Intimate as a village, sophisticated as a metropolis, the capital city of Ireland is a centre of infinite interest and activity. Dublin embodies two very distinctly different features: its rich and varied history and cultural inheritance which integrates harmoniously with the ever-changing, vibrant beat of contemporary life in Dublin today.
The capital city boasts a long and vibrant history of filmmaking and has long serviced the industry as a location for period dramas, black comedies, or offbeat musicals. It has shown many faces to the camera, from Georgian beauty to inner-city grit. Trinity College, home to the Book of Kells, was the setting for Educating Rita, while tougher urban landscape contributed invaluable atmosphere to films as diverse as Veronica Guerin, My Left Foot, The Commitments, In The Name Of The Father, The Boxer and Agnes Brown. The capital was also the main location for much of Neil Jordan’s historical drama, Michael Collins, set during the Irish War of Independence of 1916-1922.
For Alan Parker’s sensational adaptation of Angela’s Ashes the filmmakers recreated the now vanished slums of Frank McCourt's Limerick childhood on Dublin’s northside and more recently it serviced Neil Jordan’s Golden Globe-nominated Breakfast On Pluto. Jim Sheridan’s, In America, Laws of Attraction starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore and John Schultz’s The Honeymooners saw a number of locations around the city double for New York.
Ireland and its capital city boast a highly-skilled crew base with approximately six crews available for feature production at any one time. In fact Dublin hosts a freelance technician base of over 1,600 with every skill and craft represented. In addition, there are about 50 facility companies in Ireland, with many located in Dublin city.
Situated in Bray, Co. Wicklow just 12 miles south of Dublin, Ardmore Studios is Ireland’s only four walled studio. Ardmore is uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive, one-stop-shop package of world class film and television facilities, tailored to suit an individual project production and budget needs. For more information visit www.ardmore.ie
Productions Recently Shot in Dublin
· Lassie, directed by Charles Sturridge and starring Peter O’Toole, Samantha Morton and obviously featuring the world’s most famous dog. Lassie was shot on location in Dublin and Wickow in 2005, and is set in Great Britain on the eve of World War II. The feature film benefited from the co-ordinated support of the FILM DUBLIN Partnership* and the County Wicklow Film Commission.
· Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, starring rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) and directed by Jim Sheridan, shot on location in Dublin in 2005.
· Breakfast On Pluto, directed by Oscar winner Neil Jordan and starring a host of homegrown talent including Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea and of course the Golden Globe 2006 nominee Cillian Murphy, shot in Dublin in 2005.
*THE FILM DUBLIN Partnership
The FILM DUBLIN Partnership ensures Ireland’s capital city remains an attractive base for local and international film and television production. It provides an opportunity for consultation, co-ordination and communication on complex film and television projects that are in need of multiple agency assistance.
*The FILM DUBLIN Partnership is committed to:
• Working in partnership to improve access to Dublin for film and TV
production
• Expanding the contribution that film production makes to the Dublin economy
• Enhancing Dublin’s international reputation as a film-friendly city
• Ensuring images of Dublin appear on film and television
Patron 2005/2006
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Catherine Byrne
What the industry have said about the support of the Film Dublin partnership
Any initiative that helps make Dublin a more film-friendly place, makes our job of attracting incoming productions easier.
Andrew Lowe, Element Films
Exec Producer, Lassie
It is only with the support from bodies such as Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána that Irish filmmakers can continue to confidently promote the city and Ireland overseas.
Edmund Sampson
Location Manager, The Honeymooners
Out And About In Dublin.
Bars and restaurants
Eden Restaurant
Sycamore Street, Temple Bar
Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 670 5372
Le Cave Wine Bar & Restaurant
28 South Anne Street
Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 679 4409
Odessa
14 Dame Court
Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 670 7634
101 Talbot
100-102 Talbot Street
Dublin 1
Tel +353 1 874 5011
Shanahan’s On The Green
119 St Stephen’s Green
Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 407 0939
The Cellar Restaurant
The Merrion Hotel
Upper Merrion Street
Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 603 0600
The Bankers
16 Trinity Street
Dublin 2
Tel +353 1 679 3697
The Vaults
Harbourmaster Place, IFSC
Dublin 1
Tel +353 1 605 4700
Where to stay
Sensible
Practical
Live a little
Castle Hotel
3-4 Great Denmark Street
Dublin 1
Tel +353 1 874 6949 www.castle-hotel.ie
Thanks to
The Locations Services team at The Irish Film Board
Naoise Barry, Film Commissioner
Mags O'Sullivan, Marketing & Locations Co-ordinator
Tel +353 9 156 1398 www.filmboard.ie
Intimate as a village, sophisticated as a metropolis, the capital city of Ireland is a centre of infinite interest and activity. Dublin embodies two very distinctly different features: its rich and varied history and cultural inheritance which integrates harmoniously with the ever-changing, vibrant beat of contemporary life in Dublin today.
*THE FILM DUBLIN Partnership
Patron 2005/2006
