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Plans Announced for Next Generation RTÉ Player |
| 26 Apr 2017 | The new service will be launched before the end of the year and will serve as RTÉ’s multi-channel television and video platform, designed to accommodate the behaviour of Irish audiences, regarding both televised and online content. |
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Galway City of Film Announce Winning Scriptwriters of RTÉ/Galway Film Centre Short Film Commission |
| 26 Apr 2017 | Three writers have been selected on the basis of their script submission to work with script editor Deirdre Roycroft for the next four weeks to refine their work and have been awarded €500 each. |
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Emmanuel Oberg to Tutor Exploring Genre – Screenplay Unlimited Comedy Workshop |
| 25 Apr 2017 | This two-day workshop will run from Thursday, June 15th, 2017 at Bow Street, Dublin and is aimed at writers, development personnel, directors and editors who wish to hone their understanding of storytelling in comedies. |
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Screen Training Ireland to host Business Model Innovation Workshop |
| 25 Apr 2017 | This two-day training initiative is aimed at Company Leaders and Senior Executives in Film, Television, Animation, VFX, post-production and service companies and will run on Monday, May 29th, 2017. |
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Andrew Scott Cast in BBC’s Gay Britannia Season |
| 25 Apr 2017 | The BBC this week announced the launch of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967. Dublin actor Andrew Scott familiar to fans of mystery drama ‘Sherlock’ is one of the Irish names noted to feature within the line up of new content and programmes scheduled. |
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Galway Film Centre & MoJoCon Partner for Smartphone Filmmakers |
| 25 Apr 2017 | The event runs as part of the MoJoCon mobile journalism conference taking place in Galway and running from May 4th-6th. |
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Jameson First Shot 2017 starring Dominic West Competition Deadline: June 1st |
| 25 Apr 2017 | Writer and director teams are invited to submit a script of at least five but no more than seven pages, in which a great or unexpected thing happens when a character fears less and invites life in. |
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New TG4 series goes on the road filming Irish people & their car conversations |
| 25 Apr 2017 | A new Irish language programme ‘Turas Bóthair’, is bringing together all those chit-chat car conversations to the camera. Viewers of the new 6-part series produced by Waddell Media Teo for TG4 will get an insight into the everyday conversations which take place in various car journeys across Ireland. |
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Filmbase to host Introduction to Acting for TV & Film Training Course |
| 25 Apr 2017 | Sarah Hone will tutor the eight-evening course, with fifteen years experience in acting and casting which has taken her from touring Japan for Disney to working as a casting assistant on ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ in Australia. |
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TV Services Direct to Your Mobile for Some Irish Customers |
| 25 Apr 2017 | After Government plans to broaden the legal definition of “television set” were rumoured at the end of March. The news that larger screen tablet and laptop devices will soon have to buy a TV licence, looks to have set the ball rolling for some Irish TV operators looking to start offering their TV services direct to customer’s phone screens. |
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First Trailer released for Brendan Muldowney’s ‘Pilgrimage’ |
| 25 Apr 2017 | The 13th century epic filmed in the West of Ireland stars Tom Holland, Richard Armitage (Brain on Fire) and Jon Bernthal, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last Sunday, April 23rd to a fantastic response. |
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Call for Proposals: €30,000 Budget for Irish Famine Short Film Scheme |
| 25 Apr 2017 | Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University is inviting short film submissions ranging from twelve to fifteen minutes in length on the topic of the Irish famine for young audiences, aged between ten and thirteen. |
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IFB Announce Q1 2017 Funding Decisions |
| 24 Apr 2017 | The Irish Film Board has announced the successful applicants for development, production and distribution funding for the first quarter of this year, with a total of just over €4.2M allocated. |
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‘Camino By Sea’ Irish Filmmaker Seeks Funding for International Feature Length Version |
| 24 Apr 2017 | With the wonderful success of the recent ‘Camino an tSáile’ broadcast of the ‘Camino By Sea’ mini-series on TG4. Irish filmmaker Donal O Ceilleachair says he is now seeking crowdfunding and looking towards completing an international feature-length version of the film. |
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‘Tomato Red’ from Oscar-nominated Juanita Wilson releases on DVD & Demand Friday, April 28th |
| 24 Apr 2017 | Element Pictures Distribution will release the second feature project from the Irish talent this coming Friday, which stars Julia Garner, Jake Weary, Nick Roux and Anna Friel. |
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Season 2 of ‘An Klondike’ makes US Premiere on Acorn TV as ‘Dominion Creek’ |
| 24 Apr 2017 | Beginning today, Monday April 24th, the second season of IFTA award winning Irish drama ‘An Klondike’ (aka Dominion Creek) by Abú Media will be available to U.S. audiences on Emmy® nominated streaming service Acorn TV. |
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Creative Europe Desk MEDIA to host seminar with Wendy Bernfeld of Rights Stuff |
| 24 Apr 2017 | The seminar is offered free of charge with the support of the BAI Sectoral Learning and Development Fund, and runs on Monday May 29th in Galway. |
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ROSG Docu-Drama ‘Murdair Mhám Trasna’ directed by Colm Bairéad Filming this Week |
| 24 Apr 2017 | The feature length project deals with the 1882 murder of a family in Mám Trasna, followed by the wrongful hanging and conviction of those accused. It is based on the Seán Ó Cuirreáin publication, ‘Éagóir’. |
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Foyle Film Festival now Accepting Submissions |
| 24 Apr 2017 | The thirtieth edition of the festival which is set to run from November 17th-26th with the Light In Motion competition open to filmmakers, in the categories of Best Irish Short, Best International Short and Best Animation. |
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Success at the Cinemagic, BAFTA Kids & IFTA TV presenting Masterclass in Dublin |
| 24 Apr 2017 | The Dublin Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People is back for its 10th year, and last Friday one of the events being held in the lead up to the festival gave children aged 8-12 the chance to take part in a masterclass in TV presenting. |
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