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Northern Ireland Documentary No Stone Unturned Receives Emmy Award Nomination |
| 26 Jul 2019 | The Loughinisland massacre documentary, No Stone Unturned has been nominated for an Emmy Award. |
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Deadline Today for Applications to Virgin Media Discovers |
| 26 Jul 2019 | Virgin Media Discovers judge Birch Hamilton has urged Irish filmmakers to seize the “opportunity of a lifetime”, as the deadline to submit entries into a competition that has already attracted huge interest looms large this Friday (July 26th). |
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Rialto to World Premiere at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival |
| 26 Jul 2019 | Irish film Rialto, based on Mark O’Halloran’s play 'Trade', has been selected for the 76th Venice International Film Festival. |
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Production Gears Up for Stephen Gaffney's fourth feature 'The Profession of Violence' |
| 24 Jul 2019 | Filming is due to begin in August on Gaffney's Irish true crime drama. |
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Northern Ireland Film ‘Ordinary Love’ to have its World Premiere at TIFF |
| 23 Jul 2019 | Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn’s Ordinary Love will have its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. |
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Screen Ireland CEO James Hickey Calls for Streaming Services Tax Levy |
| 23 Jul 2019 | Hickey has asserted that subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) companies, such as Netflix and Amazon, should pay taxes in order to fund Irish-produced screen content. |
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TG4 Canada-Ireland Co-Development Incentives 2019 |
| 23 Jul 2019 | TG4 is welcoming proposals for audio-visual projects, which the broadcaster can support for the up-coming BAI/CMF Canada-Ireland Co-Development Incentive and the Canada-Northern Ireland Co-Development Incentive. |
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Cork’s Production Sector Seeking Government Action to Redress Exclusion from Regional Tax Incentive |
| 22 Jul 2019 | Film In Cork, along with Cork City Council & Cork County Council are calling upon the Government to redress the exclusion of Cork from a new 5% Regional Uplift tax incentive available for four years in Ireland. |
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Element Pictures Appoint New Head of TV Development |
| 18 Jul 2019 | Twice Oscar-nominated production company Element Pictures (Room, The Favourite) have appointed former Channel 4 exec Jonny Richards as the new head of TV development, effective immediately. |
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Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium Secures US Deal with Saban Films |
| 15 Jul 2019 | The US rights to the Irish Sci-Fi thriller starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg have been acquired by Saban Films. |
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TG4 Development Scheme for Young Peoples' Drama Series Announced |
| 10 Jul 2019 | TG4, the BAI, Screen Ireland and the WRAP fund are on the lookout for a brand new Young Peoples’ Drama Series and they are calling on independent production companies to apply to develop and produce such a series for them. |
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Channel 4 and Waddell Media Announce New 20-Part Series |
| 08 Jul 2019 | Waddell Media has been commissioned to produce a new twenty part series, with the working title ‘Work on the Wild Side’, which is expected to air on Channel 4 in Spring 2020. |
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Irish Indie Horror 'The Perished' to World Premiere at FrightFest in London |
| 08 Jul 2019 | Celtic Badger Media, an Irish production company based between Limerick, Clare and Galway, has confirmed that their second feature film, The Perished will world premiere at FrightFest in London on Monday August 26th. |
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Element Distribution to Release 'A Bump Along The Way' on August 30th |
| 04 Jul 2019 | Element Distribution has announced that it will release Shelly Love’s debut feature comedy A Bump along the Way to Irish cinemas on 30th August. |
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GAZA to release across Ireland and UK on 9th August |
| 04 Jul 2019 | The award-winning feature documentary Gaza, directed by Garry Keane (The Deafening, The Writing in the Sky) and award-winning conflict photographer Andrew McConnell is set to be released in cinemas across Ireland and the UK on Friday, 9th August. |
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Paper Owl Films' 'Far Isle' to Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh |
| 04 Jul 2019 | Laura Robinson’s short film debut, ‘Far Isle’, will premiere at the 2019 Galway Film Fleadh on Sunday 14th July at 12:00 in the Town Hall Theatre. |
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Composer Steve Lynch Discusses Scoring New Irish Feature 'Finky' |
| 03 Jul 2019 | IFTN caught up with Irish composer Steve Lynch to find out more about scoring Dathaí Keane’s new feature film ‘Finky’, which makes its World Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh later this month. |
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Northern Ireland Screen & BBC Announce New Youth Executive |
| 02 Jul 2019 | Maeve McLoughlin has been appointed in the new Youth Executive role by Northern Ireland Screen, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Three. |
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'Paramedics' Producer Rob King Joins the BBC |
| 01 Jul 2019 | Since leaving Virgin Media Television for the UK last year, Irish Series Producer / Director Rob King has enjoyed a successful start to life abroad and speaks exclusively to IFTN about completing an adventurous new eight-part air cargo series and his new move to the BBC. |
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Watch: Hugh O'Conor & Jordanne Jones Discuss 'Metal Heart' with IFTN |
| 28 Jun 2019 | IFTN caught up with director Hugh O’Conor and actress Jordanne Jones to find out more about Treasure Entertainments latest comedy ‘Metal Heart’ – In cinemas nationwide on Friday, June 28th. |
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