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• documentaries for @starling_erica •

[Sam Howard @samhoward700]

Thrilled our film will screen at this years @cphdox

[Northern Ireland Screen @NIScreen]

Exciting news for The Ban. The documentary short film, funded by Northern Ireland Screen, is heading to @cphdox on 20 March!

Huge congratulations to Dir. @roisin_agnew_ & Producer/Editor @_sam.howard_ for the film’s incredible festival run so far.

#Short #Film @starling_erica

[Sam Howard @samhoward700]

@SebastianEPayne Hey @SebastianEPayne , I produced and edited this film. I’m also from Belfast. We were very much aware of The Day Today sketch, it’s just brilliant. Thanks for sharing! Anyone else curious can watch on YouTube: https://t.co/p814jvifNU

[Sam Howard @samhoward700]

Looking forward to introducing our next project ‘The Video Guy’ at this years IDFA @IDFAindustry @ericastarling1

Watch this S P A C E

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

'My Sister Gaza,' 'The Video Guy' Among 51 Projects Set for Amsterdam's IDFA Forum Co-Pro Market https://t.co/3P5MQWdEXD

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

EXCL: Nigel Farage is using a private company to reduce his tax bill on his GB News media appearances and other outside employment 👇🏼 https://t.co/jfP7hVJslt

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones]

ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations" #Gaza

[basement films @Basement_Films]

We were so desperate for our film made with approved by and lauded by @BBCNews bosses had gone out on the national broadcaster that was so respected across the world. The Doctors told us they thought @BBCNews would never broadcast their stories; tragically they were right. Thanks to @Channel4 & @zeteo_news their stories are being heard #GazaDoctorsUnderAttack

[Wildcard @WildcardFilm]

The feud that split a nation... 

Starring Éanna Hardwicke as Roy Keane and Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy, watch the teaser trailer for #SaipanFilm - kicking off in Irish and UK cinemas soon.

#ChooseYourSide #HereWeGo #COYBIG

@WAPictures @BanksideFilms @ScreenIreland @CNaM_ie @NIScreen @rte @VertigoRel

[Sam Howard @samhoward700]

very happy for my dear friend Chris on this seismic win

[Chris Byfield @ChrisByfield2]

Quite embarrassingly sincere gibberish that I may delete from the face of the internet… but for now, here’s a look back at the FA Cup final.

[Sam Howard @samhoward700]

🙏💚 thank you @whickerawards

[Erica Starling Productions @starling_erica]

Congratulations to @samhoward700 and Alex on getting through to the final 5 film projects selected out of over 800 entries for the @whickerawards - Pitches will take place at @sheffdocfest in June. Best of luck! 🍀🫰👏❤️🎉🙏

[alison millar @ericastarling1]

Many congratulations to @Roisin_Agnew and @samhoward700 on winning this wonderful award for The Ban. Thank you @BigSkyDocFest - amazing festival. ❤️To all who worked on the film and continue to support it.

[Roisin Agnew @Roisin_Agnew]

Yesterday The Ban won Best Uk Short at @LSFF Thanks to the festival , we’re chuffed. Special thanks to @samhoward700 @starling_erica @NIScreen and more x

[david ehrlich @davidehrlich]

David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.

[Northern Ireland Screen @NIScreen]

Delighted to share that Roisin Agnew's short documentary The Ban has been longlisted for a nomination for British Short Film at the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025.

See the full list of nominations below!

[alison millar @ericastarling1]

Congratulations completely delighted that The Ban by @Roisin_Agnew @samhoward700 has made BAFTA long list -

Thanks to @starling_erica @NIScreen @YellowmoonPost @DocsIreland @micheledev1

Also screening BFI Southbank in competition at @LSFF on 18th Jan

[Bertha DocHouse @BerthaDocHouse]

During the troubles, the British government hired actors to dub those associated with the IRA on broadcast media. The Ban reflects on this bizarre episode of state censorship.

Join us on Sat 7 Dec for a screening + Q&A w/ director @Roisin_Agnew
🎟️ https://t.co/5ntEYCNDAy

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is extraordinary: former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin delivering an absolutely masterful lecture on diplomacy to Elisabeth Borne (France's PM from 2022 to January 2024) over Gaza.

I translated the whole exchange for you 👇

It really depressingly illustrate how starkly the caliber of France's leaders have deteriorated since Villepin's time (he was PM in 2005-2007). Borne embodies the current resignation of European leaders, their defeated shrug of "what can we possibly do if it means opposing the U.S.?" But this learned helplessness raises an obvious question: if we systematically resign and subordinate ourselves, what's even the point of France or Europe? 🤷

By contrast Villepin exemplifies what French & European independence and ambition could actually mean in practice; how much room for action actually exists - if only there was political courage to use it instead of hiding behind "beautiful words". Most crucially, he details the catastrophic consequences of our current passivity: our silence on Gaza isn't just destroying international law and Europe's supposed founding principles, it's enabling a dangerous escalation that risks transforming this conflict into a civilizational confrontation that could tear Europe apart.

What makes this exchange so powerful is how it captures two radically different Europes in dialogue: Villepin's Europe of diplomatic initiative, moral clarity, and strategic independence versus today's Europe of resignation, irrelevance, and voluntary submission. Between these two visions, the choice should be obvious. That our leaders consistently choose the latter is the tragedy of our time.

[Northern Ireland Screen @NIScreen]

The Ban, directed by Roisin Agnew and produced by Erica Starling Productions with support from NI Screen’s Digital Film Archive, is heading to @idfa 2024.
This short film delves into a legal loophole & the story of censorship impacting voices.
Learn more: https://t.co/BlZ2TgecKm

[Aphex Twin Updates @shellyrealest]

I know this is aphex twin updates but jesus christ

[Linda Ervine MBE @ErvineLinda]

We’re gathering community expressions of support for Scoil na Seolta, the first Integrated School which teaches through Irish. You can show your support by clicking on the link below.

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