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10 Mar 2010 Short Film Round-Up: ‘Caged Bird’, ‘Polish Language’ & Babyskip Comp
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Post production on ‘The Caged Bird’ finishes up, ‘The Polish Language’ is invited to screen at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Texas and Baby Skip invites would-be short filmmakers to ‘Shoot a BabySkip and Bag €3000’. more
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04 Mar 2010 Ardmore Sound & Screen Scene Announce Merger
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It has been announced that leading Irish post-production companies Ardmore Sound and Screen Scene are to merge. The two companies will now operate together to offer combined services to the Irish and international marketplace. more
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25 Feb 2010 Post Completes on Magma’s ‘The Guards’
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Post production has completed on Magma Productions’ ‘The Guards’. Adapted from Irish crime novelist Ken Bruen’s novel of the same name the film stars Iain Glen (Tara Road, Resident Evil), Ralph Brown (Withnail and I, Cold Blood), Tara Breathnach (The Tudors) and Nora Jane Noone (Savage, The Magdalene Sisters). more
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16 Feb 2010 Tyrell CCT Expands UK Office
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Tyrell CCT, a creative technology solutions provider for the broadcast and post production industry, have announced a continued expansion of its UK operation with a number of new customer deployments, additional staff and recent move to a larger office space. more
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11 Feb 2010 Animation Chiefs Call for Increase in RTÉ Funding
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The Animation CEO Forum, an Animation Ireland body that brings together CEOs from the leading Irish animation companies to discuss industry issues, has criticised Irish public broadcaster RTÉ saying they are failing to support, develop and fund the Animation sector in Ireland. more
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21 Jan 2010 Tyrell Partners With MOG Technologies
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Tyrell CCT, a creative technology solutions provider for the broadcast and post production industry, yesterday announced a partnership with MOG Technologies, a leader in the development of MXF technology, to represent the company in Ireland and the UK. more
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15 Jan 2010 European Parliament Shoot Wraps at Studio Solas
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Studio Solas, the Connemara-based film and television studios, have just completed the first project of the new-year, namely a prestigious shoot of an interactive game for the European Parliament Visitor Centre which will open in Brussels in Summer 2010 – and is to be the second largest visitor centre in the world. more
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07 Jan 2010 Anderson Discusses Swan Cinemas’ Digital Experience
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Following years of planning and negotiations, December 18th of last year saw the launch of Swan Cinemas in Rathmines, Dublin. IFTN spoke to Omniplex’s Operations Director Mark Anderson about the new facility, interactive gaming on the big screen and his thoughts on the future of cinema. more
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07 Jan 2010 Newly refurbished IFI Opens
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The IFI unveiled its new luxury cinema screen and upgraded public areas today, January 7th. The event will also mark the launch of its new programme for the coming year. more
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11 Dec 2009 Tyrell CCT Introduces New Encoding Technology to Pepper Post
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Tyrell CCT, a creative technology solutions provider for the broadcast and post production industry, announced that the company has provided Pepper Post, a major UK post-production facility which has been involved with projects such as ‘9 Songs’, ‘Layer Cake’ and ‘Laws of Attraction’, with the innovative Anystream Agility 2G multi-node encoding and workflow solution from Grab Networks. more
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10 Dec 2009 Irish Film Board Pleased with 2010 Budget Allocation
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The 2009 budget for Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has been announced by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism as €19.3 million for 2010 which represents a 5% cut from the 2009 budget allocation. more
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09 Dec 2009 IADT Innovate Media Conference Examines ‘Smart Economy’
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There has been much discussion over the last year on the notion of a “smart economy” and how this offers a lifeline to an Ireland that has been more impacted by the recession than most nations. Herein lies the theme for the “Innovate Media” conference, at the Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT), on Wednesday 16th December 2009. more
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01 Dec 2009 New BAI Committees Announced
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Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced on Monday, November 30, the appointments to the Compliance Committee and Contract Awards Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. more
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23 Nov 2009 AV Review Determines Film & TV Sector an Irish "Success Story"
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The Audiovisual Federation, the IBEC group that represents the feature film, television and animation sectors, has launched its 2009 review of film and television production in Ireland. In 2008, 266 audiovisual productions were completed in Ireland, with a total production value of €246.8 million - this was a significant increase on 2007 (€195.7 million). more
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19 Nov 2009 Teach Solais Light 'Leap Year', 'The Runway' and More
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Teach Solais’ Chief Cian de Buitléar tells IFTN about the company’s recent lighting jobs on big profile productions such as ‘Leap Year’ and ‘The Runway’ and explains how he has come to understand the role of the cinematographer. more
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16 Nov 2009 Autodesk 3D Winter Seminar in Dublin
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With the new releases of Autodesk 3DS Max 2010, Softimage 2010 and the new unified version of Maya 2010, Eurotek and Autodesk will be holding the annual 3D winter Seminar this week in central Dublin. more
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11 Nov 2009 IFTA Invites Submissions for 2010 Awards
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The Call for Entries for the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards is now open. Submissions are invited for categories in film, television, shorts and animation. The deadline for submissions is Monday, November 23rd at 5.30pm. more
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11 Nov 2009 RED Rocket Technology Takes Off at Egg
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Red Data workflow has just become easier and quicker at Egg Post Production where the team have recently installed RED Rocket - the latest innovation from the same developers that introduced the Red One Camera. more
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05 Nov 2009 ‘Ballybrando’ Explores the Greatest Irish Film Never Made
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Hotshot Films are currently in the edit suite with ‘Ballybrando’, a documentary that follows the story of ill fated Irish film ‘Divine Rapture’. Starring Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp, the project is now known as the greatest film never made in Ireland. more
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04 Nov 2009 Call for Entries for Innovate Media ’09 Awards
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Media Cube, the only dedicated digital media centre to be based on the campus of an academic institution in Ireland (the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire), are currently inviting entries from digital media and software companies for the Innovate Media ’09 Awards. more
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