X-Pollinator

@x_pollinator_

An initiative to help address gender diversity in the Irish screen industry.
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Thanks to writer/director @nanouk_leopold for today’s @x_pollinator_ / @dublinfilmfestival Director in Focus discussion, moderated by film critic Tara Brady. An insightful conversation covering @nanouk_leopold ’s work to date, from films BROWNIAN MOVEMENT, COBAIN, and her latest film WHITETAIL, which had its Irish premiere in @dublinfilmfestival last night; as well as her experience in festivals, and what it means to be a female filmmaker.
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2 months ago
@x_pollinator_ , in association with @dublinfilmfestival , are delighted to present a discussion with one of the Netherland’s most acclaimed directors, @nanouk_leopold - following the Irish premiere of her latest film WHITETAIL at @dublinfilmfestival ‘26. Date/Time: Friday 27 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Venue: Haymarket House, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 CF98 @x_pollinator_ has an allocation of tickets for this event, available to the @x_pollinator_ alumni network. Link in bio to book a free ticket - please contact [email protected] for the promo code. @nanouk_leopold graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam and from the Dutch Film and Television Academy. Her debut ÎLES FLOTTANTES was selected for the IFFR Tiger Competition in 2001. GUERNSEY was selected for the Quinzaine at Cannes in 2005. WOLFSBERGEN premiered at the Forum of the Berlinale 2007 and was selected for TIFF in the same year. BROWNIAN MOVEMENT, starring Sandra Hüller, premiered in Toronto in 2010 and had its European premiere at the Forum in Berlin in 2011. In 2013 IT’S ALL SO QUIET was the opening film of the Berlinale Panorama Special. In 2018 COBAIN had its world premiere at the Berlinale in the Generation section. With WHITETAIL, Leopold makes her highly anticipated return to the silver screen, which world premiered at @tiff_net . WHITETAIL, a Dutch/Irish/Belgian co-production which shot in Kerry and Cork, stars Natasha O’Keeffe, Andrew Bennett, Aaron McCusker, Rory Nolan, Simone Kirby and Aidan O’Hare. In the isolated beauty of southern Ireland, Jen works as a conservation ranger in the same woods where, years ago, her younger sister lost her life in a tragic accident. The sudden return of Oscar, a boyfriend from her distant past, stir memories long buried, forcing her to confront their shared history. As a poacher begins leaving violent traces across the land she protects, the line between past and present starts to blur and Jen has to face what’s been haunting her all along. @dublinfilmfestival will screen the Irish premiere of WHITETAIL on Thursday 26 February, 20:15 in @lighthousecinema . Tickets are now available at diff.ie.
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3 months ago
Thanks to the panel for our last 2025 event - Directors in Focus: 2025 Award Winning Shorts with directors @niamhbrys0n (@acrossthelinefilm_ ), @ais_talkshop (MARY IS MISSING), @jedadebri (NAKED LIGHTS) and @nohopezoetrope (@internalbleeding_film ), moderated by @rachiology .
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@x_pollinator_ are thrilled to host a Directors in Focus panel on Monday 8 December with the directors @niamhbrys0n , @ais_talkshop , @jedadebri and @nohopezoetrope - the filmmakers behind the award winning shorts from the 2025 Irish film festival circuit, having collectively won awards at @dublinfilmfestival , @corkfilmfest , @clonesfilmfestival , @dingledistilleryfilmfest , @galwayfilm and @belfastfilmfestival . The panel will focus on each award-winning short; the importance of having a film festival strategy, and the transition from shorts to features. The panel will be followed by a networking reception. @acrossthelinefilm_ , directed and co-written by @niamhbrys0n , was the winner of the Sue Bruce-Smith Award for Best Irish Short Film at @dublinfilmfestival . Selected as part of @virginmediatelevision Discovers. MARY IS MISSING, directed and co-written by @ais_talkshop , was the winner of the Grand Prix Irish Short at @corkfilmfest . NAKED LIGHTS, written and directed by @jedadebri , was the winner of the Short Film Competition at @clonesfilmfestival , the Dovinia Award for Best International Short Film at @dingledistilleryfilmfest , and was the Audience Award winner at @dublinfilmfestival . Selected as part of @screenireland ’s Focus Shorts. @internalbleeding_film , written and directed by @nohopezoetrope , was the winner of the James Flynn Award for Best First Short Drama at @galwayfilm , and was the Shorts Competition Winner at @belfastfilmfestival . 18:30 - 19:00 Registration / Arrival 19:00 - 20:00 Directors in Focus: 2025 Award Winning Shorts 20:00 - 21:00 Networking Reception Venue: The Dark Room, 32 North Brunswick Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7 Link in bio to register now. X-Pollinator is supported by @cnam.ie , @screenireland through the Screen Stakeholders Scheme and @nationaltalentacademies .
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5 months ago
🗣 Award-winning auteur Lucile Hadžihalilović is coming to @irishfilminstitute ’s IFI French Film Festival! 📅 Fri 21st ⏰ 13.00 🎟 in bio Filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović (Innocence, The Ice Tower) joins the IFI for a very special masterclass, reflecting on her work with host film critic Tara Brady (@irishtimesnews ). Hadžihalilović also joins the festival on 20 Nov for a Q&A screening of her latest film The Ice Tower, a dark and mesmirising modern fairy tale. Award-winning auteur filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović (born 1961 in Lyon) studied filmmaking at the prestigious IDHEC (now La Fémis) in 1983. With fellow filmmaker and partner Gaspar Noé, she founded Les Cinémas de la Zone in the 1990s. Her debut La Bouche de Jean-Pierre (1996) and breakthrough Innocence (2004) established her as one of France’s most formally distinctive and daring filmmakers of the last few decades. The Ice Tower, won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution, Berlin International Film Festival 2025.
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6 months ago
Following last night’s Irish premiere of @saipanfilm as the @corkfilmfest Opening Gala, @x_pollinator_ are thrilled to have hosted a Directors in Conversation panel at In The Frame: SAIPAN at @republicofwork , as part of the festival’s industry programme. Thank you to directors @lisabarrosdsa and @glennleyburn for their insights, filmmaker @oonaghkearney for moderating, and @corkfilmfest for their partnership. @saipanfilm comes to Irish cinemas on January 1, and UK cinemas on January 23.
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@x_pollinator_ is thrilled to be partnering with @corkfilmfest on IN THE FRAME: SAIPAN, a special event which will focus on this year’s Opening Night film. IN THE FRAME: SAIPAN will take place on Friday 7 November, 14:00 in @republicofwork . @x_pollinator_ has a number of tickets available for our alumni network. If you would like to avail of a ticket and attend this event, please contact [email protected]. The 70th @corkfilmfest takes place from 6th - 16th November. Link in bio for more information on IN THE FRAME: SAIPAN, as well as this year’s @corkfilmfest programme. To coincide with the @corkfilmfest Opening Night Gala celebration of SAIPAN, the festival will present a special event focusing on the craft of the film, which will comprise three conversations with key creative players behind the project, and include in-depth explorations of their individual processes. To begin the event, SAIPAN co-directors @lisabarrosdsa and @glennleyburn will join @x_pollinator_ to discuss their directorial vision for the film, and the journey from inception, through collaborating with the screenwriter, casting, prep, production and post. Dove-tailing this conversation, @irishscreenedit will examine the editorial process with editors John Murphy and @gavbuck1 . Finally, the @screencomposersirl will analyse the score of the film with its composer @davidholmes_1969 , a long-standing collaborator of the filmmakers. The event will be followed by a networking drinks reception, and is supported by @cnam.ie , in collaboration with @x_pollinator_ , @irishscreenedit and @screencomposersirl . Session breakdown: 1. SAIPAN: Directors in Conversation Speakers: @lisabarrosdsa and @glennleyburn - Co-directors, SAIPAN Host: @oonaghkearney , Filmmaker In partnership with @x_pollinator_ 2.  SAIPAN: Editors in Focus Speaker: John Murphy - Editor, SAIPAN / @gavbuck1 - Editor, SAIPAN Host: Sarah McTeigue - Co-Chair, @irishscreenedit In partnership with @irishscreenedit 3. SAIPAN: The Score Speaker - @davidholmes_1969 - Composer, SAIPAN Host: @glennaner - CEO, @screencomposersirl In partnership with @screencomposersirl
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7 months ago
Thank you to director @myrid_carten and producer @roisingeraghty for joining us for our Online Case Study - A WANT IN HER, moderated by filmmaker @cara_holmes_editor_director , with thanks to @wearebreakout . A WANT IN HER comes to Irish and UK cinemas this Friday, 10 October.
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7 months ago
Today marked the end of @x_pollinator_ : INCUBATOR 2.0, our talent development programme which aims to build on the success of @x_pollinator_ by inviting previous participants to get together into teams to collaborate on new feature film or long-form TV ideas, pitches and treatments. After a nine month period of development, congratulations to our six projects who have now finalised their treatments and pitch decks, as well as pitched their projects at today’s event at @droga5dublin . BRÍD: A GIRL BECOMES A LEGEND - writer @foul_mouth_jo and director @catmanganwilliams DANCE MOVE - writer @jo_mcclurg_ and producer @bindlesticklass DOWN BY THE RIVER - writers @evaclaireoconnor and @eimear_reilly FISHING - writer/director @ash.ling and producer @philipemo1 HOLD TIGHT - writer/director @ayla_amano and producers @maloneeeo and @horraineliggins MEDIOCRE LAND - writers @aine_gall_her and @siomhamcquinn Thank you to writer/director @kimbartleydirector and producer @rachelglysaght for coming in to talk about their project LEMONADE, which took part in our first edition of INCUBATOR. Thank you to our pitch panel - @julianne.forde (@tailoredfilmsie ), @claire.dunlop.22 (@eclipsepictures.ie ) and @humphreysgrainne (@dublinfilmfestival ). Thank you to our INCUBATOR 2.0 mentors - @chelsea_morgan , @gillyfogg , @alisonspittle , @asheday , Peter McKenna and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly. Thank you to our INCUBATOR 2.0 script editors - @jfacasey , @deeroycroft , Sarah Golding, Julie O’Leary and Meredith Duff. Thank you to our pitch book designers - @conor_merriman , @julescollpics and @getupandliedown . Thank you to our pitch consultant - @agatheberman Thank you to our funders - @screenireland , @nationaltalentacademies and @cnam.ie , as well as @droga5dublin for their continued support. Keep an eye out for these incredible projects 💥 📸 : @freddiegreenall
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@x_pollinator_ are thrilled to host an online case study panel on the feature documentary A WANT IN HER on Monday 6 October, 17:00 - 18:00 with director @myrid_carten and producer @roisingeraghty , with thanks to @wearebreakout . This panel will be moderated by filmmaker @cara_holmes_editor_director . Following its world premiere at @idfafestival in November 2024, A WANT IN HER has screened at @docpoint - winner of the International Competition; @dublinfilmfestival , where it won both Best Documentary and the Audience Award; @docsireland , winning the Pull Focus Best Irish Documentary Competition; as well as featuring at @truefalsefilmfest , @sheffdocfest , @millenniumdocsagainstgravity , @gbgfilmfestival , @sydfilmfest and the @irishfilminstitute Documentary Festival. When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself. Intimate, surprising, and often darkly funny conversations with her mother and other family members reveal the trials of loving someone who struggles with addiction and madness. A WANT IN HER is an immersive, first person account of the cost of love, and how difficult it can be to escape. It asks the universal question: how can we be with those we love without losing ourselves? A WANT IN HER will be released in Irish and UK cinemas on Friday 10 October. Link in bio to register now for @x_pollinator_ : Online Case Study - A WANT IN HER. @x_pollinator_ is supported by @cnam.ie , @screenireland through the Screen Stakeholders Scheme and the @nationaltalentacademies .
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@wearebreakout have kindly offered tickets to our @x_pollinator_ network to a preview screening of @donntchag ’s GIRLS & BOYS, featuring breakout performances from newcomers @liath.hannon and @adaml_c . Screening Thursday 11 September in the @lighthousecinema . If you would like to avail of tickets, please email [email protected] - we will then contact those selected for tickets on email. GIRLS & BOYS tells the story of rugby player Jace meeting aspiring filmmaker Charlie at a college party. Both attend Trinity, but their worlds couldn’t be more different—Charlie is trans, her circle full of queer artists and creatives, while Jace sticks with the more straight-laced camaraderie of his rugby teammates. When the party is suddenly shut down by the Guards, the two find themselves alone in the streets of nighttime Dublin. As they wander the city, sharing secrets, dreams, and fears about life after college, a surprising revelation from their shared past threatens to upend their fragile connection. Jace must confront not only his past, but the social identity he’s long taken for granted. Following Best Independent Irish Film win at the @galwayfilm , @wearebreakout will release GIRLS & BOYS across Irish cinemas from Friday 19 September. “GIRLS & BOYS casts a Before Sunrise-like glow of romantic possibilities” - @screendaily
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8 months ago
Thank you to everyone for our recent @x_pollinator_ and @strandhillfilmandfolkfestival panel with @nationaltalentacademies : Director in Focus with Neasa Ní Chianáin (YOUNG PLATO, SCHOOL LIFE). Thank you to Neasa, Marian Quinn for moderating, and Vincent, Alice and Stephen from the @strandhillfilmandfolkfestival team, as well as the team from @shellscafe for the post event networking reception. And to our funders - @nationaltalentacademies , @screenireland and @cnam.ie . 📸 : @grossstadtklein
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