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| Rising Talent Martin McCann Talks 'My Boy Jack' |
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Belfast actor Martin McCann, appearing in ITV’s ‘My Boy Jack’ this Sunday, chats to IFTN about landing the role, working with Hollywood legends on the soon to be released feature 'Closing the Ring’, and why enjoying yourself is what acting’s all about.
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| Shooting Wraps On Northern Ireland Pic ‘Peacefire’ |
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Mayfly Entertainment’s low-budget feature ‘Peacefire’ has wrapped a five week shoot filming on location in Northern Ireland. The £200,000 (STG) feature is adapted from the award-winning play by Irish writer Macdara Vallely.more |
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| ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Storyboarder For FSTI Course |
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Storyboard artist Dino Athanassiou (Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit , Madagascar , Shark Tale) is confirmed to tutor alongside Andy Kelly (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Paul Bolger (Happily N’Ever After) for the FÁS STI course in Storyboarding. more |
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| DLR Council Offers €500,000 Funding |
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has invited applications from artists and arts practitioners across all art forms, including film and visual arts, for its programme of public art commissions which has over €500,000 funding available under the Per Cent for Art Scheme. more |
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Brit Comedy Nods For Norton & O'Briain
Irish comedians Graham Norton and Dara O’Briain have received nominations in the 2007 British Comedy Awards. more |
Craig Doyle Joins ITV Sports
Dublin-born presenter Craig Doyle is set to move from BBC to ITV, as part of a new line-up to front the networks sports coverage in 2008. more |
Tim Fleming Makes Variety’s “To Watch” Top 10
Irish cinematographer Tim Fleming has been listed as one of the Top 10 Cinematographers to Watch, by top industry journal Variety.
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Weinstein Company Picks Up ‘Dorothy Mills’ US Rights
The Weinstein Company has bought the US distribution rights to the psychological thriller ‘Dorothy Mills’, shot on location in Ireland this summer. more |
'Cotton Makers' Selected For Sheffield Meetmarket
Hawkeye Films ‘The Cotton Makers’, produced by Irishman Donal Haughey, has been selected to take part in the Sheffield Meetmarket, at this year’s Sheffield International Documentary Festival, which takes place from the 7th-11th November. more |
Scribes Gather For the ZeBBies
The Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild members have picked their top four Irish scripts across film, TV, Radio and Theatre at their first ZeBBies in Dublin. Named after the American actor and writer O.Z. Whitehead (aka Zebby), the Zebbies were established to recognise the writer as the creative architect of drama and were presented in Dublin on the 6th of November. more |
Inaugural Waterford Fest Welcomes Intl. Talent
Waterford is making final preparations for the first ever Waterford Film Festival, which takes place from 15th - 18th November, 2007, with over 70 features, short and docos screening at various venues around the city. more |
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- IADT Launch New MA in Broadcast Production
- Cinemagic Calls For Young Jury Members
- Aidan Quinn Honoured at BIFF
- ‘High Society’ Airs Thursday on RTE1
- Madrid Celebrates Irish Shorts
- Foy’s ‘Faeries’ Wins Best Horror in Melbourne
- Propeller TV Launch One Minute Movie Comp
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