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| 'The Ugly Duckling & Me' In Cinemas This Week
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New 3D animated feature film ‘The Ugly Duckling and Me’ is released in Irish cinemas this weekend. Producer Ralph Christians tells IFTN about the development of the Irish / German / French / Danish co-production and the Irish work completed at Magma Films. more |
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| IFB Introduces New Producer Recoupment Policy |
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Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) have announced the introduction of new arrangements for Recoupment, which will enable producers to share in revenues from their film or television project, while the IFB is still recouping its investment. more |
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| Adare Seeks New Talent for ‘Glas Vegas’
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Adare Productions (Amu, The Fame Game, Ex Files ) are seeking new talent to audition for their latest entertainment series ‘Glas Vegas’ for TG4. Producers are looking for the “next big thing in entertainment” who will win the chance to perform in front of America’s top talent scouts in Las Vegas. more |
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| New TV3 Show ‘Reel2Real’ Seeking Shorts |
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TV3 is seeking submissions for a new programme entitled ‘Reel2Real’, which will showcase Irish filmmakers. The ‘Reel2Real’ team are looking for drama, comedy, thriller or horror shorts between three and five minutes long. more |
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| RTÉ Commissions New Comedy Stunt Show ‘I Dare Ya’
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RTÉ Two are commissioning a new six-part comedy stunt show called ‘I Dare Ya’, which will follow the antics of comedians Andrew Stanley and Damien Clark as they carry out various dares as suggested by the public. more |
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Quinn Siblings to Attend ‘32A’ World Premiere
Writer/director Marian Quinn and her brother actor Aidan Quinn (Song For a Raggy Boy, Michael Collins) will be among the attending guests at the World Premiere of new Irish feature ‘32A’ taking place at the Galway Film Fleadh on Friday 13 July. more |
O’Halloran & Abrahamson Introducing Cassavetes Screenings
Irish writer/actor Mark O’Halloran and director Lenny Abrahamson (Adam & Paul, Garage) will be at the IFI to introduce screenings of John Cassavetes features ‘Shadows’ and ‘A Woman Under the Influence’, as part of the Institute’s retrospective of the US directors work. more |
Applications for Toronto Intl. Financing Forum
Ontario Media Development Corporation has launched a call for applications for the 2nd annual International Financing Forum. This year’s edition of the IFF will be presented on September 10th, 2007 in partnership with Toronto International Film Festival ® and with UK Trade & Investment. more |
Banned Feature ‘Red Hunt’ to Close Tory Festival
‘Red Hunt’ by Korean documentary maker Cho Sung Bong is to close this year’s Tory Island Film Festival, which begins on Thursday, 5th July. The film was banned by the South Korean authorities on the grounds that it is a pro – Communist and a pro-North Korea documentary. more |
Monster Buy Belfast Animation ‘Lifeboat Luke’
Monster Distributes has bought the distribution rights to children’s animation series ‘Lifeboat Luke’, produced by Belfast-based production house Banjax Studios.
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New Media Opportunities For Film Makers
The 19th annual Galway Film Fleadh (10th – 15th July) will be hosting an event for producers and film makers looking at new media opportunities at the Galway Radisson Hotel on Wednesday 11th July at 2.30pm. This seminar will look at the area of new media from both the producers and broadcasters perspective. more
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Shooting Begins On New Feature ‘Apollo Music Club'
A new feature film written, produced and directed by Rita-Marie Lawlor will begin shooting this July at various locations around Dublin. The independent, low-budget film is Lawlor’s first feature,. more |
Writers Guild Irish Screen Event At Galway Fleadh
The Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild is organising a meeting at the Galway Film Fleadh to address the topic of Writing for the Screen in Irish, on Friday 13th July from 10.00am to 1.00pm at the Radisson hotel. more |
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- DepicT! Issues Film Challenge For Filmmakers
- RTÉ Wins Three Awards at Mediamixx 2007
- Sundance Festival Opens Call for Entries 2008
- Digital Film School’s Summer Filmmaking Course
- FourDocs Youth Docu-making Comp Call for Entries
- VooDooDog Embark on ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’
- BBC Three Hunt for New Comedy Shorts
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- ITV Producers' and Commissioners' Forum, London
- Tory Island Maritime Film Festival
- Stranger Than Fiction Festival Deadline
- Documenting The Arts Deadline For Submissions
- Galway Film Fleadh
- The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland Directors Finders Series Deadline
- Galway Film Fair
- Kerry International Film Festival Closing Date for Entries
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- The Ugly Duckling and Me (Eclipse)
- Die Hard 4.0 (Fox)
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- Writing Movies: Laurence Henson Two Day Screenwriting Masterclass
- Volker Schlöndorff Directors’ Masterclass (Galway Film Fleadh)
- Terry George Screenwriters Masterclass
- Jeremy Irons Acting Masterclass (Galway Film Fleadh)
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