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RTÉ and Irish Film Board Announce Five Successful Series for the Storyland Commissioning Project |
| 30 Oct 2014 | RTÉ Drama and the Irish Film Board today announced the commission of five new original dramas for the new season of Storyland. |
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Six Irish companies receive €300,000 in Creative Europe Scheme |
| 23 Oct 2014 | The second round of Single project Development results for Creative Europe have been announced with six Irish companies receiving €300,000 in development finance. |
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Winning Projects Announced for the Irish Film Board |
| 21 Oct 2014 | The Irish Film Board is delighted to announce the final three successful teams of the intensely competitive Catalyst Project initiative, who have been selected from over 88 applications, to win the opportunity to produce a fully funded feature film. |
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Budget for the Irish Film Board Remains as per 2014 Allocation |
| 17 Oct 2014 | The overall budget for the Irish Film Board remains at €14.03 million for 2015. The Irish Government has also announced a review on the cap of qualifying expenditure per project with regard to the Irish financial incentive for film, television and animation production, which will ensure Ireland remains a competitive location for international production activity. |
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Minister Humphreys Pleased with Budget 2015 and Michael Noonan’s Intentions Towards Film and TV Sector |
| 16 Oct 2014 | The Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has stated that the government have sent out a strong message that they value the arts with Budget 2015 and declared herself pleased with Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan’s intentions towards boosting the Film and TV sector in the coming years. |
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Irish Government Underlines the Cultural and Economic Importance of the Irish Film, Television and Animation Industry |
| 15 Oct 2014 | The Irish Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan (TD) has underlined the current Irish Government’s support for Irish filmmaking and the Irish film, television and animation Industry through his speech on the budget for the year 2015. |
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BAI Awards €2.26m in funding under Round 2 of Archiving Scheme |
| 01 Oct 2014 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today announced the total funding of €2.26m to ten successful applicants under the second round of its Archiving Scheme. |
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BAI's Sound and Vision Funding Offers |
| 16 Sep 2014 | BAI's 21st Sound and Vision Funding Offers have been announced. |
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Irish Film Board Scholarship offered at The National Film School, IADT |
| 15 Sep 2014 | The National Film School at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) is now accepting applications for a new research scholarship made possible by funding from the Irish Film Board. The Irish Film Board Research Scholarship will commence in 2014. |
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Deadlines for Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Award 2014 & Reel Art Scheme |
| 12 Sep 2014 | Filmbase has announced that the second round of the Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Award 2014 is now open. The deadline is 5pm Friday 26th September 2014. |
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Teams Shortlisted for next stage of Catalyst Project |
| 05 Sep 2014 | After an intensive and competitive assessment process, the Irish Film Board has announced that nine teams have been shortlisted, to go through to the next interview stage of the Catalyst Project. The final goal will see the winning team receive funding and mentorship to produce a feature film. |
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Sky Road TV & Film Festival Calls for Pitches for Documentary |
| 29 Aug 2014 | In a unique and exciting opportunity, TG4 are offering aspiring filmmakers a chance to pitch their ideas to make a 25 minute documentary worth €25,000 at the inaugural Sky Road TV & Film Festival in Clidfen, Co. Galway. Participants will pitch to commissioning editors on stage at the Festival in either the Irish or English language. |
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Creative Europe provides further support for Irish Film, TV and Games Companies |
| 19 Aug 2014 | The first Slate project Development results for Creative Europe have been announced with eight Irish companies receiving €1.31 million for the development of Film and Television projects. |
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Northern Ireland-based Titanic Studios gets £14m Extension |
| 14 Aug 2014 | Titanic Studios, the production facilities in Northern Ireland where ‘Game of Thrones’ is shot, is to add two stages as part of a £14 million (€17.5 million) upgrade. The facilities, which sit on an eight-acre site in Belfast, received the greenlight for the expansion plans from Northern Ireland’s environment minister Mark H. Durkan on Tuesday. The extension will provide an additional 100,000 sq. ft. of production facilities, which will increase the site to more than 250,000 sq. ft. |
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Landmark Documentary Development Call |
| 01 Aug 2014 | Northern Ireland Screen seeks applications to develop landmark documentaries with a view to supporting one of those development projects within the Landmark Documentary Production Scheme 2015-2016. The successful projects will deliver unique visions and voices on universal stories from Northern Ireland resident filmmakers. |
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New Frameworks Short Film Funding Awards Announced |
| 31 Jul 2014 | Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board (IFB) is pleased to announce that the latest round of successful Frameworks teams have been selected. |
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Ireland Benefits Strongly From The New Creative Europe Programme |
| 25 Jul 2014 | The first Single project Development results have been announced in the new Creative Europe Programme and five Irish companies have received funding totalling €175,000 for the development of three documentaries and two feature films. |
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Film Limerick Calls for Applications |
| 14 Jul 2014 | Limerick City of Culture in partnership with Behind the Scenes are pleased to announce the creation of a unique and exciting scheme, Film Limerick. This project presents a fantastic opportunity for new and emerging filmmakers to have their films produced with both funding and industry support. |
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RTÉ and BBC Comedy to produce ‘Comedy Showcase’ Event |
| 10 Jul 2014 | RTÉ is cooperating with BBC Network Comedy and BBC Northern Ireland on a ‘Comedy Showcase’ Event, which will take place on 22nd September 2014 in Belfast. As part of this RTÉ will be nominating one scripted project which is a classic sitcom setup, to be performed in front of a live audience. |
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New Conditions for BFI Funding |
| 08 Jul 2014 | The BFI has announced that from September, UK film productions that receive money from the BFI Film Fund must adhere to new diversity guidelines. The BFI’s new three ticks assessment is designed to improve diversity of ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic background in the industry. |
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