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August 2024
This month’s roundup has been hijacked by Kneecap! – the sensational new Northern Irish, Irish language comedy that is breaking all records! The film screens for Melburnians this weekend at the Melbourne International Film Festival plus the Irish Film Festival is partnering with Dendy Cinemas with special ‘Próvaí Previews’ to launch the film around Australia. PLUS…we announce the dates for the 2024 Irish Film Festival; Oct 17 - Nov 3, with full city and dates breakdown below. All this plus our monthly wrap up of Irish movie news and for sports fans a wrap up of Irish achievements at the Olympics so far.
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2024 Events Diary
August Friday 2 August, 12:30pm The Ireland Funds Brisbane Luncheon MC: Catherine Murphy, Sports Journalist for ABC guest speaker: Les Kiss, Head Coach of the Queensland Reds Carawa Street St Lucia irelandfunds.org/event/brisbane-luncheon/ Wednesday 7 August, 6:00pm An Evening with Caoilinn Hughes join us for a cozy evening with Caoilinn Hughes, where she will explore her books with Professor Elizabeth McMahon followed by a Q&A! Consulate General of Ireland, Sydney events.humanitix.com/an-evening-with-caoilinn-hughes? Thursday 8 – Sunday 25 August Melbourne International Film Festival This winter, we’re taking over Melbourne with one of our most exciting programs ever, featuring more than 250 films from over 62 countries. We’ve got the hottest picks from…
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Save the Date – Celebrating 10 years of IFF!
Celebrate the IFF's 10th birthday with us! The Festival is back bigger than ever from October 17 to November 24, with special screenings taking place in 5 capital cities and streaming online across Australia. With Irish productions and talent proving extremely popular across the globe, we are looking forward to announcing our carefully selected program of movies and documentaries for the 2024 festival.
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July 2024
It's a big month for Irish cinema as the Galway Film Fleadh kicks off on the 9th with a screening of Kneecap, and will be running until the 14th. Reports out of the Fleadh will reveal some of the hottest upcoming Irish cinema. We'd like to introduce the best Irish magazine in Australia - Tinteán - and the ISA Community Appriciation Awards Finalists. We also have a new show on SBS, new music and a review of Kneecap.
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2024 Events Diary
31 May – 2 August Áine Tyrrell People Like Me & You Tour ainetyrrell.com/tour July Tuesday 9 July, 5:30pm for 6:00pm start Sister Liguori: The Nun Who Divided a Nation by Jeff Kildea Book Launch launched by Geraldine Doogue AO (journalist & radio and tv presenter) No. 3 Court, Old Supreme Court Building, Cnr King & Elizabeth St, Sydney RSVP by 5 July to jfkildea@icloud.com or anthony@connorcourt.com Sunday 14 July, 3:00pm SQI goes Whale Watching departing and returning from Circular Quay email sydneyqueerirish@gmail.com 17 July – 9 August Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners Seven Drunken Nights brings to life the music of Ireland’s favorite sons…
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June 2024
Sydney Film Festival has just kicked off with 6 Irish Films over 12 glorious days of cinema–including Australian/Irish boxing drama Kid Snow, the rude and riotous Kneecap, and the prize-winning doco The Flats. There is also plenty of Irish content to stream with 2 TV shows on SBS OnDemand and a hit new Irish show Bodkin on Netflix. Sydneysiders can also enjoy Irish play Never Closer at Belvoir St Theatre and X Club gig featuring Irish DJ Shampain at Carriageworks. And the Irish Film Festival is launching its EOFY Donation Appeal!
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2024 Events Diary
31 May – 2 August Áine Tyrrell People Like Me & You Tour ainetyrrell.com/tour June Tuesday 4 – Friday 7 June (Ireland) Abhaile: a virtual conference on returning to Ireland hosted by Crosscare Irish Diaspora Support Project conference includes panel discussions with returnees and industry experts free and open to all, but advance registration is required; diasporasupport.ie/abhaile-2024/ owing to the time difference between Syd and Ireland, recordings will be on their website / YouTube Wednesday 5 June, 5:30pm Women In Leadership & Philanthropy Reception hosted by The Ireland Funds Australia Ernst & Young Offices, Sydney irelandfunds.org/event/the-ireland-funds-australia-women-in-leadership-and-philanthropy-reception/ Thursday 6 June, 8:00pm Andy White at Merri Creek Tavern Northcote Belfast songwriter Andy White launches new album…
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April 2024
March was a huge month with St Patrick's Day and the Oscars and now we're looking forward to what April has in store! We have a recap of the Oscar winners and the Irish Oscars (aka the IFTA Awards) have announced their nominations. We also have the last of the IFF23 Q&As on Youtube and there are some new Irish shows and movies available to steam. You can also find a Hollywood Reporter article on Why Ireland Is Thriving as a Film Hub which is worth a read.
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2024 Events Diary
May 13 April – 19 May The President at Sydney Theatre Company co-produced by Gate Theatre Dublin and Culture Ireland starring Hugo Weaving and one of Ireland’s greatest actors, Olwen Fouéré sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2024/the-president 2 – 5 May Australian Celtic Festival year of Ireland & the Isle of Man The Australian Standing Stones Monument, Glen Innes, NSW australiancelticfestival.com/ 8 – 16 May Mary Wallopers Australian Tour making their live Australian debut with this tour, Irish seven-piece The Mary Wallopers have infectious energy and perform floor shaking singalongs. visiting Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth frontiertouring.com/themarywallopers Thursday 9 May The Ireland Funds Young Leader Corporate Breakfast discussion with Shauna Keogh and Ray…
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March 2024
It's the lucky month of March and everyone will be flocking to the pubs to grab a pint of Guinness. We provided a breakdown of St Patrick's Day celebrations that we've found being held around Australia but don't forget to also visit your local Irish pub. There were a couple of awards shows in Feb with Irish wins and 2 more IFF Q&As are on YouTube including our opening night Q&A for Lakelands.
