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Festive Five: TV highlights for Sunday

Baz Ashmawy heads to Dingle to investigate the disappearance of Fungie the dolphin, while award-winning Irish Cuban film Viva is sure to capture your heart.

Television • 27 Dec 20

Screenwriter and actor Mark O'Halloran is currently in Havana

Viva writer Mark O'Halloran reflects on Castro's death

Irish actor and writer Mark O'Halloran, who wrote the Cuba-based film Viva and the Dublin black comedy Adam and Paul, says the news of the passing of Cuban leader Fidel Castro last Friday arrived with more of 'a whimper than a bang' in Havana.

Entertainment • 02 Dec 16

Bravo for Viva. This Irish Cuban film is a joy

Centred on a young hairdresser in Havana with aspirations of becoming a drag performer, Viva is a vibrantly paradoxical story with moments of brilliance.

Reviews • 26 Aug 16

Mark O'Halloran and Paddy Breathnach talk Viva

RTÉ Entertainment's Sinead Brennan chats to Viva director Paddy Breathnach and writer and star Mark O'Halloran about how two Irish filmmakers ended up making a foreign language film in Cuba, what the experience was like, and more.

Audio Video • 06 Oct 16

Viva filmmakers say Irish Film Board funding is vital

Viva filmmakers Paddy Breathnach and Mark O'Halloran have said they feel it is vital to maintain and increase funding of the Irish Film Board as talent needs to be nurtured.

Headlines • 17 Aug 16

Mark O'Halloran - A busy 2016 with Trade being turned into a movie and Viva coming to the big screen

Adam & Paul star's play coming to big screen

Trade, the acclaimed play from Adam & Paul writer and star Mark O'Halloran, is to be made into a film with BAFTA nominee Hong Khaou in the director's chair.

Entertainment • 08 Mar 16

Irish movie Viva shortlisted for Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar

Irish movie Viva makes Oscar shortlist

Irish film Viva has progressed to the final nine in the Foreign Language Oscar race.

Entertainment • 19 Dec 15

Viva is Ireland's Official Foreign Language Oscar Entry

Irish Oscar entry secures US and Canada release

Ireland's official entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar, Viva, received another boost today after it was picked up for distribution in North America which means it will now get a cinema release in the US and Canada.

Entertainment • 27 Oct 15

Irish Oscar entry is Spanish language film Viva

Viva, a Cuban-set Spanish-language film, which received high-praise at the Telluride Film Festival, where it had its world premiere, has been selected as Ireland’s official entry for the 2015 Foreign Language Film Oscar competition.

Entertainment • 17 Sep 15

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