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‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ Premieres at LA Film Festival

By merlinfilms at September 24th, 2018

A screening of ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ took place at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival, with actress Alexandra Daddario in attendance. Director Stacie Passon made her writer-director debut in 2013 with the Sundance hit “Concussion” before helming episodes of everything from “Transparent” and “Halt and Catch Fire” to “The Path” and  Read More…

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Merlin Founders John Boorman and Kieran Corrigan launch The Irish Film School

By merlinfilms at September 4th, 2018

Broadcaster Marian Finucane in interview with John Boorman & Kieran Corrigan Industry Event Irish Film School held its business launch on Tuesday 4th September at The Lir Academy in central Dublin. The launch was attended by film and television industry professionals, directors, producers, educators as well as press, family and friends. Lessons from a life in film  Read More…

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How John Boorman invented an Oscars staple

By innov/ at March 1st, 2018

Ahead of the 2018 Academy Awards, John Boorman tells the Los Angeles Times how he effectively invented the movie screener: http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-oscar-screeners-20180301-story.html

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Merlin Films awarded by Creative Europe

By merlinfilms at October 11th, 2017

Merlin Films is one of two Irish companies to be awarded single project funding in 2017 by Creative Europe: http://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/media/news/articles/new-creative-europe-single-projects-awards-for-irish-companies-in-2017

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How John Boorman made Deliverance

By merlinfilms at May 29th, 2017

John Boorman tells The Guardian how he made ‘Deliverance’, “a film that would be impossible to make today”: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/29/how-we-made-deliverance-john-boorman-jon-voight

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‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ begins filming

By merlinfilms at August 22nd, 2016

‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ films in Ireland: http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4289566&tpl=archnews&force=1

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Merlin screening at Cannes

By merlinfilms at April 22nd, 2014

‘Queen and Country’ is selected for Cannes Director’s Fortnight: https://scannain.com/irish/cannes-queen-and-country/

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BFI honour for John Boorman

By merlinfilms at March 3rd, 2013

The BFI bestows its highest honour to John Boorman with a presentation of a BFI fellowship: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-press-release-john-boorman-awarded-bfi-fellowship-2013-03.pdf  

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IFTA honours John Boorman at 2010 awards

By merlinfilms at February 12th, 2010

John Boorman is honoured with the IFTA 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award: http://ifta.ie/life_time/john_boorman.php

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