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HUNDREDS of extras are sought for a film being shot in Kerry this summer, featuring Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman, star of ‘The Favourite’ and ‘The Crown’. ‘Joyride’, written by Tralee native Ailbhe Keoghan and directed by Emmy-award winning director Emer Reynolds, will be filmed in Tralee and other locations in […]

OSCAR-WINNING actress Olivia Colman will be in the Tralee area this June as she is starring in a film written by a local woman. ‘Joyride’ was written by Tralee native Ailbhe Keogan and will be filmed in Tralee and other parts of Kerry this summer. It’s described as a foul-mouthed […]

A TRALEE woman’s short film, which has been shown at film festivals all over the world, can now be viewed online. Sarah Jane Drummey, originally from Oakpark, is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Her film, ‘134’, which was shot in Tralee, is the story of an Irish couple struggling to […]

THE Kerry Short Film Bursary for 2019 is now open for submissions. A fund of €10,000 is available to the successful applicant towards the cost of their production of a 10-12min short film. The Bursary is funded through Kerry County Council with support from the Arts Council and is intended […]

KERRY ETB in collaboration with Kerry County Council are delighted to announce that Siobhan O’Sullivan has been appointed to the newly created role of Film Development Officer for Kerry. Listowel native Siobhan brings extensive experience to the job having worked in TV production for the last 12 years. She has […]

A NEW steering group has been established by Kerry County Council to help to foster and promote film and the film industry in the county. Led by Kerry County Council and chaired by council chief executive, Moira Murrell, the group brings together many agencies as well as experts from across […]

IN case you’re wondering what all the cameras and film crew business is about in the town centre yesterday and today, a short film is being made in the town. ‘Abbeyleaks’ is produced by local actor/writer man Patrick McDonnell and he has a director at the helm, Philip Briggs, with […]

A SHORT film is to be shot in Tralee next week. ‘Abbeyleaks’ is to be produced by local actor/writer man Patrick McDonnell and he has a director at the helm with previous experience on a number of top US TV shows. Kerry County Council has advertised that there will be […]

FILMS made by pupils at a Ballyheigue school will be screened at four international film festivals in the coming weeks. St. Joseph’s N.S., Bouleenshere pupils made “The Chase” a silent film in the Charlie Chaplin genre. It has won many awards since children from 2nd, 3rd & 4th classes took the camera, formulated […]

THE Donal Walsh LiveLife Live Life National Film Competition has been nominated for a national award. The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) announced the shortlist of finalists for the inaugural National Project Awards in seven categories and the competition has been nominated in the  Project Management for Social Good […]

OPEN auditions will take place in The Grand Hotel in Tralee (and not The Imperial Hotel as stated earlier) this weekend for a feature film shooting in Kerry in January. Details on the film are being kept very much under the radar, as a number of high profile talent are attached. The […]

AN OAKPARK man living and working in Vietnam has co-created a documentary that explores the lives of street vendors in Ho Chi Minh City and their experiences with western tourists. Sean Lambe from Colliswood in Oakpark has been been teaching in the Vietnamese capital for the past years. Traleetoday.ie have […]

A FILM that was shot in south Kerry has won a top award at the Cannes Film Festival. ‘The Lobster’, which was shot in Sneem and Kenmare last year and stars Colin Farrell,  Rachel Weisz and John C Reilly won the Jury Prize at the French film festival. The Jury Prize, […]

A DOCUMENTARY about the life of the late Páidí Ó Sé which recently won an award at the Celtic Media Festival 2015 in Inverness, Scotland, is to be shown again this Friday at 7.30pm on TG4. It coincides with the unveiling of his statue outside his pub in Ventry this Saturday. ‘Páidí […]

THE Kerry filmmaker, Gerard Barrett’s, new feature length film ‘Glassland’ has been nominated for six Irish Film and Television awards. Gerard Barrett himself has received two nominations for Best Director and Best Script while ‘Glassland’ is also is up for the Best Film award. The film’s two stars have received nominations, Jack Reynor for Best […]

TWO short films created by Presentation Secondary School students have been shortlisted for an All-Ireland film competition. The All-Ireland second level student video competition run by ICTU’s Youth Connect Programme, is now in its second year and Presentation have two entries out of the 25 shortlisted nationally. The students involved are […]

‘LIVE Life Love Day 2015’  was held in Fels Point Hotel yesterday as hundreds gathered for the screening and presentation of the ‘Live Life’ winning films and awards. The event, which celebrated the late Donal Walsh’s message, was presented by RTE’s Aidan Power and guests included RTE’s Paschal Sheehy and Kerry footballer […]

‘A Million Ways To Die In The West’ By John Lyons SETH MacFarlane is a busy man. In the last 15 years he’s created three cartoons: Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show. He’s done most of the voice-acting and directing on all of them, not to mention writing, animating […]