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CineMagic Summer Scheme: Call For Young Film Consultants for CineMagic Belfast |
| 26 May 2017 | Cinemagic has launched its annual call for young film enthusiasts to take on the role of ‘film consultants’ this July in Belfast, to help programme a series of films for the annual Cinemagic Festival that takes place from 6th-29th October 2017. |
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ADIFF Festival Board adds Mark O’Halloran & Suzanne Noble |
| 26 May 2017 | The Audi Dublin International Film Festival has announced its team has brought actor/writer O’Halloran, publicist and and executive Sharkey on board, as Sarah Sharkey is also brought into the role of Managing Director. |
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Nerve Belfast to run Animation Summer School: July 31st-August 4th |
| 25 May 2017 | The five-day programme is aimed at those aged 15-19 and will be tutored by professional animator Joel Simon. |
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2017 Kerry Film Festival Open for Submissions |
| 23 May 2017 | The festival will run from October 19th-22nd in Killarney, Co. Kerry and is currently accepting entries in seven categories, with a deadline of July 14th. |
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Mackenzie Davis to star in ‘Vivarium’, the Second Feature from Irish Talent Lorcan Finnegan |
| 19 May 2017 | The helmer of ‘Without Name’ will direct the ‘Blade Runner 2049’ actress in his latest project, a sci-fi thriller written by collaborator Garret Shanley (Without Name, Foxes). |
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WestEnd Films acquires World Sales rights to Grace Jones Documentary |
| 18 May 2017 | WestEnd are screening the documentary helmed by ‘The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema’ director Sophie Fiennes at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. |
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Industry focused Masterclasses and workshops at Fastnet Festival 2017 in Cork |
| 18 May 2017 | Screen Training Ireland are delighted to continue their support of the Fastnet Film Festival 2017. This year an exciting range of workshops and masterclasses aimed at young people will take place in Schull, West Cork from Wednesday 24th to Sunday 28th of May, 2017. |
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Horror titles ‘The Lodgers’ & ‘Muse’ join slate of Irish Films Selling at Cannes 2017 |
| 17 May 2017 | The Irish Film Board backed both projects, with ‘[Rec]’ director Jaume Balagueró directing the first and Irish talent Brian O’Malley (Let Us Prey) the second. |
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Irish Actor takes Evil Lead in 'Rendel' the Finnish Action Film Screening at Cannes |
| 17 May 2017 | Johnny Vivash plays Commander Radek the head baddie and evil leader of a group of mercenaries in Finlands first superhero feature film 'Rendel' directed by Jesse Haaja. |
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‘The Farthest’ & ‘School Life’ selected for AFI Docs 2017 |
| 17 May 2017 | The prestigious documentary film festival runs in Washington from June 14th-18th, with 103 films set to screen from 28 countries, one of them being the blossoming documentary-making island of Ireland. |
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Call for Entries: IFI Documentary Festival 2017 |
| 16 May 2017 | The festival which runs from September 28th to October 1st is accepting submissions for short and feature length Irish documentaries, where the first are no longer than twenty minutes and the second are over sixty minutes. |
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The Richard Harris International Film Festival merges with Limerick Film Festival |
| 16 May 2017 | The Management Team and Board of The Richard Harris International Film Festival will now run the Limerick Film Festival, with Simon McGuire also joining the board. |
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2017 Irish Language Broadcast Fund New Entrant Scheme Open for Entries |
| 16 May 2017 | There are four places left on the current round of the ILBF scheme, which will run from September 2017-August 2018. |
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Irish Films Screening at Cannes |
| 12 May 2017 | The 70th annual Cannes Film Festival begins Wednesday May 17th and runs until Sunday May 28th. Here is a list of the Irish films screening this year. |
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Call for Entries: Super8000 Film Festival & Exhibition |
| 11 May 2017 | The Denmark-based alternative film school Super8 is a member of Screen Talent Europe, a network of film workshops and media centres in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Faroe Islands, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland and France. |
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‘Song of Granite’ to Open 2017 Galway Film Fleadh; ‘Pilgrimage’, ‘Maze’ & ’In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America’ also screening |
| 11 May 2017 | The 29th edition of the leading Irish festival which runs from the 11th-16th of July will kick off with Pat Collins’ ‘Song of Granite’, which had its world premiere at SXSW this March. |
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Europe! Voice of Women in Film highlights Irish Filmmakers Neasa Ní Chianáin |
| 11 May 2017 | The Irish talent who co-directed ‘School Life’ (formerly known as ‘In Loco Parentis’) is one of ten European female talents whose feature debuts will be showcased to the Australian audience, film industry and press. |
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European Film Forum at Cannes 2017 to focus on future of MEDIA Programme |
| 10 May 2017 | The future of the MEDIA programme after 2020 is set to be the focus of the forum this month, with speakers, panels, roundtables and showcases designed to discuss its properties and potential to add value both in terms of the european and global industries. |
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HotDocs Awards Special Jury Prize to Chris Kelly’s ‘A Cambodian Spring’ |
| 10 May 2017 | The insightful documentary from Little Ease Films follows three activists over six years who are caught up in the rapidly changing modern-day Cambodia, following decades of civil war and violence. |
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EAVE to host Adaptation Masterclass at Cannes 2017 Shoot the book! Day |
| 10 May 2017 | The European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs have announced the masterclass which is to be tutored by Roshanak Behesht Nedjad and Linda Beath will run on Monday, May 22nd at the Adosom-Windsor. |
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