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Two-part documentary series on Irish revolution gets international distribution |
| 07 Mar 2016 | Two-part documentary series ‘Revolution in Colour’ has been acquired by British Pathé, who plan to turn the series into a 90 minute feature film before releasing the film internationally on their new video on demand television channel. |
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Protagonist reveal large number of EFM sales for Irish co-pro ‘Love & Friendship’ |
| 04 Mar 2016 | Protagonist Pictures have revealed deals closed from the European Film Market at Berlinale next month, with Irish co-production ‘Love & Friendship’ selling in over 15 regions. |
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A24 to set new US release date for Irish film ‘The Lobster’ |
| 02 Mar 2016 | A24 have postponed the planned US release of March 11th for Irish film ‘The Lobster’. |
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IFTA-winning TV3 soap ‘Red Rock’ sells to BBC |
| 01 Mar 2016 | All 80 episodes of TV3 soap ‘Red Rock’ have been acquired by BBC Worldwide in a deal understood to be over €500,000. |
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Cinema release date given for Northern Irish documentary ‘I Am Belfast’ |
| 25 Feb 2016 | After opening last year's Belfast Film Festival and screening in the BFI London Film Festival and other international film festivals, ‘I am Belfast’ will be released by the BFI in selected cinemas and on BFI Player from 8 April 2016, followed by a DVD/Blu-ray release on 20 June. |
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John Carney’s ‘Sing Street’ given US release date |
| 24 Feb 2016 | The Weinstein Company has set a US release date for Irish film ‘Sing Street’, with the musical comedy drama handed a limited release from April 15th. |
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Berlin 2016: US rights for Irish film ‘The Lobster’ picked up by A24 |
| 17 Feb 2016 | The US rights to surrealist love story ‘The Lobster’, produced by Element Pictures in Ireland with funding from the Irish Film Board, have moved from Alchemy to A24 in Berlin. |
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WFTI Panel examining the sales & distribution of ‘Sing Street’ on February 18th |
| 17 Feb 2016 | A panel examining the sales and distribution techniques of Irish film ‘Sing Street’ will take place on February 18th hosted by Women In Film and Television Ireland. |
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Rebecca Daly’s ‘Mammal’ will be released to Irish cinemas on April 1st |
| 15 Feb 2016 | Wildcard Distribution are set to release Rebecca Daly’s critically acclaimed dramatic feature film ‘Mammal’ to Irish cinemas on April 1st. |
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StudioCanal acquires UK rights to Irish co-pro doc ‘The Land of the Enlightened’ |
| 11 Feb 2016 | Films Boutique has sold Irish co-produced documentary ‘The Land of the Enlightened’ to StudioCanal for UK distribution. |
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Berlin 2016: Mark Cousins film ‘Stockholm My Love’ acquired by Fortissimo |
| 11 Feb 2016 | Fortissimo Films has acquired the global rights (excluding the UK and Sweden) to ‘Stockholm My Love’ helmed by Northern Irish director Mark Cousins. |
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Oscar nominated Irish film 'Room' takes over €1million at the Irish Box-Office |
| 09 Feb 2016 | Lenny Abrahamson's 'Room' has passed the €1 million mark at the Irish Box-Office and has now expanded to over 60 cinemas in Ireland where it is expected to continue to perform strongly across all sites in the run up to the Oscar’s on February 28th. |
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The Irish at the European Film Market 2016 |
| 09 Feb 2016 | The European Film Market is one of the largest and most important film markets internationally and the Irish are building on their golden year of 2015 by having a large number of titles screening and selling in 2016. |
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Documentary asking ‘Who Is Dervla Murphy’ to open in Irish cinemas on April 23rd |
| 08 Feb 2016 | Mixed Bag Media documentary ‘Who Is Dervla Murphy’, which looks at the life of the titular travel writer, will open in Irish cinemas from April 23rd. |
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Irish film ‘The Lobster’ released online with Volta and on DVD |
| 05 Feb 2016 | Award-winning Irish film ‘The Lobster’ is available from today on DVD and on web streaming site Volta.ie. |
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Cineart acquires Irish co-production ‘Love & Friendship’ at Rotterdam |
| 03 Feb 2016 | News from Rotterdam where Irish co-production ‘Love & Friendship’ landed more sales with Cineart striking a deal with Protagonist Pictures. |
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Wildcard Distribution to release Irish film ‘The Truth Commissioner’ to cinemas on February 26th |
| 29 Jan 2016 | Irish political thriller ‘The Truth Commissioner’ will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday 26th February, being distributed by Wildcard Distribution. |
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Sundance 2016: Irish film ‘Mammal’ picked up by Sundance Channel |
| 28 Jan 2016 | Irish co-production ‘Mammal’ continues its’ success at this year’s Sundance Film Festival by being one of only five titles to be picked up by the Sundance Channel. |
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Telegael’s animated film ‘Norm of the North’ makes $9.4m at US Box Office in opening weekend |
| 27 Jan 2016 | Telegael’s animated feature film ‘Norm of the North’ ranked 6th at the US Box Office during its opening weekend out-grossing a host of Oscar-nominated films when it opened in 2,411 cinemas on 15 January this year. |
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Irish animation series ‘The Day Henry Met…’ sold to French-speaking markets worldwide |
| 27 Jan 2016 | Canal + has bought all European, Caribbean and African French-speaking rights to hit pre-school series, ‘The Day Henry Met…’. |
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