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Irish short films ‘All Night Long’ and ‘Partly Cloudy’ Enter Post-Production |
| 04 May 2012 | Irish writer/director Mark Cogan has a busy few weeks ahead of him as post-production gets underway on two of his short films, and a third short screening at the Boston LGBT Film Festival this weekend. |
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‘Albert Nobbs’ & Re-Creating the Sound of 19th Century Dublin |
| 03 May 2012 | Having won an IFTA for their work on ‘Albert Nobbs’, Ardmore Sound and Screen Scene’s Niall Brady and Steve Fanagan discuss the challenges they faced on helping bring the sound of 19th Century Dublin to Glenn Close’s latest movie. |
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Two Film & TV Studios to Open In Cork |
| 02 May 2012 | Two film and TV production studios are to open in Cork as plans to promote the county as a prime production location to the international film industry get into full swing. |
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Final Whistle For 'Football’s Next Star', Series Posts at ScreenScene |
| 02 May 2012 | The Irish version of ‘Football’s Next Star’ has wrapped filming and is currently in post-production at Screen Scene in Dublin. |
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Sony Launches Nine New Products at NAB Show |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Sony is recharging its batteries after a busy launch-week at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas. The tech-giants launched a staggering nine new products at the electronics-based convention which is aimed at industry professionals. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘Keys To The City’ Wraps Dublin Shoot |
| 16 Apr 2012 | Irish feature film ‘Keys to the City’ has wrapped filming in Dublin and is preparing for post production. The 90-minute recession-based drama was crewed by a group of Digital Feature Film masters students in conjunction with Filmbase and Staffordshire University (UK). |
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Special Feature: Inside 'Lockout' Visual Effects |
| 12 Apr 2012 | Having spoken previously to IFTN about setting up Ireland's first stand-alone feature film visual effects facility around forthcoming sci-fi action movie 'Lockout', James Morris, Chairman of Windmill Lane, and Ciaran Crowley, VFX Suprevisor at Windmill Lane VFX, describe what goes into creating visual effects scenes for a major motion picture: |
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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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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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In Memory of Stephen Gamble – RIP |
| 05 Apr 2012 | IFTN and the Irish film and television industry were saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Stephen Gamble, who was well-known in the broadcast and post production world in Ireland and passed away suddenly last month. |
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‘Ripper Street’ Posting at Screen Scene VFX & Egg |
| 04 Apr 2012 | Two Dublin-based post production houses have secured work on upcoming BBC drama ‘Ripper Street’, currently filming in Dublin. |
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Tyrell Holding Live U Open Day |
| 03 Apr 2012 | Live U’s new portable uplink solutions are to be launched for the first time in Ireland tomorrow with an open day at Tyrell CCT’s Dublin headquarters. |
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Irish Animation ‘Fear of Flying’ Takes Off at South Studios |
| 03 Apr 2012 | Irish short animation, ‘Fear of Flying’, has completed production in preparation for its premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh this July. Shot at Dublin-based South Studios, ‘Fear of Flying’ was funded by the Irish Film Board’s Frameworks project, with RTÉ and the Arts Council. |
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