Motive

Motive Television has just commenced post-production on their one hour profile of sporting commentator Micheál O Muircheartaigh. Directed by Maurice Sweeney and edited by Mick Mahon, it is anticipated that the documentary will receive a high profile RTE ONE slot over the Christmas holiday season.

It was announced today that Motive Television have received an award of over €400,000 from the Sound and Vision Fund of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to produce their six part series PART OF WHAT WE ARE. Devised in collaboration with Tom Humphries and Sean Moran of the Irish Times, the programmes aim to present a social history of Ireland through a contemporary sporting prism.

The second series of Motive’s critically acclaimed travel series No Place Like Home has just commenced post production at Big Red Engine. Ten episodes are in production for a January transmission and the globe trotting crew have already visited Israel, China, Poland, Nepal, Australia and Pakistan in search of the families of recently arrived immigrants to Ireland.

Motive’'s three part spin off from the annual Entrepreneur of the year competition has been warmly received by the critics following its recent transmission on RTE ONE. The series saw last year's award winners each take up a challenge issued by GOAL's John O Shea to help the people of the third world. Aidan Heavey of Tullow Oil journeyed to Northern Uganda, Jerry Kennelly of Stockbyte set to work in Kenya and Malawi was the destination for food kingpin Michael Carey of Jacob Fruitfield.

Motive Television’s Dublin production arm has won an IFTA in the sports feature category for its documentary “Marooned” which was directed by Pat Collins and executive-produced by Cormac Hargaden.

Commissioned by RTÉ, the film followed the fortunes of legendary manager Paidi O Sé and the Westmeath Gaelic Football team – who play in maroon colours - as they bonded together to win the Championship for the first time in the team’s history.

Boasting unprecedented behind the scenes access, it documented the passion that fuelled the football year - from the painful sacrifice of the January rain to one glorious moment in the Midsummer sun.

Marooned also captured a top prize at this year’s Celtic Film and Television Awards in Cardiff and follows IFTA awards for previous Motive productions The Rod Squad and Breaking Ball.

Motive was also nominated in the Sports Feature category of the IFTAs for Coach, a film commissioned by ARTE in Germany, which followed two inner city New York high school coaches over the course of a year.