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Gerard Barrett Ascends 'Pilgrim Hill' |
| 06 Jul 2010 | Cameras will start to roll on the set of feature film, ‘Pilgrim Hill’, on Monday, August 2nd. The debut feature film from writer/director Gerard Barrett the film tells the tale of a young farmer living at home with his mother in modern day Ireland. |
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Curtis Appointed Director of Digital Switchover |
| 05 Jul 2010 | RTÉ has appointed Mary Curtis to the new senior executive position of Director of Digital Switchover, with responsibility for an effective transition by audiences in the coming two years to digital television using the new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system. |
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Audiences to Explore 'Terry Wogan's Ireland' |
| 30 Jun 2010 | Native Limerick presenter and radio broadcaster, Terry Wogan is currently in Ireland filming ‘Terry Wogan’s Ireland’, a two part documentary series being produced by Presentable Productions for the BBC. The programmes will look at the veteran TV personality’s early years and what he thinks it mean to be Irish in the 21st century. |
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Midler, Cattrall and Lott to Shoot in Ireland |
| 25 May 2010 | Bette Midler, Kim Cattrall and Pixie Lott will all shortly arrive on Irish soil to shoot Bootstrap Films’ latest feature ‘Sweet Baby Jesus’. The film, set in Bethlehem, Maryland sees Lott play a pregnant young hippie in the seventies who visits her mother for Christmas along with her boyfriend Joe. |
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'The Last Furlong' Starts Filming in Ireland |
| 13 May 2010 | Cameras started to roll of the set of feature film, ‘The Last Furlong’ on Monday, May 10th. The film, which stars Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan, Dorian Gray) and Harry Treadaway (Fishtank), will shoot on location in Wicklow and Meath for the next eight weeks. |
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Irish Talent Receive BAFTA Television Nods |
| 10 May 2010 | The official list of nominations for the Philips British Academy Television Awards have been announced and feature many nods to Irish talent including; Brendan Gleeson for his role in Churchill drama ‘Into the Storm’; ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ in the category of Single Drama; ‘Occupation’ in Drama Serial and ‘The Graham Norton’ show for Entertainment Programme. |
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IFTA Accepting New Membership Applications |
| 27 Apr 2010 | IFTA is currently inviting applications from all Irish film and television professionals to join its Membership. IFTA is a not-for-profit all-Ireland organisation that promotes, encourages and rewards creative excellence in film and television. |
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Fastnet Explore 'The Other Side of Sleep' |
| 23 Apr 2010 | Fastnet Films are currently in production with a new Irish feature entitled ‘The Other Side of Sleep’. The thriller, starring Antonia Campbell Hughes (Bright Star) and Sam Keeley, is directed by Rebecca Daly and will shoot in various locations around Ireland until May. |
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FilmOffaly Offers €8,000 Filmmakers Bursary |
| 19 Apr 2010 | FilmOffaly has re-launched the FilmOffaly Award for 2010, a scheme that is designed to support and encourage filmmakers to undertake innovative, creative projects. FilmOffaly are looking for unique, original stories by talented new filmmakers, professional and novice alike with the sole stipulation that filming must take place in Offaly. |
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Abú Media Takes Another ‘Bog Stop’ |
| 19 Apr 2010 | Abú Media have just started a run of recording for their kids’ quiz show, ‘Bog Stop’ in Galway's Black Box theatre. Now in its 4th year, the series is funded by RTÉ for broadcast on TG4 where it forms a part in their daily kids schedule going out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. |
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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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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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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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‘Il Divo’ Director to Film Latest Project in Ireland? |
| 01 Apr 2010 | Producers of Paolo Sorrentino’s latest project ‘This Must be the Place’ are currently scouting locations in Ireland with a view to possibly filming the project here this summer. The Indigo Film’s production is rumoured to star Oscar winning actor Sean Penn (Milk). |
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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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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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‘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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‘Ondine’ Casts Net On Irish Cinemas |
| 04 Mar 2010 | The Irish Film and Television Awards saw Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine’ walk away with four IFTAs - Actor Colin Farrell, Supporting Actress Dervla Kirwan, Production Designer Anna Rackard and Sound for Brendan Deasy, Sarah Gaines and Tom Johnson. The film receives its general theatrical release on Friday, March 5th, an occasion IFTN marks with a Q&A session with the film’s acclaimed Irish writer and director, Neil Jordan. |
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HBO Greenlights Northern Ireland Epic ‘Game of Thrones’ |
| 04 Mar 2010 | HBO has given the green light to a pilot and nine episodes of George R.R. Martin’s epic ‘Game of Thrones’. The shoot of what is expected to be the biggest television series ever filmed in Europe will commence in June in Northern Ireland and will see the return of stars Sean Bean, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Mark Addy, Kit Harrington, Jennifer Ehle, Jack Gleeson, Peter Dinklage and Harry Lloyd. |
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Grand Announce New ‘Superhero’ & ‘Trivia’ Projects |
| 03 Mar 2010 | Grand Pictures have announced details of two new projects - a feature film co-production with Bavaria Pictures entitled ‘Death of a Superhero’, and a new six part TV series ‘Trivia’ with RTÉ and funded by the BAI Sound and Vision Fund. |
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