Radharc Films

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Radharc Films
The Radharc Trust
Pronunciation
Founded atDublin, Ireland
TypeCharity, trust
Registration no.Irish RCN: 20011901
HeadquartersMount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Dublin
ServicesFilm archiving, research
Website http://radharc.ie

Radharc Films, also known as the Radharc Trust, is an Irish charity which oversees the film archive of the Radharc series of documentary programs. [2] The organisation is based in Blackrock in Dublin, Ireland. [3] The archive, overseen by the trust, includes a collection of over 400 topical and religious documentaries spanning over 30 years. [4]

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History

Radharc was Ireland's first independent television production company, filming their first television documentary in 1961. [5] Primarily run by Catholic priests, the film company produced a religious programme, titled Radharc , which was broadcast on RTÉ Television for 35 years. [6] [7] The company made programmes until the death of founder Fr Joe Dunn in 1996. [8]

From 1997, the focus of the Radharc Trust changed from producing new programming to a "mandate to preserve and promote both the substance of the programmes and the values they championed". [9] The Radharc Archive was set up and overseen by the Radharc Trust, with the physical resources in the collection held by the Irish Film Institute and the RTÉ Archives. [10] [11] The archive contains over 400 documentary films, recorded over several decades, as well as associated documentation, research materials and correspondence. [4] [12]

A 2013 programme, The Radharc Squad, which included footage provided by the archive, won the "Best Current Affairs/Factual Programme" award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards. [13] [14]

The Radharc Trust also hosts the biennial Radharc Awards. [15] Founded in 2002, these awards are given to the producers of documentary films which reflect the "spirit of Radharc" and deal with social justice, morality or faith-related topics. [16] [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Radharc a Celebration". rte.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 10 July 2020. The word 'Radharc' (pronounced 'rye-ark') is the Gaelic for 'view', 'vision' or 'panorama'
  2. ↑ "Radharc Films (The Radharc Trust) Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20011901". charitiesregulator.ie. Charities Regulator. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Lance, Pettitt (2000). Screening Ireland. Manchester University Press. p.  xi. ISBN   0719052696.
  4. 1 2 Kasandra O'Connell. "The Radharc Collection". Film Ireland, Issue 116, May–June 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Archiving Radharc's TV documentaries". History Ireland Issue 4 July/August 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Radharc Television Documentaries (1961-1996)". Armagh Diocese. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Challenges for Irish Missionaries in Africa (1966)". rte.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 10 July 2020. 'Radharc', a series specialising in religious programming, was produced for RTÉ by Radharc, an independent production company run by Catholic priests
  8. ↑ "Radharc sets up film company". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 26 March 1997. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "1997 to Now – The Archive". radharc.ie. Radharc Trust. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Watch How Radharc's Programmes Are Being Digitally Preserved And Restored At The Ifi Irish Film Archive". Irish Film Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Sian Barber. "Discovering film on Irish television: fragments from RTÉ archives 1960–5". Historical Research, Volume 91, Issue 254, November 2018, Pages 791–809. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Document Archive". radharc.ie. Radharc Trust. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Factual Programme - The 10th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2013". ifta.ie. Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "IFTA Winners 2013". ifta.ie. Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  15. ↑ "Radharc Awards". filmbase.ie. Archived from the original on 25 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Radharc Trust Call for Entries Announced". iftn.ie. Irish Film and Television Network. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Radharc Documentary Deadline Approaches". iftn.ie. Irish Film and Television Network. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2020.


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