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Lappin Joins Arts & the Economy Debate |
| 15 Apr 2010 | Arthur Lappin, film and television producer of films such as 'In America’, ‘My Left Foot', 'The Field' and 'Some Mother's Son', will join the list of panellists participating in a debate entitled ‘The Arts and the Economy’ which takes place on Thursday, April 15th and is organised by Ireland’s association of writers, Irish PEN. |
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Expert Creates Dothraki Language for HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ |
| 14 Apr 2010 | David J. Peterson, an expert language creator from the Language Creation Society (LCS), has been chosen to create the Dothraki language for HBO’s upcoming fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’. |
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‘The Doubleganger’ Moves Shoot to Prague |
| 14 Apr 2010 | Cuchulainn Productions have wrapped filming in Ireland on the set of ‘The Doubleganger’, a feature written by John Fox (The Supreme Court) and produced by Joe Gavin. The film was filmed in Portlaoise and Dublin and is now moving to Prague city for a two week shoot. |
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Oscar Winning Cinematographer Joins Belfast Lineup |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Two-time Academy Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bound for Glory and Medium Cool) is set to attend the 2010 Belfast Film Festival. IFTN speaks to the festival’s director, Michele Devlin about what to expect from the Hollywood craftsman and the festival’s ‘Northern Exposure’ industry event. |
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Murphy, Gambon & Sheehan are ‘Wayfaring Strangers’ |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Ireland’s Treasure Entertainment and France’s Chic Films are currently in pre-production with ‘Wayfaring Strangers’ which will shoot later this star and will star Cillian Murphy (Perrier’s Bounty), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) and Robert Sheehan (Cherrybomb). |
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Mind the Gap Asks If Irish Kids Can ‘Dig It’ |
| 13 Apr 2010 | Mind the Gap are currently in production with ‘Ireland – Dig It!’, a new five part series for RTÉ where teams of 9-13 year old students have the chance to take part in an archaeology adventure on TV. |
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Catch ‘Foxes’ at Lighthouse Cinema |
| 08 Apr 2010 | Samson Films’ Irish / Slovakian / Czech Republic co-production ‘Foxes’, written and directed by Mira Fornayova (Alzbeta), will receive its Irish Cinematic Release in the Lighthouse Cinema on Friday, April 9th. Producer David Collins talked to IFTN about his involvement with the project and why he thinks it’s a “brave” film. |
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Derry O’Brien Talks MIPTV 2010 |
| 08 Apr 2010 | The 2010 MIPTV event runs from Monday April 12th to Friday, April 16th and will see 16 Irish companies participate on the Ireland on Screen stand sponsored by Enterprise Ireland. IFTN spoke with Derry O’Brien, managing director of TV distribution company, Network Ireland Television which is one of the distribution companies that will be present at the market and whose company this year celebrates its 15th anniversary. |
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Abushwesha Creates Screenwriting Course for Pulse |
| 01 Apr 2010 | Pulse College has announced that it is to introduce a new Screen Writing Course which has been developed with award winning filmmaker Farah Abushwesha (Chicken Soup, The Scouting Book for Boys). |
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New Drama 'Corp 's Anam' For Galway Shoot |
| 01 Apr 2010 | Cameras are set to roll in May on the set of a brand new Irish language drama entitled ‘Corp ‘s Anam’. The four part drama series will shoot in Galway for eight weeks and is to be directed by Darach Mac Con Iomaire in his TV drama directorial debut. |
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‘Primeval’ Begins Production in Ireland |
| 29 Mar 2010 | Production is now underway in Ireland on the new installment of ITV’s hit cult series ‘Primeval’. 13 new episodes of the sci-fi drama will film on location here until early November. |
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RTÉ Television MD Noel Curran Steps Down |
| 25 Mar 2010 | RTÉ has announced today that the Managing Director of Television, Noel Curran, will move on from his position on Friday, May 26th. Mr Curran is leaving the organisation to pursue other interests but will continue to work in an advisory capacity with RTÉ in the future. |
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RTÉ Begins Public Service Statement Compilation |
| 24 Mar 2010 | RTÉ this week began a six week public consultation process to help inform the preparation a new Public Service Statement. The Broadcasting Act of 2009 requires that RTÉ prepare a Public Service Statement, the purpose of which is to explain to the public what is expected of RTÉ in return for the significant public support it receives in the form of the television licence fee. |
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VooDooDog Wraps Up ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’ |
| 24 Mar 2010 | VooDooDog, run by Irish brothers Paul and Noel Donnellon and David Z. Obadiah, has recently completed the stop motion animated end credit sequence for ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’. |
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Mary Hanafin Appointed New Minister for Arts |
| 24 Mar 2010 | Taoiseach Brian Cowen has announced Mary Hanafin will succeed Martin Cullen as the new re-branded Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport (previously Arts, Sport and Tourism). |
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Gemma Jackson For NFS Lecture Series |
| 23 Mar 2010 | Oscar nominated production designer Gemma Jackson will appear as a guest speaker as part on the National Film School’s ongoing lecture series. |
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‘Camelot’ Comes to Ireland |
| 22 Mar 2010 | ’Camelot’, a new 10 part drama series, is set to commence shooting in Ireland this summer. The drama is based on the 15th century epic King Arthur biographical novel by Thomas Malory. |
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Setanta Sports Invites BAI Fund Applications |
| 12 Mar 2010 | Setanta Sports Channel Ireland is looking to support qualifying projects for Round 9 of the BAI Sound & Vision Fund. Would-be applicants are advised that series are the preferred submission format. Submissions should be sent by Thursday, March 18th. |
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Venom Film Searches for ‘Probable Parent’ |
| 12 Mar 2010 | Auditions will take place across the country next week for four roles in ‘Probable Parent’, a new feature film by IFTA award winner Ken Wardrop (His & Hers). Individuals who fit the character descriptions being sought are welcome to attend – regardless of experience. |
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Q&A With Special Effects Make-Up Artist Rick Baker |
| 11 Mar 2010 | Special effects make-up artist Rick Baker has been creating monsters of the friendly and scary variety for over 30 years. The multi Oscar winner is behind such film creatures as the Grinch, Gremlins, Wolfman and the zombies in both Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and those of ‘Men in Black’ to name just a few. As part of a new Masters Series of interviews, IFTN caught up with the makeup maestro to ask him about his inspirations, his favourite creatures and the battle of make-up versus CGI. |
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