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Paul Hutchinson: Inside the world of Imagined Spaces
The man behind Rediscover NI’s short films, Belfast's Paul Hutchinson is a man of many talents. As well as making films, Paul is a writer and performer, taking creativity and compassion into some of NI's most conflicted situations.
With a professional background in psychology, counselling and mediation, Paul set up Imagined Spaces, a company specialising in creative community relations.
Bye-Child: Bernard MacLaverty's firststeps in film-making
Seamus Heaney, Bernard MacLaverty and film are words that do not necessarily sit together. But thanks to the inspiration of a young NI film producer, they have become an award-winning combination.
Bye-Child started life in the fountain pen of Seamus Heaney.Producer Andrew Bonner was won over by the poem which gives a glimpse into the dark world of a feral child.
Bye-Child started life in the fountain pen of Seamus Heaney.Producer Andrew Bonner was won over by the poem which gives a glimpse into the dark world of a feral child.
Mickybo & Me: Terry Loane on writing and directing his first feature film
The year is 1970, and the streets of Belfast have erupted in violence. Despite the Troubles, the battle uppermost in the minds of young rascals Mickybo and JonJo is being fought in a more glamorous location altogether – on the silver screen, by their heroes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
In the time-honoured tradition, they make for the border, pursued by the police, featured on TV and radio news bulletins, ‘Wanted Men’...
In the time-honoured tradition, they make for the border, pursued by the police, featured on TV and radio news bulletins, ‘Wanted Men’...
The Next James Dean? In conversation with John-Joe McNeill, child star of Mickybo & Me
John-Joe McNeill was an ordinary schoolboy, preparing for his Transfer test when he was plucked from the boredom of everyday life and turned into an overnight film sensation.
He played a lead role in Terry Loane’s film Mickybo & Me, a tale about two young boys during the Troubles who strike up an unlikely friendship despite being from opposite sides of the religious divide.
He played a lead role in Terry Loane’s film Mickybo & Me, a tale about two young boys during the Troubles who strike up an unlikely friendship despite being from opposite sides of the religious divide.
Middletown: Atimely comment on fundamentalism
Ostensibly the story of a small Ulster town and of two brothers separated at childhood, Middletown, the debut feature from director Brian Kirk and NI writer Daragh Carville, provides an astute commentary on fundamentalism.
The none-more-devout Father Gabriel Hunter (Matthew Macfadyen) returns to his hometown as parish priest, and is appalled to find himself in the midst of what he perceives as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah. The old town has lost its way, given over to cock-fighting, liquor and licentiousness. He sees it as his God-given duty to return the townsfolk to the path of righteousness.
Stephen Rea: Still pushing the boundaries
‘Acting is about exploring the life we all live… you have to insist on questions that challenge establishments, challenge orthodoxies…’
Belfast actor Stephen Rea’s career exemplifies his life motto. With politics right to the fore in his work with the Field Day Theatre Company, ‘that’ moment in the hit film The Crying Game and a varied filmography which challenges Hollywood’s expectations, Rea is a man with many missions.
Belfast actor Stephen Rea’s career exemplifies his life motto. With politics right to the fore in his work with the Field Day Theatre Company, ‘that’ moment in the hit film The Crying Game and a varied filmography which challenges Hollywood’s expectations, Rea is a man with many missions.