Irelands screen industry is having a moment.
Element PicturesPoor Things, starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo,scored 11 nominations alone.
Now we can see the fruits of that, Kelleher says.
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Were really fortunate with the amount of money that they have at their disposal.
We dont have huge broadcaster investment in terms of scale compared to the UK, particularly in feature film.
But, says Kelleher, the government has closed that gap and nurtured it.
Theyre very good at supporting filmmakers and giving repeat support for filmmakers.
Its moved from being a cottage industry to a more fully-fledged industry, he says.
Moloney recently launched new production banner Big Things Films with Murphy which produced Berlin openerSmall Things Like These.
Take, for instance, Finnegans Cannes out-of-competition projectThe Surfer.
Dolan was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Director for her work on that series.
Theyve had more access to this kind of cinema than previous generations.
Kelleher recently launched a genre-banner withEvil Dead Risedirector Cronin called Doppelgangers.
There are some brilliant genre filmmakers out there like Cronin and Dolan, he says.
And thats definitely an area thats coming into the space and are really high-quality.
To me, they feel like auteurs.
Weve spread out into the world with loads of people wanting to join us on this journey.
But theres a big opportunity her now and that wont happen overnight that will take a while.
