As we excitedly plan our 2025 festival which we will be sharing over the coming months, we wanted to take a look back on our 2024 festival which took place on May 25th in the Vue cinema. The first session of the day featured short films from around the world which had been submitted through …
We’re very impartial to the music that makes cinema come alive. This year at the Ashbourne 2024 Fim Festival we’re extremely excited to announce that David Agnew will be performing a rendition of “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the 80’s classic movie “The Mission” with the Dublin String Quartet. The song “Gabriel’s Oboe” from the movie “The …
Tom Shrapnel – Writer & Director Born in the UK Tom is an award winning writer and director of several short films including ‘The Knackerman’ and ‘Strange Weather’ starring Maxine Peake for Creative England and BFI. He has been mentored by directors Ben Wheatley and Hong Khaou and was also one of the applicants selected …
Lex Shrapnel – Actor & Producer Alexander Shrapnel is an actor and producer. As an actor Lex has starred in films including Marvels ‘Captain America : The First Avenger’ , ‘K-19 : The Widowmaker’, ‘Nine Lives’, ‘Breakfast on Pluto’, ‘Thunderbirds’, ‘Extinction’, ‘Flyboys’, ‘An Organisation of Dreams’ , SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines’ ‘ The …
Stephen Rennicks – Film/TV Composer For twenty years, award-winning Irish composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television. In 2020 Rennicks scored the Emmy nominated ‘Normal People’, continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel, tells the coming-of-age story …
Winner of ‘Best Original Score’ at the 2023 IFTAS for ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ AFF24 are absolutely thrilled to welcome Stephen Rennicks to Ashbourne this year! A prolific composer for film and tv for over twenty years, Stephen has built an international reputation for his work and in particular for scoring all of Lenny Abrahamson’s feature …
Feature Film – May 25th 8pm – The Vue Cinema, Ashbourne An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) Ashbourne Film Festival 2024 is thrilled to announce the screening of the Oscar nominated feature film ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ (The Quiet Girl) from writer and director Colm Bairéad and producer Cleona Ní Chrualaoí. Based on author Claire Keegan’s …
With the evenings getting shorter and the weather getting colder it’s just the right time to take a look back at Ashbourne Film Festival which had its inaugural festival on June 20th at the Vue Cinema! To open the festival there were screenings of short films by students from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art …
The Pageturner by Ashbourne local by Siúbhán Ní Ghríofa has won Best International Short at the Robinson Film Awards, June 2023. The Robinson Film Awards is an International Film Festival that recognises excellence in the world of filmmaking. It acknowledges the achievements of filmmakers across various categories, including Best International Short movie, and showcases the …
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The Pageturner short film has just been selected for the Toronto TOFFFF Film Festival, but you don’t have to go to Toronto to see it,come down to The Vue Cinema, Ashbourne on the 20th June 2023 to see the premiere and lots of other movie goodies! The Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival (TOFFFF) celebrates and …
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Dublin String Quartet, one of Ireland’s finest string quartets are delighted to be part of this inaugral film festival here in Ashbourne! Equally at home on the stage and performing at events across Ireland, the quartet also love to record music for composers/artists. The members of our quartet perform regularly with RTE National Symphony Orchestra, …
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Calling all fans of film and film music! Ashbourne is holding its very first film festival in the Vue cinema June 20th 2023. The ACI (Ashbourne Community Initiative) along with WPME,SiuySiu Productions Ltd and McGroddy Brennan LLP will host this very special one day festival. Featuring new short works from IADT film students there will …
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