INTERVIEW | Five Minutes with... 'Line Of Duty' Cinematographer Ruairi O'Brien
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One of the best reviewed TV series to be screened this year, BBC2 police corruption drama 'Line of Duty' debuted last week with the largest audience for a new show on BBC2 in seven years. Irish cinematographer Ruairi O'Brien (Five Minutes of Heaven) worked on all five episodes of the police corruption thriller, working alongside 'Love/Hate' director David Caffrey on the first three episodes. He talks to IFTN about the series and his recent work on Chris O' Dowd's 'Moone Boy' and BBC thriller 'The Fall'.
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POST-PRODUCTION | Wildfire's RTÉ Education Documentaries To Post In Egg
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Post-production on two documentaries for RTÉ on the Irish education system are to get underway this month at Egg after being produced by Wildfire Films. more |
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PRODUCTION | Abú Media Enters Pre-production on 'Croí an Cheantair'
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Abú Media has entered pre-production on its six-part documentary 'Croí an Cheantair'. The Irish culture documentary will begin shooting in the first week of August. It will look at the social history and the impact a specific industry has had on communities and towns throughout Ireland in the last 80 years. more |
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FESTIVALS | Irish Duo Win Awards At Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Irish producer Rory Dungan and Belfast-born actress Bríd Brennan are celebrating after each picking up awards at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which concluded over the weekend. more |
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ACTORS | Liam Cunningham To Star In 'Doctor Who' 50th Anniversary Series
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Irish actor Liam Cunningham has been confirmed to star in the special 50th anniversary series of popular BBC sci-fi drama 'Doctor Who'.
The 'Game of Thrones' actor will star in an episode written by English screenwriter Mark Gatiss, whose credits include 'Doctor Who' and 'Sherlock', according to the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
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FESTIVALS | Galway Film Fleadh Preview Round-Up |
As the Irish and international film industry elite pack their bags to head west, here's a round-up of films screening at the Galway Film Fleadh that may have gone under the radar with all the Oscar, IFTA, and Cannes Award-winners buzz. more |
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ACTORS | Singer Cee Lo Green Joins John Carney's 'Can a Song Save Your Life?' |
American R&B singer-songwriter Cee Lo Green has been added to the cast of Irish director John Carney's romantic drama 'Can a Song Save Your Life?' more |
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ACTORS | Irish Actor Tristan McConnell Cast As The Animals' Roadie in 'All Is By My Side' |
Director John Ridley has added more Irish talent to the cast of Jimi Hendrix biopic 'All Is By My Side', with Tristan McConnell the latest Irish actor to take on the role of a real-life character.
McConnell will play Terry McVay, roadie to 1960s band The Animals and close friend of band member Chas Chandler, who later became Jimi Hendrix's manager.
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FESTIVALS | UCD Imagine Science Film Festival Gets Underway
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The inaugural UCD Imagine Science Film Festival will get underway tonight (July 5) with the Irish premiere of writer/director team Rodrigo Sopena and Luis Piedrahita's thriller 'Fermat's Room'.
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TRAINING | Gaiety Acting School To Host TV and Casting Workshops
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Irish casting directors Maureen Hughes and Gillian Reynolds, as well as TV producer and director Bill Hughes are to run summer workshops at the Gaiety School of Acting.
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FESTIVALS | Irish Premiere Of 'Songs for Amy' Proves Huge Draw At Galway Film Fleadh
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The European and Irish premiere of 'Songs for Amy' has proved one of the big draws at the forthcoming Galway Film Fleadh with tickets for the screening selling out within a day of going on sale last week. more |
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AWARDS |Irish Co-Produced Feature 'This Must Be The Place' Wins Silver Ribbon
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Irish co-produced feature film 'This Must Be The Place' has won the best director prize at Italy's Silver Ribbons film awards.
Director Paolo Sorrentino took the award for the film that was partly shot in Dublin during August 2010 and featured Sean Penn as a retired musician who finds redemption by pursuing a Nazi war criminal.
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- Sony Launches New Adaptable Wireless Microphone Range
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- Contributors Wanted for Tribute Doc on Irish Presenter Dave Willis
- Director Niamh Guckian To Host Park Studio Workshop |
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