Inis Films http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes Behind the Scenes Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:14:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en WAVERIDERS http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?p=12 http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?p=12#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:36 +0000 admin Waveriders http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?p=12 WWW.WAVERIDERSTHEMOVIE.COM

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Waveriders is the previously untold story of the unlikely Irish roots of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and today’s pioneers of Irish big wave surfing. The story unfolds through the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of Irish/Hawaiian legendary waterman, George Freeth. Freeth, son of an Irishman, was responsible for the rebirth of this sport of Hawaiian kings in the early twentieth century. With its distinguished cast of world-renowned Irish, British and Irish/American surfers WAVERIDERS journeys full-circle from Hawaii to California and back to Irish shores following Freeth’s wave of influence. This journey reaches a spectacular climax when the surfers conquer the biggest swell ever to have been ridden in Ireland catching monster waves of over fifty feet.

The film was financed by the European Union through the Interreg IIIA Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by the ICBAN Partnership, Northern Ireland Screen, The Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán na hÉireann, BBC Northern Ireland and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.

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Title: Waveriders
Year: 2008/9
Duration: 80 mins
Format: 35mm
Production: Inis Films & Besom Productions co-production
Director: Joel Conroy
Producer: Margo Harkin
Fianciers: EU InterregIIIA / ICBAN, Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcast Commission of Ireland, BBC Northern Ireland and Bord Scannán na hÉireann / Irish Film Board

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Winner of the Audience Award for Best Film at the Dublin International Film Festival 2008
Winner Best Feature Documentary Award, IFTA 2009
Winner Best Feature Documentary Award, BIFF 2009
WINNER Best Documentary Award, CFM 2009
Winner of Outstanding Achievement in Film Making Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival 2009
Shortlist Grierson Awards 2008
Official Selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2009
Nominated for two IFTA Awards 2009: Best Sound & Best Feature Doc

REVIEWS:

IRISH TIMES
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EMPIRE MAGAZINE
* * * * “Remarkable”

TOTAL FILM MAGAZINE
* * * * “Gripping… Awe inspiring”

EYE FOR FILM
* * * * “Waveriders is most definitely not just for surfers… breathtaking”

SIGHT & SOUND
“The resulting footage is among some of the most breathtaking and frankly terrifying film of surf ever shot, quite literally awesome.”

DAZED & CONFUSED
“Waveriders, the most unique and visually stunning documentary of its genre to have been made in decades.”

HUCK MAGAZINE
“… creates a genuine desire to throw on a duffle coat and run for the blissfully unspoilt Irish coasts. As Slater comments, Ireland’s a rather cold paradise.”

TRIBUNE: PAUL LYNCH, Film Critic:
“Waveriders is an assured documentary that puts Ireland at the centre of the surfing story. But it is at its best among the waves - raw and exhilarating, director Joel Conroy harnesses something intangible: the spiritual purity that lures extreme surfers to the ocean. The final breathtaking images, captured in the maw of an angry ocean, still linger large in my mind.”

The Sunday Times
“Godzilla waves and surfers gliding down their devastating crests. Waveriders explores an unlikely surfing mecca.”

VARIETY
www.variety.com/article/VR1117981516.html

THEELEVATOR.IE
www.theelevator.ie/ellie.php?eid=320

CULTURE NORTHERN IRELAND
www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=200

Blogger
http://xetera.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-cold-paradise.html

New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/europe/27surfers.html

Hot Press Magazine
“Stirring… intriguing”

PHOTOS:

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From Left to right: Gabe Davies, Richard Fitzgerald, Joel Conroy

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Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Q&A)

From Left to right: Jason Baffa, Kelly Slater, Gabe Davies, Lauren Davies, Keith Malloy, Joel Conroy, Russ Spencer (SBIFF) and Margo Harkin

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]]> http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?feed=rss2&p=12 The Hunger Strike http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?p=11 http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?p=11#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:10:47 +0000 admin The Hunger Strike http://www.inisfilms.com/behindthescenes/?p=11 ** WINNER Best Documentary at the 2007 BIFF Awards **

‘The Hunger Strike’ is about the 1980/81 Hunger Strikers in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland. This 60-min documentary looks at this important historical period from every conceivable angle in order to present as rounded a view as possible. The documentary features contributions from people who were close to the events and are best qualified to speak as primary sources of information on the period.

This project is a co-production between Producer Margo Harkin of Besom Productions, based in Derry, and Joel Conroy of Inis Films based in Dublin. The documentary has been commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the hunger strikes in 2006. An additional Irish language version is currently being produced for TG4. This project is supported by the Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission and the Broadcast Commission of Ireland.

Title: The Hunger Strike
Year: 2006
Production: Inis Films & Besom Productions co-production
Director: Margo Harkin
Producers: Joel Conroy & Margo Harkin
Broadcaster: BBC1 Northern Ireland (25th May 2006) / “Ocras” TG4 (Autumn 2006)
Fianciers: BBC / TG4 / The Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission / The Broadcast Commission of Ireland

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