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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. |
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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. |
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‘Prince of Egypt’ Director Brenda Chapman for IADT |
| 03 Feb 2012 | Annie award winning animation director Brenda Chapman (Brave, The Prince of Egypt) is to take up a visiting fellowship at the National Film School in the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dún Laoghaire from 17th-27th February. |
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'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. |
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'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. |
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‘Calvin & Skye’ Coppola Screenplay Comp Semi-Finalist |
| 03 Feb 2012 | Dublin based director and writer Fergal Rock’s (Henry and Sunny, Tom Waits Made Me Cry) screenplay ‘Calvin and Skye’ has been named a semi-finalist in the Francis Ford Coppola 9th Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay competition. |
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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. |
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'Game of Thrones' Stunt Crew Wins at SAG Awards |
| 01 Feb 2012 | The 18th Screen Actor Guild Award ceremony took place last night at the Shrine Exposition Centre in LA with ‘The Help’ sweeping the board with three awards including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. |
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Holly Carey is Euro Literary Agent at Lisa Richards |
| 01 Feb 2012 | Casting Director Holly Carey is to join the Lisa Richards as the European Literary Agent (Film & TV). Holly Carey has been working across film, television and theatre since 1998. She graduated from DCU with a degree in Communications where she majored in documentary filmmaking and initially worked as a freelance Casting Assistant. |
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BAI Archive Scheme Approved |
| 01 Feb 2012 | A new funding scheme developed by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI) to support the archiving of cultural broadcasting material has been approved by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte TD. |
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Sky to Create Over 800 jobs in Dublin |
| 01 Feb 2012 | UK digital TV provider Sky has announced today that it is to create 800 new jobs over the next two years in Dublin as part of a dedicated new customer contact centre for Irish customers. |
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'Silence' Director Pat Collins New Cork Film Centre Mentor |
| 27 Jan 2012 | IFTA award winning Irish director Pat Collins (Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home, What We Leave in Our Wake), who has directed over 25 projects during his career and who has just finished working on his debut feature film ‘Silence’ is to be the new mentor for the Cork Film Centre for the Mentor for New Films for 2012 programme. |
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'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. |
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Hurley’s ‘The Pier’ On Limited Self-Release |
| 26 Jan 2012 | Cork filmmaker and screenwriter Gerard Hurley (The Pride) has decided to release his feature film ‘The Pier’ himself for a limited run in cinemas around the country. |
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RTÉ & Filmbase Launch ‘Doc on the Box’ |
| 25 Jan 2012 | As part of RTÉ’s TV50 celebrations the broadcaster’s TV documentary unit has teamed up with Filmbase to launch the ‘Doc on the Box’ initiative, which aims to encourage fresh directorial talent to come forward for the opportunity to have their 25 minute original video documentary aired on a RTÉ prime-time slot. |
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Irish 2012 Oscar Nominees 'Pentecost', 'The Shore', 'Albert Nobbs' & Branagh |
| 24 Jan 2012 | The nominees for the 84th Academy Awards have been announced with Irish talent shortlisted across a number of categories. |
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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. |
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Daly, O'Dowd, McDonagh & Scanlan Irish Rising Stars |
| 19 Jan 2012 | Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) have announced the short list for the 2012 ‘Rising Star’ Award. The nominees were chosen by a special jury and this special award aims to highlight exceptional new and breakthrough talent working in all areas of the Irish film industry. This year’s nominees include two writer-directors and two actors. |
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Dingle 'Físín' Comp Offers €5,000 Short Film Prize |
| 19 Jan 2012 | The Dingle International Film Festival, which runs from the 15th-18th March 2012, has opened this year’s ‘Físín’ short filmmaking competition. |
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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. |
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