Changing Tastes (Republic of Ireland Version)
A technically innovative advert where a man standing against a white cyclorama is animated into different historical costumes, signifying how fashions may change but Guinness remains as good as ever. Gerry Poulson also directed The Good Old Days in The Guinness Adverts Project. To see more of The Guinness Adverts Project click here.
The Shocking History of the Cinema
Two men at a bar discuss the relative merits of a night in the pub versus a visit to the cinema, in a very clever advert which breaks the fourth wall and plays with the in-cinema trailer format. To see more of The Guinness Adverts Project click here.
Big Wave
Groundbreaking advert where visuals of surfing and beachgoers are merged with seductive shots of Guinness being poured. A modern musical score is provided by Bill Whelan, famous for his contributions to Irish hit musical show Riverdance. The advert concludes with ‘move over to Guinness’. To see more of The Guinness Adverts Project click here.
Elkie
Singer Elkie Brooks performs in Dublin during an Irish tour. She spends time around the city (The Shelbourne Hotel features) and drinks Guinness with her bandmates. Tiernan MacBride directed the complementary Chieftains advert in The Guinness Adverts Project, and the short film Christmas Morning. To see more of The Guinness Adverts Project click here.
Chieftains
This cinematic advert, directed by Tiernan MacBride, shows The Chieftains playing in New York and enjoying a pint. Tiernan MacBride directed the complementary Elkie advert in The Guinness Adverts Project, and the short film Christmas Morning. To see more of The Guinness Adverts Project click here.
Island
The Irish-speaking customers of an isolated pub on a remote western island wait patiently for a delivery of Guinness, until finally the keg-filled currach is spotted. This well-known advert won a Clio award in New York for Arks Advertising in 1978, a Silver Cannes Lion and further awards from the Advertising Awards Festival, ICAD and […]
Grandpa, Speak To Me In Russian
In Grandpa, Speak To Me In Russian Louis Lentin explores the history of his paternal grandfather Kalman Lentin, who came to Ireland in the mid -1890s from the small, Jewish village of Zidik, North West Lithuania. Kalman Lentin was one of thousands of Jews who escaped the repressive Russian regime and one of few who […]
Ding Dong Denny’s History of Ireland
A tourist walks into a Dublin pub looking for directions and encounters Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly at the bar. Ding Dong insists on telling him the ‘real’ history of Ireland over a number of pints. From the Normans to the Famine to 1916 and the sex shops of O’Connell Street, we hear Ding Dong Denny’s […]
A Terrible Hullabaloo
The story of young Vinny Byrne, a fourteen-year-old boy who found himself fighting for Ireland in the Easter Rising. An eighty-year-old Vinny reminisces on his time with the volunteers, which took him around the city during the fighting. With Vinny’s Dublin brought to life by handmade miniature sets and puppetry, the film offers a uniquely […]
Baring Arms
There are many ways to commemorate the 1916 Rising, only one involves bloodshed. Funded by Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland (formerly Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board), After ’16 is a creative response by Irish filmmakers to the events of Easter 1916. This collection of nine short films is a mixture of live-action, animation and […]
Ireland’s Golden West
An early travelogue made by the Irish Tourist Association (later Bord Fáilte and now Fáilte Ireland) to promote Galway as an attractive tourist destination. The film provides a scenic history of Galway city and its immediate surroundings. In warmly glowing colours the treasures of Galway city are shown: Eyre Square, the campus of University College […]