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Daily Bite: FreemantleMedia Launches Drama Division |
| 25 May 2012 | In today’s Daily Bite, Páthe International seals more than 100 deals at Cannes; FreemantleMedia launches drama division and the trailer for director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’. |
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Ellen Cosgrove Wins Best Actress Award for Debut Film Role |
| 25 May 2012 | Irish actress and singer Ellen Cosgrove has picked up the Best Actress Award at the Milan International Film Festival for her first ever film role. |
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Sé Merry Doyle’s ‘Quiet Man’ Documentary Gets Irish Cinema Release |
| 24 May 2012 | Sé Merry Doyle’s acclaimed documentary ‘John Ford: Dreaming The Quiet Man’ is to be released in Irish cinemas next month following its Dublin premiere at the John Ford Ireland Symposium over June 7-10. |
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Set Report: Re-Creating 1880s Costumes For 'Ripper Street' |
| 24 May 2012 | Gaining hands-on experience with famous actors as a day-job seems like the ideal occupation for many film buffs. But when this hands-on experience involves dressing 170 extras just days before they are scheduled to shoot, and designing costumes for new characters that have been announced just two days before their fitting, at times the job can more tedious than thrilling. |
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ROSG Win Big At Oireachtas Irish Language Awards |
| 24 May 2012 | Galway-based production company ROSG has picked up the prestigious prize of Television Series of the Year for its documentary ‘Scéal na Gaeilge’ at the Oireachtas Communication Awards. |
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Irish Short ‘It’s A Wonderful Death’ To Shoot At Aviva Stadium |
| 24 May 2012 | Irish short film ‘It’s a Wonderful Death’ will start shooting at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday (May 26). |
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Five Minutes With... John Ford Ireland's Dr Liam Burke |
| 24 May 2012 | Having directed 137 films and won more ‘Best Director’ Oscars than any other filmmaker, acclaimed Irish-American director John Ford is a filmmaker worth celebrating. |
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Belfast To Get Local TV Station |
| 24 May 2012 | Belfast is to get its own local TV station with UK media watchdog Ofcom inviting bidders to submit applications for the broadcast licence. |
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Irish Actress Ruth Negga Joins Michael Fassbender And Brad Pitt In ‘Twelve Years A Slave’ |
| 23 May 2012 | Irish actress Ruth Negga has been cast as a slave in director Steve McQueen’s upcoming feature ‘Twelve Years a Slave’. |
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Irish Director Ruairi Robinson's ‘Last Days on Mars’ Begins Filming As New Cast Added |
| 23 May 2012 | Johnny Harris (Snow White and the Huntsman), Elias Koteas (Shutter Island), Goran Kostic (Taken), Olivia Williams (The Ghost) and Tom Cullen (Weekend) have joined the cast of Irish director Ruairi Robinson’s debut feature film ‘Last Days on Mars,’ which has began shooting in Jordan. |
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Production on Scéal Short Films Hits Halfway Stage |
| 23 May 2012 | Production on six Irish-language short films chosen as part of the TG4 and BAI Scéal short film initiative has reached the halfway stage with filming on three of the 25-minute short films now complete. |
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Tyrell CCT Launches New Online Store for Post-Production And Broadcast Markets |
| 23 May 2012 | Tyrell Content Creation Tools has launched a new online store specialising in video, audio, storage and IT solutions for the production, post-production and broadcast markets |
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Production Companies Invited To Meet With RTÉ Commissioning Editors |
| 23 May 2012 | RTÉ are inviting producers and production companies to meet their commissioning teams as part of a question and answers session on June 15. |
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The Factory Launches Screen Acting Programme |
| 23 May 2012 | The Factory in Dublin has announced details of its first year-long Screen Acting Programme, beginning this September. |
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RTÉ Reveals Line-up For ‘Late Late Show’ 50th Anniversary Special |
| 23 May 2012 | Former ‘Late Late Show’ presenters Gay Byrne and Pat Kenny will join current host Ryan Tubridy for a special 50th anniversary episode of the show on Friday, June 1. |
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Cork Film Centre & Cork Screen Commission Establish Central Film Hub |
| 23 May 2012 | The Cork Film Centre and the Cork Screen Commission have set up house together in the latest move to promote the area of Cork as a prime filming location. |
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MEDIA Europe Unveil TV Broadcasting Support Scheme |
| 23 May 2012 | The European Union’s MEDIA programme has announced details of its 2012 TV Broadcasting Support scheme, with the application deadline set as June 11. |
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Eurotek To Show Off Autodesk’s 2013 Releases At Free Seminar |
| 23 May 2012 | Irish media technology suppliers Eurotek and 3D animation and visual effect giants Autodesk are to host a free evening seminar next month to show off the latest enhancements and features of Autodesk’s 2013 releases. |
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Daily Bite: All3Media head to join Sony Pictures Television |
| 23 May 2012 | In today’s Daily Bite, news that the head of global film and TV production company All3Media has left to join Sony Pictures Television; Italy and Argentina extend their co-production pact and last year’s most popular TV format finds its 35th broadcaster. |
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Ireland's Gabriel Byrne Joins Cast Of Morgan O’Sullivan’s ‘Vikings’ |
| 22 May 2012 | Irish actor Gabriel Byrne has been cast in upcoming Irish co-produced mini-series ‘Vikings,’ which will shoot in Co Wicklow this summer. |
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