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‘HeadsUp’ Movie Awards Open for Entries |
| 05 Mar 2014 | The HeadsUp Movies Awards are calling on young people across the country to create their own 60-second movie to promote positive mental health stories around the theme ‘Talk to Me’. |
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Savage Food Catering Secures Love/Hate Contract |
| 05 Mar 2014 | Film and TV commercial catering company Savage Food, a division of Fitzers Catering Ltd., which was re-launched in July 2009 by Sharon Fitzpatrick (owner/director), Noeleen Sharkey (director) and Caroline Cassidy (manager), has secured the Love/Hate catering contract for season five. |
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Cartoon Saloon & Aircraft Pictures to Co-Adapt ‘The Breadwinner’ |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Cartoon Saloon and Aircraft Pictures have announced a major co-production deal to adapt the award-winning novel ‘The Breadwinner’, written by Deborah Ellis as an animated feature film. |
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Irish Actor Brian F. O’Byrne Cast in ‘Exposed’ |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Irish Actor Brian F. O’Byrne is set to feature in ABC’s drama pilot ‘Exposed’, which centres on a determined investigative reporter, Anna, who makes dubious alliances in pursuit of stories. |
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Award Winners for Boston Irish Film Festival Announced |
| 04 Mar 2014 | The 14th Irish Film Festival, Boston, will take place over four days from Thursday, March 20th to Sunday, March 23rd. Sponsored by B.A. Event Promotions and Rás na hEireann, the festival will be hosted in the Somerville Theatre, Davis Square, and will showcase a number of contemporary Irish feature films, shorts and documentaries. |
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GREAT SCOTT |
| 04 Mar 2014 | It’s been quite a year for Andrew Scott, what with ‘Sherlock’, working with Ken Loach and now making his first big Hollywood blockbuster. Making ‘The Stag’, the Dublin actor tells Paul Byrne, was “like a welcome trip back home, and reality”. |
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‘Spider’s Trap’ Wraps Principal Shooting |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Blackhorse Film Productions and Bootstrap Films Ltd have announced that shooting for the feature film ‘Spider’s Trap’ was completed yesterday. Written and directed by Alan Walsh, ‘Spider’s Trap’ was shot on location in and around Dublin, starting from 25th January of this year. |
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Funding Cuts Are ‘Stolen’ Opportunities for Current and Future Filmmakers |
| 04 Mar 2014 | The Cork Film Centre, which is the closing credit in Yvonne Keane’s debut short film ‘Stolen’, is set to face a fatal blow to funding and is expected to cease filmmaking services towards the end of this year. |
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TV3 Announces its Preferred Soap Partners |
| 03 Mar 2014 | Irish company Element Pictures and UK-based Company Pictures have been confirmed as TV3’s preferred partners for a new soap which will arrive in 2015. The soap is to be a multi-million euro investment, funded from a number of sources including TV3, Element and section 481, and will create between 80 and 120 new jobs in Ireland. |
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Observe Hosts the 6 Nations in Rome |
| 03 Mar 2014 | Observe Outside Broadcasting has been appointed host broadcaster for Italy's home fixtures in Rome during this seasons RBS 6 Nations Championship. The host broadcaster contract means that the company covered both the Italy VS Scotland match on Saturday 22 February and the Italy VS England match on Saturday 15 March in Rome. |
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IFTA Announces Nominees for the 11th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards |
| 02 Mar 2014 | The Irish Film and Television Academy is delighted to announce the shortlist of nominees in 40 strongly contested categories for the 11th annual Irish Film and Television Awards, which takes place on Saturday 5th April at the DoubleTree at Hilton Burlington Road and broadcast primetime on RTÉ ONE (reaching 1.24 Million viewers last year). |
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Irish Actor Aidan Turner Cast in ‘Poldark’ |
| 28 Feb 2014 | Dublin native Aidan Turner has landed a role in the remake of the classic TV series ‘Poldark’. |
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RTÉ and BBCW renew output deal |
| 28 Feb 2014 | Irish broadcaster RTÉ has renewed its output deal with BBC Worldwide giving it access to British series including Quirke and Eastenders. |
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Sean Moncrieff to Present New 3Studios and Nice Group Co-Production ‘Crossfire’ |
| 28 Feb 2014 | Sean Moncrieff will make his return to our TV screens this March as host of TV3’s new game show ‘Crossfire’. |
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VFX: Script to Screen - Call for Applications |
| 28 Feb 2014 | VFX: Script to Screen is calling for producers and directors who wish to gain the skills to produce and manage a VFX project from development to post-production. |
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Liam Neeson to Cameo in New ‘Entourage’ Movie |
| 28 Feb 2014 | Irish actor Liam Neeson is to cameo in the long-awaited ‘Entourage’ movie opposite Adrian Grenier and Jermeny Piven, who plays neurotic movie agent Ari Gold. |
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Toronto Irish Film Festival Line-Up |
| 28 Feb 2014 | In its fourth year, the Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) continues to provide a wide range of shorts, documentaries and even some TV episodes over its three evening course, starting from tonight. Its cultural programming will be screened at the TIRFF Bell Lightbox. |
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Channel Controller RTÉ One George Dixon To Take up position in the UK |
| 27 Feb 2014 | George Dixon, Channel Controller of RTÉ One, is to leave RTÉ to take up a senior position with a UK broadcaster. The post of Channel Controller, RTÉ One, will be advertised in the coming week with an appointment made as soon as possible. Glen Killane, Managing Director RTÉ Television, is to take on the role of Channel Controller of RTÉ One in the intervening period. |
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Movies by The Sea: New Drive-In Cinema For Dun Laoghaire Announced |
| 27 Feb 2014 | Underground Cinema, in association with the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, has announced the opening of Dublin’s first Drive-In cinema, to open in Dun Laoghaire. The Drive-In will be located inside the Ferry Terminal in the seaside town, and will hold 80 cars with two screenings (a family friendly movie at 7pm and one for more mature audiences at 9pm) per evening. |
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BAI Signs Content Contract with ‘UTV Ireland’ |
| 27 Feb 2014 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland today, Thursday, 27th February, signed a television content provision contract with UTV Ireland Limited, under Section 71 of the Broadcasting Act. |
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