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BAI Launches new Short News Reporting Code of Practice |
| 28 Jun 2017 | The new code of practice published by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland will come into effect on September 1st 2017. |
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Eurimages Awards over €7.1M to 27 Projects |
| 28 Jun 2017 | The council of Europe’s fund for co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinema, selected the projects at its 147th meeting which ran from June 16th-23rd. |
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Winners Announced for RTÉ & Galway Film Centre Short Film Commission |
| 22 Jun 2017 | This year’s team is composed of writer Jonathan Hughes, whose script ‘Mother’ will be directed by the IFTA-nominated Natasha Waugh (Terminal) and produced by Sharon Cronin (Lily). |
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Creative Europe MEDIA publishes 2017 Drama Directory Guide to European TV Drama Commissioning Editors and Buyers |
| 22 Jun 2017 | The European network has published the guide as a tool for TV producers looking for co-financing or TV sales for drama projects, which it hopes will be particularly helpful to Television Programming support scheme applicants. |
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Jonathan Farrelly talks ‘Leap of Faith’ from ShortShots to the RTÉ/IMRO Scoring Programme & the Galway Film Fleadh |
| 21 Jun 2017 | The short film directed by Mark Smyth comes from a script by David Thorpe, with the trio joining forces in the 2016 instalment of the Filmbase/RTÉ funding scheme, Short Shots. |
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BBC seeks Drama Projects in Association with NI Screen |
| 19 Jun 2017 | Following recent news of it reinvestment in drama, the BBC is accepting applications for sixty-minute dramas which can be developed as one-off specials or prequels, in association with Northern Ireland Screen. |
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Sky & Virgin Media Announce Strategic Partnership allowing Advertisers to Target over 30M Viewers |
| 16 Jun 2017 | The purpose of the deal is to enable businesses to benefit further from advanced TV advertising across both Virgin TV and Sky platforms, as advertisers will be able to target a potential audience with a scale of leading social networks. |
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Commissioning Call: Ulster-Scots Groundbreakers Documentary Scheme |
| 16 Jun 2017 | BBC Northern Ireland has announced a call-out for documentary projects for its 2018 slate, with a deadline for submissions of August 8th 2017. |
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Galway Film Centre Announces Documentary Funding Scheme: Dig Where You Stand |
| 15 Jun 2017 | The new scheme is aimed at young filmmakers in Galway City and County, and encourages them to engage with the themes of migration, landscape and language which resonate not just in Galway but throughout Europe, and tie-in with the themes invoked by Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. |
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TV Licence Fee may be Abolished in UK & NI |
| 15 Jun 2017 | The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has described the fee as regressive in its election manifesto which was published in May. |
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Creative Europe MEDIA Upcoming Funding Deadlines |
| 26 May 2017 | There are several upcoming deadlines for funding which include Support for TV Programming, Distribution Selective Support and Distribution Support to Sales Agents, the details for which are summarised below. |
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RTÉ Commissioning Call for BAI Sound & Vision Projects Deadline: June 1st |
| 24 May 2017 | The national broadcaster is inviting proposals across a range of genres for the next round of BAI funding. |
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€5.5M Allocated to 119 Projects via BAI Sound & Vision Scheme |
| 22 May 2017 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has allocated just over €5m of this funding to television projects, with ‘Darklands’ from Parallel Film Productions and ‘Ballybradan’ from Treehouse Republic leading the awards with €500,000 each. |
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Dublin Bay Studios Promoters Alan Moloney & James Morris Endorsed by Dublin City Council for 'Visionary' Project |
| 19 May 2017 | The self-financed project which has been in motion for six years is driven by Parallel Films producer Moloney and Windmill Lane Studios founder Morris, and received cross-party endorsement at a special council meeting on the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone. |
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EU Funding Information Session for Cultural Organisations to take place on Wednesday, June 7th |
| 15 May 2017 | This half-day information session will run from 11:00 to 14:00 in the Galway 2020 Community Hub, with training provided by The Wheel. |
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Latest Announcement of €280,000 brings total Creative Europe MEDIA investment in Ireland to €5.6M |
| 10 May 2017 | Six Irish companies were awarded the funding, under the Content Development of a Single Project branch, exceeding the total amount of any other country. The funding has gone to a mix of animation, documentary and drama projects. |
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European Film Forum at Cannes 2017 to focus on future of MEDIA Programme |
| 10 May 2017 | The future of the MEDIA programme after 2020 is set to be the focus of the forum this month, with speakers, panels, roundtables and showcases designed to discuss its properties and potential to add value both in terms of the european and global industries. |
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Kildare County Council Announce 2017 Short Grass Film Award Winners |
| 10 May 2017 | The films which will be shot on location in Co. Kildare have each received funding of €12,500 to support the productions. |
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Cine4 Development Scheme launched for Development & Production of Irish Language Feature films |
| 03 May 2017 | TG4, the Irish Film Board and the BAI have joined in the joint-funding initiative for projects with a budget of up to €1.2M, which was launched at the 2017 Celtic Media Festival currently taking place in the Isle of Man. |
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Animated Co-Production sequel 'Ooops! The Adventure Continues…' for Cannes 2017 Marché du Film |
| 03 May 2017 | The feature animation following, ‘Ooops! Noah is Gone’ will be introduced to buyers by Global Screen, the sales element of Germany’s Bavaria Film and Telepool. |
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