Posted in March 2010

Olivia at Annecy 2010

‘Olivia’ is going to be in competition in the TV series section of Annecy this year! This is a great honour as Annecy is an extremely difficult festival to get into due to the enormous amount of films entered. (more…)

Olivia at Annecy 2010
30 March 2010

By Darragh O'Connell
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The Brown Bag crew’s LA Oscar trip

Now that we’ve had time to settle back to reality after the Oscars,  the photos and anecdotes from the various parties and events in LA are surfacing.

Ten Brown Bag staffers and a whole gang of family and friends headed over to LA to support Nicky and Darragh and cheer on ‘Granny O’Grimm’. Between all the Oscar nominees and their crew, the Irish contingent took over the hotel on Sunset! There were loads of events  each day surrounding the Oscars, and our gang got to quite a few.

Animator Jean Herlihy headed straight from LA airport to the Oscar Wilde party to celebrate Irish film, where Tom Cruise turned up on his motorbike to present an ‘Honorary Irishman’ award to JJ Abrams. (more…)

The Brown Bag crew's LA Oscar trip
23 March 2010

By Jennie Stacey
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Brown Bag’s Night at the Oscars

Brown Bag didn’t bring home the Oscar for Granny O’Grimm (we lost out to French film Logorama), but Nicky, Darragh and the Brown Bag crew celebrated into the night nonetheless. Darragh talked to the Irish Times about his Oscar experience:

Photo by Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Photo by Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Sitting at the Oscars, 15 rows from the front, ‘we all just held hands in anticipation’ for ‘one of those moments when you clench the buttocks a little bit’, says ‘Granny O’Grimm’ nominee DARRAGH O’CONNELL  (more…)

Brown Bag's Night at the Oscars
9 March 2010

By Jennie Stacey
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Granny O’Grimm in cinemas, on TV & iTunes

Don’t miss a chance to see ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ on the big screen in Ireland with  feature films ‘Ondine’ and ‘Case 39′.

Paramount Pictures will feature ‘Granny’ before Neil Jordan’s latest film ‘Ondine’ starring Colin Farrell, and ‘Case 39′ starring Renee Zelwegger, released in cinemas nationwide this weekend.

‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ is now also available to purchase on iTunes, so you can own it to watch whenever you feel the need for a bedtime story with a twist!

RTE TWO will also be airing the short film in advance of the Oscars on Sunday 7th March at 6:10pm.

Granny O'Grimm in cinemas, on TV & iTunes
6 March 2010

By Jennie Stacey
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Brown Bag Through the Looking Glass

Through working in Brown Bag I have become a big fan of shallow depth of field in my photography. I recently purchased a Canon DSLR and discovered (not surprisingly considering the price) that the kit’s supplied lens is very limited. Don’t get me wrong, it has a decent range and works for most conditions if not pushed too far. But I realized that if I wanted to achieve more in my photography I would have to buy a new lens.

After some research I bought the Canon 50mm f1.8., mainly because it was cheap and also it has a very shallow depth of field. This lens is a great portrait lens for that reason and is really fun to use. The following are some pictures I took of some of my work colleagues.

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Brown Bag Through the Looking Glass
3 March 2010

By Patrick Redmond
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Oscar Nominees Luncheon

The Granny O’Grimm gang are currently in LA, which has gone Oscar-mad in the build up to the ceremony on March 7th. All this week they will be visiting studios and attending screenings of the Oscar-nominated films.

A couple of weeks ago, Team Granny O’Grimm’s Hollywood experience kicked off with the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. Each year, all the nominees and their guests attend a lunch and ceremony to acknowledge their nominations. Cathal took a few photos while they were there:

Granny O'Grimm gang and Oscar
Kathleen, Nicky, Darragh, Oscar and Cathal

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Oscar Nominees Luncheon
2 March 2010

By Jennie Stacey
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