The Element Pictures project which stars Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan and Nicole Kidman shares the award with ‘You Were Never Really Here’ writer/director Lynne Ramsay.Yorgos Lanthimos co-wrote the script with Efthimis Filippou who also collaborated on the script for 2017 Jury Prize winner ‘The Lobster’ 

AIM HIGH, the new entrant training scheme for aspiring TV producers, is back! Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland are looking for motivated, passionate storytellers to take part in this prestigious training scheme.
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Curren replaces the outgoing Ingrid Deltenre who has held the position since 2010. He is best known for his radical restructuring of RTÉ as Director General and MD, following the financial crisis of 2008 and also as an investigative journalist and producer.
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From the silver screen to the small screen, ‘Box Office’ will bring you the latest film releases, in depth reviews & interviews, box sets and movie news from across the globe. With big name interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and sneak-peaks of all the latest blockbuster films this is the not to be missed show for all fan-fanatics and TV addicts.
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There are several upcoming deadlines for funding which include Support for TV Programming, Distribution Selective Support and Distribution Support to Sales Agents, the details for which are summarised below.
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The new ten-part series produced by Shinawil will film in a brand new Irish bridal store stocked with dresses from all over the world, and is currently looking for participants.
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The YIFM are running the competition which is open to budding writers of between sixteen and twenty-four years of age. The deadline for entries is Wednesday June 14th. Four winners will have their films made by the National Youth Film School this summer and will receive €100 each.
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The seasoned television actress has featured most recently in the likes of ‘The Fall’, ‘Guerilla’ and ‘Apple Tree Yard’, and is now the titular character in the BBC Drama. Conor McPherson, the acclaimed playwright also adapting Eoin Colfer’s ‘Artemis Fowl’ for the big screen, pens the three-part project.
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The latest series from the ‘Lily’s Driftwood Bay’ creators is currently filming in various forests across Ireland and drives home the message to children to connect with the outdoors in favour of digital devices.
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This two-day workshop beginning June 22nd is aimed at actors with previous film or television experience and runs from 10:00-17:00 at Bow Street, Smithfield. Actors will work toward mastering both the Standard English and Standard American accents.
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Children’s Hospice Week ran from May 22nd-28th and as part of this, Ireland AM, Weekend AM, Elaine, Xposé and The Six O’Clock show fundraised simultaneously, marking Ireland’s first Children’s Hospice Telethon.
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The Irish Film Institute will host the festival which runs from July 13th-16th, which is presented in collaboration with Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, featuring new and classic titles alike.

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The much-anticipated third series is due to air Sunday nights from June, with Turner returning to his role as Ross Poldark. Showrunners have revealed there will be many new additions to the cast this season, as well as new locations fronting as France, such as Berkley Castle in Gloucestershire.
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The hugely meditative project calls to mind such accomplishments as 'Silence' (Martin Scorsese) and 'The Tree of Life' (Terrence Malick), and is written, directed and produced by Patrick Brendan O’Neill and Paris Kain.
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‘Lore’ is a critically acclaimed horror podcast which was created by Aaron Mahnke in 2015 and has an average of 6 million monthly listeners. It recounts true stories of frightening and paranormal occurrences and will see Pendred take the leading role of Michael Cleary.
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Cinemagic has launched its annual call for young film enthusiasts to take on the role of ‘film consultants’ this July in Belfast, to help programme a series of films for the annual Cinemagic Festival that takes place from 6th-29th October 2017.

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The Irish Film Institute and Ireland’s all-Traveller forum which was founded in 2004 have arranged the free programme to mark the celebration, which takes place on Wednesday, June 7th.

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