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BEING JAMES MARTIN for UTV

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A new TV programme is set to chart the successful career of Belfast actor James Martin. The UTV programme BEING JAMES MARTIN looks into the life of the 33-year-including his acting career which has seen him go from a local drama group for young people with learning difficulties to winning Oscars. Rita Fitzgerald presents the programme and interviews James and his parents, Queen’s Professor Suzanne, and radio DJ Ivan, about his early life and the challenges and joys they faced with him as a child.

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AN IRISH GOODBYE follow-up

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Belfast-born film director Ross White has said he is “excited” to unveil his and co-director Tom Berkeley’s follow-up to their Oscar-winning short AN IRISH GOODBYE, as the first trailer for the next and final short project, THE GOLDEN WEST is released. The short film’s plot, which was previously kept under wraps until now will follow two warring Irish sisters in 1849 having fled the Irish Famine, searching for gold in the mountains of north Wales. But with winter approaching and nothing to show for their efforts, their age-old feud soon threatens to become deadly.

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Martin to be honoured by UU

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Belfast actor James Martin is among the latest number of inspiring and accomplished Northern Ireland people to be made honorary graduates of Ulster University. James is the first person with Down’s Syndrome to win an Oscar and Ulster University hosted him recently on the Belfast campus during President Joe Biden’s visit, during which he received a special mention from the President who said he was going to “brag to his daughter about meeting James”.

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Martin named Outstanding Newcomer 2023

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AN IRISH GOODBYE star James Martin has been named as Outstanding Newcomer at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Ireland Awards 2023. Oscar sensation James Martin received the award this year, with the RTS describing him as “an actor who has made his mark on both Irish and international audiences this year, through his excellent portrayal of his characters on screen”.

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AN IRISH GOODBYE: a tale of grief

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It’s safe to say that actor James Martin is looking forward to his upcoming trip to Hollywood. The star of AN IRISH GOODBYE, the short film that has already won a Bafta and is now gunning for an Oscar, has an extra reason to celebrate. Sunday’s ceremony falls on his birthday. Martin, who has also starred in BBC One film UPs and DOWNs and ITV’s MARCELLA, plays Lorcan in Ross White and Tom Berkeley’s film about two estranged brothers thrown together again after their mother’s untimely death.

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AN IRISH GOODBYE wins BAFTA

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Northern Ireland film AN IRISH GOODBYE has won best British short at the Baftas in London. It saw off THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS and A DRIFTING UP to triumph at the ceremony at the Southbank Centre. Directed and written by Ross White and Tom Berkeley, An Irish Goodbye tells a story of two estranged brothers who come together after their mother’s death.

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AN IRISH GOODBYE shortlisted for Oscar

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A Northern Ireland short film, AN IRISH GOODBYE, has made it one step closer to an Academy Award. Two hundred short films qualified to be considered for the live-action short category and now An Irish Goodbye is one of fifteen that have been selected for a shortlist. The Academy of Motion Pictures will choose between three and five short films to go forward and compete at the Oscars in March.

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