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Daily Bite: Ken Loach Back In Competition at Cannes |
| 19 Apr 2012 | Ken Loach’s return to competition in Cannes as the festival announces its line-up, news that ITV are to move into making soaps for international broadcasters and the end of the BBC’s Ceefax service are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Interview: Irish Director Stephen St. Leger on His Feature Film Debut ‘Lockout’ |
| 19 Apr 2012 | Stephen St. Leger seems oddly relaxed. Two days before the European release of his Luc Besson-produced debut feature film ‘Lockout’ – co-directed and co-written with his long-time collaborator and fellow Irishman James Mather - and the Dubliner displays none of the apprehension an outsider might expect at letting their ‘baby’ out into the world. |
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Joseph McBride to Deliver Opening Lecture at John Ford Ireland Film Symposium |
| 19 Apr 2012 | Renowned American film historian Joseph McBride will give the Opening John Ford Lecture at the very first John Ford Ireland Film Symposium, taking place in Dublin, from 7 – 10 June. |
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Five Minutes With... ‘The Dark Knight’ VFX Artist Ciaran Crowley |
19 Apr 2012 | Few Irish visual effects artists boast a CV as impressive as that of Dublin-native Ciaran Crowley. Over the past decade, his list of film and TV credits reads like a roll-call of some of the most visually impressive movies of the last 10 years.
From ‘Inception’ to ‘Iron Man 2’, through to ‘2012’, ‘Batman Begins’, ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’, Crowley has had a hand in ensuring that some of the biggest blockbusters of recent memory have arrived on cinema screens with visual effects that can pack a punch as equally as they seamlessly integrate into the background of a director’s overall vision.
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Irish Duo Shooting 'No Limbs No Limits' in New York |
| 19 Apr 2012 | Irish director Steven O’Riordan and producer Adrian Devane will travel to New York next week to begin filming their documentary ‘No Limbs No Limits’. |
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RTÉ Scoops Three International Awards For Documentary |
| 19 Apr 2012 | Axed RTÉ investigate programme 'Prime Time Investigates' was among the Irish and Northern Irish winners at the New York Festivals International and Television and Film Awards 2012. |
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Daily Bite: Bejo To Host Cannes Ceremonies? |
| 18 Apr 2012 | News on Cannes, Netflix’s acquisition of mob drama ‘Lilyhammer’ for Ireland and Michael Fassbender’s latest trailer for ‘Prometheus’ are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Short Steps Scheme Greenlights Five Films |
| 18 Apr 2012 | Five films have been selected to begin production through the Northern Ireland Screen Short Steps Scheme. The scheme helps writers and directors from Northern Ireland develop scripts over a six-month period by holding intensive training sessions with local industry professionals. |
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RTÉ Seeks Submissions for Entertainment Programmes |
| 18 Apr 2012 | The deadline for RTÉ’s formats on entertainment programming is this Friday (April 20). The broadcaster is seeking submissions from producers for new formats to play as a series of four or more on-off broadcast pilots for both 25-minute and 52-minute slots. |
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Liam Neeson for Paul Haggis' 'Third Person' |
| 18 Apr 2012 | Irish actor Liam Neeson has joined the cast of Paul Haggis’ forthcoming movie ‘Third Person’ alongside Olivia Wilde (Cowboys and Aliens). |
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Young Critics Wanted for Cinemagic Festival Jury |
| 18 Apr 2012 | The Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People is calling on aspiring film critics to apply to the Cinemagic Jury for a chance to review a series of short films. The Cinemagic team will be on hand to explain the basics of film critiquing to 20 lucky applicants aged between 12-18-years-old. |
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Scriptwriting ZeBBie Nominees Announced |
| 18 Apr 2012 | Irish writer Stuart Carolan’s ‘Love/Hate’ and IFTA-winner Juanita Wilson’s ‘As If I Am Not There’ are among the nominees for the 2012 ZeBBie Awards. |
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Daily Bite: Spanish Film Industry Dealt Heavy Blow |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Cuts to the Spanish film industry’s funding, the staggering success of record-breaker ‘Titanic 3D’ in China and the unveiling of shorts in competition at Cannes are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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'The Avengers' Irish Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey Hosting IFTA Masterclass |
| 17 Apr 2012 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced details of a special Members masterclass and ‘In Conversation With…’ event with acclaimed Irish cinematographer Seamus McGarvey next Tuesday (April 24) in Dublin. |
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Jim Sheridan To Sit On Tribeca Judging Panel |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish director Jim Sheridan will be amongst the competition jurors at the Tribeca Film Festival, which begins tomorrow (April 18) in New York City. The ‘In America’ and ‘My Left Foot’ director is amongst 39 jurors, selected from a diverse group of filmmakers, writers, producers, actors, critics and business leaders. |
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‘Misfits’ Actor Joe Gilgun in Dublin for ‘Ripper Street’ |
| 17 Apr 2012 | ‘Misfits’ star Joe Gilgun has revealed he has been in Dublin to film scenes for BBC One thriller ‘Ripper Street’. Fresh from his performance in ‘Lockout’, the sci-fi adventure written by Irish duo Stephen St. Leger and James Mather, the actor has said he has landed a “guest lead role” on the Jack the Ripper-based drama, which is currently filming in Clancy Barracks in Dublin, and stars ‘Pride and Prejudice’ actor Matthew Macfadyen and ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Jerome Flynn. |
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Registration Open For Irish Pavilion in Cannes |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish filmmakers hoping to attend this year’s Cannes Film Festival have been invited to register for membership of the Irish Pavilion at the prestigious event. |
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Irish Actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes To Star in Kidnap Biopic |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes has been cast as the lead in a gripping real-life hostage story about Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch. The Derry-born actress, who recently starred in Rebecca Daly’s ‘The Other Side of Sleep‘, will portray Kampusch in a biopic about her life, called ‘3096’. |
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Luke McManus Wraps Filming on ‘Homemade’ Short |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish short ‘Homemade’ has wrapped filming at the Tea Rooms in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. ‘Homemade’ tells the story of pensioner Tommy Fogarty whose attempts at impressing his new lady friend go awry when a group of teenage girls set out to destroy his plans. The short is centred around a church cake sale, with ‘Father Ted’ actor Jim Norton (Bishop Brennan) playing lead character Tommy, and ‘The Clinic’ actress Deirdre Connolly portraying his potential love interest. |
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Séainín Brennan joins Belfast drama ‘The Fall’ |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish actress Séainín Brennan is the latest name to join the cast of the BBC’s Belfast-based TV thriller ‘The Fall’. The Belfast actress will star alongside Gillian Anderson (The X Files) and Jamie Dornan (Marie Antoinette) in the psychological thriller which began principal photography in Belfast late last month. It is expected to shoot for up to 11 weeks in total. |
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