Treasa O'Brien

Filmmaker, Artist, Writer. Town of Strangers - See the world in one small Irish town Available NOW on IFI@Home @IFI_Dub

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

#TownofStrangers featured in ⁦@guardian⁩ today as one of the Best Films of 2023 so far. I’m beaming 😃

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

Hoping to make some strange decolonial anti capitalist eco positive diy Lofi Sci Fi (that’s a genre right?) out in the inagh valley next year.

[Interface Inagh @IInagh]

Artists offered residencies for 2024 & 2025 : @michaelecutaya & @afoggynotion @treasaobrien_ @lukecasserl
Hannah Papacek Harper, Daniel Coleman, Beatrice O’Connell, Philip Fogarty, David McGovern...

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

Town of Strangers opens in Cork’s beautiful indie cinema @TriskelCork today at 2pm & continues Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at 6.15pm. See the world in one small town. 4**** reviews from @guardianfilm & @IrishTimes @IrishTimesCultr Thanks to all cast and crew ❤️No one is illegal!

[Bertha DocHouse @BerthaDocHouse]

Final two chances to watch @treasaobrien_'s TOWN OF STRANGERS - ★★★★ "an invigorating and refreshing experience" @guardianfilm

Tonight (21), 18:20
Tomorrow (22), 16:20
🎟️: https://t.co/rbnC3UT37r

https://t.co/lmUUzgC3w7

[New Wave Films @NewWaveFilms]

Last chance today to watch in London @BerthaDocHouse @treasaobrien_ ★★★★ Town of Strangers "Wonderful, valuable and empathic documentary essay project...executive produced by The Act of Killing's Joshua Oppenheimer, whose influence is detectable." @PeterBradshaw1 @guardian

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

Solidarity to all at the gathering in dublin today showing our respect, kindness and welcome to all people living here. #IrelandForAll

[Ailbhe Smyth @ailbhes]

Why I’ll be out marching tomorrow 1.30 pm at Garden of Remembrance #IrelandForAll #Solidarity #RefugeesWelcome ⁦@LeCheileDND⁩

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

“This film is an invigorating refreshing experience” **** - @PeterBradshaw1 @guardian #townofstrangers continues its British Cinema run opening @tynesidecinema in #Newcastle & @cinema_chapter in #Cardiff tonight 17 feb until 24 feb. Returning to @BerthaDocHouse 18 & 20 feb.

[Bertha DocHouse @BerthaDocHouse]

"A thoughtful and manifold musing on versions of home, and on filmmaking itself." - @LWLies

TOWN OF STRANGERS returns to DocHouse from this Sat 18 Feb https://t.co/sCO3b2MrFs

Catch up on our Q&A with director @treasaobrien_ and @Gerry_Maguire_ here: https://t.co/ZpkBHqfMzf

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

@ScotteeIsFat Scottie you are an amazing host warm insightful great craic and putting everyone at ease . Thanks for inviting me on the show it was a great pleasure.

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

@Stephen33150814 Hi you can see it in ICA on Tuesday and Thursday this week, Cardiff and Tyneside next week. Or if you are in rep of Ireland you can rent it from IFI@home

[mark hancock @MarkRHancock]

@treasaobrien_ @PeterBradshaw1 @guardian @ICALondon Saw it yesterday. Absolutely amazing film, and reminded me that ordinary (whatever we mean by that) people have incredible stories to tell and we should point our cameras towards them more.

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

@BBCRadio4 interview with me about UK Cinema release of #Townofstrangers in the company of @suzyv who sang to us ❤️ @JoshAppFilm hilarious @lucyportercomic hosted by @emmafreud is available now as a podcast https://t.co/Jhli3vV9tt. The film is @ICALondon all week

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And radical intimacy and ethno auto fiction explored by @JoshAppFilm and Deborah Baum

[Josh Appignanesi @JoshAppFilm]

Maybe the drugs, but right now feeling v grateful that there exists National Radio in which you can have Vega alongside the warmth @lucyportercomic alongside brilliant new filmmaker @treasaobrien_ (execd by @JoshuaOppenheim) explaining Rouchian ethnofiction ON THE SAME DAMN SHOW

[B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton]

#Radio Loose Ends
Sat 18:15
@BBCRadio4
@emmafreud and @ScotteeIsFat are joined by @suzyv, @treasaobrien_, @lucyportercomic, Devorah Baum and @JoshAppFilm for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Music from Suzanne Vega and @TheGoldenDregs.
https://t.co/dKFzFtSvN1

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

****4 star review from @PeterBradshaw1 in @guardian for #TownofStrangers “a refreshing and invigorating experience”. #TownofStrangers opens in @ICALondon on Fri 10 Feb 5.15pm til 16 Feb. Solidarity with all movers shakers & migrants. No one is illegal!

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

“Beautiful, poetic. Town of Strangers leads us all to reflect on ourselves, what it means to be an immigrant, how the passage of time makes us all strangers” - Joshua Oppenheimer

Event preview screening with director Q&A @ICALondon 15 Jan 6.45
https://t.co/efGK7oBJ9x

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

LONDON: #TownofStrangers has 2 x preview screenings with director Q&A on Friday 13 Jan in @BerthaDocHouse and Sun 15 Jan @ICALondon

“A charming beautifully composed piece” **** @IrishTimes @DonaldClarke63

https://t.co/wxVaBtVJxC Watch trailer here: https://t.co/uJMxRb1w98

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

@caatdolan @fantasticfilms @ScreenIreland @MagnetReleasing @SignatureEntUK @jordanne_jones @hazeldoupe @CarolynBracken0 @caatdolan hi gabh mo leithscéal ach... I’m trying to get in touch with you about being a guest speaker at ATU Galway. but can’t DM you... could you follow me back please. I’d love my film students to be inspired in person by you!

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

@openearIE Hi yes it is!

[Treasa O'Brien @treasaobrien_]

Selling a ticket for #openear music festival 3-5 june. Get in touch if you or your friend would like it. #ticketfairy @openearIE