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Good Company Productions presents ‘Hector Goes’ |
| 27 Feb 2014 | Good Company Productions ‘Hector Goes’ returns to RTÉ One Monday night for a second four part series which follows TV personality Hector O' hEochagain. |
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Donal Foreman Wins IFB/JDIFF CineTALENT Award |
| 26 Feb 2014 | ‘Out of Here’ director Donal Foreman was crowned the winner of the CineTALENT Award at this year’s 12th annual Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF). |
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Irish Animations to Pitch at Cartoon Movie 2014 |
| 26 Feb 2014 | Irish feature animations ‘Song of the Sea’, ‘Oops Noah is Gone’ and ‘You, Me, the Sky and the Sea’ will be pitching at Cartoon Movie, which takes place from 5th – 7th March in Lyon, France. |
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Amazon Revives BBC Crime Drama ‘Ripper Street’ |
| 26 Feb 2014 | ‘Ripper Street’, the period crime drama which was axed by the BBC last year, will be returning for a third series on Amazon’s video-on-demand service. |
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RTÉ Publishes Report of the Irish-language Working Group |
| 26 Feb 2014 | RTÉ has published a report on the Irish Language Working Group, which has revised its designation of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and made it a core service with a distinct remit. |
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Barkhad Abdi in talks to star in ‘The Place That Hits the Sun’ |
| 26 Feb 2014 | Since making his film debut as the antagonist Muse in ‘Captain Philips’, a performance that recently earned him a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor as well as an Oscar nomination, the second film appearance of Barkhad Abdi has garnered much anticipation. Now it has been confirmed that the Somalian actor is in talks to star in ‘The Place That Hits the Sun’, directed by Jim O’ Hanlon from Dublin. |
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Interview with Mark O’Connor (Writer-Director of ‘Stalker’) |
| 25 Feb 2014 | Following his films ‘Between the Canals’ and ‘King of the Travellers’, Mark O’ Connor’s third feature ‘Stalker’ sees its highly anticipated cinematic release this week. The film’s success on the festival circuit includes coming second for Best Irish Feature at the 24th Galway Film Fleadh and winning Best Film at the 4th Dublin Underground Film Festival. ‘Stalker’ was also selected for a number of international film festivals, most recently for the Chicago Irish Film Festival which will screen the film next month. |
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Ronan Hill Wins CAS Award |
| 25 Feb 2014 | It was third time lucky for Emmy winning production sound mixer Ronan Hill at the 50th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angles on Saturday night. |
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‘The Walshes’ - Graham Linehan’s New Irish Sitcom |
| 25 Feb 2014 | ‘The Walshes’ is a new sitcom created by ‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Lineham and the five strong Irish comedy troupe Diet of Worms. |
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IFTA’s Ceremony to be hosted at the DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Road, 5th April 2014 |
| 24 Feb 2014 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that the 11th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, 5th April 2014 at Dublin’s DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Road, and will be broadcast live on RTÉ One at 9.35pm. Last year’s ceremony attracted a record audience of 1.24 million viewers. |
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BAI Launches Strategy Statement 2014 – 2016 |
| 24 Feb 2014 | The BAI launched their Strategy Statement for 2014 – 2016 today, Monday, 24 February 2014, at the Authority’s headquarters in Dublin. |
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Still Films at Rencontres Internationales Paris |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Still Films will be showing two new works at the Rencontres Internationales festival this week, which takes place at the Palais de Tokyo and Gaîté Lyrique, Paris. |
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Irish Webseries ‘Cuckoo’ Secures Distribution Deal in France & LA |
| 24 Feb 2014 | ‘Cuckoo’, a 28-minute Irish webseries has secured a distribution deal with Channel France 4 and JRS.TV (Just the Story) based in Los Angeles. |
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‘Sing Street’ pre-sells at EFM |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Following the announcement that John Carney, the director of ‘Once’, will be producing a film with Bono and The Edge of U2, it has since been confirmed that the feature, entitled ‘Sing Street’, is one of a few strong presale titles to emerge from the Berlin Film Festival’s annual European Film Market. |
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Ronan Keating to star in ‘The Riders’ |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Ronan Keating, best-known for his musical career which included being the lead singer of Irish band Boyzone as well being a solo artist, made his big screen debut in romantic comedy ‘Goddess’. Keating has now been cast in his second film appearance for ‘The Riders’, an adaptation of Tim Winton's book of the same name. |
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‘Songs for Amy’ To Make Big Screen Dublin Debut |
| 21 Feb 2014 | Independent Irish film ‘Songs for Amy’ will receive its Dublin premiere on May 1st and will open in selected IMC Cinemas on May 2nd. |
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Brendan Gleeson Joins ‘Suffragette’ Cast |
| 21 Feb 2014 | Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has joined the cast of ‘Suffragette’, a UK based drama which focuses on the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement. |
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GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY |
| 21 Feb 2014 | A hit at Toronto, a sell-out in Dublin, and already sold to 7 territories (including US deal with Tribeca Films) - The Stag is proving to be the little Irish film that could. Paul Byrne talks to its director and co-writer, John Butler. |
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The LA College of Creative Arts Expands into the SFX Industry |
| 21 Feb 2014 | The LA College of Creative Arts began in 2005. Originally strictly a make-up college, it has since expanded greatly to include a wide range of courses in relation to the arts. The year 2014 will include more niche courses such as special effects for TV and film, TV presenting, and fashion design. |
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‘The Irish Pub’ to get North American Premiere |
| 21 Feb 2014 | Alex Fegan’s documentary will have its North American premiere at the Toronto Irish Film Festival on February 28th at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. |
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