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The Lir Opens Applications For Summer Short Courses |
| 21 Jun 2012 | The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College is inviting applications for its summer short courses which are starting in July. |
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James Corden & Adam Levine Join John Carney’s ‘Can A Song Save Your Life?’ |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Dublin-born director John Carney has added more A-list talent to the cast of his upcoming feature ‘Can a Song Save Your Life?’ |
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Tile Films Digs Up Old War Wounds For ‘Graves of the Disappeared’ Doc |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Tile Films is currently in production on its documentary ‘Graves of the Disappeared’, having signed a contract for production funding with the BAI this week. |
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‘Beyond Limits’ Paralympic Doc To Enter Post On July 2 |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Dublin production company Athena Media is moving into post-production on its documentary ‘Beyond Limits’ next week after a successful shoot around Ireland. |
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Culture Ireland Appoints Christine Sisk as Acting CEO |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Christine Sisk has been appointed as the acting chief executive of Culture Ireland |
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Five Minutes With... Barry Conway, Technical Director of The Lir Academy |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Ever wondered how Marlon Brando’s face was dimmed just at the right moments in scenes from Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Godfather’? Or how Horatio Caine always manages to find a crime scene in the dark hours of the night in the sunny state of Florida in ‘CSI: Miami’? |
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Ciaran Donnelly Set To Direct ‘Vikings’ Episodes |
| 20 Jun 2012 | Irish director Ciaran Donnelly (The Tudors) looks likely to direct three episodes of ‘Vikings,’ the Irish co-produced mini-series which begins filming at Ashford Studios in Co Wicklow next month. |
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Gréasán na Méan Skillnet Call for Web TV Course Applicants |
| 20 Jun 2012 | The Gréasán na Méan Skillnet in the Connemara Gaeltacht is inviting applications for a one-month web TV course in association with Galway Arts Festival TV. |
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Irish Co-Production ‘Noon’ To Shoot In Dublin |
| 19 Jun 2012 | Irish/Italian feature film ‘Noon’ is to wrap shooting in Ireland at the end of this month with a number of days filming in Dublin. |
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Straywave Shooting Series Three of ‘Celebrity Salon’ |
| 19 Jun 2012 | Straywave Media is currently in production on the third series of its popular reality show ‘Celebrity Salon’ for TV3. |
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‘Titanic: Blood and Steel’ Picks Up Golden Nymph In Monte Carlo |
| 19 Jun 2012 | Irish-shot mini-series ‘Titanic: Blood and Steel’ was among the big winners at last week’s prestigious Monte Carlo TV Festival. |
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Irish Student Wins Internship on John Moore’s ‘Die Hard’ Set |
| 19 Jun 2012 | John Moore, director of ‘Max Payne’ and ‘Behind Enemy Lines’, is connecting with his Dundalk roots by opening up the set of his latest film to Dundalk Institute of Technology student Blaine Rennicks for two weeks. |
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Director Ventura Pons To Host Masterclass at Galway Film Fleadh |
| 19 Jun 2012 | Award-winning Spanish director Ventura Pons (Caricies) and former Warner Brothers post-production senior vice president Bill Daly (The Dark Knight) are to appear at next month’s Galway Film Fleadh where they will each host Masterclass events |
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Actors Laurence Kinlan and Ashley Charles Join Jimi Hendrix Biopic |
| 18 Jun 2012 | Two new cast members have been added to the Jimi Hendrix biopic ‘All Is By My Side’, which is currently shooting in Dublin and Wicklow. |
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Colin Farrell In Talks To Star In Mary Poppins Movie |
| 18 Jun 2012 | Irish actor Colin Farrell is reportedly in talks to star in Disney’s upcoming ‘Saving Mr Banks’ feature, which follows the 14-year battle between Walt Disney and writer P.L. Travers for the rights to the ‘Mary Poppins’ novel. |
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Going Global: Irish Producers and TV Formats |
| 14 Jun 2012 | English-language, economical, efficient, are just some of the marketing buzz words associated with ‘what distributors want’. Universal, UK-influenced, US-based are words often used to describe Irish productions. These attributes married together are theoretically the ideal recipe for a successful international television format. |
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Irish Animators Paint Annecy Festival Green |
| 14 Jun 2012 | Freelance screenwriter Maria O’Loughlin attended last weekend's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where she rubbed shoulders with the crème de la crème of the animation world, some Oscar-nominees, and 700 animated party-goers as the French festival cast its spotlight this year on Irish animation. But what does the attention mean, if anything, for the Irish animation industry as it pushes forward? Read her report here: |
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TG4 Series ‘An Crisis’ To Complete Shooting Series Two in Brussels |
| 14 Jun 2012 | Production on series two of TG4 mini-series ‘An Crisis’ is moving to Brussels next week following a successful five-week shoot in Dublin. |
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Five Minutes With… ‘John Ford: Dreaming The Quiet Man’ director Sé Merry Doyle |
| 14 Jun 2012 | 'The Quiet Man’ has often been referred to as Irish-American director John Ford’s most personal film. First released in 1952, this year marks the film’s 60th anniversary, a fact that was celebrated at the recent John Ford Ireland Film Symposium. |
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Extras Needed For Irish shoot of Michael Hirst’s ‘Vikings’ |
| 14 Jun 2012 | The History Channel’s mini-series ‘Vikings’ needs thousands of extras for the upcoming series, which stars Irish actor Gabriel Byrne. |
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