Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Win a Free DVD copy of Irish Film KISSES

For a chance to win a free copy of Lance Daly's KISSES on DVD, send an email to promos@oscilloscope.net with the subject heading "KISSES in Boston".

KISSES was screened by the Boston Irish Film Festival in Boston in August 2009 and has just been released on DVD. See previous blog post for more on this tender coming of age movie of two runaways on the Dublin streets. View the trailer at the Coolidge Corner Theatre website


Winners will be announced by November 5th!


The IFFB (Irish Film Festival Boston) recently screened another Irish film, A SHINE OF RAINBOWS, in Hingham, Massachusetts (October 21). This is a film by Vic Sarin starring Aidan Quinn and Connie Nielson. The film won eleven film festival awards in 2009. View trailer.

"The poignant tale of a loving mother, a reluctant father and the extraordinary journey that brings a young orphan home."  [About the Film]

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Irish Websites

If you're looking for a good Irish website, you should find what you want at the Irish Web Awards website where you'll find this handy Irish Web Awards shortlist for 2010.

There's the Cork News, a weekly news and lifestyle publication. LookWest.ie features information on living in the West of Ireland in the counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Rosscommon, Galway, and Clare. The Irish Film Board website will keep you up to date on Irish films. [Did you see Ondine?] View Irish street art at Twelve Doors. Event Elephant will allow event organizer to post an event and sell tickets online. People are connecting with one another on the Irish Abroad Facebook page. Find your way around Trinity College in Dublin on their visitors page. See what's on TV at RTE television. So many good websites!