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Young Irish filmmakers and animators honoured at Student Media Awards |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Six student filmmakers, TV producers and animators were among the winners at last night’s (April 26) National Student Media Awards in Dublin. A 500-strong crowd representing all colleges across the country packed out the Ballsbridge Hotel’s conference room to collect 35 awards from media categories such as Editor of the Year and News Photographer of the Year. |
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Brendan Gleeson joins Smurfs sequel |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Brendan Gleeson has been confirmed to join the cast of the forthcoming Smurfs sequel. The Dublin-born actor has been cast as Victor Doyle, the step-father to Neil Patrick Harris’ (How I Met Your Mother) character Patrick Winslow in the follow-up to last year’s hit comedy. |
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Colin Farrell Offered ‘Winter's Tale’ lead |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Colin Farrell has reportedly been offered the lead role in writer-director Akiva Goldsman’s upcoming project ‘Winter’s Tale’. |
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Irish producers Garland & Bushe amongst guest speakers At ENGAGE |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Irish producers Michael Garland and Morgan Bushe were amongst the guest speakers at the first ENGAGE workshop of 2012, an international training project which took place at the National Film School at IADT in Dublin last week. |
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Story Campus Returns To Filmbase |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Irish writer/ director Ian Power (The Runway) and producers Tim Palmer (The Last of the High Kings, Into the West) and Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (As If I Am Not There) will be amongst the industry guests at next week’s Story Campus session in Filmbase. |
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Irish Supernatural Short to Begin Shoot in County Louth |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Irish supernatural short ‘Gallow Hill House’ will begin production on location in Termonfeckin, Co Louth, next week. |
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BAI To Consider Print Media Ownership in Approving Broadcast Takeovers |
| 27 Apr 2012 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has published a new Ownership and Control Policy which outlines new requirements for commercially-owned broadcasting media. The policy allows the BAI to vet a potential broadcast owner’s character before permitting them to purchase a majority stake in a broadcasting station. |
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Daily Bite: Twickenham Film Studios Gets Lifeline |
| 26 Apr 2012 | News that a mystery buyer has come into save world famous London film studio Twickenham has given staff there a lifeline; the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or jury and a massive one-day haul at the box-office by ‘Avengers Assemble’ are amongst the international news stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Irish Short ‘Cairdeas’ to Screen at Newport Beach Film Festival |
| 26 Apr 2012 | Irish short ‘Cairdeas’ is the second Irish film selected for a screening at the Newport Beach Film Festival this weekend. ‘Cairdeas’ joins Irish feature film ‘Songs for Amy’, which IFTN announced earlier this month had been chosen to screen at the festival on Tuesday May 1. |
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Liev Schreiber, Sally Hawkins and Romola Garai cast in Ruairi Robinson's 'Last Days On Mars' |
| 26 Apr 2012 | Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey) has gone into pre-production on his debut feature ‘The Last Days of Mars’, which is being co-produced by Ireland’s Fantastic Films and boasts a strong cast including Liev Schreiber (Scream), Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), and Romola Garai (Atonement). |
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‘Loving Miss Hatto’ To Wrap Filming In Ireland |
| 26 Apr 2012 | Irish director Aisling Walsh’s BBC television drama ‘Loving Miss Hatto’ is due to wrap filming this Saturday (April 28) following a four-week shoot in Ireland. The €2m BBC drama, produced by Ireland’s Octagon Films (The Tudors) and Britain’s Left Bank Films, was shot on-location in Dublin and Wicklow. |
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Production Company Trips To Banff Festival Supported by IFB |
| 26 Apr 2012 | The Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced it will support six Irish production companies by funding their expenses for the Banff World Media Festival, which takes place at the Rocky Mountains, Canada, over June 10-13. |
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Irish Colourist Aidan Farrell To Receive BAFTA Special Award |
| 26 Apr 2012 | Irish colourist Aidan Farrell is to receive a BAFTA special award at the organisation’s Craft Awards in London next month. Dublin-born Farrell – who has worked as a colourist on acclaimed television shows such as ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘The Shadow Line’ and Irish director John Crowley’s ‘Boy A’ – will be honoured by BAFTA on May 13 for his “outstanding creative contribution to the industry and his extensive work and accomplishments in this field.” |
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RTÉ Deadline For Irish Language Broadcast Fund Submissions Looms |
| 26 Apr 2012 | RTÉ’s deadline for programmes hoping to receive its support in advance of the next round of Irish Language Broadcast funding is tomorrow (April 27). |
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RTÉ Gathers Irish celebrities in quest for ‘Ireland’s Favourite Painting’ |
| 26 Apr 2012 | RTÉ has gathered a host of celebrity names to help in its quest for Ireland’s favourite painting. The idea is based on the show entitled ‘Masterpiece: Ireland’s Favourite Painting’, which aired on RTÉ One on Tuesday April 17, and was hosted by veteran broadcaster Mike Murphy. |
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Daily Bite: Fox To Cease 35mm Film Distribution |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Today’s Daily Bite brings international news stories from CinemaCon 2012 in Las Vegas, where Hollywood director Baz Lurhmann and Twentieth Century Fox made two big announcements. Today’s round up also includes news of the highly-anticipated Beatles documentary, which finally gets a world premiere date. |
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Fionnula Flanagan Joins Cast of 'Defiance' |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan has joined the cast of Syfy’s new drama series ‘Defiance’. |
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Brown Bag's Darragh O'Connell to Sit On Annecy Jury Panel |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Irish producer Darragh O’Connell of Brown Bag Films has been selected as one of 11 international jurors to sit on this year’s Annecy Animated Film Festival jury panel in what has been called a “hugely important” move for Irish animation. |
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Seamus McGarvey talks 'Avengers Assemble' |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey is already an IFTA Award-winner, Oscar nominee and 3D convert, but he can now add masterclass extraordinaire to his CV after wowing a packed audience at IFTA's 'In Conversation With…' event at the IFI yesterday. |
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Five minutes with… Derry-born actress Bronagh Gallagher |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Derry-born actress Bronagh Gallagher has come a long way since playing backing singer Bernie McGloughlin in the 1991 comedy musical 'The Commitments'. She has managed to carve herself a successful career both Stateside and closer to home, with appearances in box office hits such as 'Pulp Fiction' and theatre productions such as 'War Horse'. |
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