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Cameras Roll on Set of 'My Brothers'
Production is underway on the new Irish feature film 'My Brothers', directed by Paul Fraser (Scummy Man) and written by William Collins (Escape of the Wild Thing). Set over the Halloween weekend of 1987, the film explores three young brothers' quest ...
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RTÉ's 'The Clinic' Closes Its Doors
RTÉ Television has confirmed that it will not be re-commissioning 'The Clinic' for next year. The medical drama which first hit screens in 2003 has been running for seven years.
AV Review Determines Film & TV Sector an Irish "Success Story"
The Audiovisual Federation, the IBEC group that represents the feature film, television and animation sectors, has launched its 2009 review of film and television production in Ireland. In 2008, 266 audiovisual productions were completed in Ireland, ...
Brown Bag's 'Granny' Steps Closer to Oscars
Brown Bag Film's 'Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty' is one of ten animated short films that has advanced on in the 82nd Academy Awards voting process.
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Irish Wins at Grand OFF Awards
Juanita Wilson has won the Best Director prize for 'The Door' and Connor Clements has won in the Scriptwriting category for his film 'James' at the 2009 Grand OFF, World OFF Awards that were held last weekend in Warsaw.
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New RTÉ Series Casts 'Savage Eye' on Irish Culture
Irish comedian David McSavage's new project, 'The Savage Eye', begins a six-part run on Monday, November 23rd. The series aims to be a satirical and surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people such as the arts, property, ...
Townsend & Stevenson Join Branagh's 'Thor'
Irish actors Stuart Townsend (Battle In Seattle, About Adam) and Ray Stevenson (Rome, Punisher: War Zone) have reportedly joined the cast of 'Thor', the latest comic book adventure from Marvel Studios. The film is being directed by Northern Irish born ...
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Still Films Preps 'The Master, The Slave & the Bank Manager' Documentary
Still Films are currently in pre-production with their new project, a feature documentary called 'The Master, The Slave and the Bank Manager', that will examine a new move by the NGO to protect Indian street children and their hard-earned, albeit ...
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Terry Loane Casts 'This Beautiful Fantastic'
IFTA nominated Irish director Terry Loane (Mickybo and Me) is readying his latest project 'This Beautiful Fantastic', a film based on Simon Aboud's novel of the same name. Starring cast including Tom Wilkinson (Valkyrie, Shakespeare in Love) and ...
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Festival Round-Up: 'Shine of Rainbows', Japanese Film Fest & Waterford Winners
'A Shine of Rainbows' is an award winner at the Heartland Film Festival and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival; Ireland's Japanese Film Festival continues its tour of Irish cities and the Waterford Film Festival winners are announced.
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BAI Reveals Results of Independent Political Advertising Report
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced the publication of a research report on the issue of political advertising. Entitled 'Political Advertising: The regulatory Position and the Public View' the report was written by Dr. Kevin ...
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Jim Sheridan to Attend IFTA Exclusive Preview of 'Brothers'
Six time Oscar® nominated Irish director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) will attend an exclusive Irish Film & Television Academy preview screening of his latest feature film 'Brothers' in Dublin on Thursday 19 November 2009. ...
NFS Adds Ciarán Hinds to Lecture Series Lineup
The National Film School has announced actor Ciarán Hinds (The Eclipse, There will be Blood, Munich) will host the 3rd NFS Lecture at the IADT campus in Dun Laoghaire. Current visiting fellow John Canemaker will also host an industry event in Dublin's ...
Short Film News: Image Now Films & Fergal Rock Enjoy Shorts Success
Image Now Films are currently in Post-Production with 'Bad Robot' and were winners at the recent Novara Film Festival; and Fergal Rock's latest short film 'Henry and Sunny' has been selected to screen at We the Peoples Film Festival in London and ...
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Cameras Roll On 'Lapland Odyssey' Co-production
Principal Photography will get underway in Lapland on Monday, November 16th, on 'Lapland Odyssey', a co-production between Ireland's Ripple World Pictures, Finland's Helsinki Filmi Oy and Sweden's Anagram Produktion company.
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Ben Barnes Tipped for 'Bono's Doppelganger'
Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Dorian Gray) has been announced to star in 'I Was Bono's Doppelganger', a comedy film from director Nick Hamm (Godsend) that is based on Neil McCormack's autobiography of the same name.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
IBEC A/V Federation Event Highlights Digital Opportunities
The Audiovisual Federation, the IBEC group that represents the feature film, television and animation sectors, and Enterprise Ireland hosted a seminar entitled 'Explosion of digital content and TV' on Tuesday, November 3rd, that brought together a ...
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Filmbase's Alan Fitzpatrick Talks Upcoming Courses
Filmbase's new line-up of courses for the months of November and December sees the return of a course aimed at actors – something which Filmbase has not had for years. The seven week course, 'Acting for Film & TV' features writer and director, J.J. ...
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Alan Greenspan Joins Cork MEDIA Panel
Producer Alan Greenspan (High Fidelity, Donnie Brasco), Dr. Barry Monahan, lecturer in UCC's Film Studies Deapartment (Ireland's Theatre on Film: style, stories and the national stage on screen) and Teresa McGrane, head of business affairs of the ...
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2009 ZeBBie Shortlist Selected
The short-list for the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild 2009 ZeBBies has been announced. Created by the and named in honour of 'Grapes of Wrath' actor O. Z. Whitehead, the accolade acknowledges script(s) written by Irish playwrights and ...
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Irish Animator's 'NEWS' Wins Japanese Prize
TT Animation's 'What's Your NEWS?' from Irish animator, Chris Dicker, has won in the categories of both Best Pre-School Show and the overall Grand Prix Prize at the NHK Japan Prize, an international contest for educational media held in Tokyo.
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'Ballybrando' Explores the Greatest Irish Film Never Made
Hotshot Films are currently in the edit suite with 'Ballybrando', a documentary that follows the story of ill fated Irish film 'Divine Rapture'. Starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp, the project is now known as the greatest film never made in Ireland.
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Shooting of Subotica's 'La Mula' Suspended
Director Michael Radford (The Merchant of Venice) has suspended production on set of his new film 'La Mula (The Mule)'. The film, which is co-produced by Irish company Subotica and supported by the Irish Film Board, has been in the works for two and a ...
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Michael Radford
Irish Thrillers 'Savage' & 'The Disturbed' Join AFM Slate
Cinemavault has bolstered its American Film Market (AFM) slate with the Irish thrillers 'Savage', from director Brendan Muldowney (Final Journey), and 'The Disturbed' from Conor McMahon (Dead Meat).
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Call for Entries for Innovate Media '09 Awards
Media Cube, the only dedicated digital media centre to be based on the campus of an academic institution in Ireland (the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire), are currently inviting entries from digital media and software companies ...
Terence Davies Lecture at National Film School
Award winning British writer/director Terence Davies (Children) will present an upcoming National Film School (NFS) lecture on Thursday, November 5th.
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David McWilliams Is New Host of 'The Panel'
Happy Endings Productions' 'The Panel' returns to our screens this week for a seven week run. The ninth series welcomes a new host in the shape of economist and journalist David McWilliams (Addicted to Money).
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Eilis Mernagh's Festival Report: Austin Film Festival
Continuing on from her festival diary last year, Irish Screenwiter Eilis Mernagh (My Regards to the Chef) discusses and chronicles her experiences of the Austin Film Festival a second time around in this special festival report.
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Vicky Licorish Talks about 'Small Island' NI Shoot
Producer Vicky Licorish (Goodbye, Mr. Steadman) has recently completed a labour of love in the shape of 'Small Island', a drama from Ruby Television in association with AL Films for BBC, which chronicles the intertwining lives and loves of Jamaicans ...
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U.S. Release of 'WC' & DVD release of 'Pure Mule'
November 13th sees the U.S. cinematic release of Liam O Mochain's feature 'W.C.' and the complete DVD box set of the IFTA winning television series 'Pure Mule' will be available to purchase.
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Cheadle & Gleeson Join Forces For 'The Guard'
Principal photography for a new Irish comedy thriller, 'The Guard', has commenced in Spiddal, Co. Galway. The feature is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly) and stars Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm) and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda).
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UTV Call for Non-News Programming Funding
Michael Wilson, Managing Director of UTV Television, gave evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Inquiry into Television Broadcasting in Northern Ireland at Stormont this week to urge MPs to consider funding for non-news programmes in the ...
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Limited Release For Grand Pictures' 'Situations Vacant'
Grand Pictures, in association with Park Films, are to release 'Situations Vacant' on digital only format in cinemas across the country on Friday, December 4th. The feature length Irish comedy is a humorous examination of job-hunting in contemporary ...
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De Bono & Morrison Key Speakers at Cork MEDIA Event
MEDIA Desk Ireland have announced the participants involved in the film discussion event at this year's Corona Cork Film Festival.
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Cameras Roll on 'Game of Thrones'
Shooting for HBO's 'Game of Thrones' - an adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy-adventure book series - has begun in Northern Ireland and will continue on various locations for approximately four weeks
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'The Guards' Shoot Underway in Galway
Magma Films' latest project, an adaptation of Ken Bruen's 'The Guards', has begun shooting today, October 27th, in Co. Galway. The film is directed by Stuart Orme (Inspector Morse, Merlin) with Iain Glen (Song for a Raggy Boy, Tara Road) leading the cast.
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Northern Ireland drama 'Occupation' Wins at Prix Europa
'Occupation', the BBC war drama filmed in Northern Ireland, has won the Prix Europa 2009 for Best Episode of a Television Fiction Series or Serial of the Year 2009
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New UTV Series Celebrates Broadcaster's 50th Anniversary
This Halloween marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of UTV. The station began broadcasting at 4.45pm on 31 October 1959 and was introduced to the Northern Ireland viewing public by Sir Laurence Olivier saying: "It is my privilege, my rare ...
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Tutor Lineup for Loopline Documentary Workshop
Loopline Film and Screen Training Ireland have announced an updated list of tutors for their upcoming Feature Documentary Workshop series taking place in Dublin in November and December
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Fassbender, Duff & Ryan Nominated for BIFAs
Irish talent has been recognised and acknowledged once again, this time at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Irish DOP Robbie Ryan (Mischief Night) and actors Michael Fassbender (Hunger) and Anne Marie Duff (The Magdalene Sisters) have all ...
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O'Sullivan To Attend IFTA Preview of Emmy Winning 'Into the Storm'
Members of the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will be among the first in Ireland to see the Emmy-winning film 'Into the Storm' as an exclusive preview screening is scheduled for Dublin next week. The film's Irish director, Thaddeus O'Sullivan ...
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'Hell's Pavement' Receives London Premiere
'Hell's Pavement', a new feature film, starring Irish actors Pauline McGlynn (Father Ted) and Conor Byrne (The Story of Tracey Beaker) will receive its London premiere on Friday, October 23rd in the Lexi Cinema.
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Ann Peacock Adapting Eoin Colfer's 'Airman'
Emmy winning screenwriter Ann Peacock (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) will pen the big screen adaptation of 'Airman', a novel from bestselling Irish author Eoin Colfer.
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Shooting Starts on 'Cup Cake'
Filming of a new feature film 'Cup Cake' (previously called Wee Buns) has begun in Ballymoney, County Antrim. 'Cup Cake' is written by Christine Murphy (Doctors), produced by Katy Jackson (Charlotte's Red) and directed by Colin McIvor (Driven).
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Interview With Cork Film Festival Director Mick Hannigan
Mick Hannigan has been the director of the Cork Film Festival for 22 years. IFTN caught up with him to discuss this festival's long history, future and the highlights of this year's Corona Cork Film Festival.
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RTÉ Challenges TV3's Audience Share Findings
The battle to secure the sought-after young adult TV audience was highlighted when a release from TV3 announcing their status of 'most watched channel in Ireland by adults aged 15-24' prompted a response from RTÉ which claimed that TV3 had focussed on ...
'Kells' & 'Niko' Vie For European Animation Award
Two Irish feature length animations, Tomm Moore's 'The Secret of Kells' and 'Niko & the Way to the Stars' from directors Kari Juusonen and Michael Hegner, have both received nominations from The European Film Academy in their Animated Feature Film ...
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Gordon Strachan Joins RTÉ Soccer Panel
Former former Scotland, Manchester United and Leeds United midfielder and Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has joined RTÉ Television's lineup of soccer panellists this season.
MEDIA Film Discussion at Cork Film Fest
The Corona Cork Film Festival, in association with MEDIA Desk Ireland, is co-ordinating a guided discussion at this year's festival which will give participants who are active in the Irish media the opportunity to discuss film production. The event ...
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Sean Whelan New RTÉ Economics Correspondent
RTÉ News has announced the appointment of its Europe Editor, Sean Whelan, as Economics Correspondent.
