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New TV Format ‘Pump Up My Dance’ To Shoot Next Month |
| 17 Jul 2012 | A new original TV format series for RTÉ entitled ‘Pump Up My Dance’ is to go into production at the end of next month. |
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Irish Co-Production ‘Dreams Of A Life’ Secures US Release |
| 16 Jul 2012 | ‘Dreams of a Life’, an Irish co-production from Manchester director Carol Morley, will be released in the US next month after securing a distribution deal with Strand Releasing. |
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Season Three of ‘Game of Thrones’ Begins Filming In Northern Ireland |
| 13 Jul 2012 | Filming on season three of ‘Game of Thrones’ is underway in Northern Ireland with the hugely popular HBO series currently shooting in Belfast’s Paint Hall studio. |
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Filming in Ireland Focus: Period Drama Locations |
| 12 Jul 2012 | Where in the world could you walk down the cobbled streets of 1890s London in the aftermath of some of the most gruesome murders the world has ever witnessed, while at the same time Jimi Hendrix is strumming his guitar just a stone's throw away in the 60s, and less than three hours away, a Charles Dickens novel from the 1830s is being brought to life? |
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Exclusive: Jim Norton, Conor Mullen and Leigh Arnold Cast In €1.2m TV Drama ‘Deception’ |
| 21 Jun 2012 | Irish actors Jim Norton (Fr Ted), Leigh Arnold (The Clinic), Nora-Jane Noone (The Magdalene Sisters), Conor Mullen (Rough Diamond), Vincent Walsh (A Kiss For Jed) and Helen Roche (Roy) are heading up the cast of new €1.2m drama series ‘Deception,’ which is currently shooting in Galway. |
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Irish Feature ‘Run and Jump’ To Begin Production |
| 07 Jun 2012 | Oscar-nominated director Steph Green will begin filming Irish-German co-production ‘Run and Jump’ in Wicklow and Kerry on June 11. |
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Irish Film Board Changes Funding Application Deadline |
| 07 Jun 2012 | The Irish Film Board have moved their deadline forward for producers wishing to apply for the next round of production funding. |
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Win Tickets to John Ford Ireland Opening Night - The Iron Horse |
06 Jun 2012 | IFTN has tickets for the Opening Night of John Ford Ireland Film Symposium to give away to lucky readers. The Irish premiere screening of John Ford’s epic masterpiece ‘The Iron Horse’ opens John Ford Ireland on Thursday 7 June. This fantastic film and music event takes place at Dublin’s National Concert Hall and features live orchestral accompaniment from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the film’s award winning US composer Christopher Caliendo performing in Ireland for the first time.
Don’t miss your chance to see one of John Ford’s most critically acclaimed and master crafted movies on the big screen and experience the launch of John Ford Ireland festival fever!
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Filming in Ireland Focus - South Dublin County Locations |
| 31 May 2012 | Few areas around Ireland offer such variety of locations and accessibility as South Dublin. With a bustling city centre to its north, miles of coastline to its east and the Dublin Mountains in its southern most quarter, the area has proven a rich stomping ground for national and international filmmakers. |
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Irish Film Studio Spotlight: Lispopple Studios, Dublin |
| 31 May 2012 | If timing is everything, then arguably Lispopple Studios probably couldn’t have chosen a worse time to open its modern studio space in Finglas, north Dublin. “We had been planning the studio since 2006, pumped a lot of money into it and built it in 2008,” recalls straight-talking creative director Dave Byrne, “and really, as we opened the doors, the arse had fallen out of the entire industry. It was effectively the end of the Celtic Tiger, and it was tough.” |
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Set Report: Re-Creating 1880s Costumes For 'Ripper Street' |
| 24 May 2012 | Gaining hands-on experience with famous actors as a day-job seems like the ideal occupation for many film buffs. But when this hands-on experience involves dressing 170 extras just days before they are scheduled to shoot, and designing costumes for new characters that have been announced just two days before their fitting, at times the job can more tedious than thrilling. |
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Irish feature ‘Made In Belfast’ Enters Pre-Production |
| 16 May 2012 | Ciaran McMenamin (One Hundred Mornings), Owen McDonnell (Single-handed) and Stuart Graham (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) are among a strong Northern Irish cast set to star in writer/director Paul Kennedy’s debut feature film, ‘Made In Belfast.’ |
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Yann Demange To Direct Belfast-Based Thriller ‘71’ in Northern Ireland |
| 16 May 2012 | Director Yann Demange is attached to direct upcoming Belfast-based feature film '71,' which will be shot in Northern Ireland later this year. |
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Exclusive: Johan Renck to Direct First Three Episodes of ‘Vikings’ |
| 11 May 2012 | Swedish director Johan Renck will helm the first three episodes of ‘Vikings,’ the Irish co-produced series for The History Channel which has begun pre-production at Ashford Studios in Ballyhenry, Co Wicklow. |
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Two Horror Films for Northern Ireland ‘Vampires versus Leprechauns’ & ‘DEADLocked’ |
| 09 May 2012 | Belfast-based production company Causeway Pictures has announced it will shoot two feature films in Northern Ireland this autumn. |
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Exclusive: Outkast Rapper Andre 3000 To Shoot Jimi Hendrix Biopic In Ireland |
04 May 2012 | EXCLUSIVE
American rapper Andre 3000 is to star as Jimi Hendrix in a new movie about the rock legend which will begin filming in Ireland later this month. |
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Two Film & TV Studios to Open In Cork |
| 02 May 2012 | Two film and TV production studios are to open in Cork as plans to promote the county as a prime production location to the international film industry get into full swing. |
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Exclusive: TV3 €1.2m Irish Drama Series To Shoot in Galway |
01 May 2012 | EXCLUSIVE:
Production on TV3’s much-anticipated six-part Irish drama series ‘Tailor's Hill’ (working title) is to begin on June 18 in Galway. A strong team of soap and drama writers have been brought together to script the series, which has been created by 'Eastenders' and 'Holby City writer Gert Thomas. It will comprise of six one-hour episodes and will be shot over four weeks in Galway and Spiddal. The series is expected to air in the autumn. |
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Exclusive: Film Adaptation of Colm Tóibín's 'Brooklyn' To Shoot In Ireland - Rooney Mara & Nick Hornby Attached |
| 30 Apr 2012 | Irish novelist Colm Tóibín’s best-selling novel ‘Brooklyn’ will be partly shot in Ireland early next year after being optioned by English production company Wildgaze Films. US actress Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) is attached to the project and Oscar-nominated English writer Nick Hornby (An Education) adapted the book for screen. |
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Irish Short 'Kill Your Idols' To Shoot in Wicklow |
| 30 Apr 2012 | Irish short film ‘Kill Your Idols’ is to begin shooting next month in Wicklow with Brendan O’Rourke (Free House) cast in the lead role. |
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