Golden Nymph Nods for 'An Crisis' & 'The Tudors' |
Wildfire Films' comedy series, 'An Crisis', and 'World 2000's historical drama 'The Tudors' have received six and three Golden Nymph nominations respectively at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival 2010. more |
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FilmOffaly Offers €8,000 Filmmakers Bursary |
FilmOffaly has re-launched the FilmOffaly Award for 2010, a scheme that is designed to support and encourage filmmakers to undertake innovative, creative projects. FilmOffaly are looking for unique, original stories by talented new filmmakers, professional and novice alike with the sole stipulation that filming must take place in Offaly. more |
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Telegael Gets 'Alexander and Pete' & '24 Little Hours' |
Telegael Media Group are currently in pre-production with a new pilot for a live action children's comedy series entitled 'Alexander and Pete'. The company is also developing '24 Little Hours', a four part live action drama with broadcaster RTÉ. more |
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Dare2BDrinkAware Finalists Announced |
Ten projects have been shortlisted in the Digital Hub's Dare2BDrinkAware 2010 digital filmmaking competition. Participating teams were challenged to creatively explore the relationship between Irish culture and drinking through considering the values, attitudes and behaviours that young adults have in relation to alcohol. more |
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'If These Walls Could Talk' Wins STF Best Irish Short |
The IFI Stranger than Fiction Festival closed with the awarding of prizes as part of the festival's Short Film Programme, the winners of which included 'If These Walls Could Talk', 'Boat Dreams' and 'Bye Bye Now'. more |
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Michael Fassbender Discovers 'A Dangerous Method' |
Irish actor Michael Fassbender is set to star in David Cronenberg's new feature 'A Dangerous Method' in May. The film explores the relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud and also stars Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel. more |
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MTV Shops for 'Paisean Faisean'
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The format of Magma Film's reality TV series 'Paisean Faisean' has been bought US production outfit by Zoo Productions who have been commissioned by MTV to produce a version of the show entitled 'Style Date'.more |
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Conor McPherson Joins Aosdána
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Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland welcomed seven new members yesterday, including writer/director Conor McPherson. The move brings to 236 the total number of Aosdána members.more |
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New Irish Doc Investigates 'Churchill's Secret Son..?'
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Independent production company Marbella Productions are currently finishing work on 'Brendan Bracken - Churchill's Secret Son..?' The history documentary co-produced by RTÉ examines the life of Irish man Brendan Bracken, Winston Churchill's right hand man and explores the possibility of a biological connection between the two men. more |
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Box Office Doubles at Dingle Festival 2010 |
Dingle Film Festival director Maurice Galway has deemed the 4th Dingle Film Festival a major success following its March run. This year's event, which saw actor Cillian Murphy, director Stephen Frears and producer Ned Dowd on its guest list, was held in March as opposed to its usual September slot resulting in a doubling of box office takings since last year.more |
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- BBC NI Gets 'Stuffed'
- Tern TV Puts BBC4 on the Map
- Abú Media Takes Another 'Bog Stop'
- BANFF Nom for 'Grand Slam Journey'
- NI Irish Language News Website Launches
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