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Irish Actor Ciarán Hinds Cast As Turncoat Mance Rayder in ‘Game of Thrones’ |
| 20 Aug 2012 | Northern Irish actor Ciarán Hinds has been confirmed to play Mance Rayder in HBO hit ‘Game of Thrones’. |
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INTERVIEW: Five Minutes With… 'Shadow Dancer' Actor Martin McCann |
| 16 Aug 2012 | Belfast-born Martin McCann has worked tirelessly the last 10 years to carve a career in the film industry. With roles in Tom Hanks-narrated ‘The Pacific’, Brian Kirk’s award-winning ‘My Boy Jack’ alongside Daniel Radcliffe, and a leading role in IFTA-winning ‘Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne’, McCann is already a star in Ireland and the UK. |
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Exclusive: ‘Mad Men’ Actress Jessica Paré To Shoot ‘Standby’ In Dublin |
| 16 Aug 2012 | ‘Mad Men’ actress Jessica Paré is to begin shooting ‘Standby’, the debut feature from IFTA-winning Irish directors Rob and Ronan Burke, in Dublin and Luxembourg today (August 16). |
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Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘What Richard Did’ To Premiere In Toronto |
| 14 Aug 2012 | Irish director Lenny Abrahamson’s much anticipated feature film ‘What Richard Did’ will receive its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month ahead of its Irish cinema release. |
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Irish-shot BBC Series ‘Vexed’ Returns To Strong Ratings |
| 03 Aug 2012 | BBC series ‘Vexed’, which was shot in Dublin over 12 weeks, returned to screens last Wednesday (August 1) to impressive ratings of 1.5 million, despite going head to head with Olympics coverage on BBC One. |
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‘My Brothers’ To Receive Irish Cinema Release |
| 03 Aug 2012 | Paul Fraser’s award-winning directorial debut ‘My Brothers’ is to be released in Irish cinemas on August 17. |
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INTERVIEW: Grabbing A Word With Director Jon Wright |
| 02 Aug 2012 | Belfast-born director Jon Wright’s booze-fuelled monster movie ‘Grabbers’ has been picking up acclaim from film festival audiences as far apart as Galway and Sundance. Ahead of its cinema release he talks to IFTN about what drew him to the project; shooting in Donegal and the influence of legendary American director John Landis on how he approached tackling his blood-sucking monster. |
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Chris O’Dowd’s ‘Moone Boy’ To Premiere In Boyle |
| 01 Aug 2012 | ‘Moone Boy’, the forthcoming TV comedy series from Roscommon-born actor Chris O’Dowd, is to receive its premiere in O’Dowd’s hometown of Boyle next week. |
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ITV Series ‘Foyle’s War’ To Shoot In Ireland |
| 31 Jul 2012 | A new series of ‘Foyle’s War’ is to begin shooting in Ireland later this year, it has been confirmed. |
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‘Game of Thrones’ Paves Way for Linen Mills Film & Studio Expansion |
| 30 Jul 2012 | Northern Ireland’s Linen Mill Film & TV Studios, which is currently hosting season three of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, has announced the launch of a newly refurbished 5,000 sq foot stage which will be available for use from next month. |
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EXCLUSIVE: Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack and Rufus Sewell To Star In John Banville’s ‘The Sea’ |
| 27 Jul 2012 | Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack and English actor Rufus Sewell are to star in a €2.5m feature film adaptation of Irish writer John Banville’s Booker Prize-winning novel ‘The Sea’. |
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Jedward Bounce Up to Northern Ireland To Film CBBC Show ‘Dani’s Castle’ |
| 27 Jul 2012 | Irish popstars Jedward are to appear in upcoming CBBC series ‘Dani’s Castle’, which is currently filming at Killyleagh Castle in Downpatrick, Co Down. |
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Studio Spotlight: Dublin’s South Studios Takes Flight |
| 26 Jul 2012 | Having opened its doors just five years ago, already Dublin’s South Studios can dare to dream of some small part in Oscar glory. Earlier this year, the fledgling studio threw open its doors to writer and director Conor Finnegan’s animated short ‘Fear of Flying’, which has now entered the race for an Academy Award nomination after taking the Best Animation prize at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. |
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Ireland’s First Major Bollywood Film To Hit The Big Screen |
| 25 Jul 2012 | The first major Bollywood movie to be shot in Ireland is to receive its worldwide release next month and is expected to reach an audience of more than 100 million viewers in 24 countries. |
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Director James Mulholland Wraps Filming On Back-To-Back Projects |
| 25 Jul 2012 | Dundalk director James Mulholland has wrapped principal photography on two projects, a horror short entitled 'Don't Expect Me Home' and the first episode of a planned 12-part web series called ‘Elite’. |
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INTERVIEW: Five Minutes with... 'Silence' Director Pat Collins |
| 24 Jul 2012 | Cork-born filmmaker Pat Collins has made a name for himself directing factual documentaries such as ‘Oileán Thoraí’, a film which gives a rare insight into one of Ireland’s most famous islands Tory Island, and ‘Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home’, the intimate film following Irish actor Byrne through both his personal and professional lives. |
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‘Loving Miss Hatto’ Says Goodbye to Dublin as Post-Production Wraps |
| 23 Jul 2012 | Post-production on BBC drama ‘Loving Miss Hatto’ has been completed at Dublin’s Screen Scene and Wicklow’s Ardmore Sound after a successful four-week shoot in the capital. |
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Exclusive: Irish Romantic Comedy ‘Food Guide To Love’ To Shoot Next Month |
| 19 Jul 2012 | ‘Food Guide To Love’, a Dublin-set romantic comedy directed by Spanish husband and wife team Dominic Harari and Teresa de Pelegri, and starring Richard Coyle and Leonor Watling, will begin shooting in Ireland on August 7. |
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Five Minutes With… ‘Pilgrim Hill’ Filmmaker Gerard Barrett |
| 19 Jul 2012 | The “buzz movie” of last week’s Galway Film Fleadh, Gerard Barrett’s debut feature ‘Pilgrim Hill’ saw the Co Kerry filmmaker walk away with the Bingham Ray New Talent Award and a host of plaudits from his peers. |
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Locations Report: 'Game of Thrones' Season Three Set Visit |
| 18 Jul 2012 | Already hugely anticipated, IFTN gets a sneak peak of season three of ‘Game of Thrones’ as it shoots at Shane's Castle in Northern Ireland. |
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