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Rebecca O'Flanagan is Ireland's Producer on the Move |
| 20 Apr 2011 | IFTA winning Irish filmmaker, Rebecca O’Flanagan is one of 25 producers chosen to take part in the Cannes Producers on the Move programme. The event, run by the EFP (European Film Promotion) offers a networking platform for selected participants at the Cannes Film Festival. |
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IFB Reality Bites Deadline 2011 June 10th |
| 19 Apr 2011 | The Irish Film Board has announced the deadline for submissions for the next round of the Reality Bites as Friday, June 10th. The Reality Bites scheme will provide funding for up to three documentary shorts up to 12 minutes in duration, all of which will premiere at the Corona Cork Film Festival next year. |
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'Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia' Filming In Ireland |
| 18 Apr 2011 | The fourth instalment in the Astérix franchise, ‘Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia’ is set to film scenes on location in Ireland this summer. |
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Blinder Films seek part time Development Assistant |
| 17 Apr 2011 | Dublin-based production company Blinder Films are expanding their team. |
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Ben Kinglsey & John Hurt for Neil Jordan - John Boorman's 'Broken Dream' |
| 14 Apr 2011 | John Boorman and Neil Jordan are currently in pre-production with ‘Broken Dream’, a feature film written by the men in the late 1970s which is now lined up to shoot in Eastern Europe this September with both Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island) and John Hurst (V fro Vandetta) attached to the project thus far. |
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Interview: Storyland Semi-Finalists Talk Team Production & Competition |
| 14 Apr 2011 | All four of this year’s RTÉ Storyland semi-finalists are currently in production with their third webisodes. The remaining groups are now feeling the pressure as they complete their respective two day shoots but IFTN managed to speak with all the teams between takes to learn a bit more about this year’s Storyland semi-finalist productions; ‘Lucky Run’; ‘Rent a Friend’; ‘The Outlaw Concy Ryan’ and ‘The Last Security Guard’. |
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Screentime Shinawil Preps Irish 'Masterchef' |
| 14 Apr 2011 | Screentime Shinawil is currently in pre-production with an Irish version of reality TV series, ‘MasterChef’. The show’s series producer and director is Lynda McQuaid (Fame: The Musical) and the series is set to shoot around Ireland this summer. |
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IFB Announce €2m Funding Decisions |
| 14 Apr 2011 | The latest round of Irish Film Board funding decisions have been announced. The funding decisions include development, production and distribution financial support and were published on Wednesday, April 13th. The decisions see support offered to projects such as a new feature entitled ‘Broken Dream’ written by John Boorman (The General) and Neil Jordan (Ondine), to be directed by the latter as well as Neil Jordan’s other feature project, ‘Skippy Dies’. In all, approximately €2,000,000 has been awarded. |
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MEDIA Drama Directory Commissioning Contacts Across Europe |
| 14 Apr 2011 | MEDIA Desk Ireland and MEDIA Antenna Galway, with the collaboration of the Network of European MEDIA Desks, have published a Drama Directory with contact details for Drama Commissioning Editors and Buyers in 17 European countries. |
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2000AD Productions Take Rights to Haughey Bio-pic |
| 14 Apr 2011 | 2000AD Productions has just acquired the rights to the book ‘Sweetie: How Haughey Spent the Money’ and its screen adaptation entitled ‘Political Betrayal’ penned by the same writer, Kevin O Connor. The feature, the first feature film to explore Charles Haughey’s life, is to be produced by Adrian Devane (The Parting, Fairycatcher) who will travel to Disney’s ‘Produced by’ conference in Burbank in June to meet with studio execs with regards to funding the film. |
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Bridie Gallagher Girl from Donegal Doc in Development |
| 13 Apr 2011 | Picture This Productions are currently in development with a documentary for UTV entitled ‘No-One Quite like Grandma’. The 30 minute doc, directed by Una Murphy will examine the life of Donegal singer, Bridie Gallagher through footage of her tour of America. |
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Sixteen South Preps 'Pajanimals' & 'Big and Small' with Kindle & Jim Henson |
| 12 Apr 2011 | Belfast’s Sixteen South Ltd. has joined forces with BAFTA winning company, Kindle Entertainment to produce a third 26 x 11’series of ‘Big and Small’ for CBeebies which will shoot in Belfast in May. The group are also in co-production with a 52 x 11’ minute series called ‘Pajanimals’ with the Jim Henson Company which will shoot in Belfast in July. |
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June Shoot for Irish feature 'Box', Bernadette Manton & Jason Figgis Directing |
| 12 Apr 2011 | October Eleven Pictures are currently in pre-production with new Irish feature, ‘Box’. The psychological drama stars Bryan Murray (The Irish RM), Cora Fenton (Strength and Honour) and Bill Fellows (SoulBoy) and will start to shoot in Dublin on June 15th. |
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'Amber' New Four-part RTÉ Drama in Development |
| 12 Apr 2011 | Screenworks is currently in development with a 4 x 52 minute drama for RTÉ entitled ‘Amber’. Written by Rob Cawley (Lovesick) and Gary Duggan the drama examines a disappearance case from the point of view of four different characters. |
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Galway Film Fair Deadline Approaches |
| 11 Apr 2011 | Submissions are currently being invited for the annual Galway Film Fair which will run this year from the 7th to the 9th July as part of the Galway Film Fleadh (5-10 July). The deadline for the pitching event is earlier than it has been in previous years at Friday, April 29th. |
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Clive Owen & Andrea Riseborough Star in 'Shadow Dancer', Filming in May |
| 08 Apr 2011 | Clive Owen (Children of Men), Andrea Riseborough (Made in Dagenham) and Gillian Anderson (The Last King of Scotland) will join Irish actor Aidan Gillen (Wake Wood) for new feature, ‘Shadow Dancer’, set to film in Ireland next month. The spy thriller, written by Tom Bradby (Have I Got News for You) and directed by Oscar Winner James Marsh (Man on Wire) will shoot on location in Dublin. |
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'Whole Lotta Sole' Begins Filming in Belfast, "going to love this" says Martin McCann |
| 08 Apr 2011 | Cameras start to roll today on the Belfast set of ‘Whole Lotta Sole’, a new feature form Oscar nominated Irish director Terry George (writer, Hotel Rwanda, In the Name of the Father) starring Brendan Fraser (Crash), Colm Meaney (Parked) and Martin McCann (The Pacific). |
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Votes Tallied for Storyland Comp Semi-Finalists |
| 07 Apr 2011 | The results of the latest round of RTÉ's Storyland competition were announced on April 6th as Kilkenny based comedy ‘Rent a Friend’ (pictured) and Dublin based comedy ‘The Last Security Man’. The projects will now join fellow shortlisted projects, ‘The Outlaw Concy Ryan’ and ‘Lucky Run’ in the bid to winning the 2011 Storyland competition. Voting for the next round of the competition launches on Wednesday, April 27th. |
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RTÉ 'Crimecall' Tenders for Production Companies |
| 07 Apr 2011 | RTÉ Factual is currently inviting expressions of interest from production companies for the provision of production services to RTÉ in respect of the production of the monthly Report / Production Information series on crime detection and prevention, ‘Crimecall’. Previously produced by Coco Television, the show’s tender is now up and it is incumbent upon RTÉ to seek expressions of interest from other parties at this time. |
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Interview 'Snap' Writer / Director Carmel Winters |
| 06 Apr 2011 | Carmel Winters debut feature, ‘Snap’ goes on limited nationwide release on Friday, April 8th. In the run up to the release IFTN caught up with the writer and director to talk about the Catalyst scheme, stage and screen scripts and directing Mick Lally in one of his final roles. |
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