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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Georgian Irish Film festival
I’d like to invite you to an evening of Georgian Films at the Lexicon, Dun Laoghaire on 2nd May 2025, 7PM – 9PM! Visiting Georgia in late 2024, I was inspired by the spirit of Tbilisi and the ongoing struggle for democratic reform. In an effort to raise awareness of the current situation and to… Read more
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New links for my writing
Fifteen years after it became cool, I’ve started posting snippets of my writing on social media. I’ve been writing poetry and fiction for thirty-some years. Better to throw it up and cave to the beauty contest of social media than have most of it sit on a google drive. If you like your media social,… Read more
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New Corporate Showreel
I’ve cut together a new showreel of my live event work from the past few years. It’s always hard to know what to emphasise with a showreel. On the one hand you want to put your best foot forward, showcasing a diversity of clients and approaches. On the other the industry watchword is specialisation. As… Read more
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The Quiet of Tbilisi
Last week I travelled to Tbilisi to teach a workshop on Storytelling Through Sound. I shot some footage and wrote a few words to try to get across the feeling on the ground, and the necessity of paying attention to this vital struggle against tyranny at the bleeding edge of Europe. Read more
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‘Grotto’ – finalist in the Waterford Film Festival
Proud to say ‘Grotto’, a short script of mine was a finalist for ‘Best Short Screenplay’ in the Waterford International Film Festival. I headed down to the festival and caught some of the nominee screenings. For my money Portia A. Buckley’s moving ‘Clodagh‘, and Naomi Sheridan’s timely short ‘Kiki‘ stood out from the Irish entries.… Read more
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Film Showing NEXT WEEK
My experimental short film ‘What is lost can never be found’ will be shown next Tuesday 1st October at Visual Artists Ireland, 2 Curved St in Temple Bar. The film will be shown alongside Clodagh Emoe’s brilliant Parados (2009), which has previously been exhibited at IMMA (alongside Neil Jordan) in 2013. The event is free,… Read more
