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Upper limit of Section 481 tax incentive seen as “barrier" to Ireland securing large-scale international productions, new report finds |
| 29 Apr 2021 | Troy Studios and Ardmore Studios CEO Elaine Geraghty believes that the upper limit of €70 million on the Irish Section 481 tax incentive is acting as “a barrier” to Ireland securing “large-scale international productions”. |
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Donegal Film Office announces Short Film Bursary Award 2021 |
| 28 Apr 2021 | Donegal Film Office has secured funding from Creative Ireland to launch the first Short Film Bursary Award in Donegal. |
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Normal People, Small Axe, and The Crown lead list of nominees at BAFTA TV Awards |
| 28 Apr 2021 | The nominations for the 2021 BAFTA Television Awards have been announced with Element Pictures’ BBC Three hit series Normal People picking up seven nominations. |
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MovieExtras.ie issues casting call for Disney's Disenchanted filming in Ireland |
| 28 Apr 2021 | Clocktower Productions is seeking roles for their motion picture project Disenchanted, a new feature-length motion picture project to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. |
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Irish director John Carney to helm new Musical produced by Martin Scorsese and Irwin Winkler |
| 27 Apr 2021 | Martin Scorsese, Irwin Winkler, and Sing Street director John Carney have set their sights on a George Gershwin-inspired musical titled Fascinating Rhythm. |
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Oscars 2021: Viewing ratings for 93rd Academy Awards down 58% from last year |
| 27 Apr 2021 | Winners of the 93rd edition of the Academy Awards were broadcast live on ABC from two locations in Los Angeles this year - Union Station and Dolby Theatre. |
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Virgin Media Television seeking submissions for new post-watershed drama series for 2022/23 schedule |
| 26 Apr 2021 | As part of Virgin Media Television’s on-going Drama Initiative, the TV broadcaster is currently seeking submissions for new post-watershed, drama series for our 2022/ 2023 schedule. |
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Oscars 2021: Wolfwalkers misses out to Pixar's Soul; Nomadland wins Best Picture |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Irish animation Wolfwalkers was pipped to the Best Animated Feature award at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night. |
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Official trailer for Irish horror Boys From County Hell released by Wildcard & Vertigo Releasing |
| 23 Apr 2021 | Wildcard Distribution and Vertigo Releasing have launched the official trailer for Boys From County Hell, which will open in Irish cinemas this summer. |
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Netflix and Apple projects among highest beneficiaries of 2020 Section 481 film and television tax relief |
| 23 Apr 2021 | Revenue has released details of the beneficiaries of Ireland’s Section 481 Film & Television Tax Relief Scheme for 2020 with Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla and Apple’s Foundation availing of the top bracket of tax relief. |
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“A ‘red carpet’ is a working girl who’s too good to work the streets”; Director Scott Altman discusses Amazon Prime-acquired debut feature |
| 22 Apr 2021 | Having begun life in the Irish film industry as a pyrotechnician at Ardmore Studios, Scott Altman left Ireland to pursue a career in directing where he cut his teeth directing commercials and music videos for the likes of MTV. |
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BBC Three confirms first commission and pilots from collaborative partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC NI |
| 22 Apr 2021 | Round one of the scheme resulted in two pilots, Scran with my Nan from Rare TV and The Fast and the Farmer(ish) from Derry-based Alleycats. |
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Johnathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank board thriller The Good Neighbour |
| 22 Apr 2021 | The Good Neighbour, a remake of German thriller Unter Nachbarn, will see Irish actor Johnathan Rhys Meyers in a leading role alongside The Man In The High Castle star Luke Kleintank. |
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Screen Skills Ireland announces Call for Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme 2021 |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland has announced the next call for applications to the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, which enables organisations to provide skills development opportunities and initiatives to the Irish screen sector. |
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IFTA-winning screenwriter James Phelan among recipients of Platform 31 artist bursary |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Waterford artist James Phelan has been announced as one of the 31 recipients of the inaugural Platform 31 bursary, the national development scheme for artists to develop their practice and test new ideas of collaboration, research, audience development, place based arts and sharing their work. |
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Engine Docs Scheme opens call for documentary film idea |
| 21 Apr 2021 | A new training and production scheme for emerging documentary filmmakers has been launched in the MidWest by Innovate Limerick through Film in Limerick. |
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Plans announced for Ireland’s First Screenwriting Festival |
| 20 Apr 2021 | The Dublin International Screenwriting Festival organisers are assembling local and international screenwriters, filmmakers, producers, actors congregate to share ideas, build lasting relationships, hear pitches and inspire its audience. |
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Arts Council to open applications for Reel Art 2021 on April 27th |
| 19 Apr 2021 | The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council’s film award Reel Art is on Thursday, May 27th 2021 before 17:30. |
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Cartoon Saloon picks up six Annie Awards; Wolfwalkers and Soul big winners |
| 19 Apr 2021 | Cartoon Saloon’s Apple Original Film Wolfwalkers has won five awards at this year’s Annie Awards in the US, with the Kilkenny based animation studio also picking another award in the Best Sponsored category. |
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Foyle Film Festival opens entries for Light In Motion Competition 2021 |
| 19 Apr 2021 | Foyle Film Festival, Northern Ireland’s only Oscar-affiliated film festival, has launched its 2021 Light In Motion Competition. |
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