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SEVERAL IRISH FILMS have made the BAFTA nominations longlist this year, including The Banshees of Inisherin for best film, and An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) for best film not in the English language.
An Cailín Ciúin is an Irish language film written and directed by Colm Bairéad, based on the novel Foster by Claire Keegan. It is focused on the story of young girl Cáit and her transformative visit to foster parents. It has grossed over €1 million at the Irish-UK box offices.
The Wonder is also nominated for outstanding British film. The movie is an adaption of Emma Donaghue’s 2016 novel, and it was a part Irish Element production, which is set in rural Wicklow.
Martin Mcdonagh’s Banshees of Inisherin is set to compete with nine other films to scoop the top award of best film, including Everything Everywhere All At Once, Elvis, Aftersun and All Quiet on the Western Front.
The dark comedy focuses on the struggling friendship of two men on a fictional island off the coast of Ireland.
A host of Irish actors are up for awards as well, including Colin Farrell for best leading actor for his turn in Banshees of Inisherin. The film is nominated in several other categories including costume design, production design, editing, cinematography, and casting.
Paul Mescal is nominated in the same category for his performance in Aftersun.
Meanwhile Kerry Condon is nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Banshees of Inisherin, and both Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan are nominated for their performances in the film, in the category of best supporting actor.
An Irish Goodbye is also nominated for Best British Short Film. It is set on a farm in rural Northern Ireland and tells the story of two estranged brothers who are forced to reunite.
The full longlist for the 2023 BAFTA nominations can be found here.
Gives me a great idea for matching wedding flowers to bridesmaids dresses!!
@Brianog2- dont do that!! The food dye ends up staining dresses! I wanted royal blue flowers for my wedding & as royal blue doesn’t occur naturally in nature, white flowers dyed was an option but my florist freaked out & said no, she’d see too many dresses destroyed by people dying white flowers!
Thanks Emily
A far better way to get kids interested in science would be to involve some sort of explosion.
That’s safe and easy to do with some breadsoda and water.
And vinegar Dermot.
Mentos and coke either
I forgot the vinegar! Doh!
A nice idea is splitting the stems of the flower and putting half in one colour and half in another colour, its a little bit more impressive.
There are thousands of simple experiments to do with small kids, great for getting them interested in science.
I remember doing this experiment in 1st class many moons ago.
My science teacher did this with red dye in a geranium plant so you could see every stem and leaf highlighted in red- fantastic!
Getting my sons ‘hotwires’ and a ‘microscope set’ for xmas so they can experiment with technology and science. At 9 and 8 they should be old enough to do it themselves.
Oh that reminds me I forgot to get a chemistry set…
I put myself in hospital for 10 days with a chemistry set when I was a kid.Magnesium tape is a basterd when mixed with phos. Happy days indeed.Still have the scars.
*Not being sarcastic. Just keep an eye on the kid.Some of those chemicals can burn to the bone.
They are 8 and 9 but yes I will certainly keep an eye on them…
I have done this with kids at school , great experiment!
Oh my god I remember doing this when I was younger – can’t wait to get the kids to do it!
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