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Irish Film, TV Nominations 2023: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Bad Sisters’ Lead With Most Nods

Irish Film, TV Nominations 2023: ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Bad Sisters’ Lead With Most Nods
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, led the nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) as the full list of nominees was unveiled on Monday night local time, picking up 11 nods in the film category.

“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ mystery series – led the pack in the drama category with 12 noms.

Coming off the back of a stellar year for Irish film and television, the nominations include a number of familiar names and titles, including Paul Mescal, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a film for “Aftersun” and best supporting actor in a film for “God’s Creatures” while Farrell is also competing in both categories, both for his star turn in “Banshees” and his supporting role as Penguin in “The Batman.”

“Conversations with Friends” has also scored noms in multiple categories while Aoife McArdle is up for best drama
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Irish Film & TV Awards Nominations: ‘Bad Sisters’ & ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Lead, Paul Mescal Clocks Two Noms

Irish Film & TV Awards Nominations: ‘Bad Sisters’ & ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Lead, Paul Mescal Clocks Two Noms
Apple’s comedy series Bad Sisters and Martin McDonagh’s latest feature, The Banshees of Inisherin, lead this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Award nominations (IFTAs). Scroll down for the complete list.

Bad Sisters leads across film and TV with 12 nominations, including Best Drama, Lead Actress (Sharon Horgan), Director (Dearbhla Walsh), and four nods in Supporting Actress for Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene.

The Banshees of Inisherin clocked 11 nominations, including Best Film as well as Best Director and Screenplay for Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, and Kerry Condon also pop up in the acting categories.

Irish filmmaker Frank Berry’s latest pic Aisha trails Bad Sisters and Banshees with ten nominations. The film follows a young Nigerian woman, played by Letitia Wright, who struggles to navigate the asylum system in Ireland.

Paul Mescal also picked up two nominations: The first in
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‘Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Bad Sisters’ Dominate Irish Academy Awards Nominations

‘Banshees of Inisherin,’ ‘Bad Sisters’ Dominate Irish Academy Awards Nominations
With just a few days until the 2023 Oscars, hot contender The Banshees of Inisherin has been given a boost on home soil.

Martin McDonagh’s period tragicomedy — which has nine Academy Award nominations (an all-time Irish record) — has now landed the most film nods this year for the Irish Academy Awards.

Announced by the Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA), Banshees has 11 nominations, including best film and, as with the BAFTAs and Oscars, the film has been nominated in all of the performance categories for its main cast of Colin Farrell (who also got a nod for supporting actor for The Batman), Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. Banshees‘ 11 nominations is the same number in 2022 amassed by Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl, which is now also in contention for an Oscar in the international category.

Further down the list, Frank Berry’s immigration drama Aisha — starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor — landed 10 nominations.
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Sharon Horgan (‘Bad Sisters’ co-creator) on walking the ‘tight rope’ between comedy and drama [Exclusive Video Interview]

Sharon Horgan (‘Bad Sisters’ co-creator) on walking the ‘tight rope’ between comedy and drama [Exclusive Video Interview]
“It’s just walking a bit of a tightrope, really, but I feel like we were sort of doing that throughout because we had to balance comedy with drama — like really silly, stupid comedy with really brutal drama,” explains Sharon Horgan about the challenge of setting the right tone for “Bad Sisters,” the Apple TV+ series she co-created. We talked with Horgan as part of our “Meet the Experts” Writers Guild Award nominees panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

Adapted from a Belgian series, “Bad Sisters” tells the story of the Garvey siblings: Eva (Horgan), Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), Ursula (Eva Birthistle), Bibi (Sarah Greene), and Becka (Eve Hewson). Grace’s husband John Paul (Claes Bang) is emotionally abusive, so the other four sisters hatch a plot to save Grace by killing her dastardly spouse. Along the way the show incorporates humor into its deadly-serious premise. “It was the trickiest part of it,
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Eve Hewson of ‘Bad Sisters’ to Be Honored at the Oscar Wilde Awards (Exclusive)

Eve Hewson of ‘Bad Sisters’ to Be Honored at the Oscar Wilde Awards (Exclusive)
Eve Hewson, the Irish actress now starring alongside Sharon Horgan on the dark Apple TV+ comedy Bad Sisters, will be saluted at the 17th annual Oscar Wilde Awards in March, it was announced Monday.

Hewson will receive the Wilde Card Award, which event organizer Trina Vargo, president of the US-Ireland Alliance, notes is used “to bring attention to rising talent who may not yet be a household name, but who we expect will be.” The first such honor was presented in 2010 to Saoirse Ronan.

The daughter of U2 frontman Bono, Hewson can next be seen starring opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in John Carney’s Flora and Son, which will premiere Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival.

Fellow Irish actresses Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Jessie Buckley (Women Talking) also will be feted March 9 at J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot production company in Santa Monica.

Vargo also
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One Of The Scariest Scenes In The Children Thinks The Kids Aren't Alright

One Of The Scariest Scenes In The Children Thinks The Kids Aren't Alright
(Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato. In this edition, Matt makes a case against pregnancy in "The Children.")

Tom Shankland's kinderhorror meanie "The Children" isn't an actual reason to avoid childbirth. That's a joke. Although, I wouldn't recommend the film to newfound parents exploring the wonders of parenting. What occurs is along the lines of "Who Can Kill a Child?" and its remake "Come Out and Play," or "Children of the Corn," where innocence is a coverup for murderous intent. Doubly dreary around the holidays since a majority of Xmas traditions point towards making youngins happy.

"The Children" ranks high atop the list of anti-holiday horror movies. Instead of spending Christmas and New Year's partying or unwrapping presents, kiddies turn into killers who prey upon adults. Children couldn't be capable of such atrocious crimes,
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The Daily Stream: Bad Sisters Is A Superb Murder Mystery About Sisterly Love

The Daily Stream: Bad Sisters Is A Superb Murder Mystery About Sisterly Love
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Series: "Bad Sisters"

Where You Can Stream It: Apple TV+

The Pitch: Meet the Garvey sisters, your new favorite TV family. These five women are bound by two things: the premature death of their parents and a lifelong promise to always protect one another. So what happens when someone terrible worms his way into their lives and spreads misery throughout the family? A murder, of course!

Four of the sisters — Eva (Sharon Horgan), Ursula (Eva Birthistle), Bibi (Sarah Greene), and Becka (Eve Hewson) — are bound by a third fact: their hatred of John Paul (Claes Bang), the toxic misogynist who has married their sister Grace (Anne-Marie Duff). Not only has Jp proved himself to be an absolute, unrepentant a
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16 Days 16 Films initiative unveils 2022 line-up of short films discussing violence against women

16 Days 16 Films initiative unveils 2022 line-up of short films discussing violence against women
Launched by the UK’s Modern Films, in partnership with UK Says No More.

16 Days 16 Films – the competition aimed at creating content that discusses violence against women and campaigns against gender-based violence – is returning for its 2022 edition, with submissions from UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the US.

All of the short films are directed by a female-identifying filmmaker, with the initiative running online from November 25 to December 10.

The winner will be selected by a jury and announced on December 15, with first place getting the opportunity to create a new public service announcement for UK Says No More, a national
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16 Days 16 Films initiative unveils 2022 line-up, continues campaign against gender-based violence

16 Days 16 Films initiative unveils 2022 line-up, continues campaign against gender-based violence
Launched by Eve Gabereau’s UK distribution and production banner Modern Films, in partnership with UK Says No More.

16 Days 16 Films – the competition aimed at creating content that discusses violence against women and campaigns against gender-based violence – is returning for its 2022 edition, with submissions from UK, France, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the United States.

All of the short films are directed by a female-identifying filmmaker, with the initiative running online from November 25 to December 10.
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‘Bad Sisters’ Creator Sharon Horgan Says a Holiday Tradition Helped Her Find a Key Location | Wrap Video

  • 22 November 2022
  • by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
  • The Wrap
‘Bad Sisters’ Creator Sharon Horgan Says a Holiday Tradition Helped Her Find a Key Location | Wrap Video
Jumping in a freezing cold body of water will definitely send adrenaline through your system, and if you’re making a TV show, it could also help inspire a great idea — like where to shoot a significant scene. That’s the story behind a key set location in the Apple TV+ series “Bad Sisters,” creator Sharon Horgan revealed in the latest installment of TheWrap’s video series “How I Did It,” which is sponsored by Apple TV+.

“Being in a swimsuit and then freezing your t–ts off … I thought, ‘Why? Why did I do it?” Horgan, the creator, writer, executive producer and lead actress in “Bad Sisters,” said of deciding to film the series in Dublin Bay, an inlet of the Irish Seas on the east coast of Ireland.

But for Horgan, the initial attraction to the project was too tempting to turn down. “I just found the premise so inherently funny,
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Apple TV+ Renews Bad Sisters For Season 2

Apple TV+ Renews Bad Sisters For Season 2
Apple TV+ has announced a season two renewal for “Bad Sisters,” the global hit, darkly comedic murder mystery series from Emmy Award nominee and BAFTA Award-winning executive producer and star Sharon Horgan. “If you’d have told me three years ago that I’d be making a series about five murderous sisters chasing a man around Ireland trying to kill him I’d have said; yeah, that sounds about right. The response to our show had been beyond what we could have hoped for. It gave us the opportunity to shine a light on stories that don’t always get such a global platform. I look forward to getting chilly in the Irish Sea one more time.” Since its global premiere, “Bad Sisters” has been hailed as “one of the year’s best shows,” “a wickedly funny, genuinely poignant” dramedy, and “this year’s most vicious comic treat.” As each
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Bad Sisters Season 2 Renewed By AppleTV+

Bad Sisters Season 2 Renewed By AppleTV+
Apple TV+ has renewed Bad Sisters for season 2. Based on the 2012 series Clan, and developed by the trio of Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer, Bad Sisters made its debut in August. The Dublin-based story tracks Eva Garvey (Horgan), the eldest of five sisters, as she finds herself right in the middle of a life insurance investigation following the mysterious death of her brother-in-law John Paul (Claes Bang) An overzealous insurance agent, Thomas (Brian Gleeson), tries to prove that Eva and her sisters are somehow involved in the death. The show, which also stars Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, and Anne Marie-Duff, has garnered uniformly positive reviews.

Now, according to IndieWire, Apple TV+ has announced that it has renewed Bad Sisters for season 2. The news comes less than a month after the dark comedy debuted its season 1 finale. In a humorous statement, Horgan said in part: “If you
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‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+

‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
“Bad Sisters,” the Apple TV+ dark comedy series created by and starring Sharon Horgan, has been renewed for Season 2, the streamer announced. The news comes less than a month after its 10-episode first season concluded on October 14.

Based on the 2012 Flemish TV series “Clan,” “Bad Sisters” stars Horgan as Eva Garvey, the eldest of five sisters, who ends up in the middle of a life insurance investigation when her brother-in-law John Paul (Claes Bang) dies under uncertain circumstances. As overzealous insurance agent Thomas (Brian Gleeson) tries to prove Eva and her sisters’ involvement in the death, the show flips from the weeks following his funeral to the weeks leading up to his death, when Eva plotted to murder John Paul with Ursula (Eva Birthistle), Bibi (Sarah Greene), and Becka (Eve Hewson) in revenge for his abusive treatment of their sister Grace (Anne Marie-Duff).

“If you’d have told me three
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Bad Sisters Renewed at Apple TV+

Bad Sisters Renewed at Apple TV+
Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters will have a chance to get even worse: The streamer has renewed the dark comedy starring Sharon Horgan for a second season, TVLine has learned.

Horgan (Catastrophe) stars as Eva Garvey, the protective older sister of Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), whose abusive husband John Paul (Claes Bang) suddenly dies under mysterious circumstances. We learn through flashbacks that Eva and her other sisters all hated John Paul and secretly plotted to murder him, while after his death, a life insurance agent starts to suspect they’re responsible for the crime. Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson and
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‘Bad Sisters’ Gets Season 2 Order from Apple TV+

‘Bad Sisters’ Gets Season 2 Order from Apple TV+
It’s the news “Bad Sisters” fans have been hoping for: the limited series has been commissioned for a second season, meaning the murderous Garvey sisters are set to grace our screens once more.

Apple TV+ and executive producer and star Sharon Horgan confirmed the second season order on Tuesday (Nov. 8), although no other info – including potential release date, cast or plot details – has been revealed.

An adaptation of Belgian limited series “Clan,” “Bad Sisters” launched earlier this year with Horgan playing de-facto Irish matriarch Eva Garvey to her four younger sisters Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), Bibi (Sarah Greene), Ursula (Eva Birthistle) and Becka (Eve Hewson) in the wake of their parents’ deaths.

But the tight-knit group begins to unravel as Grace, trapped in an abusive marriage with the toxic John-Paul (Claes Bang), becomes increasingly diminished and distant. Her siblings soon hatch a plan to dispatch John-Paul in order to free
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Sharon Horgan’s ‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV+

Sharon Horgan’s ‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed For Season 2 At Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has renewed Bad Sisters, the dark comedy murder-mystery series from Sharon Horgan, for a second season.

The black comedy-drama, from Horgan’s Merman Television and Disney Television Studios’ ABC Signature, follows the tight-knit Garvey sisters, who all find themselves under investigation from life insurers when their brother-in-law is found dead.

Related: Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season

“If you’d have told me three years ago that I’d be making a series about five murderous sisters chasing a man around Ireland trying to kill him, I’d have said, ‘Yeah, that sounds about right,’” said Horgan. “The response to our show had been beyond what we could have hoped for. It gave us the opportunity to shine a light on stories that don’t always get such a global platform. I look forward to getting chilly in the Irish Sea one more time.
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‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+

‘Bad Sisters’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
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Apple TV+ will spend more time with its group of Bad Sisters.

The tech behemoth’s streaming service has ordered a second season of its dark comedy/murder mystery Bad Sisters, co-created by and starring Sharon Horgan. The renewal comes comes a few weeks after the conclusion of the 10-episode first season, which has earned mostly positive reviews from critics (The Hollywood Reporter’s Angie Han called it “never boring” but also “slightly less than the sum of its parts”). Apple TV+ doesn’t self-report any viewing data, and the show did not break into Nielsen’s streaming top 10 during its run.

“If you’d have told me three years ago that I’d be making a series about five murderous sisters chasing a man around Ireland trying to kill him I’d have said; yeah, that sounds about right,” Horgan said in a statement.
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Awards spotlight: Will delightfully devious ‘Bad Sisters’ follow in the footsteps of ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Dead to Me’?

Awards spotlight: Will delightfully devious ‘Bad Sisters’ follow in the footsteps of ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Dead to Me’?
“Bad Sisters” is a sinister mystery from the beginning. In the opening scene we see Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) chopping onions as she weeps. But is she crying because of the onions, or the dead husband parked in her living room, wearing pajamas and sporting an erection she’ll have to hide from guests arriving for his funeral? That husband’s name is John Paul (Claes Bang) and he’s introduced to us as “The Prick.” He’s a jerk and Grace and her four sisters have reason to kill him, hence the plot of this devilishly fun family drama on Apple TV+.

The witty and darkly comedic murder mystery series certainly induces laughter, but will compete in drama categories at the upcoming Golden Globes and SAG Awards. Emmy nominee and BAFTA Award-winning creator and star Sharon Horgan developed the 10-episode series that debuted globally with the first two episodes on Friday,
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‘Bad Sisters’ Finale: Sharon Horgan on [Spoiler] Killing J.P., Casting the Garveys & More

‘Bad Sisters’ Finale: Sharon Horgan on [Spoiler] Killing J.P., Casting the Garveys & More
[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Bad Sisters finale.] In Bad Sisters, Earl (J.P.) had to die. The Apple TV+ dark comedy came to a close October 14, finally revealing who killed Gracie’s husband, J.P., in the end. And while all of the Garvey sisters need therapy after the months they’ve had, the finale ended on a peaceful note with all five of the sisters swimming together again. An adaptation of the Belgian series Clan, Sharon Horgan stars as eldest sister Eva Garvey. Her four sisters are Anne-Marie Duff as Gracie, Eve Hewson as Becka, Sarah Greene as Bibi, and Eva Birthistle as Ursula. When J.P. (Claes Bang) abuses Gracie and everyone else in their sphere, the tight-knit Garvey sisters plot to kill him. We know from the pilot that someone was successful on that front, but the show spends all 10 episodes teasing who did it and how, telling the tale from
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What Sharon Horgan's Bad Sisters Teaches Us About Emotional Abuse

What Sharon Horgan's Bad Sisters Teaches Us About Emotional Abuse
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Bad Sisters.Bad Sisters, debuting this past August, has proven itself to be Apple TV+'s most powerful dark comedy. Created by multitalented Irish actress, director, and producer Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe; This Way Up), it tells the story of five idiosyncratic sisters, orphaned young and living near each other on Ireland's gorgeous coastline. But the siblings — Eva Garvey (Horgan), Grace Williams (Anne-Marie Duff), Ursula Flynn (Eva Birthistle), Bibi Garvey (Sarah Greene), and Becka Garvey (Eve Hewson) — find their adult happiness overshadowed by the oppressive John Paul Williams (Claes Bang), Grace's quietly cruel and overbearing husband. The series delves into his longstanding emotional abuse, which, in turn, becomes the catalyst for Grace's four sisters to cook up various harebrained schemes to "help nature out" and bring about their middle-aged brother-in-law's demise.
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