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'Father Ted' Co-Creator Graham Linehan Signs Comedy Deal With Boom |
| 03 Aug 2012 | 'Father Ted' co-creator Graham Linehan has sold his Delightful Industries production company to former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey’s UK-based Boom Pictures. |
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RTÉ Losses Grow To €16.8m Despite Cuts |
| 02 Aug 2012 | RTÉ’s net losses grew to €16.8m in 2011 following a further decline in commercial revenues and television licence fee income, its annual report showed today (August 2). |
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Daily Bite: Sony Passes $1bn Mark In The US |
| 30 Jul 2012 | In today’s Daily Bite, Sony earns $1bn in the US for the 11th year in a row; Popular TV series ‘The Killing’ is cancelled by AMC and Danny Boyle’s London Olympics Opening Ceremony draws in record viewing figures. |
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EXCLUSIVE: Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack and Rufus Sewell To Star In John Banville’s ‘The Sea’ |
| 27 Jul 2012 | Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack and English actor Rufus Sewell are to star in a €2.5m feature film adaptation of Irish writer John Banville’s Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Sea’. |
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BAI Offers 21 Irish Television Projects €3.94m In Funding |
| 27 Jul 2012 | A €2.5m adaptation of John Banville’s Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Sea’ and a €1.5m TV3 drama are among the 21 television productions that have been offered funding under round 14 of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision II scheme. |
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Daily Bite: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Breaks Box-Office Record |
| 24 Jul 2012 | In today’s Daily Bite, news that Christopher Nolan’s latest Batman movie has broken box-office records; Wayne Watkins joins BAFTA/LA and DreamWorks buys Classic Media. |
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BeActive Launches Cookery Show ‘Mercados da Minha Terra’ on FOX |
| 19 Jul 2012 | Irish production company beActive has sold 60 episodes of its TV cooking show ‘Mercados da Minha Terra’ to FOX’s 24 Hour Kitchen channel. |
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Exclusive: Irish Director Billy O’Brien To Shoot €7m Sci-Fi Feature ‘Creeping Zero’ In October |
| 17 Jul 2012 | Exclusive: Irish director Billy O’Brien (Isolation) is to begin work on his second feature film ‘Creeping Zero’ this October with ‘Lord Of The Rings’ star Dominic Monaghan among the confirmed cast members. |
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Irish Co-Production ‘Dreams Of A Life’ Secures US Release |
| 16 Jul 2012 | ‘Dreams of a Life’, an Irish co-production from Manchester director Carol Morley, will be released in the US next month after securing a distribution deal with Strand Releasing. |
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Mrs Brown Goes to Romania as O’Carroll Sells Format Idea Around the World |
| 13 Jul 2012 | Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll has taken the next step in making his alter-ego Mrs Brown a global phenomenon, by selling the format of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ to a number of global production companies. |
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IFB Production Funding Application Deadline Changed |
| 12 Jul 2012 | The deadline for applications for production funding with the Irish Film Board has been changed to Wednesday August 15. |
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Five Animations Selected for Frameworks Scheme |
| 12 Jul 2012 | Five animations will receive funding from the Irish Film Board in the latest Frameworks scheme. |
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Three Irish Docs Funded Under Reality Bites Scheme |
| 11 Jul 2012 | Three short documentaries have been awarded funding as part of the Irish Film Board’s Reality Bites scheme. |
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‘Calvary’ & ‘Quirke’ Receive Major IFB Boost in latest Funding Round |
| 05 Jul 2012 | John Michael McDonagh and Octagon Films have been offered a €975,000 production loan from the Irish Film Board (IFB) for his upcoming feature ‘Calvary’. |
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Irish Writer Michael Scott’s Fantasy Novel ‘The Alchemyst’ To Get Film Treatment |
| 21 Jun 2012 | A feature film based on Irish writer Michael Scott's best-selling book ‘The Alchemyst’ is set to go into production next February. |
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Tile Films Digs Up Old War Wounds For ‘Graves of the Disappeared’ Doc |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Tile Films is currently in production on its documentary ‘Graves of the Disappeared’, having signed a contract for production funding with the BAI this week. |
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Mark Byrne Leaves IFB to Join Element Pictures |
| 11 Jun 2012 | Element Pictures have appointed Mark Byrne as head of business affairs at the Dublin-based production company. |
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Irish Film Board Changes Funding Application Deadline |
| 07 Jun 2012 | The Irish Film Board have moved their deadline forward for producers wishing to apply for the next round of production funding. |
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Win Tickets to John Ford Ireland Opening Night - The Iron Horse |
06 Jun 2012 | IFTN has tickets for the Opening Night of John Ford Ireland Film Symposium to give away to lucky readers. The Irish premiere screening of John Ford’s epic masterpiece ‘The Iron Horse’ opens John Ford Ireland on Thursday 7 June. This fantastic film and music event takes place at Dublin’s National Concert Hall and features live orchestral accompaniment from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the film’s award winning US composer Christopher Caliendo performing in Ireland for the first time.
Don’t miss your chance to see one of John Ford’s most critically acclaimed and master crafted movies on the big screen and experience the launch of John Ford Ireland festival fever!
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Guth Gafa Film Festival Postponed to partner with Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013 |
| 31 May 2012 | The Guth Gafa Film Festival 2012 has been postponed until 2013 due to budgetary issues. The international documentary festival will now run in partnership with Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013, when it will relocate to Inishowen and Derry as part of the official City of Culture lineup. |
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