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Deadpan Pictures is new moniker for Paul Donovan’s wing of Grand Pictures |
| 25 Sep 2014 | Deadpan Pictures is to be the new name of Paul Donovan’s wing of Grand Pictures and their main energy and focus will now be principally on TV comedy production for UK and Irish broadcasters. |
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Adjudicator Line up announced for 15th Kerry Film Festival |
| 25 Sep 2014 | The Kerry Film Festival, which takes place across the County of Kerry each October, has today announced its five adjudicators for this year’s festival. |
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James Hickey Welcomes Recent Debate on Irish Film and Speaks about his Optimism for the future of the Industry |
| 24 Sep 2014 | James Hickey, Chief Executive of the Irish Film Board has spoken to IFTN with regard to his thoughts on the sector. |
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Northern Ireland Screen to host Creative Industries Tax Briefing Day |
| 24 Sep 2014 | Northern Ireland Screen, in conjunction with BFI, HMRC and Invest NI, are to hold an information day on the Creative Industries Tax Relief System on Tuesday, 7th October. The conference looks set to be of interest to anyone interested in producing films, TV shows, cartoons and video games as it will run the audience through the feasibilities and realities of the tax relief system. |
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THE KING OF TV COMEDY |
| 24 Sep 2014 | Or pretty darn close to it. The mischievous brain behind such pivotal TV gems as The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Not The Nine O’Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and Q.I., John Lloyd flew into Dublin recently for an IFTA In Conversation With...event. Paul Byrne caught up with him to talk funny, family and physics. |
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Lenny Abrahamson and Element Pictures to adapt Laird Hunt’s novel ‘Neverhome’ |
| 24 Sep 2014 | Element Pictures have acquired film and TV rights to Laird Hunt’s critically acclaimed novel ‘Neverhome’, with long-time Element collaborator Lenny Abrahamson set to direct and Ed Guiney producing. |
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More Irish Films to be shown on RTÉ as deal struck with Irish Film Board |
| 24 Sep 2014 | RTÉ have partnered with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board in a collaboration that will see more Irish feature films being shown on Saturday nights on RTÉ2. |
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Irish Co-Production ’11 Minutes’ begins Dublin shoot this week |
| 23 Sep 2014 | ’11 Minutes’, an Irish/Polish co-production, is to begin its five day Dublin shoot this week. Backed by the Irish Film Board and Element Pictures, the film stars Irish actor Richard Dormer in the lead, who is best known for starring in ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Good Vibrations’ and can be seen in the upcoming Irish thriller ‘71’. |
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Cork Film Festival Announces details of November Festival |
| 23 Sep 2014 | The Cork Film Festival has today released preliminary details of the 2014 programme, due to run from 7th November to the 16th November, including early information on features, documentaries, dramas and the Grand Prix Irish short finalists, two new additions to the festival; the Gradam Spiorad na Féile (Spirit of the Festival Award), a major international award for feature films, and new event series ‘Illuminate’ which uses film and discussion to explore mental health issues, presented in partnership with Arts and Minds and the financial support of the HSE. |
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‘Damo & Ivor’ Returns Tonight – IFTN Interviews Star/Writer Andy Quirke and Directors Rob & Ronan Burke |
| 22 Sep 2014 | The highly-anticipated return of ‘Damo & Ivor’ will take place on our screens tonight and, as the tagline promises, it will be going ‘out with a bang, in with a bump’. The satirical comedy follows the title characters (both played by Andy Quirke, who also wrote the series with Jules Coll), who are separated at birth but meet again in their adolescence. As one of the brothers, Damo, has been raised on the mean streets of Dublin and the other, Ivor, grew up in Dublin’s affluent Foxrock area, their clashes have chaotic and hilarious consequences |
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RTÉ appoints Janet Frawley as Head of Formats |
| 22 Sep 2014 | RTÉ Global, the sales and distribution arm of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ Television, has promoted Janet Frawley to head of formats. |
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OFFLine Film Festival releases 2014 Programme |
| 22 Sep 2014 | The OFFline Film Festival, taking place this 8th-12th October, has released its programme for the year 2014. Now in its fifth year, the Offaly-based film festival will once again see a number of short and feature film screenings as well as workshops available for its five day run. |
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‘The Hit Producer’ Wins at IndieFEST Film Awards |
| 22 Sep 2014 | Kevin de la Isla O’Neill, of Hit Producer Films, has won eight awards of excellence from The IndieFEST Film Awards. The awards were given for Kevin de la Isla O'Neill's feature film, ‘The Hit Producer’, which is currently on the festival circuit seeking a distributor to bring it to an international audience. |
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Colin Farrell confirmed for ‘True Detective’ |
| 22 Sep 2014 | In an interview with the Sunday World, Colin Farrell confirmed the rumours that started circulating last summer that he will have a role in the next series of ‘True Detective’. Farrell is the only cast member confirmed so far for the second series of the HBO hit. |
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Two time Oscar nominee Bill Plympton ‘special guest animator’ at DAFF 2014 |
| 22 Sep 2014 | Animator Bill Plympton has been confirmed as the ‘special guest animator’ at this year’s Dublin Animation Film Festival, which takes place on the 17 and 18 October 2014 at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) and the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire. |
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‘In A House That Ceased To Be’ to premiere at IFI Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival |
| 19 Sep 2014 | ‘In A House That Ceased To Be’ will have its World Premiere at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin on Saturday, September 27th at 8pm as part of the IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival. |
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‘Who’s Holiday Is It Anyway’ wins Best European TV Format |
| 19 Sep 2014 | Pitted against more than 50 submissions from members of the European Broadcasting Union, RTÉ One’s new series ‘Whose Holiday Is It Anyway?’ won the best European TV format at the Eurovision Creative Days Forum in Berlin this week. |
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TV3 Breakfast Show ‘Ireland AM’ celebrates 15 years on the air |
| 19 Sep 2014 | ‘Ireland AM’, which airs Monday to Friday from 7am to 10am on every week on TV3, is celebrating 15 years on the air today. |
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‘The Guarantee’ to have World Premiere with live event screening on 30th October |
| 19 Sep 2014 | ‘The Guarantee’ is to hit Irish cinemas on 30th October with a special live event screening hosted by Today FM’s Matt Cooper. This screening will allow cinema audiences across the nation to watch the movie and subsequently take part in an interactive panel discussion and Q and A session. The event will be the first of its kind in Ireland. |
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Irish Film New York Showcases Classic and New Irish Films |
| 19 Sep 2014 | A mixture of new and classic Irish films will be screened at this year’s Irish Film New York, proving that the industry has produced smart, emotional and unforgettable films over the years, and continues to do so. |
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