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11 Mar 2010 ‘The Fading Light’ Screenings Brighten Up IFI
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The Irish Film Institute will host exclusive screenings of Irish writer, director and editor Ivan Kavanagh’s award-winning ‘The Fading Light’ from March 12th to 18th. The screenings will be run as part of the Institute’s ongoing commitment to new Irish film. The film walked away with honours for both Best Irish Film and Best Actor (for Patrick O’Donnell) from the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival’s. more
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11 Mar 2010 ‘Triage’ Opening Belfast Festival
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The 10th annual Belfast Film Festival will open with the gala Irish premiere screening of Danis Tanovic’s ‘Triage’. This year’s festival will feature screenings of Irish and World cinema works, workshops, an acting masterclass with ‘Sliding Doors’ star John Lynch, short films and documentaries. The event will run from April 15th to 30th. more
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10 Mar 2010 Festival Round-Up: ’Mother’s Little Helper’ at Berlinale & Irish Films in Byron
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Three Irish projects have been selected for competition at the Byron Bay International Film Festival and Michael Lavelle’s short film screenplay ‘Mother’s Little Helper’ has been chosen to compete for the 2011 Berlinale Today Award. more
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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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10 Mar 2010 Ireland’s 1st Indian Film Festival Unveiled
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The Indian Film Festival Ireland (IFFI), Ireland’s first dedicated Indian Film Festival will take place in Swan Cinemas Rathmines from 25 – 28 June. The IFFI aims to celebrate and highlight the potential of Indian film in Ireland by introducing Indian films to Irish audiences throughout the four day event. more
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08 Mar 2010 Richard Baneham Wins Visual Effects Title at Oscars
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Dublin born animator Richard Baneham and his team last night took home the Oscar for their Visual Effects work on James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ whilst the ceremony’s prestigious Best Picture prize went, for the first time, to a female director - Kathryn Bigelow for ‘The Hurt Locker’. more
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08 Mar 2010 ‘Hell's Pavement’ Lauded at Beloit Festival
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Oopic films’ ‘Hells Pavement’ has walked away from the 2010 Beloit International Film Festival with the Josh Burton Award of Excellence following its US premiere at the event. more
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08 Mar 2010 Dingle Fest Gives RED Technology the Green Light
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The Dingle Film Festival will welcome Alan Piper, Operations Director of RED Europe to the first annual Irish RED Users’ Gathering in Dingle on Saturday, March 20th in The Phoenix Cinema. Piper will be showcasing new RED technology and organisers are seeking submissions of RED material for a 4K Irish Show Reel. more
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04 Mar 2010 Interview: Richard Baneham Gets Oscar Animated
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This coming Sunday many eyes will be on our many Irish Oscar nominees. One such individual is Tallaght man Richard Baneham, nominated for his work on the international box office smash ‘Avatar’. The Ballyfermot College graduate and the man who was also behind the technological breakthrough that was Gollum, recently caught up with IFTN from his LA base. more
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04 Mar 2010 Oscar Hopeful Bigelow Sends Thanks to IFTA
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Ahead of this weekend’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles, ‘The Hurt Locker’ director and producer, Kathryn Bigelow, has sent her thanks to the Irish Film & Television Academy following her receipt of the Best International Film prize at this year’s IFTAs. International Actor winner Robert Downey Jr. also recently thanked the Irish Academy for his award. more
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03 Mar 2010 Ballyfermot College Enjoys Oscar Nomination Successes
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Ballyfermot College of Further Education will be represented by four of its graduates at the 82nd Academy Awards, held in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on Sunday, March 7th. The annual awards ceremony sees nominations for the animation skills of former Ballyfermot College graduates Tomm Moore for ‘The Secret of Kells’; Darragh O’Connell and Nicky Phelan for their short ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ and Richard Baneham for ‘Avatar’. more
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03 Mar 2010 ‘Six Semesters’ Enjoys Stateside Screenings
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'Six Semesters' one of Ireland's first feature length student films, has been selected to screen in three festivals in the United States over the coming months. This follows screenings at the Galway Film Fleadh, the CCIIFF in France and the Clones Film Festival. more
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02 Mar 2010 Arts Council Reduces Funding Across the Board
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In the month of February the Arts Council announced over 350 funding decisions for 2010, an investment totaling just over €49 million. Within this figure all areas of the arts including literature, dance, theatre and music see a decrease in funding from last year’s allowances. The funding in the area of film decreased from €2,395,400 in 2009 to €2,018,200 for 2010. more
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02 Mar 2010 ‘His & Hers’ Takes Audience Prize at JDIFF
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Ken Wardop’s documentary His & Hers came away with the Audience Award at the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday 28th February. The film also won best documentary and cinematographer Kate McCullough was awarded the festival’s inaugural Michael Dwyer Discovery honour. more
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02 Mar 2010 Brown Bag & Kavaleer Among Digital Media Winners
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The winners of the Satellite Broadband Ireland Digital Media Awards were announced recently at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin. The winners on the night included Brown Bag Films’ ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ and Kavaleer Productions’ ‘Hasan Everywhere’ who walked away with the Special Merit Award and the Grand Prix Award respectively. more
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02 Mar 2010 Award Winning Filmmakers Attending NOISE Youth Fest
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Nicky Phelan, Director of the 2010 Oscar-nominated animated short ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’, and Ken Wardrop, Director of the IFTA award-winning feature documentary ‘His and Hers’, will be in attendance at the 2nd annual NOISE Flicks Youth Film Festival (20 March). more
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01 Mar 2010 NFS Celebrates Recent Awards Success
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The National Film School in IADT is this month celebrating the success of its students at both the RTS Student Television Awards and Digital Media Awards. Furthermore in conjunction with the NFS, the Irish Film Institute is screening four classic Hollywood films throughout March. more
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25 Feb 2010 Last Chance to Catch JDIFF Delights
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Sunday, February 28th marks the final day of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. The seventh JDIFF launched Thursday, 18 Feb, saw the return of strands such as Irish talent spotlight, Special Screenings & Presentations and a Real to Reel documentary section. IFTN talked to festival director Gráinne Humphreys to see what this year’s event has offered and the highlights that are still to come. more
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25 Feb 2010 22nd Galway Film Fleadh Calls for Submissions
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The organisers of the 2010 Galway Film Fleadh are currently inviting Feature Film applications for the 22nd edition of the festival, which will run from the 6 – 11 July. Filmmakers and producers can enter their projects into several categories including Best First Feature, Best Feature Documentary and Best Irish Feature. more
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25 Feb 2010 Catch Irish Oscar Nominated Projects On the Big Screen
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The Irish Film Institute will host a special screening of the Irish Oscar nominated and IFTA winning projects on Wednesday, March 3rd. The evening will see audiences enjoying Cartoon Saloon’s ‘The Secret of Kells’, Juanita Wilson’s short film ‘The Door’ and Brown Bag Films’ ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’. more
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