South Wind Blows

31/07/2025

In Time: Dónal Lunny will be screening at the IFI Documentary Festival! 🎞️

Our film will be shown at 18:00 on Saturday, 13th September, with tickets available now via the IFI website - https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-documentary-festival-2025-in-time-donal-lunny-qa/

We're so grateful to be included in this wonderfully curated programme!


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This film was made possible with the support of Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, University College Dublin, the Creative Futures Academy & the Government of Ireland.

14/07/2025

What an honour to premiere our new documentary In Time: Dónal Lunny at the Galway Film Fleadh!

Míle buíochas to everyone who joined us for the screening, and to Galway Film Fleadh, Screen Ireland , Coimisiún na Meán, University College Dublinn and Creative Futures Academy for their support in bringing this film to life.

Keep an eye out for more opportunities to see this beautiful film in the coming months. 🎥

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Produced with the support of incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland.

02/07/2025

We’re very proud to announce that our film In Time, the first ever cinematic portrait of the legendary Dónal Lunny, will premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh on Friday 11 July at 5pm.

A founding member of Planxty, The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts, Dónal Lunny's contribution to Irish music and culture is immeasurable.

In Time reveals a life lived entirely for art’s sake - charting Lunny’s creative and personal journey against the backdrop of seismic cultural, political and historic change in Ireland and beyond. The film fuses music with memory, performance and biography, exploring the deeply human experiences that have shaped one of Ireland’s most enduring artists.

Tickets are available now via galwayfilmfleadh.com! 🎥

Funded by Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, University College Dublin, and the Creative Futures Academy.

Produced with the support of incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the Government of Ireland.

And for our poster - thank you to Rich Gilligan for the imagery and Sarah Moloney for the design.

13/11/2024

We're back at Guinness Storehouse for the fifth edition of Other Voices Home 🖤.

Maykay will bring us a night of incredible performances which celebrate the Ireland of here and now. We'll have The Mary Wallopers, Tolü Makay, Just Mustard, a special performance from Niamh Regan & SOAK, and Uilleann Piper Pádraic Keane coming to you live from the heart of The Liberties.

30/08/2024

"...You are neither here nor there,
A hurry through which known and strange things pass"

11 years since we lost the incomparable Seamus Heaney.

Preceded by Liam O'Flynn on the pipes, Heaney performs his poem Postscript for The Poet & The Piper.

11/07/2024

Lovely to have That They May Face The Rising Sun represented at the this week!

And delighted to be among such fine company this morning’s panel discussion ‘Riding the Green Wave from Leitrim to Sundance: New Irish Stories’ 🇮🇪

11/07/2024

Lovely to have That They May Face The Rising Sun represented at the Galway Film Fleadh this week!

And honoured to be among such fine company this morning's panel discussion 'Riding the Green Wave from Leitrim to Sundance: New Irish Stories' 🇮🇪

25/04/2024

"A film that unwraps its mysteries slowly, revealing under its quiet surface the human condition writ delicate but deep."

Another 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 review for 'That They May Face The Rising Sun' - this time from Financial Times!

Irish director Pat Collins’s meditative film measures life’s disappointments against the enduring presence of nature

24/04/2024

Thanks to Tara Brady for the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of in the !

After picking up Best Film at both the ’s and it finally hits screens across Ireland from tomorrow 🎬 Very excited to share this special film with you all!

Book your tickets now at our link in bio.

21/04/2024

Over the moon to share that was crowned Best Film at last night’s awards 💫

Such an honour & testament to all the hard work of our cast, crew and co-producers 🫶

Bualadh bos mór to all of last night’s other winners and nominees!

31/03/2024

Ireland 100 returns to RTÉ One tonight ✨

Tune in at 10.30pm as An Old Song are-Sung presents inspiring performances by some of our greatest artists including Dermot Kennedy, Lisa Hannigan, Martin Hayes, Denise Chaila, The Scratch & many more! Plus Tolü Makay honours Sinéad O’Connor with a sensational performance 🌹

Enjoy the story of Ireland this Easter Sunday through the songs and stories of Ireland’s finest voices 🇮🇪

was produced in partnership by South Wind Blows and RTÉ with support by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Programme, 2012-2023.

27/03/2024

This Sunday night, highlights of the wonderful : An Old Song Re-Sung will hit TV screens 🕊️ Enjoy the story of Ireland from 1923-2023, told by some of our country's very best through songs, stories and dance.

Stream the show in full worldwide now on the RTÉ Player or enjoy highlights this Sunday on RTÉ One from 10:30pm 💫