@UGFilms

Film & TV production company TESTIMONY, PURE GRIT, HERSTORY, ONE MILLION DUBLINERS, THE PIPE

 Dublin, Ireland
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Joined May 2010
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❤️🐎🌈Pure Grit is a "mesmerising...beautiful documentary" says The Guardian @guardian See for yourself this Friday @IFI_Dub @LightHouseD7 @PalasGalway and book your tickets now 🍿📽️ shop.ifi.ie/performance/8601… #womenmakemovies
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If you’re listening to #liveline and are interested in hearing more…
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Ailish@Ailishtwenty26 Oct 2024
Replying to @rtenews
Seen a massive bin truck go past me yesterday with re-turn on the side of it how the hell is adding more trucks and printing millions of pieces of paper better than putting it in a green bin I already pay 45 a month for
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@rtenews20 Jun 2024
A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, has walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence which the victim described as "not justice" rte.ie/news/courts/2024/0620…

Soldier avoids jail term after beating woman unconscious

A serving soldier who beat a woman unconscious in a random street attack, and boasted about it on social media, has walked free from court after being given a fully suspended sentence which the...

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Curious the things they left off this list...
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@rtenews8 Apr 2024
The Vatican has published a new document setting out 'grave violations of human dignity', listing abortion, surrogacy and gender theory alongside discrimination against migrants and LGBTQ people rte.ie/news/world/2024/0408/…

Vatican defends 'human dignity', says 'no' to sex changes

The Vatican on Monday published a new document setting out "grave violations of human dignity", listing abortion, surrogacy and gender theory alongside discrimination against migrants and LGBTQ...

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Ross Whitaker@rosswhitakertv18 Feb 2024
Frightening stats
Loran Dunn@Loran_Dunn18 Feb 2024
As you’re watching the BAFTAs tonight remember: 95% of indie producers who have produced 3-5 features earned less than £25k a year for their producing work. 82% bafta nominated/winning indie producers earned less than £15k a year. Stats from UK Producers Roundtable.
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2018 illegal birth registrations: RTÉ said abuses have been written about for decades 'by a small number of journalists'. By 2018, I had been a decade writing specifically about illegal regs but am not mentioned as one of the 'small number of journos'. rte.ie/news/analysis-and-com…

Adoption: Long battle against stigma moves up a gear

In 1987, the then Minister responsible for Women's Affairs, Nuala Fennell gingerly steered legislation through an initially jaundiced Oireachtas abolishing the status of illegitimacy.

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On the train to the brilliant @GalwayFilm for a weekend of film magic 🎥 To celebrate, Fleadh winner 2021 #PureGrit is now available to watch online @IFI_Dub Click here and settle in for a treat 🍿 Linktr.ee/puregrit @kimbartleydocs @BanksideFilms @ScreenIreland
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Sinéad McGarry@Sineadmcgar12 May 2023
1) I have no knowledge of the Rory Gallagher or his family life but some dangerous narratives are emerging around domestic violence, the role of social work, the police and the courts which should be challenged.
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Mona Eltahawy
@monaeltahawy27 Apr 2023
TW: sexual assault. I cried in the gym today. I lifted my body weight in deadlifts. This is a monumental milestone for me.
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Orla O'Connor@OrlaNWCI25 Apr 2023
‘The figures tell us that it’s hidden in plain sight, but it’s hidden. It’s hidden because there are degrees of it we don’t want to take seriously’ Powerful piece by ⁦⁦@fergusfinlay⁩ on the CSO new sexual violence survey. irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…

Fergus Finlay: We have an epidemic of sexual violence on our hands

It is men who have created the systems and the rules and the culture and the mores that belittle and demean women

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Saeed Taji Farouky@saeedtaji24 Apr 2023
If even Sophie Fiennes is having trouble financing her documentaries, you know we're in trouble. Sophie Fiennes on documentary film-making in the UK | Documentary films | The Guardian theguardian.com/film/2023/ap…

‘Extremely precarious’: Sophie Fiennes on documentary film-making in the UK

Exclusive: Directors struggle to fund work because of risk-averse commissioners and lack of resources, she says

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Alice-Mary Higgins@aliceeire20 Apr 2023
In yesterday’s debate on #MotherAndBabyHomes redress, I highlighted unacceptable shortcomings & discriminations in proposed scheme & urged Minister to work with Seanad to make changes that deliver recognition & justice for all survivors, including 24,000 currently excluded 1/4
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Alpha100@100_alpha2 Apr 2023
#Israeli Journalist #GideonLevy explains he had been brainwashed. The BRUTALITY #Israelis inflict on #Palestinians is CRIMINAL. #Israel IS AN #Apartheid: 1 It has democracy for #Jewish Citizens 2 Discriminates its #Palestinian Citizens 3 OCCUPIES Palestinians in #WestBank & #Gaza
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Laura McNicholas@925Dublin23 Feb 2023
HI ALL. 9 - 2 - 5 is looking to hire a Junior Development Producer - details on @IFTN. Please share 📽️📺... Junior Development Producer | The Irish Film & Television Network iftn.ie/jobs/filmtvjob/?act1… via @IFTN
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Clann Project@clann_project29 Jan 2023
📣 #MotherAndBabyHomes survivors & adopted people need your help! ℹ️Govt intends to pass its ‘redress’ scheme through the Dáil on Wednesday. 🚨The scheme excludes 40% of survivors & denies healthcare to two-thirds. ✉️Click here show your support! clannproject.org/redress_sch…
Mother and Baby Home survivors and adopted people need your help! Click below to email all TDs and senators!

ALT Mother and Baby Home survivors and adopted people need your help! Click below to email all TDs and senators!

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Andrea Junker
@Strandjunker14 Jan 2023
Missouri Republicans passed new rules: 1. Women lawmakers are banned from showing their bare arms. 2. Women lawmakers are required to cover their dress with a “second layer”. The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with people telling us to stop overreacting.
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Erin Bow@erinbowbooks6 Jan 2023
I just read -- in the book SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO by Jess Hill -- about the incident in Stockholm for which Stockholm Syndrome is named, and I am royally pissed off on behalf of all women, buckle up.
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Delighted to be working with ⁦@HenNorton⁩, ⁦@emufilms, ⁦@uncertainkngdm⁩ & ⁦@ScreenIreland⁩ to bring this powerful Mo Mowlam doc to screens next year (exclusive) | News | Screen #womenmakemovies screendaily.com/news/mo-mowl…

Mo Mowlam doc among second recipients of Uncertain Kingdom ...

The fund will re-open for a third round on January 9.

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Michael Harriot
@michaelharriot1 Dec 2022
A lot of people in this thread are saying: “Yeah, it’s cringeworthy, but what’s specifically wrong with this?” @franklinleonard laid it out perfectly but there’s another question that needs to be asked. Why are you reading this thread? A thread.
Variety
@Variety1 Dec 2022
#Emancipation producer Joey McFarland brought the original "scourged back" photo from 1863 to the film's premiere: "I wanted a piece of Peter to be here tonight." bit.ly/3FdzU7A

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