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The hard shoulder with kiran cut h.

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With Nissan. Our news talk.

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Kleenet Nissan Crutti is a

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producer of the Academy Award

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nominators

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on Killeen Killeen. Killeen, how does that

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sound?

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Oh, gosh. It's it's it's still very surreal,

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you know. I don't think it's fully something yet.

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So it's like, really, we we've just in' of

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very busy during press and everything for the past

0:56

few years, you know, and party 'hasn't

0:58

chance to process it all, you know, but it's

1:01

In' just amazing. You know, we just feel

1:03

so proud that our film, our Irish language

1:06

film has been nominated for an Oscar.

1:08

Like, it it just it's something that felt

1:10

kind of so almost beyond our reach a few

1:12

months ago. And here

1:14

we are now. In' know it has been

1:16

like a long journey getting to this point like

1:19

we were -- obviously, we've been campaigning

1:21

for in'- since last August really

1:23

as well as when in' selected our films

1:25

to be to be Armin's entry

1:28

for the international category. So

1:31

it's been a long road, but it's

1:33

– what was an amazing day,

1:35

'An we're just just immensely pride for

1:38

for all of our cast and crew 'An, you know,

1:40

for, you know, it's a big day for Irish film as well

1:42

all the other nominations that came through today

1:44

as well.

1:45

Listen. I I Ciin'. Congratulations, first

1:48

of all. And and you you used the word prior

1:51

to a few times. I think everybody listening to this.

1:53

'An some level is proud of the amount

1:55

of nominations today, fourteen ninety

1:57

nine for for the franchise alone.

2:00

But it's where that an Irish language film

2:02

is there. You know, best foreign language

2:05

makes it sound like minority category. I mean,

2:07

that's the majority of the planet in'

2:09

is is foreign language.

2:11

So to be in there, an Irish language,

2:13

Philip, it it is an incredible achievement.

2:17

Yes, I guess, so we always kind of --

2:20

we're fully aware of how competitive this

2:22

category is. It's probably one of the

2:24

most comparison categories of all the Oscars,

2:26

you know? Because you have films from

2:28

all over the world like there were ninety two films that's

2:31

the places that in' casket 'An then got shortlisted

2:33

fifteen that have for Christmas and and night

2:35

five, you know. So and it it

2:37

is like the World Cup of of World

2:39

Cinema in a way, you know. And so

2:42

it's yeah. I guess, we're

2:45

we're just sort of both, you know, just

2:47

so overjoyed. That's the academy members.

2:49

I suppose, you know, took the film

2:51

at their hearth and and decided to vote

2:53

for us, you know. But

2:55

yeah, it's it's amazing for for the Irish

2:57

language as well, you know. To

3:00

to get for the platform 'An, like, it is,

3:02

you know, obviously, Irish is a minority

3:04

language 'An it's the only minority

3:06

language represented in in this cast

3:09

very, you know, this year. So in'

3:12

really is 'An so in' significance

3:14

of it all hasn't really fully Please

3:17

don't in'. Yes. You know? We're just

3:19

you know, we're very proud of this because we're we're both

3:21

myself and My husband's a writer director,

3:23

but Colleen Kean. We're both Irish

3:25

speakers 'An, you know, we're

3:28

raising with two young boys 'An we're raising

3:30

them to Irish 'An Dublin and, you

3:32

know, we've obviously

3:35

'An strong connection to language

3:37

like from our families

3:39

that with them. Yes.

3:42

In' it's a great day.

3:44

Yeah. Listen, I'm sure it is. And and

3:46

and because I know people like yourself above in the

3:48

industry who always say, you know, you don't.

3:50

Do it for awards and all of this. I'm sure

3:52

there's gonna be a great trail in' at the Oscars

3:54

all the same. Be

3:57

on-site. It's hard to even think of

3:59

the office, you know, at this point. Like, you were

4:01

just kind of

4:02

You you can't run around and ask him for autographs

4:04

at the Oscars, 'An I'm told.

4:07

Oh, yeah. That's probably yeah. Protocols are

4:09

random -- Yeah. -- getting

4:10

photographs of people and everything. But yeah.

4:14

You know,

4:14

that's in' that seems it's an alien

4:16

kind of thing to think of being

4:18

at the Oscars, you know, like, but

4:21

yeah, in' it's just it's just

4:23

smart because, like, so many years, you know, I I

4:25

would listen to the radio 'An it'll be listening to these,

4:28

you know, nominations coming out

4:30

'An, you know, you could hear bit this film, and that

4:32

film, and this

4:33

actor, and so forth. And, you know,

4:35

it always felt like an an other world's

4:37

kind of thing. Like, it's that it you

4:39

never felt it would come come to our

4:41

door, you know. And so now it's

4:44

that's why it feels so surreal in a way, you

4:46

know. But when

4:48

you

4:48

say,

4:49

well, when you say listening to the radio, I to

4:51

be people listening to this who remember because I remember listening

4:53

to news talk years ago, and and that voice

4:55

sounds familiar because clearly

4:58

read the news here as well at one time.

5:00

So it's it's great to have you back 'An to

5:02

be congratulating you, I mean,

5:04

for such a lofty achievement, 'An.

5:06

So Ciin'. Thanks a million for for taking the

5:08

time to chat to us, and congratulations

5:11

again. And We wish you

5:13

the absolute best of luck. In'

5:15

'An in' a producer of

5:18

'An Colleen Kuehne. And with me now

5:20

is Lenny Abrahamson. Lenny,

5:23

I mean, from the point of view of someone

5:25

like yourself, someone who is undoubtedly passionate

5:27

about that the whole industry in this country.

5:29

I mean, you must be delighted looking at that long

5:32

long list. Of nominees?

5:34

Yes, it's incredible if you think

5:37

about like in the acting categories, like

5:39

a large proportion of the

5:41

nominees are virus out

5:44

of all the films that could have been there,

5:46

out of all the performances that could have been there.

5:49

So it's a really amazing result 'An

5:51

then to have column

5:53

barades in' 'An Cailn to get in', you

5:55

know, be the first Irish language film ever 'An

5:58

the best international feature

5:59

section. It's just it's an incredible day.

6:02

'An what do you put that down to? I mean, is it

6:04

just kind of a confluence of effect? All these

6:06

great movies came along at once. Is

6:08

that it? Or is it is is this just the tip of

6:10

the iceberg behind the Ciin'. This is

6:13

built 'An the shoulders of of long hard

6:15

work by a lot of people.

6:17

I mean, for sure, it's the it's the latter.

6:19

You know, you to have a film industry

6:21

that's working at all, it takes a

6:23

lot of time and a lot of kind of joined

6:26

up thinking and investment 'An

6:28

nurturing of talent and all those things which can

6:30

only happen over a period of time. And

6:33

it probably goes back to the founding

6:35

of the film board and then Michael De Higgins.

6:38

Reacting with that back through high

6:40

80s. And then consistent

6:43

in' through the -- through

6:45

Ciin' Ireland 'An also Sessions

6:47

for it, in' and all the supports there are. And then

6:50

just I suppose a lot of talent

6:52

that has been given chance to

6:54

operate on on an international

6:57

stage. I mean when we

6:59

were nominated back in twenty

7:02

sixteen, there were that

7:04

was like the last sort of big

7:06

year in the sense that there were couple

7:08

of films and a bunch of our people

7:10

who got 'An. In' that

7:13

was a sort of stepping as opposed

7:15

to this year, which is even more

7:18

kind of like, statistically unbelievable.

7:20

We just think about how many hours people are there.

7:23

It is. It's it's amazing. Only a couple

7:25

of weeks ago, John Keller is on

7:27

the show every week, John. But he was in' talking

7:29

about his own career in' he made the point that when he hit

7:31

the peach, the movie he produced in the mid

7:33

eighties, was producer. It was the only

7:35

film produced in Ireland. For the entire

7:38

year. Yeah. Well, we made a

7:40

short film, which was think

7:42

in nineteen or nineteen in',

7:44

there were too short to make that year. And

7:46

as far as we knew nothing else, no features,

7:48

and now ever short.

7:49

Wow. I

7:51

mean, that that that is a testament to

7:53

look, it's a testament. I mentioned 'An to

7:55

you in' to all all those people.

7:58

Michael De Higgins included everybody who

8:00

had a vision, I guess, for what the industry

8:02

could be.

8:05

Yes. Just from a point of view of

8:08

the things that you can do when you're

8:10

a country like Ireland, it's hard to set

8:13

up big industrial plants

8:16

or other sorts

8:18

of investments are hard

8:20

to make operate within a small country

8:22

like Ireland, but actually like

8:26

Art 'An entertainments and

8:29

those sorts of in'. It's really extraordinary how

8:32

it can work and

8:35

a very, very relatively small

8:37

amounts of in' has a

8:39

massive positive

8:41

impact.

8:44

In' funny, you know, amongst all the nominees,

8:46

Paul Meskell is there as well. And

8:49

with all the great things he he's gone on,

8:51

to do for lots of people listening, you

8:53

know, normal people is what jumps into their

8:55

head. I mean, you you you must be personally

8:57

delighted as

8:58

well. For his nomination. I'm

9:00

incredibly proud of him happy

9:02

for him. But for a lot of

9:04

reasons, one he deserves this he's

9:07

like a really good person as

9:09

well as being incredibly talented. He

9:12

made great decisions after normal people

9:14

'An after some -- if anybody

9:16

listening hasn't seen it, I just urge you to say

9:18

incredibly beautiful film and

9:21

amazing performance from him. 'An

9:23

yes, to see him recognize

9:26

as in' the best actor character

9:29

for a film which in' very small just

9:31

shows how strongly his

9:34

performance resonated for

9:35

people. Yeah. I know people sometimes they

9:37

they go on about Irish grow

9:39

jewelry. Sometimes I think we can be guilty of

9:41

the opposite. We we kind of we're we're

9:43

so proud of elements of

9:45

our culture that we can talk things up. And then it's

9:47

hard to know in' this is just getting

9:49

talked up because it's Irish or because it's

9:52

brilliant. I think in' Palmas got really brilliant

9:54

or are we just talking about Well, listen,

9:55

there's nobody none of the voters in the

9:57

Academy are

9:58

Well, this

9:59

is this. Afflicted with that. This

10:01

is our no. This is

10:03

validation. Isn't this? Yeah. I mean, this

10:05

in', like, nobody's doing it for any

10:07

other reason that they think these are

10:09

the best performances or

10:13

movies or whatever of this year. So

10:16

is, I Ciin', of course, like awards, you have to take it

10:18

over the pinch of salt 'An it's not

10:20

the ultimate market value

10:22

and plenty of bad films get lots

10:25

of nominated films. Don't. However,

10:28

it's very

10:30

hard to get yourself into that position.

10:33

It's massively competitive. In' we

10:36

should celebrate it when something good

10:38

like this happened. Lenny, it's been an

10:40

absolute pleasure. Thanks, Minnie, for chatting to

10:42

us. Not a total care 'An. Pleasure. The

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