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Donegal Film Office announces Short Film Bursary Award 2021 |
| 28 Apr 2021 | Donegal Film Office has secured funding from Creative Ireland to launch the first Short Film Bursary Award in Donegal. |
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Virgin Media Television seeking submissions for new post-watershed drama series for 2022/23 schedule |
| 26 Apr 2021 | As part of Virgin Media Television’s on-going Drama Initiative, the TV broadcaster is currently seeking submissions for new post-watershed, drama series for our 2022/ 2023 schedule. |
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BBC Three confirms first commission and pilots from collaborative partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC NI |
| 22 Apr 2021 | Round one of the scheme resulted in two pilots, Scran with my Nan from Rare TV and The Fast and the Farmer(ish) from Derry-based Alleycats. |
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Screen Skills Ireland announces Call for Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme 2021 |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland has announced the next call for applications to the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, which enables organisations to provide skills development opportunities and initiatives to the Irish screen sector. |
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IFTA-winning screenwriter James Phelan among recipients of Platform 31 artist bursary |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Waterford artist James Phelan has been announced as one of the 31 recipients of the inaugural Platform 31 bursary, the national development scheme for artists to develop their practice and test new ideas of collaboration, research, audience development, place based arts and sharing their work. |
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Engine Docs Scheme opens call for documentary film idea |
| 21 Apr 2021 | A new training and production scheme for emerging documentary filmmakers has been launched in the MidWest by Innovate Limerick through Film in Limerick. |
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Arts Council to open applications for Reel Art 2021 on April 27th |
| 19 Apr 2021 | The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council’s film award Reel Art is on Thursday, May 27th 2021 before 17:30. |
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BBC Three greenlights Alleycats series The Big Proud Party Agency |
| 30 Mar 2021 | BBC Three has commissioned The Big Proud Party Agency from Northern Ireland production company Alleycats; a 6 x 30 series that follows a team of LGBTQ+ professional party agents as they plan some iconic events. |
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Applications now open for Northern Ireland Screen Feature Development Pitch |
| 22 Mar 2021 | Docs Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen has opened applications for this year’s Feature Development Pitch. |
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Screen Producers Ireland and TG4 agree its first Code of Fair Trading Practice |
| 18 Mar 2021 | A Code of Fair Trading Practice has been agreed between TG4 and Screen Producers Ireland for the first time. |
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Punch Line and Water Under The Bridge win Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Competition |
| 16 Mar 2021 | The winners of the Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Competition were announced on a special episode of Virgin Media Television’s Box Office show. |
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Ray Sullivan & Rob Davis's The Skwoids named JETS Winners for 2021 |
| 05 Mar 2021 | Irish project The Skwoids has been named among the winners of the JETS 2021 Initiative following this year’s online edition, which took place in February. |
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Northern Ireland-set crime drama Hope Street commissioned by BBC Daytime and Britbox North America |
| 04 Mar 2021 | BBC Daytime and BritBox North America have commissioned Hope Street, a new serial crime drama set in Northern Ireland, from acclaimed producers Paul Marquess and Donna Wiffen at Long Story TV. |
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Competition winners for Virgin Media Discovers Prize to be chosen this Friday |
| 25 Feb 2021 | The Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Competition, in association with Screen Ireland, will see its ten shortlisted finalists pitch this Friday, February 26th to try and secure an additional €60,000 in funding for their projects. |
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Planning permission for Wexford's Tara Studios put on hold as objection filed |
| 23 Feb 2021 | Having initially received a green light for planning permission on the €20 million film studio, Tara Studios’ will now have to wait another four months to find out if its ambitious plans have been successful. |
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New multi-annual output deals and a spring commissioning round announced by TG4 |
| 17 Feb 2021 | At its annual producers information day, the Irish language Broadcaster announced that it is looking for submissions from the independent production sector for new multi-annual output deals. |
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BAI allocates €646,000 through Sectoral Learning & Development and Sponsorship programmes for 2021 |
| 12 Feb 2021 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details of 2021 funding allocations under its Sectoral Learning & Development programme and its Sponsorship Scheme. |
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Screen Producers Ireland CEO Susan Kirby discusses Production during COVID |
| 05 Feb 2021 | We spoke with Screen Producers Ireland CEO Susan Kirby to get an update on the status of production in Ireland at present, the implications of COVID on film sets, the need for industry-focused PUP, the need for more support from insurance brokers, the future potential of SVOD markets, and settling into the new role at SPI. |
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Reminder: Applications open for Fastnet Film Festival's €20,000 Puttnam Award |
| 04 Feb 2021 | Until midday on the first of March, filmmakers can continue to apply for Fastnet Film Festival’s Puttnam Award, which is making €20,000 available to fund production of one live-action drama. |
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€5.5m open funding round announced by BAI under Sound & Vision Scheme |
| 27 Jan 2021 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has launched a new open funding round under its Sound & Vision 4 Scheme. |
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