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IFTA Screen Discussions: Wildfire – Friday, May 21st at 2pm |
| 21 May 2021 | IFTA will today, Friday May 21st, present a special online discussion on the making of Wildfire, the debut feature film of Cathy Brady, featuring the brilliant central performances of Nika McGuigan and Nora Jane Noon. |
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Stephen Rea, Ciaran Hinds, and Steve Wall to star in Emily Blunt-led BBC One western The English |
| 21 May 2021 | Three Irish actors have been cast alongside series leads Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer in Hugo Blick's western series, The English, for BBC One and Amazon Studios. |
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Docs Ireland Marketplace: Titles from Margo Harkin and Ross Whitaker among 25 selected projects |
| 21 May 2021 | Docs Ireland has announced the projects for the second edition of the festival’s Marketplace, taking place online this June 17th & 18th, as part of Doc Ireland’s online industry festival. |
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Six participants and host studios announced for SSI Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship 2021 |
| 21 May 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland and Animation Skillnet has announced the Animation, VFX & Games Graduate Traineeship participants and host studios for the 2021 programme. |
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ITV commissions adaptation of Graham Norton's bestselling novel, Holding; Port Pictures' Martina Niland to Produce |
| 20 May 2021 | ITV has commissioned a four-part drama adaptation based upon Graham Norton’s funny and tenderly perceptive debut novel, Holding, which will be filmed on location in Ireland. |
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Silver Mountain Distribution launches The Edge of Chaos to the international marketplace |
| 20 May 2021 | Silver Mountain Distribution, the Irish global sales and marketing division of Carey Fitzgerald’s Silver Mountain Productions has announced the launch of Sam Uhlemann’s debut feature film The Edge of Chaos in the international marketplace. |
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Netflix docu-series Sophie: A Murder in West Cork available to stream from June 30th |
| 19 May 2021 | The three-part series is from Oscar-winning producer Simon Chinn under his company banner Lightbox, best known for Searching for Sugarman and Man on Wire. |
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First-look images released of Jamie Dornan in BBC mystery thriller The Tourist |
| 19 May 2021 | First-look images from the BBC reveal Bafta-nominated Jamie Dornan as ‘The Man’ desperately searching for his identity in new BBC One drama series, The Tourist. |
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Shane Meadows to make first BBC series with Element Pictures |
| 19 May 2021 | Revered writer/director Shane Meadows will tackle his first ever television drama for the BBC with Ireland’s Oscar-nominated production company Element Pictures. |
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Amazon in talks to acquire MGM Studios in $9 billion takeover |
| 18 May 2021 | Global tech giant Amazon is reported to be preparing a $9 billion (€7.37b) takeover bid of one of Hollywood’s most famous studios, MGM. |
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Virgin Media Television launches new documentary and entertainment initiative |
| 18 May 2021 | As part of Virgin Media Television’s new initiative, the broadcaster is seeking submissions for brand new factual documentary series and exciting factual entertainment formats for the 2022/2023 schedule. |
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UK broadcaster Channel 5 acquires five seasons of Dermot Bannon's Room To Improve |
| 14 May 2021 | RTÉ Programme Sales has confirmed that Channel 5 in the UK has licensed five seasons of hit home-design series Room To Improve. |
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Applications now open the 2021 Marketplace at 33rd Galway Film Fleadh |
| 14 May 2021 | Due to continuing international travel restrictions, the Fleadh’s marketplace at the this year’s Galway Film Fair will remain online for this year, after an extremely successful edition in 2020. |
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Inaugural Mayo International Film Festival to debut in 2022 |
| 14 May 2021 | A new film festival, the Mayo International Film Festival (MIFF), will debut in Castlebar in 2022. |
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TG4's Samhlú 2020 awarded Special Award of the Grand Prix CIRCOM |
| 13 May 2021 | CIRCOM's Special Award of the Grand Prix has been awarded to TG4's Samhlú 2020 at an online gala celebration that took place last night. |
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Online industry events announced for third annual Docs Ireland festival |
| 13 May 2021 | Running from 16-19 June 2021, the third annual Docs Ireland festival will give emerging filmmakers the opportunity to meet and learn from seasoned industry experts through a series of online masterclasses, workshops, panel discussions and ‘in-conversations’. |
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Paul Mescal and Emily Watson to lead A24's psychological drama God's Creatures; filming underway in Donegal |
| 12 May 2021 | Emily Watson and Paul Mescal will lead the cast of A24’s psychological drama God’s Creatures, which is backed by BBC Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, and the Western Regional Audiovisual Production Fund (WRAP Fund). |
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Latest round of Screen Skills Ireland's Screen Mentoring now open for applications |
| 12 May 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland to support a further 25 mentorships in 2021. |
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Northern Ireland Screen reveal funding decision for 2021 Irish Language Broadcast Fund |
| 12 May 2021 | Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) has announce its latest funding decisions for 2021. |
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New Board of Screen Ireland announced by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, Media |
| 12 May 2021 | Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has announced the members of the new Board of Screen Ireland. |
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