11 Mar 2010 Q&A With Special Effects Make-Up Artist Rick Baker

Special effects make-up artist Rick Baker has been creating monsters of the friendly and scary variety for over 30 years. The multi Oscar winner is behind such film creatures as the Grinch, Gremlins, Wolfman and the zombies in both Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and those of ‘Men in Black’ to name just a few. As part of a new Masters Series of interviews, IFTN caught up with the makeup maestro to ask him about his inspirations, his favourite creatures and the battle of make-up versus CGI. more

10 Mar 2010 Festival Round-Up: ’Mother’s Little Helper’ at Berlinale & Irish Films in Byron

Three Irish projects have been selected for competition at the Byron Bay International Film Festival and Michael Lavelle’s short film screenplay ‘Mother’s Little Helper’ has been chosen to compete for the 2011 Berlinale Today Award. more

10 Mar 2010 RTÉ Shows Work From 'New Directors'

‘New Directors’, a new initiative by RTÉ’s Factual department which looks to give up and coming directors a chance to showcase their talents, sees one such director, Pete Higgins helm ‘UFO’ which broadcasts on Monday, March 15th on RTÉ2. more

08 Mar 2010 Kildare Council 2010 Film Bursary

The Kildare County Council Arts Service is currently inviting applications for the Film Bursary Award 2010 from filmmakers living in or originally from County Kildare. Applications are invited from established and emerging filmmakers across all genres to support and encourage original film production. The bursary award is € 2,500 more

03 Mar 2010 Producers Sought for FÁS STI / Magic Light Placement Programme

FÁS Screen Training Ireland has teamed up with The Magic Light Producer Placement Programme in the UK to guarantee one place for a producer whose work benefits the Republic of Ireland’s film industry. The five month course, for which applications are currently being sought, is intended to provide up-and-coming film producers with insight into the working operations and business realities of the film market. more

03 Mar 2010 Ballyfermot College Enjoys Oscar Nomination Successes

Ballyfermot College of Further Education will be represented by four of its graduates at the 82nd Academy Awards, held in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on Sunday, March 7th. The annual awards ceremony sees nominations for the animation skills of former Ballyfermot College graduates Tomm Moore for ‘The Secret of Kells’; Darragh O’Connell and Nicky Phelan for their short ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’ and Richard Baneham for ‘Avatar’. more

03 Mar 2010 ‘Six Semesters’ Enjoys Stateside Screenings

'Six Semesters' one of Ireland's first feature length student films, has been selected to screen in three festivals in the United States over the coming months. This follows screenings at the Galway Film Fleadh, the CCIIFF in France and the Clones Film Festival. more

02 Mar 2010 Award Winning Filmmakers Attending NOISE Youth Fest

Nicky Phelan, Director of the 2010 Oscar-nominated animated short ‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’, and Ken Wardrop, Director of the IFTA award-winning feature documentary ‘His and Hers’, will be in attendance at the 2nd annual NOISE Flicks Youth Film Festival (20 March). more

05 Feb 2010 Human Rights Film Comp Call for Submissions

Amateur and professional filmmakers who are passionate about human rights are currently being invited to submit original human rights short to the 2010 ICCL Human Rights Film Award, Ireland’s only human rights short film competition. more

02 Feb 2010 MEDIA Desk Has Steve Carson for Breakfast

MEDIA Desk Ireland will hold its second Industry breakfast of the year this week. Steve Carson, Director of Programmes at RTÉ Television, will be the key note speaker at the event. more

28 Jan 2010 Filmbase/RTÉ Short Film Deadline Approaches

Filmbase and RTÉ have issued a reminder that the deadline for the first round of their Short Film Awards 2010 is 5pm on Friday the 5th of February. Applications for the award are now being accepted in hard copy only. more

19 Jan 2010 NFS Announces Barry Ackroyd Guest Lecture

BAFTA Nominated cinematographer Barry Ackroyd (The Wind That Shakes The Barley) has been revealed as the latest addition of guest lecturers who will give a talk as part of the National Film School (NFS) lecture series. more

14 Jan 2010 NUIG Unveils New Bailey Allen Arts Wing

A new €6million arts wing and cultural centre was launched in the National University of Galway (NUIG) this week. The occasion was marked by performances by Druid Theatre, Macnas, David O’Leary and Frankie Gavin who introduced the new Bailey Allen Wing to a full house of University guests. more

13 Jan 2010 Euro Entrepreneurship Video Awards Invite Applications

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry are currently inviting imaginative filmmakers to participate in the European Entrepreneurship Video Awards (EEVA 2010). more

07 Jan 2010 QFT Present Discussion Event with David Morrissey

BAFTA and Northern Ireland Screen will present an event entitled ‘Industry Insights with David Morrissey’ in Belfast on Saturday, February 6th and are currently inviting attendance applications. more

04 Jan 2010 Working Title Films Invite Intern Applications

Action!, a training programme from Working Title Films is currently inviting applications from individuals seeking a career in film to apply for one-year internship positions with their London office. more

23 Dec 2009 EAVE Selects McCann, Barry and Lyons for Producer’s Workshop

The European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) have announced the participants for the EAVE 2010 European Producers Workshop and the list includes Irish producers Connor Barry, Tamsin Lyons and Kevin McCann. more

15 Dec 2009 Festival Round-Up: Wins for Irish screenwriter in LA, 'Nothing Personal' in Marrakech & Shorts at NY Fest

Lotte Verbeek wins Best Actress prize at Marrakech fest for ‘Nothing Personal’, victory for Irish projects, ‘Sugar Stick’ and ‘Bleeding Love’ NY International Independent Film Festival and Shane McCabe Wins Top Prize at L.A. Screenwriting Comp. more

14 Dec 2009 Bill Keating Centre Launches New TV Production Course

The Bil Keating Centre is currently inviting applications to its course in Television Production, Direction and Presentation which will take place from February to April next year. more

11 Dec 2009 Short Film Award Scheme Winners Announced

Filmbase and RTÉ have announced the winners of the second round of the 2009 Filmbase/RTÉ Short film award scheme. Three projects were chosen out of over 250 applications received earlier this year, namely ‘Billy and Chuck’, ‘Dead Load’ and ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ and will now receive funding. more

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