Ciaran Hinds: The Shore wins Live Action Short Film Oscar (THE IRISH EXAMINER)

Belfast-set The Shore wins Oscar Monday, February 27, 2012 - 03:42 AM 'The Shore' has won the Oscar for Live Action Short Film. Director Terry George said the people of Northern Ireland had inspired the film and he dedicated the Oscar to them. The film stars Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill and Maggie Cronin. The six stars of Bridesmaids handed out the prizes for live action short film to Terry and Oorlagh George's The Shore. Mr George dedicated his win to “the people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 30 years of war sat down, negotiated a peace and proved to the world that the Irish are great talkers”.

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Ciaran Hinds: Two Irish films have been nominated in Best Live Action Short Film category at Oscars (RTE)

The Shore and Pentecost have both been nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category for the 84th Academy Awards. The Shore, which is directed by previous two-times nominee Terry George, tells the story of boyhood best friends (Ciarán Hinds and Conleth Hill) who are reunited after 25 years and a shattering misunderstanding. 

The other nominated Irish short, Pentecost, is directed by Peter McDonald. It is a whip-smart comedy about a football-obsessed altar boy (Scott Graham) who is left on the bench after messing up at mass. The film is produced by Eimear O'Kane who says that she hopped on a plane to LA as soon as the nominations were announced.

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Brendan Gleeson: O’Dowd, Gillen & Wilmot Join McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’ (IRISH FILM AND TELEVISION NETWORK)

‘The Guard’ writer/director John Michael McDonagh has signed Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes), Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, Love/Hate), Isaach De Bankolé (24) and David Wilmot (The Guard) to join Brendan Gleeson in his latest project 'Calvary'.

‘Calvary’ is a dark comedy that follows good priest Father James Lavelle – the opposite to Gleeson's character in ‘The Guard’ – who is tormented by various members of his Sligo parish. ‘The Guard’ picked up four Irish Film & Television Awards at the recent ceremony in Dublin, including Best Film, with McDonagh also named the Irish Film Board Rising Star.


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Brendan Gleeson back for Guard follow-up (Sky movies)

Director John Michael McDonagh is following the success of his dark Irish comedy The Guard with a light-hearted look at a priest being tormented by the local community,

The Guard star Brendan Gleeson will play the persecuted holy man while Chris O'Dowd and Aiden Gillen are also on board as locals in Sligo who make lifea misery for him.

The movie - Calvary - is budgeted at £5m - reveals how the priest is informed in the confessional that a mystery assassin is going to kill him within a weekj.

Other stars included Kelly Reilly and David Wilmot.

The Guard - starring Gleeson as a corrupt Irish cop - grossed 15m worldwide, including Ireland where it was the biggest homegrown hit in recent memory.


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