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'The Shore' Wins Academy Award |
| 27 Feb 2012 | The Northern Ireland Screen funded short film, 'The Shore', produced by Terry George and Oorlagh George and written and directed by Terry George scooped the Academy Award® for best Live Action Short Film at the 84th Annual Academy Awards last night. |
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O’Dowd, Gillen & Wilmot Join McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’ |
| 21 Feb 2012 | ‘The Guard’ writer/director John Michael McDonagh has signed Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes), Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, Love/Hate), Isaach De Bankolé (24) and David Wilmot (The Guard) to join Brendan Gleeson in his latest project 'Calvary'. |
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BBC's 'Loving Miss Hatto' Sets April Dublin Shoot Date |
| 15 Feb 2012 | Award winning Irish director Aisling Walsh (Song For a Raggy Boy, Trial & Retribution) is set to film a new BBC Drama ‘Loving Miss Hatto’ on location in Dublin, Ireland this coming April. The €2million production will be produced by Octagon Films (The Tudors, Raw, As if I’m Not There) and Left Bank Films for the BBC with financing from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board. |
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IFB Details 2012 Catalogue, Two New BBC Dramas |
| 03 Feb 2012 | The Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced strategic plans for 2012 with their production catalogue including 18 upcoming feature films. Projects such as Lance Daly’s ‘Life’s a Breeze’ starring Fionnuala Flanagan; Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘What Richard Did’; ‘Sanctuary’ by Norah McGettingan; ‘Love Eternal’ by Brendan Muldowney and Neil Jordan’s vampire thriller ‘Byzantium’ which wrapped in Ireland this week to name but a few. |
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'Canals' Filmmaker Mark O'Connor Begins 'Stalker' |
| 03 Feb 2012 | The third feature film from director Mark O’Connor (King of the Travellers, Between the Canals) is to begin principal photography in Dublin on Wednesday 15th of February and will shoot for just under two weeks until the 27th February. |
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'Privates' in Production in Northern Ireland |
| 03 Feb 2012 | A new 5x45 minute drama series for the BBC One is currently being filmed in Northern Ireland. ‘Privates’ is set in the 1960s and follows the story of eight young men as they undertake their basic training as part of the last intake of conscripts for National Service. |
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O’Dowd’s ‘Moone Boy’ Lands UK & Irish Filmmaking Talent |
| 01 Feb 2012 | Principal photography has almost finished on Chris O’Dowd’s six part comedy series for Sky One ‘Moone Boy’. A semi-autobiographical tale about O’Dowd’s time growing up in Boyle, Co. Roscommon but with a quirky twist - this series combines Irish and English production and acting talent. |
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Fitzgibbon, J. Walsh and Robertson Are 'Vexed' |
| 19 Jan 2012 | New BBC 2 drama ‘Vexed’, a 6 x 60 minute detective comedy, started principal photography in Dublin this week with a host of Irish talent involved. |
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Pat McCabe Teams With Kevin Allen on 'Flat Lake' |
| 08 Dec 2011 | A new comedy horror film-in the vein of old 50’s and 60’s movies of this popular genre, co written by IFTA award winning writer Pat McCabe (Breakfast on Pluto, The Butcher Boy) and British writer and director Kevin Allen (Twin Town) is currently in pre production in Co. Monaghan. The film is being funded by American Production company Smuggler Films LA |
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Top Irish Talent Join Neil Jordan's 'Byzantium', Filming Begins |
| 07 Dec 2011 | ‘Byzantium’, an adaptation of ‘The Vampire Stories’, a play written by Moira Buffini is the latest film to be directed by Irish director Neil Jordan (Breakfast on Pluto, Ondine) and is currently shooting in the Hastings, South England, before moving to Ireland’s Ardmore Studios next week. |
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Flanagan, Birthistle & Shortt in Lance Daly's 'Life's a Breeze', Production Begins |
| 05 Dec 2011 | ‘Life’s a Breeze’ the latest film from writer and director Lance Daly (The Good Doctor, Kisses) started filming in Dublin last week. It is scheduled to film in Dublin for four weeks until Christmas before moving to Sweden to shoot for a further two weeks. |
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Irish Film Board Backs New Irish Feature & Animation Projects |
| 29 Nov 2011 | A new Irish-Singapore feature film will be receiving funding in this round of Irish Film Board funding. ‘Mister John’, the first ever Irish-Singapore co-production is written and will be directed by 'Helen' filmmakers Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor and is produced by Samson Films. |
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Neil Jordan's 'Byzantium' Sets Irish Shoot Date |
| 24 Nov 2011 | ‘Byzantium’, the latest film by Irish director Neil Jordan (The Borgias, Ondine) is set to begin shooting on location in Hastings, UK in the first week of December, moving to Ireland in mid-December until the beginning of February. |
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€1.8 Billion Creative Europe Programme Unveiled by European Commission |
| 24 Nov 2011 | European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou announced yesterday details of the ‘Creative Europe’ initiative. The initiative is a new plan by the European Commission to boost the cultural and creative sectors in Europe. |
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On Set with Mark O'Connor's 'King of the Travellers' |
| 22 Nov 2011 | Invited to come along to the set of ‘The King of the Travellers’ [previously entitled 'Grooskill'], IFTN last week journeyed to Inchicore, Dublin to catch a preview the film’s final scenes before it wrapped in Galway at the weekend and caught up with the features cast and crew, among them director Mark O’Connor (Between The Canals), lead actor John Connors in his debut feature role, Peter Coonan (Between The Canals, Love/Hate), Michael Collins (Pavee Lackeen, Man About Dog) and producer Cormac Fox of Vico Films. |
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'Game of Thrones' Teaser Production Trailer Showcases Irish Location |
| 22 Nov 2011 | HBO has released a first-look in production trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming season of ‘Game Of Thrones’. |
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Cork Screen Commission Supports 'The Blow-ins' |
| 15 Nov 2011 | Irish independent production company, The Story Factory, has received funding from Cork County Council for it’s new short film ‘The Blow-ins’ with the help of the newly launched Cork Screen Commission (CSC). |
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UK Film tax relief extended to 2015 |
| 10 Nov 2011 | Films made in the UK will continue to receive tax breaks, worth around €110 millon a year, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced today. With the scheme extended to 2015, eligible films must be released in the UK, with 25% of their production costs spent in the country. Industry estimates say the system makes the UK up to 40% cheaper for film-makers than the US. |
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IFTN Visits the set of 'Titanic: Blood and Steel' |
| 10 Nov 2011 | On day 67 of the shoot, the car park of a rainy Irish castle is a world away from sun drenched Hollywood or Rome for the assembled cast and crew of ‘Titanic: Blood and Steel’, not that they seem to mind too much. |
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NI's Generator Produce 'Keith Lemon; The Film' |
| 10 Nov 2011 | Lionsgate UK and Northern Irish production company Generator have teamed up for the filming of new comedy film ‘Keith Lemon; The Film’ which stars ‘Celebrity Juice’ host Keith Lemon, alther ego of comedy actor Leigh Francis. |
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