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Irish At Cannes: Element’s ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ acquired by Haut Et Court for French distribution |
| 17 May 2016 | French distributor Haut Et Court have boarded Element Pictures and Yorgos Lanthimos film ‘The Killing of A Sacred Deer’, which re-unites them with ‘The Lobster’ actor Colin Farrell. |
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Irish films ‘The Lobster’ and ‘Love & Friendship’ top US Specialty Box Office |
| 16 May 2016 | Two Irish films, ‘The Lobster’ and ‘Love & Friendship’, topped the US speciality (Independent) box office on release in the US at the weekend. Both films are funded by the IFB. |
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Irish At Cannes: US rights for Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy starrer ‘Anthropoid’ sold to Bleecker Street |
| 13 May 2016 | The highly anticipated World War II drama ‘Anthropoid’ - starring Irish actors Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy in the lead roles - has been sold to Bleecker Street at Cannes for US distribution. |
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Irish At Cannes: Visit Films acquires Irish prison drama ‘Maze’ |
| 12 May 2016 | More news from Cannes where Visit Films has sold Irish/Swedish co-production ‘Maze’ to Scandinavian distributor NonStop Entertainment. |
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Irish At Cannes: ‘I Am Not a Serial Killer’ acquired by IFC Midnight |
| 11 May 2016 | Cannes has only just kicked off and there are already international distribution deals being finalised. IFC Midnight, who distributed Corin Hardy’s acclaimed Irish horror ‘The Hallow’ in the states in 2015, has acquired the North American and Latin American rights to ‘I Am Not a Serial Killer’. |
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Sixteen South’s ‘Claude’ acquired by Disney Junior EMEA |
| 06 May 2016 | BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated Belfast-based studio Sixteen South has announced that Disney Junior Europe, Middle East, Africa & Australia/New Zealand has picked up its brand new animated series ‘Claude’ (52 x 11’) The series has just gone into production and is due to air in 2017. |
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Irish films ‘Sing Street’, ‘Love and Friendship’ and ‘The Lobster’ set for release in the US |
| 19 Apr 2016 | ‘Sing Street’, the musical from writer and director John Carney (‘Once’, ‘Begin Again’), went on release in the US last week and is one of three Irish films to be released in US cinemas in the coming months. ‘The Lobster’, which won the Jury prize at Cannes Film Festival last year and Sundance hit ‘Love and Friendship’ will also be released in the US on May 13th. |
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IFTA nominated ‘The Survivalist’ to be released on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on April 15th |
| 13 Apr 2016 | Northern Irish film ‘The Survivalist’ will be released by Bulldog Film Distribution on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on April 15th. |
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Speakers Announced for Screen Training Ireland Marketing and Distribution Mentorship Programme |
| 13 Apr 2016 | Screen Training Ireland and UK based We Are The Tonic have announced the speaker line up and participating creative teams for “Find Your Audience”, a cutting edge Marketing and Distribution Mentorship Programme focused on building audiences for Irish Films. |
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Element Distribution acquires Irish/UK rights to Ken Wardrop’s IFTA nominated ‘Mom and Me’ |
| 08 Apr 2016 | Element Pictures Distribution has acquired the Irish and UK rights to Ken Wardrop’s acclaimed ‘Mom and Me’, which is nominated for an IFTA for Best Documentary at this weekend’s ceremony (April 9th). |
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Irish and Northern Irish companies at MIPTV 2016 |
| 05 Apr 2016 | MIPTV takes place this week in Cannes and the Ireland on Screen (in partnership with Enterprise Ireland) stand will play host to a number of Irish and Northern Irish companies attending the Market. |
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RTÉ sells eight titles to Australian broadcasters ahead of MIPTV in Cannes |
| 01 Apr 2016 | RTÉ has sold eight of its headline titles to Australian broadcasters ahead of next week’s MIPTV in Cannes. |
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Wildcard acquires Bobby Sands documentary for release later in the year |
| 22 Mar 2016 | Wildcard Distribution has acquired ‘Bobby Sands: 66 Days’, which has just been officially selected for the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto, the largest documentary film festival in North America. Irish documentaries 'Mattress Men' and 'The Land of The Enlightened, currently nominated for an IFTA, will also screen at the festival. |
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US release date given to Irish film ‘The Lobster’ |
| 18 Mar 2016 | Irish film ‘The Lobster’ will be released to US cinemas on May 13th, being distributed by A24, the same company who released Oscar-nominated Irish film ‘Room’. |
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St Patrick’s weekend will see three Irish films hit cinemas |
| 16 Mar 2016 | In what is extremely apt timing, St Patrick’s weekend will see the release of three Irish films to cinemas, as well as a re-release of an old classic and a slew of Irish films airing on television, including the small screen premiere of Paul Mercier’s ‘Pursuit’. |
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Michael Collins’ to be re-released in 60 cinemas across Ireland from March 18th |
| 16 Mar 2016 | Warner Bros. Pictures will re-release the award-winning historical epic ‘Michael Collins’ period in a new digital format from March 18th. The film will be screened in 60 cinemas across Ireland. |
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'The Legend of Longwood' to be released on DVD on March 25th |
| 15 Mar 2016 | Element Pictures Distribution are to release fantasy film 'The Legend of Longwood' on DVD on March 25th. |
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RTÉ secures multiple international deals for Liam Neeson narrated '1916' documentary |
| 10 Mar 2016 | RTÉ has signed deals for RTÉ One's documentary series ‘1916’, narrated by Oscar nominated actor Liam Neeson, to major broadcasters in the UK, Australia, France, Spain and Denmark. |
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International deal for John Michael McDonagh’s ‘War on Everyone’ |
| 08 Mar 2016 | John Michael McDonagh’s crime comedy ‘War on Everyone’ has landed an international deal after screening at Berlinale last month. |
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Mary McGuckian’s ‘The Price of Desire’ gets Irish/UK release date |
| 08 Mar 2016 | Distributor Munro Films has acquired the UK and Irish rights for ‘The Price of Desire’ and plan to release the film in both areas on May 27. |
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