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Kneecap dominates 2024 BIFA Awards with seven wins including Best British Independent Film |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Irish language box office hit Kneecap has emerged as the big winner of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), with the film earning seven awards including Best British Independent Film. |
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Jim Sheridan to direct King of the Wind, co-direct Into Africa and Out with Zahara Moufid |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Acclaimed Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan will direct King of the Wind, an equestrian epic about an 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline. The film will be produced by Alan Moloney and Gary Levinsohn, adapted by Sheridan from Marguerite Henry’s novel. |
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Screen Ireland announces three Skills Development Scholarship recipients for Series’ Women |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Screen Ireland has announce that three placements have been awarded for this year’s edition of the Series’ Women programme as part of Screen Ireland’s skills development scholarship in partnership with the Erich Pommer Institut (EPI). |
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IFTA announce return of Casting Conversations: Acting & Casting Forum this November |
| 07 Nov 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has confirmed the return of the second annual Casting Conversations forum, a unique gathering of casting directors and actors from across Ireland, north and south, taking place on Thursday 14th November at 6pm at the Light House Cinema, Dublin. |
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BIFA 2024: Kneecap leads list with 14 nomination, Saoirse Ronan & Barry Keoghan get nods |
| 05 Nov 2024 | Irish film and creative talent are at the forefront of the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with Irish language feature film Kneecap leading the way with a record-breaking sweep of 14 nominations at this year’s awards. |
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Myrid Carten's debut feature documentary A Want In Her to receive world premiere at IDFA |
| 05 Nov 2024 | The debut feature documentary of Donegal native Myrid Carten has been selected to world premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) later this month. |
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Kneecap receives two nominations at the European Film Awards |
| 05 Nov 2024 | Irish language box office hit Kneecap, directed by Rich Peppiatt, has been nominated for two prestigious European Film Awards - the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI and the European University Film Award (EUFA). |
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Emerging documentary filmmaker Nathan Griffin awarded Screen Ireland Skills Scholarship to attend IDFAcademy |
| 01 Nov 2024 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has announced that Nathan Griffin has been awarded a Screen Ireland skills development scholarship in partnership with IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) to attend the IDFAcademy training programme taking place from 14-17 November 2024. |
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