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‘Lads mar Dads’ – New TG4 Series Funded by BAI starting Sunday |
| 12 Feb 2014 | ‘Lads mar Dads’ is a new TG4 series, co-funded by the BAI and TG4, for Good Company Productions. Directed by Evan Chamberlain (Feirm Factor, Hector Goes), the series will air every Sunday night at 9.30 for six weeks, starting February 16th. |
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‘The Bible’ wins for Best Actress and Epiphany Prize at Movieguide Awards |
| 12 Feb 2014 | The 22nd Movieguide Faith & Values Awards took place on February 7th at the Hilton Universal Hotel. The biggest winners of the night included ‘The Bible’ as well as ‘Duck Dynasty’ and ‘Tiger Tank’. |
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New RTÉjr Wildlife Documentary series ‘Wild Things’ to air on Monday, 16th February |
| 12 Feb 2014 | ‘Wild Things’ - a six-part short documentary series exploring Ireland’s native wildlife for a pre-school audience – will begin airing on RTÉjr from Monday, 16th February. |
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IFB Reveals Fourth Quarter Funding Decisions |
| 11 Feb 2014 | The Irish Film Board (IFB) today released details of its fourth quarter funding decisions of 2013. |
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UTV Accepts Ofcom Terms for New 10 year Licence |
| 11 Feb 2014 | UTV Media plc has today advised Ofcom that its subsidiary UTV Ltd (UTV) accepts the financial terms for the renewal of its regional Channel 3 licence in Northern Ireland for a further ten year period commencing January 1st 2015. |
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2 Day TV Production Management Course available from Waddell Media |
| 11 Feb 2014 | A television production management course, two days in duration, is to be held in Holywood, Co. Down. The course takes place on Friday 28th February and Saturday 1st March. It will held by Waddell Media, a prominent producer of factual, lifestyle and entertainment programming for Ireland, the UK and international markets. |
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‘Frank’ to Screen at SXSW Film Festival |
| 11 Feb 2014 | Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘Frank’ is Austin bound to play at SXSW (South by SouthWest) festival in March. |
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‘Noble’ Wins Top Jury Prize in Santa Barbara |
| 10 Feb 2014 | Irish director Stephen Bradley’s ‘Noble’ has won the top Jury prize, the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema, at the 29th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. |
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‘True North’ Returns to BBC One Northern Ireland |
| 10 Feb 2014 | The second series of ‘True North’ begins on BBC One Northern Ireland tonight at 10.35pm. It is a series of fresh, revelatory and uniquely personal single documentaries from BBC Northern Ireland. |
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Saoirse Ronan to star in ‘Stockholm, Pennsylvania’ & ‘How to Catch a Monster’ |
| 10 Feb 2014 | Saoirse Ronan (19) has long proven herself as a stand-out actress, wowing critics in her performances in movies ‘How I Live Now’, ‘Hanna’, ‘The Way Back’, ‘The Lovely Bones’, Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’ and ‘Atonement’. She continues her streak of accepting challenging and compelling roles in this recent casting news. |
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Animation News Updates |
| 10 Feb 2014 | Irish animation has seen some noteworthy developments of late. Here is some of the latest news in relation to animated TV series and films. |
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Cecelia Ahern’s Films to Air on German TV |
| 10 Feb 2014 | Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern will have two of her films, ‘Between Heaven and Here’ and ‘My Whole Half Life’, aired on German TV station ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen). The announcement was made in Munich by TV and film producer Andreas Bareiss (Heart of Fire). |
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Irish Projects Participate in Cartoon Movie Forum 2014 |
| 07 Feb 2014 | The 16th edition of Cartoon Movie, which runs from 5-7 March in Lyon, will assess 60 feature film projects, which are to be pitched to over 700 animation professionals from 40 countries. The projects, which include four Irish features, will be pitched to 200 buyers. |
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Kavaleer Animation ‘Wildernuts’ to Launch on RTÉ jr |
| 07 Feb 2014 | Dublin based Kavaleer Productions’ new children’s animated show ‘Wildernuts’ will launch on RTEjr this week. |
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Irish Indie Movie ‘The O’Brien’s’ Secures VOD Deal |
| 07 Feb 2014 | Irish indie movie ‘The O’Brien’s' has secured a deal with international video-on-demand streaming channel. |
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Brendan Gleeson comedy gets US Distribution |
| 07 Feb 2014 | Entertainment One Films (eOne) has acquired the US distribution rights to ‘The Grand Seduction’. The Canadian comedy premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival five months ago and stars Brendan Gleeson (‘The Guard’, ‘Calvary’) in the lead role. |
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One Productions Acquisition of Arc Transmedia Partners |
| 07 Feb 2014 | One Productions has announced the acquisition of Arc Transmedia Partners. Arc Transmedia Partners has a number of projects on its development slate including its IFB, RTE, Australian and Scottish co-production ‘Megacorp’, a transmedia documentary. |
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‘Once’ director John Carney, Bono and The Edge team up to make ‘Sing Street’ |
| 07 Feb 2014 | Feature film ‘Sing Street’, which was announced this week in Berlin, will see Dublin-born John Carney (the director-writer of ‘Once’ and ‘Can a Song Save Your Life?’) collaborate with Bono and the Edge. The singer and lead guitarist of U2 have had lifelong ties with Carney. They will be involved in the film’s music as well as in other aspects of the film which are to be confirmed. |
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Irish Titles Screen in Berlin |
| 07 Feb 2014 | Last week, IFTN reported that Calvary, The Food Guide to Love and Last Hijack were to be screened in the Official Selection of the Berlin Film Festival (see here), which commences today and continues until the 16th February. Five Irish titles will also screen at the European Film Market (EFM). |
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BAI to enter into TV Content Contract with 'UTV Ireland' |
| 06 Feb 2014 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has announced that it will enter into negotiations for a television content provision contract with UTV Ireland Limited. |
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