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Calm With Horses and Wolfwalkers nominated for 2021 BAFTA Film Awards |
| 09 Mar 2021 | Niamh Algar, Barry Keoghan, Calm With Horses, and Wolfwalkers have all been nominated for BAFTAs ahead of the 74th edition of the British Academy Film Awards, which take place on April 11th. |
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Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin discuss Boys From County Hell |
| 05 Mar 2021 | We caught up with producer Brendan Mullin and writer/director Chris Baugh about filming their upcoming feature Boys From County Hell, which will make its sold-out Irish premiere at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival this Saturday, March 6th. |
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Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever and Alison Brie for Cecelia Ahern's Roar on Apple TV+ |
| 05 Mar 2021 | Apple TV+ has greenlit a female-driven anthology series Roar, based on Cecilia Ahern’s collection of short stories, from GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who have signed an overall deal with the streamer. |
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Cartoon Saloon's Apple Original Film Wolfwalkers earns 10 Annie Award nominations |
| 04 Mar 2021 | Following on from its nomination at the Golden Globes, Wolfwalkers has earned 10 nominations, including Best Animated Feature – Independent, at this year’s Annie Awards. |
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Screen Skills Ireland and MediaXchange announce The Role of the Showrunner: Breaking the Mould |
| 04 Mar 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland, in association with MediaXchange, is now offering places in there new course, The Role of the Showrunner – Breaking the Mould. |
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Scott Frank and David S. Goyer among guests announced for IFTA's upcoming events programme |
| 02 Mar 2021 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced upcoming highlights from its Academy Learning Programme of Events, featuring discussions & masterclasses with international industry leaders. |
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“A great script is an incredible springboard for the success of any film”; BFE-nominated Editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle talks with IFTN |
| 26 Feb 2021 | We caught up with IFTA and BAFTA winning editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle to discuss her latest project Misbehaviour, for which she recently received a British Film Editors (BFE) Award nomination, working with Kenneth Branagh on Belfast & Death on the Nile, and some insight and advice on the craft of editing. |
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Competition winners for Virgin Media Discovers Prize to be chosen this Friday |
| 25 Feb 2021 | The Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Competition, in association with Screen Ireland, will see its ten shortlisted finalists pitch this Friday, February 26th to try and secure an additional €60,000 in funding for their projects. |
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IFTA to host panel event - Working in Development – Skills in Focus |
| 19 Feb 2021 | The event takes place 2pm-3:30 pm online on Thursday, February 25th and is presented in association with Screen Skills Ireland. |
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EFP opens applications for this year's Producers on the Move |
| 18 Feb 2021 | Each year, 20 promising, up-and-coming producers from throughout Europe are selected to participate in Producers on the Move; 444 producers in total over its 21 years. |
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Lenny Abrahamson to direct Sally Rooney's Conversations With Friends adaptation; Irish newcomer Alison Oliver named among cast |
| 17 Feb 2021 | Element Pictures (The Favourite, Room, The Lobster) has revealed the highly anticipated casting for the BBC Three and Hulu TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut literary sensation, Conversations With Friends. |
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New multi-annual output deals and a spring commissioning round announced by TG4 |
| 17 Feb 2021 | At its annual producers information day, the Irish language Broadcaster announced that it is looking for submissions from the independent production sector for new multi-annual output deals. |
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"Filmmaking is always a step into the unknown. The stakes are just a little higher now;" Conor McMahon & Ruth Treacy discuss Let the Wrong One In |
| 16 Feb 2021 | We caught up with writer/director Conor McMahon and producer Ruth Treacy to find out more about the journey of their comedy-horror, Let The Wrong One In, which navigated its way through COVID to film in September, and is currently in post with ambitions for a theatrical release later this year. |
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Ridley Scott’s Life In a Day 2020 features first Irish submission from director Ann-Marie Brennan |
| 16 Feb 2021 | An Irish director has been selected to be part of the Ridley Scott produced documentary film, Life in a Day 2020. |
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Dundalk Institute of Technology reveals Training Partnership with Blackmagic Design |
| 15 Feb 2021 | The Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has announced a new Training Partnership with Blackmagic Design. |
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Wolfwalkers' Will Collins to write new animated feature; Peter Dinklage to produce |
| 10 Feb 2021 | Irish writer Will Collins (Song of the Sea; Wolfwalkers) is to script a new animated feature called This Was Our Pact, based on a graphic novel of the same name. |
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The Irish at the Oscars |
| 05 Feb 2021 | With 2021 nominations on the horizon, Ireland’s screen industry has good reason to hope for successful nominations across a number of categories. |
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Screen Producers Ireland CEO Susan Kirby discusses Production during COVID |
| 05 Feb 2021 | We spoke with Screen Producers Ireland CEO Susan Kirby to get an update on the status of production in Ireland at present, the implications of COVID on film sets, the need for industry-focused PUP, the need for more support from insurance brokers, the future potential of SVOD markets, and settling into the new role at SPI. |
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Andie The Great to make Irish TV debut on RTÉ One this Saturday |
| 05 Feb 2021 | Shot in Vancouver with post production in Dublin, Andie The Great is a plucky, subtle dramedy; we caught up with producer Sarah Brophy and director/writer David Laurence to find out more about the making of his directorial feature debut. |
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Wolfwalkers, Herself, and Calm With Horses lead Irish contingents long-listed for BAFTA Awards |
| 04 Feb 2021 | Ten Irish contenders including Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, and Niamh Algar have been named among the BAFTA long list ahead of the 74th edition of the British Academy Film Awards, which take place on April 11th. |
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