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Young Filmmakers Call Action on Three New Cinemagic Productions.

Filming is underway for three new productions from Belfast based youth charity Cinemagic Film Festival. The films have been designed to inspire and celebrate the talents of 60 young filmmakers, […]

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Active Citizenship – New Educational Resources Tackling Drug Use in Young People

Today, Wednesday 28 April 2021, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), in collaboration with the Department of Justice and Cinemagic, has launched a newly commissioned version of […]

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On this edition our young reviewers preview the digital release of new comedy drama APPLES (Cert: 12). *Caution* This video continues moderate content (section: film trailer) that may be unsuitable for younger viewers. APPLES - Cate Blanchett executive produces this timely, drily witty and ultimately moving portrait of a world that has succumb to a strange, all-pervasive virus. A strain of amnesia is holding the world in its grip. Those who succumb to it permanently lose their memory. For those carrying identification and with loved ones, there is hope. But those who cannot be identified and who have no one to ‘claim’ them are given a new identity, home and itinerary through which they can record memories for a new life. Aris is one such person. Christos Nikou’s wonderful feature debut, written and directed before the COVID-19 pandemic began is a soulful rumination on who we are and what defines us. At its centre is a compelling performance by Aris Serveyalis, best known in the UK for his role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Alps. A remarkably assured debut by Nikou, APPLES is the perfect film for the times we live in. APPLES IS AVAILABLE ON CURZON HOME CINEMA FROM FRIDAY 7 MAY. https://homecinema.curzon.com/film/apples/ #Film #FilmReview #Apples CINEMAGIC ON SOCIAL Follow - https://www.facebook.com/CinemagicFestival Follow - http://www.Twitter.com/Cinemagic Follow - https://www.instagram.com/cinemagic_filmfestival/ https://www.cinemagic.org.uk​ (website) https://filmfestival.cinemagic.org.uk/​ (festival player) SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER - https://cinemagic.org.uk/newsletter
The Cinemagic Preview Show #29 - Apples
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On this edition our young reviewers preview the digital release of new youth drama HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN (Cert: 15). *Caution* This video continues moderate content/language (section: film trailer) that may be unsuitable for younger viewers. HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN is a fresh and shocking Irish thriller featuring an all-star cast including Dean Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones, 1917), Finn Cole (Peaky Blinders), Golden Globe(™) winner Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit, Emma), Emmett J Scanlan (Peaky Blinders), Travis Fimmel (Vikings, Danger Close), Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (Sing Street) and Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones). Dublin 2003. Aimless teenager Matthew (Chapman) and his disaffected friends leave school into a social vacuum of drink, drugs and thrill-seeking in one last Summer of adolescence. Matthew romantically yearns after his free-spirited friend Jen (Taylor-Joy) and struggles to maintain his increasingly disturbing relationship with the magnetic but sadistic Kearney (Cole). Whilst their precocious friend Rez (Walsh Peelo) has started to succumb to paranoia and depression. Matthew and the group are soon led by the deranged Kearney into a world of nihilistic violence, falling into shocking acts of transgression that will irrevocably change their lives. HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN is written and directed by Eoin Macken from the novel of the same name by Rob Doyle. Signature Entertainment presents HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN on Digital 30th April and DVD 10th May. #Film #FilmReview #Cinemagic CINEMAGIC ON SOCIAL Follow - https://www.facebook.com/CinemagicFestival Follow - http://www.Twitter.com/Cinemagic Follow - https://www.instagram.com/cinemagic_filmfestival/ https://www.cinemagic.org.uk​ (website) https://filmfestival.cinemagic.org.uk/​ (festival player) SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER - https://cinemagic.org.uk/newsletter
The Cinemagic Preview Show #28 - Here Are The Young Men
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Phil Reynolds is a television and podcast producer from Northern Ireland who has been working in the media industry for over 10 years. Phil has worked across multiple platforms including broadcast television and radio programmes, and over the last year has successfully produced and presented podcasts 'THE LOCKDOWN WITH PHIL REYNOLDS' and 'CELEBS & THE AVERAGE JOE'. PHIL ON SOCIAL https://www.instagram.com/Mynameisphiliptv http://www.Twitter.com/@PhilipJReynolds PHIL PODCAST LINKS https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/celebs-the-average-joe/id1532491352 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lockdown-with-phil-reynolds/id1512505588 CINEMAGIC ON SOCIAL https://www.facebook.com/CinemagicFestival http://www.Twitter.com/Cinemagic https://www.instagram.com/cinemagic_filmfestival https://www.cinemagic.org.uk​ (website) https://filmfestival.cinemagic.org.uk/​ (festival player) #PhilReynolds #Producer #Top5
Top 5s with Phil Reynolds
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Young Filmmaker Kate Evans introduces the film ODDITIES AND WONDERS. The film was directed by BFI Film Academy Young Filmmakers at MediaActive. ODDITIES AND WONDERS was shortlisted in the DOCUMENTARY category at Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2020. ODDITIES AND WONDERS: A playful adventure into the weird and wonderful theatrical world of the Music Hall. Step back in time and experience a taste of magic and mystery, music and dance...'and all before your very eyes'. YOUNG FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT: This series showcases the very best short films directed by young filmmakers with insight into the filmmaking process with cast and crew introductions. Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2021 is open for submissions on FilmFreeway https://filmfreeway.com/CinemagicYoungFilmmaker CINEMAGIC ON SOCIAL https://www.facebook.com/CinemagicFestival http://www.Twitter.com/Cinemagic https://www.instagram.com/cinemagic_filmfestival/ https://www.cinemagic.org.uk #YoungFilmmaker #Cinemagic
Young Filmmaker Spotlight #21 - Oddities and Wonders
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Belfast born BBC Presenter and Producer Mairead Campbell, shares her Top 5 tips for aspiring presenters, carving out a career in the world of radio broadcasting. MAIREAD ON SOCIAL https://www.instagram.com/maireadcampbel http://www.Twitter.com/@MaireadCampbel https://www.facebook.com/mairead.campbell1 CINEMAGIC ON SOCIAL https://www.facebook.com/CinemagicFestival http://www.Twitter.com/Cinemagic https://www.instagram.com/cinemagic_filmfestival https://www.cinemagic.org.uk​ (website) https://filmfestival.cinemagic.org.uk/​ (festival player) #MaireadCampbell #Broadcaster #Top5
Top 5s with Mairead Campbell
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On this edition our young reviewers preview the digital release of new historical drama MEMORIES OF MY FATHER. MEMORIES OF MY FATHER - A moving film based on a modern monument of Colombian literature, the memoir of Héctor Abad Gómez written by his son, Héctor Abad Faciolince. Sampling the violence related to Colombia's political events during the last three decades, the writer describes his family's story and the events surrounding the killing of his father, a University Professor who promoted tolerance and human rights in his country. ‘MEMORIES OF MY FATHER’ IS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA FROM FRIDAY 26 MARCH. https://www.curzonhomecinema.com/film/watch-memories-of-my-father-film-online #MemoriesOfMyFather #FilmReview #Cinemagic CINEMAGIC ON SOCIAL Follow - https://www.facebook.com/CinemagicFestival Follow - http://www.Twitter.com/Cinemagic Follow - https://www.instagram.com/cinemagic_filmfestival/ https://www.cinemagic.org.uk​ (website) https://filmfestival.cinemagic.org.uk/​ (festival player) SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER - https://cinemagic.org.uk/newsletter
The Cinemagic Preview Show #27 - Memories of My Father
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Grace and Goliath DVD

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Grace and Goliath will scoop you up in its mighty arms and carry you on an emotional but hugely enjoyable roller coaster! A Hollywood big shot, (and he knows it!) Josh Jenkins sweeps into Belfast to make a movie, but before long his world crashes and he loses everything. Lily (a hotel cleaner) invites him to stay with her family and gradually the people of this ‘strange’ city touch his heart, forever. A powerful story of how one man’s GOLIATH ego is brought down by one single blow...of GRACE!

Dir: Tony Mitchell – UK – 2018 – 90 mins – Cert: PG – in English