| LA Irish Film Festival Premieres Five Titles in US | |
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Irish films receiving their US premieres at the festival include 'Cherrybomb’, ‘Peacefire’ and ‘Gabriel Byrne:Stories from Home’. The festival opens with 'The Eclipse'; other titles include ‘Identities’, ‘The Secret of Kells’, and IFTA winners ‘Kisses ’ and ‘Waveriders’. more |
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| New TG4 Series ‘Rasai Na Gaillimhe’ | |
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TG4’s new comedy drama series, ‘Rasai na Gaillimhe’ (The Galway Races), produced by Great Western Films, and directed by Robert Quinn, follows the fortunes of a disparate yet intricately connected group of characters through an exciting race week in the city of the tribes. more |
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| Director of Dingle Festival Shares Festival Highlights | |
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The Festival, described by one of its guests, Geoff Wonfor, director of The Beatles Anthology, as “The most passionate film festival I have ever seen" was deemed a success following its run from 10th to 13th September. Maurice Galway shares his thoughts on this year’s event. more |
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| Primetime Emmys On Sunday | |
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Irish actors Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment), Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm) and Kenneth Branagh (Wallander), directors Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Into the Storm) and Dearbhla Walsh (Little Dorrit), are in the running for this weekend’s Primetime Emmys. more |
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| ShinAwiL’s ‘The Apprentice’ Returns to our Screens | |
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The competitive entrepreneurial show ‘The Apprentice’ returns once again with a new series that will have Bill Cullen, Jackie Lavin and Brian Purcell set tasks for a group of 14 aspiring businessmen and women with the ‘firing’ of a candidate every week. more |
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| Neil Jordan’s 'Ondine' Premieres at Toronto Film Festival | |
| There was a sellout screening on Tuesday of Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine’ which was attended by its star Colin Farrell, U2 members Bono and The Edge, fellow Oscar winning director Jim Sheridan and Terry Gilliam and the Neil Jordan himself. more | |
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| ‘Bóthar go dtí an White House’ Launched by US Ambassador | |
| Newly arrived US Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Daniel M. Rooney, hosted a reception at his residence in the Phoenix Park, Dublin on September 16th to launch TG4’s new six part documentary series ‘Bóthar go dtí an White House’. more | |
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| 'Today is Better Than Two Tomorrows’ Doc For IFI Screening | |
| Anna Rodger’s documentary ‘Today is Better Than Two Tomorrows’ is to screen in the IFI on Sunday 26th September at 12.00pm as part of the Ireland on Sunday series. more | |
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| Berlinale Co-Productions Market calls for Submissions | |
| The seventh Berlinale Co-Production Market will take place during the 60th Berlin Film Festival. Experienced producers from around the world are being asked to submit their new projects now the deadline for which is October 29, 2009.more | |
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| ‘Fran: Assistant Manager’ Series Kicks Off on TV3 | |
| New mockumentary series ‘Fran:Assistant Manager’ from explores the world of Irish football leagues through the eyes of Fran Costello, assistant manager of St. Peter’s United, a Leinster Senior League team. more | |
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| ‘The Liberties’ Portrayal of Famous Dublin Area | |
| A series of 12 crafted short films, each will focus on a different character within Dublin’s Liberties community. Directed and produced by Tom Burke and Shane Hogan of Areaman Productions, this new 52 minute edit was produced in association with RTÉ Factual. more | |
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| Kinsale Shark Award Winners Announced | |
| Screen Scene, Piranha Bar, StellarSound and Blinder winners at Kinsale Sharks 2009. more | |
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| ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Starts New Run on RTÉ One | |
| Mint Production’s genealogy series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ includes talk show host Ryan Tubridy, broadcaster Ivan Yates, actress Fionnula Flanagan, Simon Delaney, Rosanna Davison and Diarmuid Gavin. Tubridy is first up to trace his lineage from his impoverished ancestors in Connemara and further back along his family tree to the centre of the former British Empire. more | |
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| Subotica Entertainment 'The Last Word’ Starts Shooting | |
| Subotica’s latest project has started shooting. The new feature, the working title of which is ‘The Last Word’ has started production in the UK and stars Ewan McGregor (‘Moulin Rouge!’, ‘Cassandra’s Dream’). more | |
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| London Film Festival Adds More Irish Films to Line-Up | |
| Following their screenings at the 34th Toronto Film Festival this week, Irish films ‘Cracks’ and ‘A Shine Of Rainbows’ have been chosen alongside ‘His & Hers’ and short films ‘The Mill’ and ‘If I Should Fall Behind’ for the 53rd London Film Festival which takes place next month. more | |
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| New York Screening of Irish Documentary ‘Chippers’ | |
| Chippers’, the Irish documentary directed and produced by Nino Tropiano, will screen in the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in New York on Monday September 21st as part of the ‘Documented Italians' Film and Video series being held there. more | |
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