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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up – September |
| 28 Sep 2023 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates such as the announcement of the 2024 Media Funding Call that opens next week, as well as events that include Documentary: A European Perspective in Galway, Pitch A Project, MEDIA Training Programmes with Spotlight, ACE Animation Special Dingle 2024, and Less Is More for writers and directors. |
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IFTA Lifetime Achievement Honouree Michael Gambon dies aged 82 |
| 28 Sep 2023 | Olivier-award winning actor Michael Gambon has passed away aged 82. His most well-known film roles included Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise, and Phillip Marlow in the BBC Drama The Singing Detective. |
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Newport Beach Spotlight: Writer-Actor Emmett Hughes discusses Advent |
| 28 Sep 2023 | We caught up with writer-actor Emmett Hughes ahead of the World Premiere of his feature film, Advent, at the Newport Beach Film Festival. |
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Derry Girls nominated for the 2023 International Emmy Awards |
| 27 Sep 2023 | Channel 4 series Derry Girls, written by Lisa McGee, has been nominated for the 2023 International Emmy Awards. |
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Line-up of 14th OFFline Film Festival announced |
| 27 Sep 2023 | Director Jim Sheridan will be in Birr for the festival. A number of short horror films screen as part of Fright Night. Made in Midlands will celebrate the works of Midlands filmmakers. There will also be silent films accompanied by live music, masterclasses, school screenings, and more. |
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Kerry College present Dedo Weigert Lighting Seminar |
| 27 Sep 2023 | Director of Photography Dedo Weigert’s lighting seminar will be held on November 5th in Carlton Hotel Dublin, supported by Kerry College. |
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Lakelands and North Circular among Irish films in access>CINEMA Autumn line-up 2023 |
| 27 Sep 2023 | Resource organisation for regional cultural cinema exhibition in Ireland, access>CINEMA, have announced their Autumn line-up. |
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Newport Beach Spotlight: Director Alan Friel discusses Woken |
| 27 Sep 2023 | We caught up with writer-director Alan Friel ahead of the World Premiere of his feature debut Woken at the Newport Beach Film Festival. |
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“A decade of very minimal wins and huge frustrations” Writer-director Tony Kelly discusses The Hurler: A Campion’s Tale |
| 26 Sep 2023 | We caught up with writer-director and lead actor Tony Kelly, ahead of The Hurler: A Campion’s Tale releasing in Irish cinemas. |
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Irish Eyes in Dinard: Lies We Tell among Irish films at Dinard Film Festival 2023 |
| 26 Sep 2023 | Lies We Tell will screen as part of Dinard Film Festival 2023 in the Irish Eyes in Dinard section of the festival. Joining the film in this section are recent Irish films Barber and My Sailor My Love. |
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WGA and AMPTP reach tentative agreement, suspending picketing |
| 26 Sep 2023 | The Writers’ Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reached an MBA, or Minimum Basic Agreement. The WGA described this as “an agreement in principle on all deal points, subject to drafting final contract language”. The details of the agreement have not yet been released. |
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Searchlight Pictures release trailer for All of Us Strangers |
| 26 Sep 2023 | Searchlight Pictures have released the trailer for All of Us Strangers, Andrew Leigh’s latest feature film. The film stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, and Jamie Bell. |
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Screen Ireland announces ten shorts chosen for Focus Shorts 2023 |
| 26 Sep 2023 | Screen Ireland has announced ten new short films that have been awarded funding as part of the 2023 round of Focus Shorts, the short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films for Irish creative talents aspiring to write, direct and produce films for the cinema. |
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IFTA Creative Minds & Wellbeing Day: In Conversation with Deepak Chopra and Panel Discussion |
| 22 Sep 2023 | The Irish Film & Television Academy presented a special In Conversation event with Deepak Chopra as part of IFTA Creative Minds & Wellbeing Day, on Thursday, September 21st at the O’Reilly Theatre in Dublin. |
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Celtic Media Festival announces 2024 venue and call for entries |
| 21 Sep 2023 | Celtic Media Festival, The International Summit of Sound and Screen, has unveiled the venue for 2024 and announced the call for entries for the Torc Awards for Excellence. |
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Sky releases official trailer for Dance First starring Gabriel Byrne |
| 21 Sep 2023 | Sky has released the official trailer for Dance First, a Samuel Beckett biopic starring Gabriel Byrne as Beckett. The cast includes Aidan Gillen, Fionn O’Shea, and Bronagh Gallagher. |
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WGA resume bargaining with AMPTP with CEOs in attendance |
| 21 Sep 2023 | Disney CEO Bob Iger, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and NBCUniversal Studio Group chairman and chief content officer Donna Langley attended a meeting between WGA and AMPTP on Wednesday, 20th September. This is the second time that the CEOs of AMPTP-represented companies have attended bargaining sessions. |
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RTÉ release first trailer for new series Obituary |
| 20 Sep 2023 | RTÉ have released the first trailer for upcoming series Obituary, which will begin airing weekly on RTÉ One from September 26th. |
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7 Irish co-productions being pitched at Cartoon Forum 2023 |
| 20 Sep 2023 | Seven Irish projects are being pitched at this year’s Cartoon Forum co-production pitch session, taking place over three days from September 18th to 21st in Toulouse, France. |
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Dominic Cooper & Sarah Bolger to star in Irish-Canadian co-production Cry from the Sea |
| 20 Sep 2023 | Dominic Cooper (Mamma Mia) and Irish actor Sarah Bolger (The Spiderwick Chronicles) are set to co-star in Cry From The Sea, a Canadian-Irish co-production written by Ciarán Creagh (Ann). |
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