Plean Bee will be broadcast on TG4 on 20th May 2020, on International Bee day.
The legacy of the 1979 publication of The Northern Fiddler is explored through performance and discussion from some of the north’s leading fiddle players. The Northern Fiddler, published in 1979, is a unique compilation of music, photos, illustrations and interviews of Donegal and Tyrone musicians of the calibre of John Doherty, John Loughran and Con…
In Magheraroarty in West Donegal, the O’Brien family fish for crab behind Tory Island and out towards the Scottish coast. It’s tough and unrelenting work. John O’Brien skippers the Handa Isle with a crew of three, including his son Seán. Another son Colm skippers the Aoibh Áine, among the last of the boats fishing full…
Bram Stoker agus Dracula (2012) features as part of the Solas Nua festival in Washington. The documentary will be screened on October 28th at 7pm ET and is followed by a discussion between Kate Meenan-Waugh (Solas Nua) and Dacre Stoker, Bram’s great grand nephew, who is himself an author and film-maker. Many thanks to Seán…
Dearcán Media has created a one hour radio programme based on the TG4/BBC Gaeilge documentary ‘An Fhidil Bheo: ceol an Northern Fiddler’. The radio programme, presented by Diane Ní Chanain, will be broadcast on Radio Ulster on Saturday 26th September at 8pm, and will be available on BBC Sounds for 6 months thereafter.
The feature version of Loic Jourdain’s Toraigh documentary will be screened as part of Galway Film Fleadh on Saturday 11th July – online tickets are available from 3pm, and Loic and Mirjam Strugalla (co-writer and editor) will take part in an online discussion between 4.10 and 5pm.
Go Domhain san Fhuil (Deep in the Blood) will be broadcast on June 29th on BBC2 at 10pm. Featuring three working boats from the Gaeltacht port of Magheraroarty,while it’s getting harder to imagine a future for fishing in this most marginal of communities, it’s hard too to shake what’s ‘in the blood’ – the instinct…
We’re delighted to receive two new one off commissions through the latest ILBF commissioning round. Ciorcóg Comhrá is a 50′ documentary on the threat to Irish bees and pollinators, and the actions of the All Ireland Pollinator Plan to counter this. Máirseáilacha MIliteacha is a joint production between BBC Gaeilge and TG4 examining an odd…