| Impossible Pictures' 'Primeval' To Shoot In Ireland | |
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Impossible Pictures have confirmed that their series 'Primeval' will move its production to Ireland next year. The series, which is broadcast on ITV, is expected to create over 70 jobs when it arrives here early next year with a budget of €15 million. more |
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| 10th Darklight Festival Begins This Week | |
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The Darklight Festival returns this year on Thursday, 8 October, for a special tenth anniversary festival which will again celebrate art, film and technology in Dublin but will also feature special events to mark the festival's tenth anniversary. more |
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| TG4 Launch Irish Drama Adaptation Scheme | |
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TG4 has announced details of their latest development scheme, Udar, which offers talented new Irish-language writers/directors the opportunity to adapt a well-known original Irish language literary work for television. more |
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| Brown Bag's Darragh O'Connell Talks 15 Years of Animation | |
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This year, the multi award winning Irish production house Brown Bag Films celebrates its 15th Anniversary. In our interview, IFTN talks to creative director Darragh O'Connell, who co-founded the animation company in 1994 with Cathal Gaffney. more |
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| TG4 Explores The Wild West With 'Cowboys' | |
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TG4 this week introduces a new seven part series, 'Cowboys', that profiles seven legendary Wild West characters and examines and explores the myths of the old West to reveal what really happened. 'Cowboys' is produced and directed by Brian Reddin of Dearg Films. more |
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- Abu Dhabi Middle East International Film Festival - The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival - 2009 Rome International Film Festival - Submission Deadline for Life's Good LG FilmFest - 9th Annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival & Screenplay Competition - Eurimages Deadline - Clones Film Festival - Austin Film Festival - Imagine Arts Festival - DEAF Video Art Show Screening of 'If These Walls Could Talk' & DEAF Egyptian Film Programme - DEAF Fugitive Video Project 2009. more dates and deadlines |
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- International Screenwriters Workshop & Masterclasses
- Galway Film Centre Funding Information Afternoon - Filmbase Final Cut Pro 200: 12-16 October - Media Desk Information Session for New Talent - EAVE Plus Film Marketing Workshop, Luxembourg, Deadline - Filmbase Documentary Filmmaking - Filmbase Beginners Scriptwriting Course - Filmbase Final Draft 8 Training more training information |
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- Love Happens (E1 Films) - Up (In Disney Digital 3-D™) (Disney) - Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee more distribution information |
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| Documentary Fund, Reel Art 2009 Calls for Apps | |
| Reel Art, the Arts Council's scheme for documentary film artists - worth up to €80,000 per project - is calling for applications from filmmakers. The scheme is designed to produce creative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme. more | |
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| Mary McGuckian to be Honoured by WIFTS | |
| The Women's International Film & Television Showcase has selected Irish writer/director/producer Mary McGuckian (The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Rag Tale, Best) to receive their career achievement award. more | |
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| 'Nothing Personal' Wins Netherlands Golden Calf | |
| The Dutch/ Irish co-production 'Nothing Personal' has won a slew of Golden Calf awards at the Netherlands Film Festival, including Best Film and Best Director for its debut helmer Urszula Antoniak. more | |
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| Panel for MEDIA Desk Info Session Announced | |
| The panel for the forthcoming MEDIA Desk Information session has been announced. The session is aimed at audiovisual professionals - emerging talent within the film, television and digital media sectors (particularly emerging producers, writers and writer/directors).more | |
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| McWlliams Fronts New RTÉ Financial Series | |
| 'Addicted to Money', a new three-part series starting Tuesday 6 October on RTÉ, is set to explore the causes of the financial meltdown, what lies ahead, and what we all need to do now to create a sustainable economy. The series is co-written/presented by economist and social commentator David McWilliams (In Search of the Pope's Children). more | |
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| MacLaverty & Johnston at Adaptation Film Weekend | |
| Cinema North West will present the 5th Annual Adaptation Film Weekend from 9 - 11 October in Dromohair, Co. Leitrim, with screenings of various projects adapted from the work of Bernard MacLaverty and Jennifer Johnston. Both writers will attend weekend events and discuss their work in a public interview. more | |
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| Sideline Joins Irish Contingent at MIPCOM | |
| Dublin based Sideline are currently in attendance at MIPCOM 2009, the international marketplace for entertainment content, which runs until Saturday, October 10th in Cannes. They join other Irish companies there such as Ireland on Screen, Kavaleer Productions, MTV Ireland, Sony Pictures and Network Ireland Television Ltd. more | |
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| 'Round Ireland with a Fridge' Completes Production | |
| A new feature film entitled 'Round Ireland with a Fridge', from UK based Fridge d'Or Films, has completed production. Directed by Ed Bye (After You've Gone), the film is written by Tony Hawks (Red Dwarf) - who also stars alongside Irish talent Valerie O'Connor (The Daisy Chain) and comedian Ed Byrne (The Cassidys). more | |
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| Award of Excellence for Cinematographer Mark McCauley | |
| ish Cinematographer Mark McCauley (No Go: The Free Derry Story) was last night awarded the Guild of TV Cameramen's Award for Excellence for his work on 'Ross Kemp Returns to Afghanistan'. more | |
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| Wildfire Films Examine 'Life After Dell' | |
| Production is underway on Wildfire Films' new project 'Life After Dell', an observational documentary that will look at the lives of approximately 3,000 people who lost their jobs following the closure of the Limerick-based Dell plant this year. more | |
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| - FAS & Loopline Film Announce Documentary Workshop - 'Eamon' Selected for Festival Nouveau Cinema - DoubleBand's 'Losing Our Religion' Begins on BBCNI - Waddell's Maggi Gibson and Mint's Mark Warren Bag Medical Media Awards - L.A. Film Festival Closes with Tribute to Hugh Leonard - Final TV Training Workshop of 2009 at Bil Keating Centre - Liam Neeson Joins 'The Next Three Days' - 'Celtic Media Festival Invites Submissions - Funding Boost for 15 Second Film Festival - Kelly's '140' & 'Slán agus Beannacht' Premiere - UTV Installs New Tapeless Technology - Bang Bang Teo 'Rock' with Karl Spain |
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