Grainne Humphreys had a granny who was an advocate of television and film and encouraged her granddaughter to watch classic films. She was obsessed with crime and courtroom dramas

Grainne wanted to be a film critic and got a scholarship to study in Manchester but went to UCD to study art. She joined a film society where she met her tribe. She has been working in film since 1994.

Working in a venue she loved the connection to an audience.

Irish cinema history was dominated by the UK and USA productions, but it is now a more organic industry. The opening scene of Saving Private Ryan and Brave Heart were filmed in Ireland continuing to raise the bar.

The A list actors in Ireland is huge but they maintain their connection with Ireland and the communities that they represent.

Grainne’s left collage with a master’s in film study but her real journey commenced by volunteering at festivals and applying for jobs across the sector her first role was a children’s film festival. Her continued work guided her along a path and she and then joined the Irish Film Institute. In 2008 Grainne joined Dublin International Film Festival.

The festival is a cultural and community event and In 2025 the festival will show over 85 productions Including the brilliant “Mind Your Head”. Mind Your Head is a documentary about traveller mental health and feature James Quinn McDonah, John Connors and John Fury and it covers mental health in the traveller community and the fact that you are 7 times more likely to die by suicide than other sections of society.

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