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‘No Limbs No Limits’ Set for Nationwide Release April 11 |
| 06 Mar 2014 | The Joanne O’ Riordan Story’ will receive a nationwide cinema release starting Friday the 11th of April 2014 with the IMC Cinema Group |
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Documentary Maker Cynthia Wade to shoot next film in Clare |
| 05 Mar 2014 | Cynthia Wade, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, is to film part of her next movie in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare, on St Patrick's Day. Wade’s project is called ‘Second Fiddle’ and it is based on the life and work of legendary violin maker and researcher Dr Carleen Hutchins. Hutchins is best known for creating, between the 1950s and 1960s, a family of eight proportionally-sized violins now known as the violin octet. Exhibiting for a time at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the eight instruments are now played by California violin ensemble The Hutchins Consort, named after the violin maker. |
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Cartoon Saloon & Aircraft Pictures to Co-Adapt ‘The Breadwinner’ |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Cartoon Saloon and Aircraft Pictures have announced a major co-production deal to adapt the award-winning novel ‘The Breadwinner’, written by Deborah Ellis as an animated feature film. |
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Irish Actor Brian F. O’Byrne Cast in ‘Exposed’ |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Irish Actor Brian F. O’Byrne is set to feature in ABC’s drama pilot ‘Exposed’, which centres on a determined investigative reporter, Anna, who makes dubious alliances in pursuit of stories. |
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GREAT SCOTT |
| 04 Mar 2014 | It’s been quite a year for Andrew Scott, what with ‘Sherlock’, working with Ken Loach and now making his first big Hollywood blockbuster. Making ‘The Stag’, the Dublin actor tells Paul Byrne, was “like a welcome trip back home, and reality”. |
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‘Spider’s Trap’ Wraps Principal Shooting |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Blackhorse Film Productions and Bootstrap Films Ltd have announced that shooting for the feature film ‘Spider’s Trap’ was completed yesterday. Written and directed by Alan Walsh, ‘Spider’s Trap’ was shot on location in and around Dublin, starting from 25th January of this year. |
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TV3 Announces its Preferred Soap Partners |
| 03 Mar 2014 | Irish company Element Pictures and UK-based Company Pictures have been confirmed as TV3’s preferred partners for a new soap which will arrive in 2015. The soap is to be a multi-million euro investment, funded from a number of sources including TV3, Element and section 481, and will create between 80 and 120 new jobs in Ireland. |
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Irish Actor Aidan Turner Cast in ‘Poldark’ |
| 28 Feb 2014 | Dublin native Aidan Turner has landed a role in the remake of the classic TV series ‘Poldark’. |
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Amazon Revives BBC Crime Drama ‘Ripper Street’ |
| 26 Feb 2014 | ‘Ripper Street’, the period crime drama which was axed by the BBC last year, will be returning for a third series on Amazon’s video-on-demand service. |
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Barkhad Abdi in talks to star in ‘The Place That Hits the Sun’ |
| 26 Feb 2014 | Since making his film debut as the antagonist Muse in ‘Captain Philips’, a performance that recently earned him a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor as well as an Oscar nomination, the second film appearance of Barkhad Abdi has garnered much anticipation. Now it has been confirmed that the Somalian actor is in talks to star in ‘The Place That Hits the Sun’, directed by Jim O’ Hanlon from Dublin. |
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Interview with Mark O’Connor (Writer-Director of ‘Stalker’) |
| 25 Feb 2014 | Following his films ‘Between the Canals’ and ‘King of the Travellers’, Mark O’ Connor’s third feature ‘Stalker’ sees its highly anticipated cinematic release this week. The film’s success on the festival circuit includes coming second for Best Irish Feature at the 24th Galway Film Fleadh and winning Best Film at the 4th Dublin Underground Film Festival. ‘Stalker’ was also selected for a number of international film festivals, most recently for the Chicago Irish Film Festival which will screen the film next month. |
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‘The Walshes’ - Graham Linehan’s New Irish Sitcom |
| 25 Feb 2014 | ‘The Walshes’ is a new sitcom created by ‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Lineham and the five strong Irish comedy troupe Diet of Worms. |
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‘Sing Street’ pre-sells at EFM |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Following the announcement that John Carney, the director of ‘Once’, will be producing a film with Bono and The Edge of U2, it has since been confirmed that the feature, entitled ‘Sing Street’, is one of a few strong presale titles to emerge from the Berlin Film Festival’s annual European Film Market. |
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Ronan Keating to star in ‘The Riders’ |
| 24 Feb 2014 | Ronan Keating, best-known for his musical career which included being the lead singer of Irish band Boyzone as well being a solo artist, made his big screen debut in romantic comedy ‘Goddess’. Keating has now been cast in his second film appearance for ‘The Riders’, an adaptation of Tim Winton's book of the same name. |
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Brendan Gleeson Joins ‘Suffragette’ Cast |
| 21 Feb 2014 | Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has joined the cast of ‘Suffragette’, a UK based drama which focuses on the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement. |
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Chris O’Dowd to Voice New Children’s TV Series ‘Puffin Rock’ |
| 19 Feb 2014 | Oscar nominated Irish animation studio, Cartoon Saloon has teamed up with Gorilla Post Production to create the new children’s animated series ‘Puffin Rock’, starring Chris O’Dowd as the voice of its leading character. |
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‘Control’ - New Irish Gangland Feature in Pre-Production |
| 19 Feb 2014 | Hawthorn Film Productions Ireland are currently in pre-production for ‘Control’, a new gritty gangland feature directed by Philip A McCarthy. |
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Jack Reynor in Talks for Star Wars Role |
| 18 Feb 2014 | Irishman Jack Reynor is the latest actor to be linked in connection with JJ Abrams’ new ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ movie. |
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'Founding Father' of Irish Animation, Jimmy Murakami, Dies |
| 17 Feb 2014 | Jimmy Murakami, one of the founding fathers of Irish animation, sadly passed away on Sunday morning after a brief illness. |
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IFB Reveals Fourth Quarter Funding Decisions |
| 11 Feb 2014 | The Irish Film Board (IFB) today released details of its fourth quarter funding decisions of 2013. |
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