IFB Details 2012 Catalogue, Two New BBC Dramas
	03 Feb 2012 | The Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced strategic plans for 2012 with their production catalogue including 18 upcoming feature films. Projects such as Lance Daly’s ‘Life’s a Breeze’ starring Fionnuala Flanagan; Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘What Richard Did’; ‘Sanctuary’ by Norah McGettingan; ‘Love Eternal’ by Brendan Muldowney and Neil Jordan’s vampire thriller ‘Byzantium’ which wrapped in Ireland this week to name but a few.
	Jim Sheridan's 'Into The West' Re-Boot Buzz
	03 Feb 2012 | Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan (Dream House, My Left Foot) is to set write an updated version of his 1992 film ‘Into The West’. Sheridan received Irish Film Board funding to the tune of €50,000 for the project in late November in order to develop it.
	'Canals' Filmmaker Mark O'Connor Begins 'Stalker'
	03 Feb 2012 | The third feature film from director Mark O’Connor (King of the Travellers, Between the Canals) is to begin principal photography in Dublin on Wednesday 15th of February and will shoot for just under two weeks until the 27th February.
	'Privates' in Production in Northern Ireland
	03 Feb 2012 | A new 5x45 minute drama series for the BBC One is currently being filmed in Northern Ireland. ‘Privates’ is set in the 1960s and follows the story of eight young men as they undertake their basic training as part of the last intake of conscripts for National Service.
	O’Dowd’s ‘Moone Boy’ Lands UK & Irish Filmmaking Talent
	01 Feb 2012 | Principal photography has almost finished on Chris O’Dowd’s six part comedy series for Sky One ‘Moone Boy’. A semi-autobiographical tale about O’Dowd’s time growing up in Boyle, Co. Roscommon but with a quirky twist - this series combines Irish and English production and acting talent.
	‘350 South’ Series Reaches Setanta Sports
	27 Jan 2012 | BeActive produced interactive web series ‘350 South; an American Journey’ is to have excerpts from it shown on Setanta Sports twice weekly at various times starting this weekend.
	TV3 Springs into Action with New Schedule
	27 Jan 2012 | Yesterday TV3 announced its spring schedule at the Convention Centre in Dublin. The new schedule sees the broadcaster promising over fifty hours of home produced content each week which includes TV3 staples like Ireland AM, Vincent Browne and Xposé.
	'Game of Thrones' sound team nominated for MPSE Golden Reel Nomination
	26 Jan 2012 | The first season of hit HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’, which was filmed in Northern Ireland, has been nominated for a Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel award for sound editing. The MPSE Golden Reel awards acknowledge the best work in the various areas of sound editing including Dialogue & ADR, Effects & Foley, and Music.
	Fionnula Flanagan to Receive IFTA 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award
	24 Jan 2012 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced Fionnula Flanagan will be honoured with the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards, in Dublin on Saturday 11th of February 2012.
	Fitzgibbon, J. Walsh and Robertson Are 'Vexed'
	19 Jan 2012 | New BBC 2 drama ‘Vexed’, a 6 x 60 minute detective comedy, started principal photography in Dublin this week with a host of Irish talent involved.
	‘Love/Hate’ Series Three Confirmed by RTÉ
	19 Jan 2012 | It has been confirmed that hit Irish gangster series ‘Love/Hate’ has been recommissioned by RTÉ for a third series.
	Eoin Macken joins Cantwell's 'The Callback Queen'
	19 Jan 2012 | Irish actor Eoin Macken (Merlin, Centurion) has joined the cast of Irish director Graham Cantwell’s (Trapped, Anton) latest film ‘The Callback Queen’ with only days to go before the film wraps.
	Interview: Simon Delaney Talks the IFTAs
	13 Jan 2012 | The 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards are just around the corner. The biggest social event of the Irish cultural calendar; a night of glitz and glamour held in the stunning Convention Centre Dublin where the biggest names in Irish and International film and television come together to honour the most talented in their industry.
	NBC Universal Picks Up Tile Films' ‘Who Lived In My House?’; Series Two In post
	12 Jan 2012 | EXCLUSIVE US media giant NBC Universal has signed a deal with Tile Film’s for thier home grown format ‘Who Lived In My House?’, bringing the Irish concept to the international market.
	Mind The Gap’s WWII Propaganda Project in Prep
	11 Jan 2012 | A new 50 minute single documentary from Mind The Gap Productions for TG4 with the working title ‘Glaoch ón Triú Reich’ has begun pre-production. The documentary, explores the lives of two German men Dr. Hans Hartmann and Prof. Ludwig Mühlhausen who broadcast Nazi propaganda in Irish during World War Two, from December 1939 to May 1945.
	Aidan Gillen to star in new Phil Harrison film
	06 Jan 2012 | Irish director Phil Harrison (Even Gods, The Birds Like) is starting principal photography on a feature film called ‘The Good Man’ starring Irish actor Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Game of Thrones).
	Interview with 'RAW' Executive Producer Suzanne McAuley
	06 Jan 2012 | The fourth season of RTÉ’s award winning drama ‘RAW’, set in a Dublin restaurant, returns with regular cast favourites like Charlene McKenna (Misfits, Pure Mule), Aisling O’Sullivan (Snap, The Clinic) and Damon Gameau (SLiDE, Balibo), catching up with the cast of characters a year on from our last instalment.
	Interview: Producer Tony Deegan talks ‘Hostile Environments’
	06 Jan 2012 | ‘Hostile Environments’ is a new two part series commissioned by RTÉ and conceptualised by producer Tony Deegan which airs on RTÉ One at 9.35pm on Monday 9th January. It sees host Irish actor Liam Cunningham (The Guard, Hunger) travelling to West Africa in search of diamond dealers in episode one, followed by a visit to the Seychelles to follow Irish private security contractors abroad, in episode two.
	Tea with Jam Media, IFTN Visits 'Roy' HQ
	06 Jan 2012 | Jam Media produces live action and animated children series ‘Roy’, about a cartoon boy living in the real world which begins airing its second series to CBBC on Monday 9th January at 5.15pm. IFTN took a trip down to Jam Media in Kevin Street, Dublin to take a look around, see how the post production on the 25 episode new series was going and get a sneak peak at the other projects happening for the two time IFTA award winning Animation Company.
	Interview: Producer James Mitchell ‘Dreams of A Life’
	05 Jan 2012 | ‘Dreams Of A Life’, a documentary by Manchester director Carol Morley (Edge, The Alcohol Years), recounts the life of Joyce Carol Vincent, 38, whose body was found in her London bedsit two years after she died, mysteriously no one came looking for her all that time and through interviews with work colleagues, old landlords and lovers the audience is taken on a journey of discovery as Morley tries to uncover who this woman was, what her life was like and how in this connected modern age she managed to slip through the cracks.

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