distribution fund. Prior to the Irish Film Board, Patrick worked in international sales and film production. #WeAreFNI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuart Drennan .  Stuart is a Writer, Producer and Director from Monaghan. Not Fermanagh... Stuart has written and directed award winning short films and television dramas, including Hollyoaks, 6 Degrees and Seacht. Stuart has extensive experience working with NI Screen, BBC, Channel 4 and TG4.  Stuarts latest work the suspenseful and thrilling feature Film "The Dig" which he has written, has brought him international attention recently as it was selected for TIFF (Toronto Film Festival) and won best Irish Feature at the Galway Film Fleadth in 2018 and is currently on general release in Ireland as of the 26th April. #SupportIrishFilm It features Moe Dunford and Lorcan Cranitch and recently received a four **** review in the Irish Times. Go and see.  Stuart co runs Wolfhound media in Northern Ireland. Check out their work here. https://www.wolfhoundmedia.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HAPPY EASTER. OUR LATEST EP OF WRAPCHAT IS NOW READY TO OPEN AND SCOFF.   Hot off the heels of Working on Quentin Tarantino's Once upon a Time in Hollywood, Jill Beecher Joins us this time on Fni Wrapchat.  Check out our previous Podcast with Frank Shouldice.  Jill Beecher is a production designer, Concept artist and \storyboard artist working in Hollywood and Ireland. Jill was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1984. Jill is now represented by William Morris Endeavour and is a member of the British and American Art Director Guilds. She also is a visual artist who has exhibited in Europe, America and Australia. Jill has ammased some frankly incredible credits working with the likes of Ridley Scott on Alien Covenant, on the Revenant, Men in Black and on Edward Nortons upcoming Motherless Brooklyn amongst numerous other tv shows including the new Twin Peaks... This is a really good one. You couldn't meet a nicer lady. A shining example that hard work, talent and a great attitude paying off. So subscribe to FNI WR

Frank Shouldice, is an award winning journalist and playwright who has been working with the investigations unit of Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ for many years. Frank makes his feature documentary debut with The Man Who Wanted to Fly, an affectionate character portrait but with a unexpected Hollywood twist. A published author and winner of Prix Europa for his radio documentary work, Frank’s plays have graced stages all over the world. http://wearefni.com/fni-testimonial/ We are trying to do something awesome with FNI (Film Network Ireland) . We really need your feedback and testimonials. Please follow the link above to achieve that goal. You can find WrapChat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, The HeadStuff Podcast Network and wherever you get your Podcasts. Be sure to Check out our previous podcast with Ruan Magan, Director of RTE's The Irish Revolution and don’t forget to subscribe and review. #WeareFni #MakeANameForYourself If you want to support FNI in our non Subsidised work head on over to www.