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Secrets of the Irish Landscape RTE One This Sunday

‘Secrets of the Irish Landscape’ is a three part series presented by popular television presenter Derek Mooney, which tells the history on how the Irish landscape came to be, using the very latest scientific research. The series was grade

Love/Hate at Monte-Carlo

The critically acclaimed crime-drama series, ‘Love/Hate’, has received two nominations at the Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo. The RTÉ series continues to receive international acclaim and recognition as the show has been nominated in the ‘Best

Huffington Post article

Great article here online in the Huffington Post about the growing reputation of Ireland as a destination for international high – end film production and post production. Over the years, Windmill Lane have played a central part in this excitin

ART @ WINDMILL LANE

If you’ve been in Windmill Lane recently you will have noticed some rather interesting Artworks and Photographs starting to appear on our walls. In a new on-going initiative to support existing and up and coming Artists and Photographers, Windmill La

Good Cake, Bad Cake, The Story of LIR

You remember the nineties, right? “Cotton-Eye Joe” was cementing its reputation as a stone-cold classic, Dodgy assured us that if it was good enough for us, it was good enough for them, and while M-People were Movin’ On Up, one Dubl

The Takeover

With no reason to venture out on these rainy evenings, we are thrilled to announce “The Takeover”, from Toto Productions is airing on Rté2 Thursdays at 21:30. With the tireless efforts of many on the Windmill team, this represents a real

Windmill Lane at the Jameson Dublin Film Festival 2013

Windmill Lane Films at JDIFF 2013 Windmill Lane is delighted to have so many features and short films screening at this year’s Jameson Dublin Film Festival. A Terrible Beauty directed by Keith Farrell is a documentary which explores two isol

Where I Am Screening at JDIFF 2013

This Saturday night the very first Irish screening of “Where I Am” takes place at the Lighthouse Cinema at 6:45 as part of the Jameson Film Festival. Edited by Janice Toomey, sound mixed by Mark Henry, graded by Matt Branton, onlined by Robbie OR

IFTA Winners 2013

A huge congratulations to our IFTA winner Mark Henry for best Sound TV for Am An Ghátair – Mark Henry who won alongside Conall de Cléir & John Brennan for production company Magamedia. This is the first IFTA won by Windmill audio! Windmill was

Windmill Lane Pictures Nominated for visual effects at Swedish Film Awards

Windmill Lane’s Tim Morris has been nominated for best visual effects for supervising on the Irish Swedish co-production ‘Call Girl’. The Guldbagge awards are Sweden’s leading film awards and have been presented since 1964 for outstanding contributio

Windmill Congratulate IFTA Nominees

Congratulations to the following (39 in all) who have been nominated for an IFTA, we were delighted to have worked with you on these productions and wish you every success at the awards ceremony on 9th February 2013. Peter Rabbit’s Chri

Adoption Stories

Adoption Stories : TV3 January 10th, Thursday at 8:30pm. “Adoption Stories” completed full picture & sound post-production in 2012 at Windmill Lane Pictures. Shot entirely on the Canon 5D and featuring personal archive from the families in

WINDMILL LANE PICTURES AT THE 57TH CORK FILM FESTIVAL

Windmill have just completed post on a fantastic short film, "The End of the Counter" which premieres at Cork Film Festival this weekend. Director Laura McGann worked closely with Windmill's Vinny Beirne crafting the edit which includes Laura's perso

The Mario Rosenstock Show

Windmill Lane is really looking forward to watching The Mario Rosenstock Show which airs on Monday 12th November. This new topical sketch show which sees the acclaimed Mario bring back some of his much- loved characters from the worlds of sports, pol

Love/Hate at Windmill Lane Pictures

Windmill Lane is delighted to have worked again with the fantastic team on Love Hate series 3. The new series sees the reign of King Nidge (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) begin, after the death of the erratic and paranoid John Boy. However, Nidge finds himself

‘Celebrity Bainisteoir – The Rivals’ airs this Sunday, 9th Sept!

All summer, Cameraman Brian Moore and soundman Daniel Gaughran have been documenting the dramatic and comedic escapades of this year’s celebrity Bainisteoirs from one muddy pitch to another. This year’s Celebrity Bainisteoir has a slight twist though

‘Moone Boy’ premieres Sept 14th on Sky!

Filmed in Dublin, Co. Wicklow and O’Dowd’s own hometown of Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Moone Boy follows the adventures of the youngest member of the Moone family. A small boy with a big imagination, 11-year-old Martin (David Rawle) is doing his best to su

‘The Takeover’ premieres this Thursday, 9.30 on RTE One!

As part of RTE’S Format Farm the first programme up is Toto Production’s ‘The Takeover’. Cutthroat business collides with workplace manoeuvring in this business makeover show fronted by Norah Casey of ‘Dragons’ Den’. The boss

Vexed premieres Wed, Aug 1st!

We are eagerly awaiting the premiere of ‘Vexed’, the BBC detective comedy that was fully posted here at Windmill. Telling the story of two cops with starkly opposing attitudes to life, love and police work, the show stars Toby Stephens (J

The Good Man

Manifesto Films” ‘The Good Man’ has had an excellent reception at the Galway Film Fleadh, and we are glad to see the news of the film is spreading. Please click here to read the review from Variety. Windmill provided finishin

Willy Reilly and his Colleen Bawn

Make sure not to miss the screening of ‘Willy Reilly and his Colleen Bawn’ at the National Concert Hall this Sat, 21st July. The film is one of the few remaining Irish silent movies, and in true Shakespearean fashion tells the story of lo

2012 Galway Film Fleadh!

Windmill would like to congratulate our clients who have films in the 2012 Galway Film Fleadh! If you are around the Fleadh this weekend be sure to catch the following: The Good Man Thu 12 Jul Town Hall Theatre 21.00 Michael is a young

Tríd an Stoirm -Through the Storm -

Here’s a sneak peek of ‘Tríd an Stoirm’, the new animated short from Windmill 3D artist Fred Burdy. The film, which tells the story of a woman attempting to bring her husband back to life by forcing a banshee to guide her to

Doc McStuffins breaks records

Ireland’s animation industry continues to flourish, with the animated series ‘Doc McStuffins’ breaking records in the US when it went to air in March. It tells the story of a six-year old girl with the ability to heal toys, and has

Stevie Russell wins Cannes Young Director Award

Stevie Russell, one of Ireland’s brightest young directors, was awarded the top prize in the Broadcast Category at the Commercial Film Producers of Europe’s Young Director Award in Cannes, held last week. Russell won the prize for his sup

Richie Smyth triumphs at Cannes

As we reported on Friday, Blinder’s Richie Smyth was up for a Film Craft award for Direction at the Cannes Lions last weekend and he deservedly came away with the Bronze Lion! His hard-hitting ad for the ISPCC, ‘I Can’t Wait’

Richie Smyth nominated for Cannes

The ISPCC ad, ‘I Can’t Wait’. continues to garner international praise with the news that Blinder’s Richie Smyth has been shortlisted for a Film Craft award for Direction at the Cannes Lions, taking place tomorrow night. Havin

Titanic Wins Golden Nymph Award in Monte Carlo

‘Titanic: Blood and Steel’ picked up the award for Outstanding European Producer in the drama category at last week’s prestigious Monte Carlo festival, with the accolade going to Italian production company De Angelis Productions and

A marathon effort from the Windmill Marys!

Congratulations to the Windmill Marys who completed the gruelling Flora Women’s Mini Marathon at the start of this month. The race was undertaken in memory of the late Stephen Gamble. Stephen was a colleague of ours who sadly passed away in ear

Andre 3000 shooting in Dublin.

Keep your eyes peeled around town and you may just catch a glimpse of Andre 3000! The Outkast star is in Dublin filming the Jimi Hendrix biopic ‘All Is By My Side’. Written and directed by John Ridley (Three Kings, U-Turn), the fil

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