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| Cork Shoot for Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine’ |
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Irish director Neil Jordan’s latest feature film ‘Ondine’ is set to begin filming in Castletownbere, Co. Cork in mid-July, with Irish actor Colin Farrell (Intermission, In Bruges) attached to star. more |
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| ILM Special FX Maestro Hosting Lights Out! Workshop |
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Irish special effects consultant Colum Slevin from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), the team behind special effects on film such as ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, is set host a workshop on 25th June in association with the Lights Out! National Film Festival for Young People.
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| Salome & Francois Preview ‘Female Agents’ |
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French writer / director Jean-Paul Salomé and two-time César award nominated actress Déborah François (L’Enfant, The Page Turner) are set to attend a preview screening of Salome’s World War II feature ‘Female Agents’ (Les Femmes de l’ombre) at the new Light House Cinema. more |
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| Sile Seoige to Co-Present ‘Paisean Faisean’ |
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Sile Seoige has been revealed as the new co-presenter of TG4’s fashion dating show ‘Paisean Faisean’, with series five set to begin filming on Monday June 16th. more |
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NCircle Snap Up ‘Skunk Fu!’
Texas-based children’s entertainment distributor NCircle Entertainment has bought the DVD and digital rights to IFTA winning Irish animated TV series ‘Skunk Fu!’ in a five year North American home entertainment distribution deal with the UK’s Cake Distribution more |
John Moore Lands On ‘Capricorn One’
Irish director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, The Omen) is attached to direct a remake of the 1978 conspiracy thriller ‘Capricorn One’ for New Regency, from a screenplay written by Peter Buchman (Guerrilla, The Argentine).
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RTÉ Reveals Summer Schedule
‘Fáilte Towers’, ‘Sex and Sensibility’ and ‘The Big Money Game’ are some of the new titles set to reach our screens in the coming months as part of RTÉ’s summer line-up. more |
Crews Film at Cork's Blarney Castle
Historic Blarney Castle, situated in Co. Cork, has been a hub of activity in recent months with several international film and TV projects shooting on the castle’s scenic grounds. IFTN caught up with John Fogarty from Blarney Castle to find out what has been going on behind the castle’s walls. more |
Film Ideas Wanted for Fleadh’s Pitching Award
Budding filmmakers have the chance to pitch their film idea in front of a live audience and panel of industry professionals at Galway Film Fleadh’s annual Pitching Award, which will see one winner walk away with a €3,000 cash prize. more |
‘Sex and Sensibility’ Begins on RTÉ
A new four part RTÉ series ‘Sex and Sensibility’, which explores Ireland’s changing attitudes to sex over the last four decades, goes out this Thursday 12th May at 10.15pm on RTÉ One. more |
Harrison New Head of TV Drama At Element Pics
Charles Harrison has been announced as Element Pictures’ new Head of TV Drama Development, and is set to work from the company’s London office. more |
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- Waterford Filmmaker Scoops Artlinks Bursary
- ‘Ugly Duckling and Me’ on DVD
-‘Adventures of Flannery’ Opens IFI Sunday Film Series
- TG4 Lands Showjumping Series
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