BROADCAST |Tyrone Scout For 'Football's Next Star'
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Tyrone Productions and RTÉ Young Peoples have joined forces with Celtic FC's prestigious Youth Academy to launch an Irish version of 'Football's Next Star'. more |
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FINANCE |€9,500 Short Film Funds at Galway Film Centre
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The Galway Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, have announced they will grant two awards of €9,500 each as part of their 2012 Short Film Awards. The GFC is seeking short script applications by deadline 12 noon, March 30th more |
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PRODUCTION | Irish Director Gary Shore Bites into 'Dracula'
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Rising Irish director Gary Shore is set to direct Universal's prequel 'Dracula: Year Zero'. The short film director will take the reigns from 'Knowing' helmer Alex Proyas who has been toying with the film for some time before focusing on the ill fated 'Paradise Lost'. more |
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ONLINE |Six Continue in Race for RTÉ's StoryLand
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RTÉ's Storyland have announced the six dramas that online audiences have voted through to the second round of the competition. Storyland is RTÉ's drama's competition which aims to deliver new online drama to audiences. more |
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PRODUCTION | Michael Fassbender for Ridley Scott's 'The Counselor'
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Sé Merry Doyle's documentary 'Dreaming The Quiet Man', Tom Hall's 'Sensation' and Darragh Byrne's 'Parked' are among the titles set to screen at the Toronto Irish Film Festival on March 9th and 10th. more |
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OBITUARIES | Ireland Bids Farewell to Screen Legend David Kelly
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Veteran Irish actor David Kelly passed away on Sunday night, 12th of February 2012, after a short illness. He was 82. The actor, who was one of Ireland's best - known and best - loved character actors was laid to rest at a funeral held Thursday 16th February at Mount Jerome Crematorium. more |
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PRODUCTION |Sarah Bolger & Brian Kirk for ABC's 'Gilded Lilys'
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IFTA winning Irish actress Sarah Bolger (The Tudors) is tipped to star alongside Blythe Danner and Madeline Zima (Californication) in the pilot for ABC period drama 'Gilded Lilys' - tipped to become the US version of 'Downton Abbey'. Irish director Brian Kirk (Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones) is to direct. more |
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PRODUCTION | Gillian Anderson Joins NI Drama 'The Fall'
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Gillian Anderson (Shadow Dancer, The X - Files) has confirmed that she will be joining as the lead role in Allan Cubitt's new 5x60 minute series for BBC Two 'The Fall' which is to shoot in Northern Ireland more |
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BROADCAST | David McWilliams Does 'Punk Economics'
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Irish economist David McWilliams (Addicted to Money, In Search of the Popes Children), often touted as having predicted the crash of the Irish economy before anyone else, is now presenting and directing a new web - based series called 'Punk Economics'
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FESTIVALS | UCD Science Film Festival Call for Short Films
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In collaboration with the University College Dublin, Imagine Science Films will jointly program the first dedicated science film festival to be held in Dublin, Ireland — July 2012.
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