TV3 is currently seeking submissions across the independent production sector for round 28 of the BAI Sound & Vision Fund. The Group is also issuing a general call out for new programming ideas ahead of 2017.
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O'Brien's feature starring Records releases to Irish cinemas this Friday, December 9th. The pair chat to IFTN about the dynamic story presented by John Wayne Cleaver's lack of empathy, filming in minus thirty degrees and working with 'Back to the Future' star Christopher Lloyd.
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Screen Training Ireland and the Galway Film Centre are accepting applications for a two-day training course running from January 28th, with a deadline of Friday, January 6th.
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The Irish documentary continues to screen in cinemas this week, revealing the rise and fall of Irish Formula One racer Tommy Byrne, the young star whose story is becoming recognised as one of the most important in Irish sporting history.
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The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will hold a much anticipated 'In Conversation' with Sharon Horgan in Dublin on Saturday December 10th at the Westbury Hotel. Horgan has become one of Ireland's most successful screen talents, as an international Writer, Director, Actress and Producer.
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The Irish cinematographer has achieved the award for Outstanding Achievement in Craft for his work on 'American Honey,' just one of four awards for the Cannes 2016 Jury Prize Winner.
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The five-year government initiative was announced today in the National Gallery of Ireland by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD and Minsters Heather Humphreys and Paschal Donoghue. In the 2017-2022 period, access to cultural and creative activity will be promoted country-wide, in an initiative which spans across all of government.
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The debut feature from Northern Ireland Director/Co-Writer Chris Baugh (Boys from County Hell) and Producer/Co-Writer Brendan Mullin of Six Mile Hill will screen in the Midnight stream at the Sundance Film Festival. 'Bad Day for the Cut' joins 'It's Not Yet Dark' and 'In Loco Parentis' in the Irish line-up.
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The project received The Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh this year and will screen at the Santa Fe Film Festival, running from December 7th-11th 2016. The LGBT drama premiered at the prestigious Savannah Film Festival in October.
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The Dublin-based Post Production Company has been named as one of twenty potential nominees for Visual Effects category in the 89th Academy Awards.'Independence Day: Resurgence' directed by Roland Emmerich released to Irish cinemas in June of this year.
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Irish actors Brendan Morrissey and Rory Dignam are set to join the 'Game of Thrones' cast for the seventh season of the show. Brendan Morrissey is listed as playing the Frey's Lord in an episode directed by Jeremy Podeswa according to his online Castaway Agency CV. He has also held roles in 'Angela's Ashes', 'Ripper Street', 'The Tudors' and 'Fair City'.
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The Irish start-up company collates and analyses data in real time for cinema chains and distributors, with clients in more than sixty countries. The investment will see this capacity merge with those of Yeuke and Finixx, subsidiaries of the Alibaba Pictures Group.
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The animated pre-school series narrated by Chris O'Dowd, has received nominations for the 44th Annual Annie Awards in LA. 'Puffin Rock' is co-produced by Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, global publisher Penguin, and Derry-based children's media company, Dog Ears.
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TV3 recently confirmed that redundancies may be unavoidable following the takeover of UTV Ireland. After two years on air UTV Ireland is to be replaced by be3 from next month as part of TV3's new three channel line-up which was announced on Tuesday 6th December.
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TV3's new look three channel offering will launch on Monday 9th January, 2017 replacing UTV Ireland be3's programming schedule is to enhance the TV3 and 3e output and will keep its audience up to date with national and international news with two half hour news bulletins every weekday evening.
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RTÉ Daytime & Lifestyle have a new call for commissioning ideas across Factual Entertainment, Features, Formats and Observational Documentary Series for both pre and post-watershed slots on RTÉ One and RTÉ2. RTÉ Lifestyle Commissions into a number of slots across both channels.
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Drama fans can soon look forward to 'Striking Out' the new RTÉ four-part drama which follows the tumultuous professional and personal life of Dublin-based solicitor, Tara Rafferty (Amy Huberman), and her fledgling legal firm.
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JETS is accepting applications from Producer/Director teams with an advanced draft script and production plan to participate in its upcoming co-production forum, with a deadline of Monday, December 12th. The Co-Production Forum will be hosted at the International Berlin Film Festival 2017.
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2016 has seen the introduction of a Daily Bulletin here at IFTN. Every morning, our Daily Bulletin will bring you the top stories, interviews and features.

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