Ara Devine - Artist/Filmmaker

24/01/2025

Honoured that The Irish Question will be part of a programme of film and moving image work at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from the 4th - 17th of February as part of the Living Canvas in partnership with the RDS.

Made while I was a student at NCAD, it was really important in shaping the direction of my career and gave me the confidence to continue making films.

I spent many hours as a student being inspired at IMMA, so it's a dream to be showing there!

25/09/2024

Honoured that Turf has been selected for inclusion in Ireland's Border Culture digital archive by Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast.

https://borderculture.net/map/

“In capturing some of the artistic legacy of the border’s 100-year existence, the project has spotlighted the significance of writers, painters, photographers and film-makers in articulating the full complexity of life around the border region. We hope that this resource will be used by teachers, students, cultural historians and policy-makers, and members of the public at home and abroad, who are interested in Ireland’s border experience.” - Dr Garrett Carr, Seamus Heaney Centre.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/09/22/from-big-tom-to-john-mcgahern-new-digital-archive-celebrates-borders-artistic-legacy/

06/06/2023

FREE EXHIBITION: Regional Cultural Centre presents Ara Devine – The Irish Question. Friday 9th June – Saturday 2nd September. More info: https://eaf.ie/events/ara-devine/

25/05/2023

Delighted and extremely grateful to Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny to be showing some of my films in Gallery 2 as part of an incredible summer programme 💚 Launch party is at 7pm on the 9th of June 🎉

15/03/2023

TRAVELLER (1981)

In the 1970s and 1980s director Joe Comerford was perhaps the most revolutionary voice of Irish cinema. Traveller displays his sense of formal radicalism and activist engagement early on in his career with a dark road trip into the heart of the Northern Irish conflict. Scripted by Neil Jordan, the film follows the Irish travellers Michael and Angela who head north of the border to smuggle electrical equipment. However, meeting an IRA man along the way complicates their journey and leads them on a treacherous path of no return.

Pre-programme: the short film Turf (2022) by Ara Devine (Ara Devine - Artist/Filmmaker).

📆 23.03: 20u30 screening Traveller and short film Turf
🎥 KASKcinema, Ghent

More info and tickets: www.bestofirishfilm.be

13/03/2023

Delighted that Turf is being shown this month alongside some Irish films that have been hugely inspiring at Scéal Eile Irish Film Festival Belgium. More info at bestofirishfilm.be 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 💚

13/11/2022

Delighted that Milk Teeth, a short film about memory, accents and the border has been selected as one of 12 archive-inspired films from across the UK to be shown on iPlayer and the BBC centenary website. You can watch it here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ddpg6h or if you've problems viewing it outside the UK it can be seen at www.archivesforeducation.com/bbc100 where it's part of the Belfast collection.

Thanks so much to Isabella Djalili-Devine who helped edit, Bahiyyih Devine who helped film and of course my Dad, Declan Devine who allowed us to capture his story 🥛🦷💚 The film was made possible by the incredible mentorship and support of 🙏🏻

A film by Ara Devine (2022) a conversation between a father and son. A BBC-AHRC project.

17/10/2022

Had a lot of fun diving into the BBC archive and made a short doc called Milk Teeth about accents, borders and memory as part of and the Make Film History project. It's showing in Belfast at Strand Arts Centre this Saturday at 8pm along with 11 other films. Some (free) tickets still available! https://www.strandartscentre.com/events/make-film-history-short-films-inspired-by-100-years-of-bbc-storytelling/

29/08/2022

Turf returns to Donegal this September at Disappear Here Film Festival, joining some brilliant films shown in unique locations along the Wild Atlantic Way! 🌊

Thank you Disappear Here Film Festival for including us 💚

23/07/2022

Turf is showing in the fantastic Gallery 2 Cinema Space at the RCC Letterkenny alongside some great short films from Donegal. On until the 3rd of September 🎥

Showing at 11am – 5pm Tuesday to Friday, and 1pm – 5pm on Saturdays.

29/06/2022

Turf is showing at the RCC Letterkenny this summer as part of their Donegal short film programme 💚

County Donegal has a thriving landscape of contemporary filmmakers. The RCC and Donegal Film Office have curated a selection of recent short films made by directors in the North West. Come and relax in our converted Gallery 2 cinema space and enjoy an afternoon of eclectic movies.