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| IFTA To Honour Film Icon Mel Gibson |
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The Irish Film and Television Academy has announced producer/director/actor Mel Gibson (Braveheart, Apocalypto, Lethal Weapon) will be the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Award at the 5th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards, taking place in Dublin on the 17th of February 2008. more |
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| NIS Launch Low-Budget Funding Scheme |
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Northern Ireland Screen is seeking applications from producers for their newly launched Low-Budget Fiction Production Funding Programme. The agency intends to finance one television drama or low-budget feature film to be produced between June 2008 and March 2009. more |
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| ‘Flying Saucer’ and ‘New Boy’ for Children’s Film Fest |
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Martin Duffy’s Irish-shot feature ‘The Summer of the Flying Saucer’ and Steph Green’s short ‘New Boy’ are set to screen at BUFF, The International Children and Young People’s Film Festival, which takes pace in Malmo, Sweden from the from 11-15 March. more |
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| Derek, Corbett, Dillon & McDonnell For IFTAs |
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The Irish Film and Television Academy will welcome a stunning lineup of Irish and International talent stepping out onto the red carpet for the 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre on the 17th of February.more |
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Maurice Hayes Appointed Chairman of ILBF
Maurice Hayes has been appointed to the Board of the Commission and as Chairman of the Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) Sub-Committee. more |
Win For Irish Short ‘Teeth’
John Kennedy and Ruairi O’Brien’s multi-award winning short ‘Teeth’ has scooped the Public’s Choice Award at the recent Short Escape, Brussels.
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‘Diving Bell’ Producer to Talk at IFI Screening
Oscar-nominated producer Jon Kilik (Babel) is set attend the screening off his latest film ‘The Diving Bell and The Butterfly’ at 1.30 pm, today 8th February, 2008. more |
Corona Cork Film Fest at Clermont-Ferrand
The Corona Cork Film Festival is set to host an Irish stand for the promotion of home grown Irish short films at the Clermont-Ferrand Short film market, which takes place from 1st-9th February 2008. more |
Irish Thriller ‘Hell’s Drifter’ in Post Production
Post-production has begun on Totality Pictures low-budget psychological thriller ‘Hell’s Drifter’. more |
Irish Success at British Film Awards
Irish writer and director John Carney was named ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ while ‘Atonement’ DOP Seamus McGarvey picked up a cinematography award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, which took place on 4th February in London. more |
‘Janey Mary’ Tours US Festivals
Little Step Productions’ short film ‘Janey Mary’ is set to compete at the 10th Annual California Independent Film Festival, which takes place from 16th-20th April, and the San Francisco International Children’s Film Festival, held from the 22nd-24th February. more |
Talentworks Audition Workshop for Budding Actors
Talentworks, run by casting directors Gillian Reynolds and Ali Coffey, is set to hold an intensive one-day auditioning workshop on March 8th, 2008. more |
‘Be Kind Rewind’ Irish Movie Comp
Budding filmmakers are invited to make their own Irish ‘sweded’ movie in a competition to celebrate the Irish release of Michel Gondry’s new comedy ‘Be Kind Rewind’. more |
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- 35th annual Annie Awards
- Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) Deadline
- Deadline for Virtual Cinema Digital Shorts Fund Applications
- Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
- The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards
- Independent Spirit Awards LA
- 80th Annual Academy Awards
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- Juno (Fox)
- One Missed Call (Warner Bros.)
- Arctic Tale (Paramount)
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Walt Disney)
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- Filmbase Spring Digital Filmmaking Course Begins
- Galway Film Centre Intro to Documentary Making Course begins
- Bil Keating Television Production, Direction and Presentation
- Screenwriting for Beginners with Lindsay Sedgewick
- Writing Movies: Laurence Henson Two Day Screenwriting Masterclass
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