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Hardy Bucks The Movie in the works |
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Recipients of the latest funding loans from the Irish Film Board (IFB) have been announced. A grand total of €2,660,317 was awarded to 47 projects overall.
Among the many funding highlights is writer-director John Michael McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’, which has been given a provisional offer of commitment from the IFB. It has already been confirmed Brendan Gleeson, who starred in McDonagh’s previous box office hit ‘The Guard’, will play the lead, while ‘Bridesmaids’ star Chris O’Dowd, Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones) and David Wilmot (The Guard) also feature. Octagon Films will oversee the production for McDonagh’s second feature film.
In the fictional international production category, Michael Hirst epic ‘Vikings’, which is due to begin filming in Ireland this month, was awarded €250,000. Morgan O’Sullivan will produce the 10-part series for World 2000 Productions, which previously brought ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Camelot’ to the small screen.
€175,000 of the total €2,250,000 awarded in production loans will see mockumentary ‘Hardy Bucks; The Movie’ come to life. Mike Cockayne is set to direct the feature film as well as contribute to the script with series’ writers Chris Tordoff, Martin Maloney and Gerry Greaney. Hardy Films Ltd will oversee the production.
The only animation to receive a production loan was Double Z Productions’ ‘Zig & Zag’, written by the company’s founders Ciarán Morrison and Mick O’Hara, also the masters behind puppet-led ‘The Podge & Rodge Show’. ‘Zig & Zag’ will be directed by Joel Simon.
Venom Films received €150,000 for the Ken Wardrop-directed documentary ‘Men in Uniform’. The documentary is a series of interviews with men who wear a uniform for a living, focusing on gender identity. Andrew Freedman (Kelly + Victor) produces the documentary which is set in America.
In development loans, a total of €298,000 was awarded to 16 different projects. Among the development loan recipients are IFTA Award-winner Pat Collins and his wife Sharon Wholley for ‘The Song of Granite’. They received €16,000 in a first draft loan.
In the fictional development category Parallel Films’ production ‘Star of the Sea’ received €5,000, with John Crowley (Intermission) taking the director’s seat and Mark O’Rowe (Perrier’s Bounty) penning the screenplay.
A total of €112,317 was awarded to nine projects in distribution loans. Thaddeus O’Sullivan-directed ‘Stella Day’s’ received €30,000 for marketing purposes, while Paolo Sorrentino-directed ‘This Must Be the Place’ received €35,000. Both features are currently showing in cinemas nationwide.
Feature film ‘A Kiss for Jed’ was awarded €10,000 for direct distribution. Maurice Linnane directed the Barry Devlin-written drama, while Ignition Films produced. ‘A Kiss for Jed’ has just announced a nationwide cinema release date for 18 May.
For a full list of recipients of the latest round of funding from IFB, see the table below or visit the IFB Website.
Production Loans:
Project |
Director |
Writer |
Production Co. |
Funding |
Fiction Feature Films |
Calvary |
John Michael McDonagh |
John Michael McDonagh |
Octagon Films |
Provisional Offer of Commitment |
Hardy Bucks: The Movie |
Mike Cockayne |
Mike Cockayne, Chris Tordoff, Martin Maloney & Gerry Greaney |
Hardy Films Ltd |
€175,000 |
Moscow Never Sleeps |
Johnny O'Reilly |
Johnny O'Reilly |
Blinder Films |
€275,000 |
An Bronntanas / The Gift |
Tom Collins |
Tom Collins, Paul Walker & Eoghan McNamee |
ROSG & DeFacto Films |
€300,000 |
Fiction Creative Co-Production |
Strangerland |
Kim Farrant |
Fiona Seres |
Fastnet Films |
€250,000 |
Stay |
Wiebke Von Carolsfeld |
Wiebke Von Carolsfeld |
Samson Films |
€300,000 |
Fiction International Production |
Vikings |
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Michael Hirst |
World 2000 Productions |
€250,000 |
Animation |
Zig & Zag |
Joel Simon |
Ciaran Morrison & Mick O'Hara |
Double Z Productions |
€150,000 |
Documentary |
Men In Uniform |
Ken Wardrop |
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Venom Limited |
€150,000 |
Showrunners |
Des Doyle |
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Black Sheep Productions |
€55,000 |
Under The Hood |
Mark Byrne & Robert Dennis |
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Planet Korda Pictures |
€50,000 |
The Land Of The Enlightened |
Peter Van De Pue |
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Fastnet Films |
€50,000 |
Neal MacGregor |
Neasa Ní Chianáin |
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Soilsiú Films |
€50,000 |
Three Men Go To War |
Kim Bartley |
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Crossing The Line Films |
€100,000 |
Silence In The House Of God |
Alex Gibney |
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Below The Radar Productions |
€50,000 |
Completion Fund |
Me And Me Dad |
Katrine Boorman |
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Colourframe Limited |
€15,000 |
First Stage Documentary |
The Children Of Humla |
Neasa Ní Chianáin |
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Soilsiú Films |
€5,000 |
Sculpting Space |
Catherine Owens |
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NDN Productions |
€15,000 |
Moscow Tabloid |
Michael Doyle & John Murray |
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Cutstone Productions |
€10,000 |
See You At The Pictures |
Jeremiah Cullinane |
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Planet Korda Pictures |
€5,000 |
Blood Sisters 2 |
Malin Andersson |
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Solas Productions |
€5,000 |
Born John Burke, Died Muhammed Omar |
Ross McDonnell |
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Fastnet Films |
€10,000 |
Development Loans:
Project |
Director |
Writer |
Production Co. |
Funding |
First Draft Loans |
Luka Pooka |
Gary O'Neill |
Richard Hansom |
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€16,000 |
The Song Of Granite |
Pat Collins |
Pat Collins & Sharon Wholley |
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€16,000 |
The Complication |
Ian Power |
Ian Power & Dylan Cotter |
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€16,000 |
Monto |
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Ciaran Morrison & Mick O'Hara |
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€16,000 |
Fiction Development Loans |
Dubliners |
multiple |
multiple |
Fastnet Films |
Provisional Offer of Commitment |
It's About Girls |
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Gavin Burke |
Black Sheep Productions |
€16,000 |
Procreate, Generate |
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Adam Rynne |
Blinder Films |
€23,000 |
Star Of The Sea |
John Crowley |
Mark O'Rowe |
Parallel Film Productions |
€5,000 |
Beach Slap |
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Aisling Bea |
Grand Pictures |
€15,000 |
The Rewrite |
Peter McDonald |
Peter McDonal |
Treasure Entertainment |
€20,000 |
Olagón |
Darach Mac Con Iomaire |
Darach Mac Con Iomaire |
Magamedia |
€19,000 |
Perfect Weather To Fly |
Rory Bresnihan |
Rory Bresnihan |
Subotica Limited |
€16,000 |
Boy Raccer |
Steph Green |
Ailbhe Keogan |
Subotica Limited |
€28,000 |
Cú Chulainn: The Sacred Island |
Gary Shore |
Jonathan Ware & Garan Ware |
Darini Films |
€50,000 |
International Development |
Life Of Crime |
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Declan Croughan |
Octagon Films |
€23,500 |
Taboo |
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Tom Farrelly |
Octagon Films |
€18,500 |
Distribution Loans:
Project |
Director |
Writer |
Production Co. |
Funding |
Print Provision |
Joy |
Colm Quinn |
Com Quinn |
Venom Limited |
€2,020 |
Nouakcott Rocks |
Moira Tierney |
Moira Tierney |
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€3,297 |
Dollhouse |
Kirsten Sheridan |
Kirsten Sheridan |
Warehouse Pictures |
$5,000 |
Citadel |
Ciaran Foy |
Ciaran Foy |
Blinder Films |
$7,000 |
Babyface |
Macdara Vallely |
Macdara Vallely |
Samson Films |
$5,000 |
Marketing Support |
Stella Days |
Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
Antoine O'Flatharta |
Eclipse Distribution |
€30,000 |
This Must Be The Place |
Paolo Sorrentino |
Paolo Sorrentino |
Element Distribution |
€35,000 |
Direct Distribution |
The Other Side Of Sleep |
Rebecca Daly |
Rebecca Daly & Glenn Montgomery |
Fastnet Films |
€15,000 |
A Kiss For Jed Wood |
Maurice Linnane |
Barry Devlin |
Ignition Film Productions |
€10,000 |
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