Filmmaker, writer, artist, chancer, mush.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined January 2018
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Originally from Castlerea in Co. Roscommon, John Gunning has represented Ireland three times in the World Sumo Championships, and has lived in Japan for 25 years. This is his incredible story...
#sumo #Japan #Ireland #Roscommon #Tokyo #sumowrestling #Irishsumo
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PUNT will screen at the @CorkFilmFest as part of the @ScreenIreland Shorts program, at 2pm on Saturday in The Everyman Theatre. Tickets available through the festival website!
#IrishFilm #Cork
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PUNT screenings coming up!
@disappearhereFF Donegal - 05/10/2025
@OFFlineFilmFest Birr - 08/10/2025
@BelfastFilmFes1 Belfast - 02/11/2025
Tickets available for all three screenings now!
#ScreenIreland #IrishFilm @ScreenIreland
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I’ve been a massive fan of The Pale it was a bucket-list moment to make a video for Matthew Devereux’s stunning new single, FANCIER, from his new album KEEP SKETCH. The album has been listed by The Irish Times in the “10 Best Irish Albums of the Year”
#Irishmusic #Dublin
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Team PUNT!
@GalwayFilm
@ScreenIreland
ALT Michael Smiley, Nicky Larkin and Alanna Riddell Bond after the premiere of PUNT after the Galway Film Fleadh
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PUNT premiere at the @GalwayFilm Fleadh! they laughed in all the right places...
@ScreenIreland
#IrishFilm
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PUNT... screening at the @GalwayFilm Fleadh as part of the @ScreenIreland Shorts World Premiere on Saturday. Tickets are sold out but you might be lucky and get one on the door!
#IrishFilm #GalwayFilmFleadh #film
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PUNT... our @ScreenIreland Focus Short will have its World Premiere at the @GalwayFilm on Saturday 12th July!
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SUMOLAND premiering at @DocsIreland on Saturday 28th June in @QFTBelfast at 1pm. Tickets available now through Docs Ireland or QFT!
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Nicky Larkin retweeted
Wishing the scholars every success in their future creative endeavours as they embark on the next steps of their filmmaking journey.
Learn more about the Puttnam Scholars programme & this year's scholars ➡️ screenireland.ie/news/fis-ei…
#ForTheStoryMakers
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To mark the 5th iteration, programme partners @AccentureSong / @Droga5Dublin facilitated a conversation with David Puttnam, director Lenny Abrahamson & Ed Guiney @ElementPictures.
The talk was followed by a special lunch reception courtesy of @BritEmbDublin / @ieBritish
Nicky Larkin retweeted
🎬 This week, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland joined @Atticus_Edu & @NIScreen to celebrate 5 years of the Puttnam Scholars programme.
Each year, 8 filmmakers from the island of Ireland are invited to join Oscar-winning producer David Puttnam for a series of high-level masterclasses.
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👏 Screen Ireland, @Atticus_Edu & @NIScreen
are delighted to announce the 2024 Puttnam Scholars.
Eight emerging filmmakers from the Island of Ireland will participate in masterclass sessions with Oscar-winning producer David Puttnam.
screenireland.ie/news/fis-ei…
Delighted LETTER TO LIA is screening at the Irish Film Festival Los Angeles on Paddy's Day! @CIAC_LA
#IrishFilm #NorthernIreland
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🎬 💚 @CIAC_LA has announced the full line-up of its fifth annual Irish Film Festival on 16th-17th March.
Proudly supported by Screen Ireland, the festival showcases the best of contemporary Irish cinema.
🎫 Tickets are now available on ciacla.com/film/.
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Head over to @RTE_Culture to have a read about whats coming up at this years Irish Film Festival Los Angeles 2024!
rte.ie/culture/2024/0228/143…
@IrelandinLA
@culture_ireland
@ScreenIreland
@TG4TV
@MART_Gal_Studio
@IFI_Dub
@artscouncil_ie
@laemmlemonica
@mattnevin
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In tonight's 'Second Chances' @BexDeHavilland meets 2 inspiring women - Claire and Marwa. Follow their journeys tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One
#SecondChances – at Dublin City, Ireland