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Experienced cultural professional, experienced in all media, tv, film, radio, print and online. Based in Dublin.

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Ta siad ag Teacht! Inside The Guinness Adverts Project

Ta siad ag Teacht! Inside The Guinness Adverts Project

Adverts may only last for seconds, but their omnipresence engrains them in our subconscious...

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Lights, camera, archive! Preserving our audiovisual heritage

Lights, camera, archive! Preserving our audiovisual heritage

Although Temple Bar often gets dismissed as an over-priced tourist trap, it's home to a number of organizatio…

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Manners in Church to F-rated films: inside the IFI Archive Player

Manners in Church to F-rated films: inside the IFI Archive Player

Head of the IFI Irish Film Archive Kasandra O'Connell explores the IFI Player, which offers easy online acces…

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5 Must-Sees From The New IFI Player

5 Must-Sees From The New IFI Player

Over 1200 minutes of content has been loaded onto the new IFI Player, documenting over a century of Irish his…

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Archivally Absent? Female Filmmakers in the IFI Irish Film Archive

Archivally Absent? Female Filmmakers in the IFI Irish Film Archive

This paper is an initial exploration of women's contribution to collections of the IFI Irish Film Archive, sp…

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Silent shenanigans! A controversial lost Irish film rediscovered

Silent shenanigans! A controversial lost Irish film rediscovered

It is thought that between 75- 90 percent of films from the silent era no longer survive...

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Could a box of 8mm amateur film reels change Irish film history?

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By Sarah Arnold, Kasandra O'Connell
| RTE Brainstorm
Opinion: It is hugely important for Irish film and animation history that cork filmmaker Flora Kerrigan's work is acknowledged, watched and studied Opinion: Despite Flora Kerrigan's youth at the time of her filmmaking, her work demonstrates someone ahead of her time and at the forefront of a transformative period in Irish society By Sarah Arnold, Maynooth University and Kasandra O'Connell, IFI Flora Kerrigan is a figure painfully absent from current Irish film historiography, despite her...
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Learning about film - close up on the IFI's educational activity

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By Kasandra O'Connell
| RTÉ Verified
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Radharc Films- the legacy of Ireland's documentary-making priests

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By Kasandra O'Connell
| RTÉ Verified
Even before Ireland had a national television station ( RTE was founded in 1961) or film industry ( the first Irish Film Board was set up in 1980), the Catholic Church realised the importance of moving image and the role it could play in not only spreading the divine message but in exploring questions of faith, human rights and social issues.
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