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Screen Ireland’s Screen Mentoring Scheme 2023 now open for applications |
| 19 Sep 2023 | Screen Ireland has announced that applications are now open for the fifth round of the Screen Mentoring Scheme, an initiative that invests in the continued skills development of professionals in the Irish screen sector. |
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Newport Beach Spotlight: Director Jeffrey Doyle discusses The Coco Show |
| 14 Sep 2023 | Jeffrey Doyle’s The Coco Show is having its North American Premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. |
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Culture Night 2023: Film events and screenings |
| 13 Sep 2023 | Culture Night 2023 boasts a variety of events for Irish film fans this year, including screenings of Sing Street and North Circular, and a chance to see behind the scenes at IFCO and Windmill Lane. |
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Applications open for Ardán / RTÉ Short Film Commission Scheme 2023 |
| 07 Sep 2023 | Ardán and RTÉ have announced the latest round of the Ardán / RTÉ Short Film Commission Scheme. Applications will close at 5pm on Friday, 6th October 2023. |
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The Lovers starring Roisin Gallagher premieres tonight on Sky Atlantic |
| 07 Sep 2023 | The Lovers, a new rom-com series from Northern Irish writer David Ireland, premieres tonight on Sky Atlantic. |
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“You don't have to overthink it,” Anthony McCarten discusses screenwriting craft at IFTA Masterclass |
| 31 Aug 2023 | The Irish Film & Television Academy presented an IFTA Masterclass with Anthony McCarten in the The Lighthouse cinema on August 30th. |
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“To premiere it at the Fleadh was a nice full circle moment”, director George Kane discusses Apocalypse Clown |
| 31 Aug 2023 | We caught up with George Kane, the writer-director of Apocalypse Clown, ahead of the film’s release in Irish cinemas. |
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Netflix have released the trailer for The Killer starring Michael Fassbender |
| 29 Aug 2023 | The trailer for David Fincher’s The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender, has been released. The film will premiere next month at the Venice Film Festival, before a limited theatrical release starting on October 27th via Netflix. The film will begin streaming on the platform on November 10th, 2023. |
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Innovative Television & Media Course commences again in October at Nemeton with SETU |
| 28 Aug 2023 | The acclaimed Higher Diploma in Television and Media Production, based in Waterford’s Gaeltacht na Rinne, is still open for applications and will be commencing again on October 2nd 2023. |
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“It’s a miracle it exists”, director Prasanna Puwanarajah discusses Ballywalter |
| 24 Aug 2023 | We caught up with director Prasanna Puwanarajah in advance of his debut feature film Ballywalter releasing in Irish cinemas next month. |
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IFTA presents Cinematography Masterclass with Mandy Walker |
| 24 Aug 2023 | IFTA is delighted to welcome Oscar-nominated cinematographer Mandy Walker for a special virtual masterclass on Tuesday 5th September, exclusively for Academy Members. |
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“We pushed it to areas that are more heightened”, co-director Nathan Fagan discusses Mud Queen |
| 21 Aug 2023 | We caught up with co-director and screenwriter Nathan Fagan, following the North American premiere of his latest short film Mud Queen at Rhode Island International Film Festival 2023. |
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Apple release first look at Fingernails starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, and Jeremy Allen White |
| 17 Aug 2023 | This marks Greek director Christos Nikou’s English language debut. Fingernails is being released through Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films banner, and being distributed globally by Apple. |
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Amazon release first look of Foe starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal |
| 17 Aug 2023 | Amazon Studios release first look images of Foe, an upcoming adaptation of the novel of the same name. The film will release theatrically in the US on October 6th. |
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Kerry College announces new screenwriting programme with writer-director Gerard Barrett, and the support of the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) |
| 16 Aug 2023 | Kerry College has announced an all-new Screenwriting programme entitled Content Development for Film & Television, which starts on 25th September. |
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“I wanted a killer hook, something memorable”, director Ian Hunt-Duffy discusses Double Blind |
| 02 Aug 2023 | We caught up with director Ian Hunt-Duffy following his feature film’s Irish premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh. |
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“It was very full-on, as you might expect” director Patricia Kelly and producer Paul Fitzsimons discuss Verdigris |
| 01 Aug 2023 | We caught up with director Patricia Kelly and producer Paul Fitzsimons, following their film’s premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh. |
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Screen Ireland announces Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme recipients 2023 |
| 01 Aug 2023 | Screen Ireland has announced the 21 organisations awarded funding from the fifth round of the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme to deliver new skills development opportunities and initiatives to address priority areas for the Irish screen sector. Funding worth over €625,000 was awarded. |
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Barbenheimer: Biggest box office weekend in Ireland & the UK since 2019 |
| 27 Jul 2023 | A €21.6m (£18.5m) opening for Barbie and a €12.7m (£10.9m) opening for Oppenheimer have brought the UK-Ireland box office its biggest weekend since the release of Avengers: Endgame in 2019. |
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Poor Things to have World Premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival |
| 26 Jul 2023 | Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film will have its World Premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. The film is a co-production of Searchlight Pictures, Element Pictures, Film4, and TSG Entertainment. |
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