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Four Irish Films Receive MEDIA i2i Funding |
| 21 May 2012 | Three Irish production companies have been awarded funding for four films in the latest round of i2i audiovisual funding from MEDIA Europe. |
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Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival Gears Up For Four-Day Event |
| 16 May 2012 | IFTA and ZeBBie Award-winners Killian Fitzgerald and Claire Dix are among the line-up for the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival which gets underway on May 24 in Schull, Co Cork. |
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‘Byzantium’ Among 17 Irish Titles At Cannes Market |
| 14 May 2012 | Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’ and Kirsten Sheridan’s ‘Dollhouse’ are among 17 Irish titles that will be selling at market at the Cannes International Film Festival, which gets underway this Wednesday (May 16). |
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Irish Feature ‘Citadel’ Secures International Distribution Deal |
| 14 May 2012 | Irish feature film ‘Citadel’ has struck another international distribution deal, this time with Paris-based Films Distribution, just one month after distributors Cinedigm and New Video bought the US rights to the horror. |
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Galway's Dancing Girl Productions Sells 'Joe and Jack' Worldwide |
| 11 May 2012 | Galway-based animation and live-action studio Dancing Girl Productions has sold its latest animated series ‘Joe and Jack’ to nine international broadcasters through Toronto-based distributor CCI Entertainment. |
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Daily Bite: ‘Avengers Assemble’ Hits €503m Globally |
| 08 May 2012 | Today’s Daily Bite sees ‘Avengers Assemble’ continuing to power through the global box office, smashing records; BSkyB’s move into the Middle East and North Africa and an on-set interview with James Bond production designer Dennis Gassner. |
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Dublin-Born PR Promoted at Warner Brothers International |
| 08 May 2012 | Dublin-born Désirée Finnegan has been promoted to senior vice president of international publicity at Warner Brothers International. She previously held the vice president position, after being promoted from director of international publicity upon joining the company in 2004. |
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Odeon To Re-Brand Irish Cinemas |
| 04 May 2012 | The Odeon group has announced that it is to re-brand its nine multiplexes in Ireland in a move which will see its UCI and Storm cinemas re-named as Odeon multiplexes. |
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Daily Bite: Stuart Murphy Named Director of Sky Entertainment Channels |
| 01 May 2012 | Today’s Daily Bite includes the third and final trailer for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’; news that Stuart Murphy has been promoted to director of Sky entertainment channels, including Sky Atlantic; and Summit International co-founder David Garrett launches Mister Smith Entertainment which will handle sales for Irish actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ forthcoming ‘3,096 Days’. |
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Daily Bite: Twickenham Film Studios Gets Lifeline |
| 26 Apr 2012 | News that a mystery buyer has come into save world famous London film studio Twickenham has given staff there a lifeline; the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or jury and a massive one-day haul at the box-office by ‘Avengers Assemble’ are amongst the international news stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Daily Bite: BBC Lines Up Second Talpa format |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Following the success of ‘The Voice’, the BBC have again turned to the Talpa Media Group for another prime-time format show, while the resignation of Disney Studio’s chairman Rich Ross and the latest video blog from the set of the forthcoming James Bond movie also feature in today’s round-up of international news stories. |
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Daily Bite: Spanish Film Industry Dealt Heavy Blow |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Cuts to the Spanish film industry’s funding, the staggering success of record-breaker ‘Titanic 3D’ in China and the unveiling of shorts in competition at Cannes are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Monster Ink Deals with Discovery at MIPTV |
| 13 Apr 2012 | Dublin-based production and distribution company Monster Entertainment have returned from the MIP TV event in Cannes with three new deals in its pocket. |
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Saorview Starts Info Campaign for Rural Ireland |
| 12 Apr 2012 | Saorview, Ireland’s free digital television service, has teamed up with community organisations Muintir na Tíre and Macra na Feirme in a bid to alert rural communities to the digital switchover, which is scheduled for 24 October 2012. |
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Irish Director’s Debut ‘Modified’ Gets Release Date |
| 05 Apr 2012 | Irish director Paul Cotrulia’s debut feature film ‘Modified’ will be released in Ireland and the UK in September. |
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Irish feature ‘Songs for Amy’ returns to Galway for Film Fleadh |
| 04 Apr 2012 | Irish feature film ‘Songs for Amy’ has been officially selected for the Galway Film Fleadh in July this year. Making its Irish debut, the comedic love story follows musician Sean O’Malley, played by Sean Maguire (Meet the Spartans), who writes an album in the hopes of impressing the girl he loves. |
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MIPTV: Your Guide To The Top Irish Companies In Cannes |
| 30 Mar 2012 | As the leading players in the Irish television industry head to Cannes to buy, sell and add to their client base, we look at the top companies to find out what their key aims are at this year’s market place and why MIPTV remains an important event on the television industry’s calendar. |
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‘Doc McStuffins’ Breaks Records For Ireland’s Brown Bag Films And Disney |
| 28 Mar 2012 | Ireland’s Brown Bag Films are celebrating after the series premiere of their new animated series, ‘Doc McStuffins’, broke ratings records for the Disney Channel. |
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Ireland’s First Odeon Cinema Opens For Business |
| 27 Mar 2012 | Ireland’s first Odeon cinema will officially open to the public today (March 27) at the Point Village in Dublin’s Docklands. |
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Irish Feature ‘Citadel’ Secures US Distribution |
| 27 Mar 2012 | ‘Citadel’, the Irish award-winning film from first-time writer/director Ciaran Foy has been jointly bought for US distribution by Cinedigm and New Video. |
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