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Irish scriptwriter Paul Walker Attending Norway éQuinoxe Workshop |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Irish scriptwriter Paul Walker (The Clinic) has been chosen to attend the European éQuinoxe Writers Workshop in Bergen, Norway, after submitting his script for feature film ‘Ms. Mansfield and Me’. |
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Auditions For Irish Feature Film To Begin Today |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Northern Irish production company Out of Orbit is to hold the first round of auditions today (April 25) and tomorrow for an upcoming Irish language feature film that will shoot in Northern Ireland this summer. |
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Rea, Scott, O’Carroll, O’Briain & Norton In BAFTA TV Nominees |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Irish actors Stephen Rea, Andrew Scott, Brendan O’Carroll and television presenters Dara O’Briain and Graham Norton are amongst this year’s BAFTA TV award nominees. |
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'The Poisoners' to Film in Ireland - Lena Headey, Emily Watson and Anna Friel star |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Ireland’s Octagon Films are to co-produce ‘The Poisoners’, a dark World War One comedy starring Lena Headey (Game of Thrones, 300), Emily Watson (War Horse) and Anna Friel (Limitless). |
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Daily Bite: Tax Incentive Keeping British Film ‘Stable’ |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Britain’s feature film tax credit, news that Michel Gondry will open the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight and ITV’s TV collaboration with Shazam are amongst the international news stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Morgan Bushe Is Ireland’s Producer On The Move at Cannes |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Irish producer Morgan Bushe of Fastnet Films has been selected to take part in the European Film Promotion’s Cannes-based programme Producers On The Move. |
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Cillian Murphy & Mark O'Rowe's 'Broken' To Screen At Cannes |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Irish actor Cillian Murphy’s forthcoming feature ‘Broken’ will open next month’s Cannes Critics’ Week, which runs from May 17 - 25 as part of the Cannes Film Festival. Based on the novel by Daniel Clay, the Rufus Norris-directed drama has been adapted for the screen by Irish writer Mark O’Rowe (Perrier’s Bounty, Intermission). It tells the story of an 11-year-old girl living in North London whose innocence is shattered when she witnesses a violent assault. |
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BBC Comedy ‘Vexed’ Wraps Production In Ireland |
| 24 Apr 2012 | BBC detective comedy ‘Vexed’ has completed filming in Dublin and is currently in post-production at Windmill Lane. Produced by Ireland’s Newgrange Pictures and UK company Eleventh Hour Films, the six-part detective comedy began shooting in the capital in mid-January before wrapping its 12-week shoot earlier this month. |
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Irish Sci-Fi Thriller 'Dark By Noon' In Production |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Irish sci-fi thriller ‘Dark By Noon’ is set to resume shooting next month for one week before moving into post-production. The feature film, a co-production between Vico Films and IKKA Films, shot for five weeks in Dublin over the Christmas period and is currently having visual effects added. It is co-written and co-directed by Alan Leonard and Mike O’Flaherty. O’Flaherty also produces for IKKA Films alongside Vico’s Cormac Fox. |
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TG4 Appoints Producer Siún Ní Raghallaigh As New Chairperson |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Donegal-born producer Siún Ní Raghallaigh has been appointed Chairperson of the Board of TG4. Ní Raghallaigh is a former director of marketing and development at TG4. She previously worked with Tyrone Productions, the company responsible for ‘Ros na Rún’ and the ‘All Ireland Talent Show’, before establishing her own independent television company Ikandi Productions, which produced the documentary ‘Off The Beaten Track’ in 2011. Ní Raghallaigh currently sits on the board of the Galway Film Fleadh, which will take place over July 10-15. |
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Rockefeller Documentary 'Lunch in the Sky' Nears Completion |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Galway production company Sónta is half-way through post-production on its latest documentary ‘Lón sa Spéir: Lunch in the Sky’, in anticipation for the Galway Film Fleadh on July 10-15. |
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Irish actor Liam Cunningham cast in BBC’s ‘Merlin’ |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Irish actor Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones, Hunger) has been cast in BBC fantasy adventure ‘Merlin’, it has been confirmed. The ‘Game of Thrones’ actor caused a Twitter frenzy just over a week ago after tweeting a number of hints that he filmed scenes for series five in Wales. The BBC confirmed the news to IFTN on Friday (April 20). |
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Daily Bite: BBC Lines Up Second Talpa format |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Following the success of ‘The Voice’, the BBC have again turned to the Talpa Media Group for another prime-time format show, while the resignation of Disney Studio’s chairman Rich Ross and the latest video blog from the set of the forthcoming James Bond movie also feature in today’s round-up of international news stories. |
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Final Voting on RTÉ Storyland Opens Today |
| 23 Apr 2012 | The penultimate round of RTÉ's Storyland competition kicks off today (April 23). Four semi-finalists will show their third webisode in the hope of projecting to the final and winning Storyland 2012. |
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Limerick IT Students Dominate Dare2BDrinkAware.ie Film and Media Awards |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Limerick Institute of Technology dominated the fifth film and multimedia Dare2BDrinkAware.ie awards ceremony in Dublin last Thursday (April 19), picking up three awards in both the film and multimedia categories. |
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Winners announced at Celtic Media Festival |
| 20 Apr 2012 | UPDATED: APRIL 23
The Celtic Media Festival in Derry wrapped on Friday night (April 20) after announcing a number of award winners. |
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Daily Bite: FremantleMedia Chief to Step Down |
| 20 Apr 2012 | News that television format kingpins FremantleMedia are to replace their chief executive, Hollywood’s loss of a landmark piracy case and a look at Irish actors Colin O’Donoghue and Antonia Campbell-Hughes forthcoming movie ‘Storage 24’ are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Irish-Spanish Short ‘Rattle of Benghazi’ To Premiere Next Week |
| 20 Apr 2012 | Irish-Spanish short film ‘The Rattle of Benghazi’ is to receive its premiere next Tuesday (April 24) at Dublin’s Instituto Cervantes. |
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Irish Director’s Delight Over Second Hugo Award |
| 20 Apr 2012 | IFTA nominated Irish director Neasa Hardiman has spoken of her delight after winning America’s Hugo Television Award Certificate of Merit for the second year in a row at a ceremony in Chicago last night (April 19). |
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‘Good Vibrations’ World Premiere to Open Belfast Film Festival |
| 20 Apr 2012 | Irish feature film ‘Good Vibrations’ will receive its Irish premiere on May 31 as part of the Belfast Film Festival. Directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Cherrybomb), the feature will be screened in Belfast’s Ulster Hall as the festival’s opening film. |
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