Tag Archives: Vanessa Gildea

Farewell to Muintir na Mara

March 21, 2012 Project: Muintir na Mara Tagged boating, coast, Currach, Donegal, Fishing, Loopline Film, malin head, Martina Durac, Meitheal Mara, Muintir na Mara, Pádraig Ó'Duinnín, Regatta, RTÉ, Sé Merry Doyle, surfing, TG4, Vanessa Gildea

Farewell MUINTIR NA MARA On Sunday 25th March at 9.30pm, the sixth and final series of Muintir na Mara, made by Loopline Film, will return to our screens on TG4. The series, directed by Martina Durac and produced by Vanessa Gildea, is presented by Pádraig Ó Duinnín, who continues on his voyage around the [...]

Washington DC hosts ‘Jimmy Murakami – Non Alien’

October 5, 2011 Project: Jimmy Murakami - Non-Alien Tagged Animation, Arts Council, Dingle Film, Dublin Film Festival, Film Ireland, IFB, Jimmy Murakami, Loopline Film, Martina Durac, Merrydance, Network TV, New Hope Film, Pearl Harbor, Scaramento Film, Sé Merry Doyle, Snowman, Tule Lake, Vanessa Gildea, When the Wind Blows, WW2

‘Jimmy Murakami – Non Alien’ screens at the Washington DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival on the 9th October. In this award winning feature documentary, the famous animator makes a pilgrimage back to Tule Lake Concentration Camp, where he was interned alongside his family for four years after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

HUGO HAMILTON – CROÍ AGUS TEANGA on TG4

October 3, 2011 Project: Hugo Hamilton Tagged Dublin Theatre Festival, Germany, Hugo Hamilton, Language, Loopline, Martina Durac, Nazis, TG4, The Speckled People, Vanessa Gildea, writer, WW2

Hugo Hamilton is the author of many novels as well as an acclaimed memoir, The Speckled People, described as an ‘instant classic’ and translated into twenty languages. That book told the heartbreaking story of life as a child in a household torn apart by the “language wars”. Hugo’s mother was German and she fled her [...]

WE’LL BE WEARING GREEN IN DINGLE THIS ST PATRICK’S WEEKEND

March 10, 2011 Project: Jimmy Murakami - Non-Alien, John Ford - Dreaming The Quiet Man Tagged Corona Cork Film Festival, Dingle Film Festival, Documentary, Dreaming The Quiet Man, Jimmy Murakami, Loopline Film, Martina Durac, Maureen O'Hara, Non-Alien, Sé Merry Doyle, The Phoenix Cinema, The Quiet Man, Vanessa Gildea

The weather is getting better, the evenings are getting longer and the Loopliners are really looking forward to the Dingle Film Festival this year. It’s sure to be a great event not only because it is falling on St Patrick’s weekend but also because Loopline Film have two feature documentaries in this year’s line up. [...]

Happy New Year!!

January 10, 2011 Project: General Tagged Christmas Doc, Martina Durac, RTÉ1, Vanessa Gildea

All is well after the Christmas Holidays and everybody is settling back to business at 9 Lad Lane for a busy year ahead. We said goodbye to 2010 in style as up to 100,000 people across the country, cosy in their homes and safe from the frost and snow, tuned into RTÉ 1 on Christmas [...]