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| Ian Fitzgibbon Talks About 'A Film With Me In It' |
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Having premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year as well and at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival, new Irish feature ‘A Film With Me In It’ will go on nationwide release on Friday 17 October.more |
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| Minister Cullen – Budget 2009 |
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Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has said that Budget 2009 consolidated Government investment to date in the areas of arts, culture, sport and tourism with funding of €551m allocated to the Department for 2009. more |
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| Boston Announces Award Winners |
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The award winnders of this year's BIFF's - 'Eden' (Best Film), 'At Home With the Clearys' (Best Documentary), 'The Basket Case' (Best Short Fiction); Bob Quinn’s 'Vox Humana' (Director’s Choice Award), and honorary award winner John Boorman will all be in Boston to introduce their films. more |
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| 'Hunger' Premieres in Belfast |
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Director Steve McQueen, actors Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, writer Enda Walsh and producers Laura Hastings-Smith and Robin Gutch will be in attendance.more |
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| High Wire Post Production Goes Fully HD with Avid DS V10 |
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As part of a major upgrade and expansion project carried out over the summer, High Wire post production has added a new High Definition suite to its facilities and equipped it with an Avid DS V10 multi-stream editing system – the first of its kind to be installed in Ireland.more |
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Irish Film Board Comment on Budget Announcement
James Morris, Chairman of the Irish Film Board, comments on the Budget, which sees reduction of funding for the Board reduced to €20.4 million from €23.2 million. more |
Irish Animation Focus at PAF Fest 2008
Over 50 Irish feature and short animations will be screen at the upcoming PAF 2008 Animation Film Festival in Olomouc, Czech Republic running from 11 -14 December as part of the festival’s focus and celebration on the past and future of Irish animation. more |
Cork Fest Update
The 53rd Corona Cork Film Festival is in full flow after opening gala on Sunday night of the Coen Brother’s ‘Burn After Reading”. Upcoming festival highlights including seminars with Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan and screenings of a variety of Irish docs. more |
Northern Ireland Screen Announces Digital Short Scheme
Northern Ireland Screen and the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund have announced the launch of the Digital Shorts Scheme 2008/09 in Northern Ireland. more |
Magma at MIPCOM
With the current release of ‘Niko & The Way To The Stars’ in more than 100 territories Magma Films are presenting a slate of new international projects from the live action and animation departments. more |
Loopline and STI Announce New Feature Doc Workshop
Loopline Film and Fás Screen Training Ireland are running a Feature Documentary Training Workshop in late October and mid November, looking at the challenges ahead for film makers. more |
National Film School Flies the Flag at Cork Film Festival
The National Film School (NFS) is well represented at the Cork Film Festival. Almost forty per cent of the selected entries in the Irish Short Film Competition were made by NFS/IADT students, graduates or staff more |
ILBF Irish Language Audience Research Results
The third Irish Language Broadcast Fund qualitative audience research report, carried recently by Millward Brown Ulster in Northern Ireland, has revealed a it’s results including the significant rise in the number of viewers who feel that Irish language programmes encourage their interest in the language. more |
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- ‘Ghostwood’ and ‘Seer’ to screen at IFI’s Horrorthon
- The Element sees Growth in Programming Work
- Screenscene Oversees Post on Recent Broadcasts
- Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Award Winners Announced
- 8.5 Screening at Waterford Film Fest
- Rare Irish 1970s Horror to Screen at Horrorthon
- BBCNI's Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing
- Irish Shorts Update
- NI MEDIA Service Closure
- Fricker to Receive 0’Hara Award at Kerry Film Fest.
- Arts Council Receives Budget Allocation
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