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Cork Film Festival 2017 Award Winners Announced |
| 20 Nov 2017 | Irish short film ‘Wave’ has further solidified its contention for Oscar recognition next year after winning the Grand Prix award for Best Irish Short at Cork Film Festival’s closing award ceremony last Sunday (November 19th). The award was presented ahead of the Closing Gala screening of ‘Downsizing’ at The Everyman. |
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Netflix Commission IFTA Diaspora Recipient Roma Downey’s New Religious Drama ‘Messiah’ |
17 Nov 2017 | Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s new religious drama ‘Messiah’ has been ordered to series by Netflix following reports of its development back as early as March of this year.
The series will consist of ten hour long episodes exploring the lines among religion, faith and politics. |
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Royal Television Awards Announce Winners |
| 17 Nov 2017 | The winners of the Royal Television Society Northern Ireland (RTS NI) 2017 Programme Awards were announced tonight at a glittering awards ceremony in The MAC Belfast, hosted by TV presenter Angela Scanlon with guest presenter Michael Smiley. |
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Final Call for Entrees for Big Stories on the Small Screen Workshop |
| 17 Nov 2017 | Big Stories on the Small Screen is set to run a second major initiative to develop skills in quality long-form screen drama. The initiative brings together some of the most eminent screen storytellers from across the world to work with Irish screen professionals. |
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Dub Web Fest Gears Up for Third Year – Nov. 24-26th |
| 17 Nov 2017 | Dub Web Fest, Dublin’s only web series festival returns next weekend, November 24-26th. The festival, which is supported by the Dublin City Council, Dublin.ie, and the French Embassy of Ireland has announced a diverse schedule ahead of its third year, which launches in the Generator, Smithfield November 24th. |
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Irish Language Activist Aodán Mac Póilin Commemorated with Launch of Bursary |
| 16 Nov 2017 | Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) and the Celtic Media Festival this afternoon announced a new bursary fund to commemorate the late Aodán Mac Póilin. Details of ‘Ciste Cuimhneacháin Aodáin Mhic Phóilin’ were announced as part of the Belfast Media Festival. |
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Cork Film Festival Gears Up for Documentary Industry Day |
| 16 Nov 2017 | The 62nd Cork Film Festival will hold its flagship Documentary Industry Day on Friday, November 17 at The Metropole Hotel, to be presented in partnership with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and supported by Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Screen Training Ireland. |
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Tyrell Set to Host Demonstration Day for New Equipment |
| 15 Nov 2017 | Tyrell are set to host a demonstration day on Tuesday, November 21st at The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art in Dublin. |
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Foyle Film Festival announce Oscar Nominated Irish Director will Lead Filmmaking Event |
| 15 Nov 2017 | One of Ireland’s most renowned directors, Jim Sheridan, will join a host of leading film industry luminaries at the Foyle Film Festival’s ‘From Shorts to Features’ conference in the Nerve Centre - Friday 24 November. |
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TG4 Release Celtic Format Pilot Scheme 2017/2018 |
| 15 Nov 2017 | Once again MG ALBA, S4C and TG4 are proud to unite in this the third year of the Celtic Formats pilot scheme. |
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Filmbase Welcome Casting Director Nancy Bishop for Self-Tape Audition Masterclass |
| 14 Nov 2017 | In this one day masterclass, all participants will have an opportunity to practice their skills in self-taping, which is a crucial part of the international casting process. |
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Monster Entertainment Close American Spanish Package Deal with Olympusat Ahead of MIP Cancun |
| 14 Nov 2017 | Ahead of its first attendance at MIPCancun, Monster Entertainment has just closed a deal with Olympusat in the United States, which will lead too much of its catalogue being available in neutral Spanish. |
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Brendan Gleeson’s ‘Paddington 2’ Earns Biggest Ever Opening Weekend for StudioCanal in Ireland |
| 14 Nov 2017 | StudioCanal celebrates the company’s biggest opening weekend at the Irish box office with Paddington 2, fully financed by the studio in partnership with Heyday Films. |
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Speaker and Schedule Line-Up Announced for Final Module of 2017 Screen Leaders Programme |
| 14 Nov 2017 | The final module of the Screen Leaders 2017 programme takes place in Berlin from November 16th - 19th, 2017. |
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Can't Cope Won't Cope Begins Filming Series 2 |
| 13 Nov 2017 | Deadpan Pictures' hit comedy drama 'Can't Cope Won't Cope' starts shooting series 2 in Dublin today |
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'Nowhere Fast' airs on RTE Monday 13th at 10pm |
| 13 Nov 2017 | The six part comedy drama is the brain child of stand up comedian Alison Spittle and is a comedy about life in small town Ireland as seen from the perspective of the returning millennial. Alison will play our leading lady, Angela |
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Submissions for Rome Short Film Competition Open |
| 13 Nov 2017 | The 11th Irish Film Festa (March 2018) is accepting submissions for short films from Ireland. |
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IFTA Awards 2018 Submissions Deadline for Film & Drama: Friday, November 17th |
| 13 Nov 2017 | Following what has been a strong year for Irish productions on screen, the Irish Film & Television Academy is accepting submissions for consideration for the 2018 IFTA Film & Drama ceremony which celebrates the best of Feature Film, Television Drama, Feature Documentary, Live Action Short and Animation projects. The Deadline for submissions is 5pm, Friday, November 17th. |
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BBC Academy Free Digital Skills Day |
| 13 Nov 2017 | The BBC Academy is running a FREE Digital Skills Day on Wednesday 15th November as part of Digital Cities Belfast |
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STI Bootcamp at Troy in December |
| 13 Nov 2017 | Screen Training Ireland and Limerick and Clare ETB, in partnership with Universal Cable Productions, are hosting a P.A. Bootcamp training programme for new industry entrants.& |
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