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Irish language horror Fréwaka to open Belfast Film Festival on Halloween night |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Belfast Film Festival returns for its 24th edition from 31st October to 9th November, opening with a Halloween night screening of Irish language horror Fréwaka, written and directed by Aislinn Clarke. |
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Culture Night 2024: RTÉ to broadcast collection of performances this Friday night |
| 19 Sep 2024 | RTÉ will celebrate Culture Night this Friday, September 20, with a coverage due to begin on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player from 8pm on Friday evening. |
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RTÉ reports net deficit of €9.1m in 2023; declining TV Licence revenue and increases in operating costs listed as contributing factors |
| 17 Sep 2024 | RTÉ Annual Report for 2023 has confirmed a net deficit of €9.1m for the national broadcaster that named a decline in the TV Licence revenue, increase in operating costs, and the broadcast of several special events as contributing factors to a “challenging year for the organisation”. |
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Drama Film and Theatre Studies added to new and revised Leaving Certificate subjects and Senior Cycle programme |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD has welcomed the publication of 12 new and revised Leaving Certificate subjects and Senior Cycle Programmes, which includes the addition of a new subject, Drama Film and Theatre Studies. |
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Showrunner Shane Byrne & Emmy winning producer Jamie D’Alton establish new production company, Diffusion Media |
| 11 Sep 2024 | TV executives Jamie D’Alton and Shane Byrne are collaborating to set up a new production company, Diffusion Media, aimed at attracting international productions to Ireland and to capitalise on the country’s growing reputation as a premier location for unscripted content. |
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Creative Arts Emmys: Irish producer wins Emmy for My Next Guest with David Letterman |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Irish producer Seamus Murphy-Mitchell has won a Creative Arts Emmy for his role as executive producer on Netflix’s My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney. |
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Screen Ireland announces appointment of chair Ray Harman and board member Catherine Magee |
| 23 Aug 2024 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has announced the appointment of Ray Harman as the new Chair of the Board of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland -- announced today by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., who also announced the appointment of new Board Member, Catherine Magee. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - August |
| 22 Aug 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including a Best Feature nomination for Kneecap at the EU Film Awards 2024, the MEDIA Supported Training: Audiovisual Women, and the DocCelerator Galway taking place this October. |
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Scholarships and new workshops for award-winning SETU TV and Media Production course |
| 22 Aug 2024 | The postgraduate course was developed by SETU Waterford and Nemeton TV in partnership with Udarás naGaeltachta and has been successfully preparing new media talent since 2006. The course is currently accepting applications for the upcoming iteration, which commences again on September 23rd. |
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Filming underway in Ireland on Lynley reboot from Salt Films and Playground for BBC Studios and BritBox International |
| 20 Aug 2024 | More than 15 years on from the finale of the BBC’s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground, and Salt Films have begun production in Ireland on a new version of Lynley. |
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Applications open for IGNITE-Docs Documentary Talent Development Programme |
| 14 Aug 2024 | The fifth iteration of IGNITE-Docs is now open for the coming year. Applications will be accepted until Friday, September 20th 2024 at 5pm. |
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IFTA Announces Kneecap As Ireland's Entry For Oscars® 2025 - International Feature Film |
| 02 Aug 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that Irish language feature Kneecap has been selected to represent Ireland in the Oscar® International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards. |
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Recipient organisations announced for Screen Ireland's 2024 Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme |
| 01 Aug 2024 | Funding worth over €1 million has been awarded to 27 organisations to deliver a wide range of high-quality skills development initiatives and activities for the Irish screen sector. |
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GAZE announces recipients and speakers 2024 starGAZE |
| 30 Jul 2024 | GAZE LGBTQIA Film Festival today announced the 2024 starGAZE recipients, a unique professional development initiative to support emerging LGBTQIA filmmakers. |
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Scannal celebrates 20 years with three one-hour documentaries on RTÉ |
| 30 Jul 2024 | RTÉ’s Irish language series Scannal marks its 20th anniversary with three hour-long documentaries this August, as part of Scannal: 20 Bliain. |
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Director Cara Holmes discusses award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Ahead of the film’s release in Irish cinemas this Friday (July 26th), IFTN spoke with filmmaker Cara Holmes about her award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland, which won Best Documentary at the Dublin International Film Festival earlier this year. |
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Tourism Ireland opens call for International Programming Ireland Fund 2024 |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Tourism Ireland has opened applications for Round 3 of its 2024 International Programming Ireland Fund, to be submitted by 3pm GMT on Tuesday 10 September 2024. |
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Minister Martin confirms Government agreement on funding of RTÉ and Public Service Media |
| 24 Jul 2024 | The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, TD, has announced that Government has agreed multi-annual public funding for RTÉ which, through a combination of an improved TV licence system and Exchequer support, will ensure that RTÉ is supported to deliver on its Statement of Strategy. |
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€725m public funding plan for RTÉ to be signed off on by Cabinet |
| 24 Jul 2024 | At its final meeting this morning before the summer recess, the Cabinet will sign off on a new funding proposal for RTÉ, which is expected to retain the TV Licence fee. |
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Coimisiún na Meán appoints Aoife MacEvilly as Commissioner for Broadcasting and Video on Demand |
| 23 Jul 2024 | The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, has announced the appointment of Ms. Aoife MacEvilly as Commissioner for Broadcasting and Video on Demand in Coimisiún na Meán. |
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