FILMING IN IRELAND. WHAT'S IN PRODUCTION, IN DEVELOPMENT AND IN POST PRODUCTION SOME GUIDELINES WHAT'S IN PRODUCTION SPOTLIGHT The projects listed In Production below are projects either scheduled for production, or are awaiting green light. They are scheduled for production this year. Most of the titles listed under In Development are aiming for 2009 shoot dates, but may go into 2010 and beyond. The IFTN In Production List,  brought to you in association with Ardmore Studios, aims to keep you up to date with features and shorts which are due to go into production in the coming months. If you wish to apply for work on any of these productions, IFTN STRONGLY advises that you write with your CV for the attention of the PRODUCTION MANAGER It is stongly recommended that you do NOT telephone. Unless otherwise indicated all production companies are Irish based. IFTN is not responsible for any changes to production dates, crew, status and schedules. Killing Bono Based on Neil McCormick's autobiographical book ‘Killing Bono: I was Bono’s Doppelgänger’ Dir Nick Hamm / Script by Dick Clement and Ian la Frenais Cast includes Rob Sheehan & Ben Barnes Filming: Belfast Parked Directed by Darragh Byrne and written by Ciaran Creath, the film stars Colm Meaney, Colin Morgan, Milka Ahroth, Stuart Graham and David Wilmott. Filming: Dublin In assocation with Ardmore Studios In assocation with Ardmore Studios WHAT'S IN PRODUCTION Name Project Production Company Details Killing Bono Feature Generator Entertainment Script: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Simon Maxwell, Tony Roche Dir: Nick Hamm Early 2010[Dublin, Belfast, London] Parked   Ripple World Pictures Dir: Darragh Byrne Lola Ya Banobo Feature Doc Parked Films   Octonauts Animated Series Brown Bag Films   Life After Dell Documentary Wildfire Films   Pyjama Girls Feature Doc Still Films Dir: Maya Derrington Nothing Rhymed Documentary Wildfire Films Dir: Adrian McCarthy The Beholder Documentary Wildfire Films Dir: Conor Horgan Simsala Grimm 2 Animated Series Magma Films   IN PRE PRODUCTION Name Project Production Company Details Knockout Feature Parallel Film Productions Script: Lem Dobbs Dir: Steven Soderberg February 2010 The Last Furlong Feature Fidelite / Octagon Script: Nick Murphy Dir: Agnes Merlet March 2010 The Rooms   Still Films   5lbs of Pressure Feature Princess Pictures Script/Dir: Phil Allocco Autumn 2009 Stella Days Feature Newgrange Pictures Script: Antoine O'Flahartha Dir: Thaddeus O'Sullivan February 2010 Teenage Kicks Feature Geronimo Pictures Script: Spencer Wright & John Kearns Dir: Peter Foot Autumn 2009 Tartuffe Feature Kevin Abosch Productions Dir: Kevin Abosch Cerbh É Doc Series Hummingbird for RTÉ Producer: Philip King Nano Documentary Le Brocquy Fraser Productions Documentary Dir: TBC 2009 Burma Soldier Documentary Le Brocquy Fraser Productions Documentary Dir: Nic Dunlop Completion Start 2010 Easter Sixteen Feature Maraton Pictures Script: Brendan Foley, Shelly Goldstein Dir: Jason Barry April 2010 IN DEVELOPMENT Name Project Production Company Details Silence Feature South Wind Blows Script: Pat Collins, Eoghan Mac Ghiolla Bhride & Sharon Whooley Dir: Pat Collins April 2010 Probable Parent   Venom Films Dir: Ken Wardrop Producer: Andrew Freedman Do You Know the Five Lamps?   Venom Films Dir: Glenn McQuaid Producer: Andrew Freedman Kerry Babies   Newgrange Pictures Gerry Stembridge Two Wrongs   Newgrange Pictures Dir: Peter Murphy & Rachel Moriarty Between the Canals   Avalon Films Script/Dir: Mark O'Connor The Looking Glass   EMU Productions Script/Dir: Colin Downey Where We’ll Never Grow Old   Ripple World Pictures Dir: Ivan Kavanagh 2010 Zig Zag Street   Ripple World Pictures Dir: Brian Percival 2010 World of Chickens   Ripple World Pictures Dir: Charlotte George 2010 The Burning of Bridget Cleary   Wildfire Films Script: Anne Marie Casey Dir: Thaddeus O'Sullivan The Year of the Hiker   Wildfire Films Script: Adam Rynne Dir: Gary Hynes The Other Side of Sleep   Fastnet Films Script: Rebecca Daly & Glen Montgomery Dir: Rebecca Daly Love Eternal   Fastnet Films Dir: Brendan Muldowney Six Days on the Road   Subotica Script: Niall Heery & Brendan Heery Dir: Niall Heery Back to Jack   Blindside Films / Subotica Script/Dir: Kirsten Sheridan The Swimming Lesson   Subotica Niall Heery Tillsonburg   Subotica John Lynch An Evening Of Long Goodbyes   Subotica Script: Kieran Carney Unless   Subotica Script/Dir: Alan Gilsenan Bernadette   Subotica Script: Kate Gartside Dir: Aisling Walsh The Last Snows of Springs   Wide Eye Films   Against The Threshold   Wide Eye Films Script/Dir: Jenny Dylan Summer 2009 11 Emerald Street   Princess Pictures Script: Martin Brennan The San Ysrido Leap   Princess Pictures Script: Benedict Fancy Hound - The Legend of Cuchulainn   BreakThru Films / Pillarstone Productions Dir: Paul Bolger Producer: Tamsin Lyons & Hugh Start Date: January 2010 Katie & Rooke   Telegael   Aifric The Moive   Telegael Dir: Paul Mercier Slice   Blinder Films Script: Terry McMahon Dir: Richie Smith Citadel   Blinder Films Ciaran Foy If You Could See Me Now   Octagon Script/Dir: Kirsten Sheridan Packy's Cousin   Claddagh Films Script: Ken Armstrong Dir: Dermot Tynan The Lost Executioner Documentary Le Brocquy Fraser Productions Documentary Dir: Nic Dunlop Brothers of Burma Drama Le Brocquy Fraser Productions Dir: Nic Dunlop The Republic of Trees   Element Pictures Script: Alicia Duffy Dir: Alicia Duffy On the Picket Line   Parallel Film Productions Script: Lin Coghlan Dir: John Crowley The Man From God Knows Where   Parallel Film Productions Script: Pat McCabe & Kevin Allen Dir: Kevin Allen At Swim Two Birds Feature Parallel Film Productions Script / Dir: Brendan Gleeson The Virgin of Las Vegas Feature Parallel Film Productions   The Speckled People   Parallel Film Productions Conor McPherson Day of Rest (formerly Sisk) Feature Parallel Films Script: Mark O'Rowe, Terry McMahon & Brian O'Malley Dir: Brian O'Malley 2010 Celluliod Hero   Bootstrap Films   Lyn   Bootstrap Films   Defender of the Faith   Ferndale Films Pat O'Connor A Long Long Way   Ferndale Films   Magnificant   Ferndale Films   The Place That Hits The Sun   Ferndale Films Script: Joe Drape Dir: Anthony Byrne Freedom Within the Heart   Maron Pictures   Extreme Dilemma   Maron Pictures   West of Eden   Rubicon Films   The MisEducations Years   Rubicon Films   Kicking the Habit   Rubicon Films   The Familiar   Rubicon Films   The Clown   Rubicon Films Script/Dir: Conor McMahon Shoot the Crow   Rubicon Films   Son   Janey Pictures   Highway to Nowhere   New Decade Film & Television   The Way of the World   Accomplice Television   The Silent One   Samson Films Script / Dir: Ruth Meehan Writ' in Water   Samson Films Laim Gavin Immortal   Samson Films 2009/2010 Bender   Samson Films Dir: Charlie McCarthy All Fall Down   Samson Films 2009 Connolly   Rascal Films   Twice   Abu Media   Moscow Velocity   Swipe Films   The Flyer   Grand Pictures Script: Bobby Cullen Dir: Syd Macartney The Dead Spit of Kelly   Grand Pictures / Hell's Kitchen Script: Johnny Ferguson Rhapsody   Grand Pictures / Four Provinces Films Script: Billy Roche Dir: Gillies MacKinnon The Piper   Grand Pictures Script: Jean Pasley Dir: Nick Hurran The Colleen & the Cowboy   Grand Pictures Script: Thomas Kilroy Winterwood   Grand Pictures Script: Johnny Ferguson Ellie & Bob   Pace Entertainment   Beauty & The Beast Feature (Live action / CGI) Magma Films   Bug Muldoon Animated Feature & Series Magma Films   The Great Legacy Animated Feature Magma Films   Ooops - Noah is gone! Feature & Series Magma Films   Dr. Ella Animated Series Magma Films   All the People, All the Time   Venus Film & TV Productions   The Perjurer   Venus Film & TV Productions   Body in the Bog   Venus Film & TV Productions   My Brother   Treasure Entertainment Script: Will Collins Dir: Paul Fraser Olga   Treasure Entertainment   Within You Without You   Treasure Entertainment   Table Manners   Treasure Entertainment   Swordland   Treasure Entertainment   MacIntyre   Treasure Entertainment   The Empire of Sleep   Igloo films Anthony Byrne The Straits Feature Zanzibar Films Script/ Dir: Johnny Gogan IN POST PRODUCTION Name Project Production Company Details Leap Year Feature Octagon / Spyglass Entertainment Script: Harry Elfont & Deb Kaplan Dir: Anand Tucker March 2009 Sensation Feature Blinder Films Script/Dir: Tom Hall Until end of June Belonging To Laura TV Drama Accomplice Television / TV3 Script: Iseult Golden & David Horan Dir: Karl Golden Start Date: 13 July Mo TV Drama ITV Script: Neil McKay Dir: Philip Martin Snap Feature Samson Films Dir/Script: Carmel Winters Late Summer 2009 Things You Think Animated Series Magma Films   Shackled Feature Squid Media Script: Stephen Cumiskey, Dave McCabe & Ambrose McDermott Dir: Dave McCabe Your Highness Feature Generator Entertainment Script: Danny McBride, Ben Blast Dir: David Gordon Green Anseo TV Series (Irish lang) Wildfire Films Start Date: 27 April 2009 The Guards TV Drama October Eleven   The Tudors TV Series World 2000 Entertainment Start Date: June 2009 Seacht (3) TV Series (Irish lang) Stirling Film and Television Dir: Colin O'Donnell Start Date: 13 July Where the Sea Used To Be   Squint Productions Script: Stephen Walsh, Paul Farren Dir: Paul Farren Rialto Towers   Still Films   The Guards (previously Jack Taylor) TV Drama Magma Films Dir: Stuart Orme November 2009 The Guard Feature Element Pictures Script/Dir: John Michael McDonagh October 2009 Cup Cake (previously Wee Buns) Feature 4X4Post Script: Christine Murphy Dir: Colin McIvor October 2009 Game of Thrones TV Pilot Generator Entertainment Script: David Benioff, DB Weiss Dir: Tom McCarthy Summer 2009 Love - Hate TV Drama Octagon / RTÉ Script: Stuart Carolan Dir: David Caffrey Start Date:12 October 2009 As If I'm Not There Feature Wide Eye Films / Octagon Script/Dir: Juanita Wilson Shooting in Sweden & Macedonia (Sept 2009) The Runway Feature Fastnet Films Dir: Ian Power Producer: Macdara Kelleher

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