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Minister Calls For Report Over Britain’s TV Tax Incentive |
| 12 Apr 2012 | A review of the possible impact on the Irish audiovisual industry following Britain’s plans to introduce a tax incentive for TV dramas has been ordered by Minister For Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan. |
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IFB Dishes Up €2.6million+ in Funding Decisions |
| 11 Apr 2012 | Recipients of the latest funding loans from the Irish Film Board (IFB) have been announced. A grand total of €2,660,317 was awarded to 47 projects overall. |
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New Bursary for Filmmakers & Scriptwriters |
| 11 Apr 2012 | The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, the residential workplace for artists, has announced a new bursary for filmmakers and scriptwriters. The bursary will offer one successful applicant, or a pair collaborating on a project, the opportunity to use the Annaghmakerrig workplace in County Monaghan to work on projects for one week. |
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Animation Tops Study of Decade’s Most Profitable Movie Format |
| 11 Apr 2012 | The profitability of animated movies, more bad news for Sony and reports that ‘The Hunger Games’ director Garry Ross has quit the franchise’s sequel are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Galway Film Fair Application Deadline Approaching |
| 11 Apr 2012 | The Galway Film Fair’s deadline for applications to take part in the Marketplace networking event is 11 May 2012. The Galway Film Fair will take place 13-14 July, as part of the Galway Film Fleadh 10-15 July. The Marketplace is an opportunity for producers of feature films or documentaries to network with industry professionals at pre-scheduled meetings. The Fair is calling on producers to submit projects before the deadline in order to be selected for the two-day event. Priority will be given to projects which have a finished screenplay and a percentage of development and/or production finance in place. |
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Irish Short ‘Tiger’ Continues Post-Production Overseas |
| 11 Apr 2012 | Irish short film ‘Tiger’ is currently in post production around the world after a successful funding campaign on public funding website Fund it. |
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Parallel Films Developing 'Echo Chamber' For HBO |
| 11 Apr 2012 | Irish producers Parallel Films are developing the mini-series ‘Echo Chamber’ for HBO and Sky Atlantic. The series will be set in 1980s Northern Ireland against the backdrop of The Troubles and will focus on an undercover British soldier who infiltrates the IRA. |
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Irish Post Production Feature: A Look Inside The Element |
| 11 Apr 2012 | At home in the grandeur of a Georgian townhouse in 16 Fitzwilliam Square since 1998 The Element post production house started off as a small business but has since gone from strength to strength. |
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BAI to Probe RTÉ Report Leak |
| 10 Apr 2012 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is to launch a review into how its report on RTÉ’s ‘Prime Time Investigates’ programme ‘A Mission to Prey’ was leaked to the Irish Times. |
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BAI Launches Community Broadcasting Support Scheme 2012 |
| 10 Apr 2012 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has launched its Community Broadcasting Support Scheme 2012. The scheme is open to licensed community and community of interest television and radio stations, with the aim to provide funding grants which allow broadcasters the facilities to evaluate and assess the effectiveness of their service. |
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1,000 People Apply For ‘Tallafornia’ |
| 10 Apr 2012 | More than 1,000 people have applied to appear in the new series of TV3’s ‘Tallafornia’, which is due to begin filming later this year. |
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Cultural Landmark Documentary Deadline Approaching |
| 10 Apr 2012 | The deadline for applications for the Northern Ireland Screen-supported Cultural Landmark Documentary is fast approaching at 30 April 2012. |
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Daily Bite: ‘Game of Thrones’ Ratings Remain Strong |
| 10 Apr 2012 | A second strong week for ‘Game of Thrones’, the loss of 10,000 jobs at Sony and details of a sequel to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning ‘Raging Bull’ are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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‘The Consumer Show’ Returns for Thrifty Third Season |
| 10 Apr 2012 | Savvy shoppers will be pleased to hear ‘The Consumer Show’ will return to our screens tonight at 08.30pm on RTÉ One. Financial guru Eddie Hobbs vows to “fight for your rights” as he returns to tackle consumer’s problems both great and small, with investigative journalist Keelin Shanley. Focus will be on viewer’s rising debts, getting more bang for your buck, as well as bad service and poor quality goods. Viewers are also invited to contact the show with individual complaints. |
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Irish Actor Kevin Ryan’s ‘Copper’ To Air in August |
| 10 Apr 2012 | Irish actor Kevin Ryan will be seen on US screens this autumn as ‘Copper’ debuts on BBC America. Dublin born Ryan, who recently starred in RTE One’s television drama ‘Raw’, plays one of two leads in the crime drama about Irish cops working in 19th century New York City. The first picture from the set features Ryan and his co-star, British actor Tom Weston-Jones, who plays detective Kevin Corcoran. Shot on location in Toronto, Canada, ‘Copper’ will premiere in the US on August 19. |
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Celtic Media Festival Unveils 2012 Programme |
| 10 Apr 2012 | The 33rd Celtic Media Festival has unveiled its full programme details ahead of next week’s three-day event at The Playhouse Theatre in Derry. The annual event will take place from 18-20 April, with additional activities being held in various venues around Derry city. |
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'Raymond' Wraps Filming in Dublin |
| 10 Apr 2012 | Irish writer and director Gavin FitzGerald has entered post-production on his short film ‘Raymond’. The six-minute short tells the story of a delusional taxi driver who remains positive in a hectic world. It was produced by Sibéal Davitt (Buaicphointe) and stars Tommy O'Neill (Fair City, The General) as Raymond. Irish cameraman Frankie Leonard (Stella Days) was the director of photography. |
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Kelly’s ‘Raise My Hands’ Selected for Sonoma |
| 10 Apr 2012 | Frank Kelly’s recent short, ‘Raise My Hands’, has been officially selected for the Sonoma International Film Festival in California this month. |
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‘Roy’ Returns For Second Series |
05 Apr 2012 | Award winning Irish programme ‘Roy’ returns to RTÉ Two for a second series on Friday evening at 5.30pm.
The young people’s programme, which combines hand-drawn animation with real-world drama, was made by Dublin based animators JAM Media in association with RTÉ. |
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Irish Titanic Shows to Screen This Week |
| 05 Apr 2012 | Titanic is the disaster that just keeps on giving. 100 years on from the sinking of the Irish-born luxury liner, the public’s appetite for revisiting the fateful night of April 14, 1912, shows no sense of dimming. Already a flood of Titanic documentaries, television drama series and feature films are to this week arrive on-screens having set sail from production houses all over the world over the past 12 months. |
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