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Be Good or Be Gone to screen at VMDIFF on March 4th |
| 24 Feb 2021 | The Irish independent feature Be Good or Be Gone will screen at this year's Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival on March 4th at 7pm. VMDIFF takes place online this year, from 3rd-14th March. |
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Vertigo Releasing acquires UK & Ireland right for Parallel Films' My New York Year |
| 23 Feb 2021 | My New York Year, the Irish-Canadian co-production from Parallel Films and Memento Films, has become the first title confirmed for release when cinemas reopen in the UK post-lockdown with Vertigo Releasing acquiring UK and Ireland rights for the film. |
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Portráidí Criathraigh (Bog Portraits) to have world premiere online as part of Galway 2020 |
| 23 Feb 2021 | As part of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, Irish film Portráidí Criathraigh (Bog Portraits), directed by Ríonach Ní Néill and Joe Lee, will premiere online on Monday March 1st . |
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Planning permission for Wexford's Tara Studios put on hold as objection filed |
| 23 Feb 2021 | Having initially received a green light for planning permission on the €20 million film studio, Tara Studios’ will now have to wait another four months to find out if its ambitious plans have been successful. |
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Actor Pierce Brosnan stars in new video showcasing the beauty of Ireland |
| 23 Feb 2021 | Tourism Ireland has teamed up with the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) to create a new series of short videos to showcase Ireland. The first of these videos features actor Pierce Brosnan. |
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AMC+ acquires Irish drama Kin starring Aidan Gillen and Clare Dunne |
| 22 Feb 2021 | Kin, the brand new eight-part Irish drama, has been acquired by International streaming service AMC+ including rights for North America, Australia, New Zealand, Iberia, Latin America, and the UK. |
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Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington join Netflix's Belfast-bound The School for Good and Evil |
| 22 Feb 2021 | Theron and Washington will join Bridesmaids director Paul Feig to film the Netflix original film, which is due to begin filming at Belfast Harbour Studios later this year. |
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First-look trailer released for new Irish drama Smother |
| 22 Feb 2021 | The new six-part domestic noir thriller Smother will air on Sunday, March 7th at 9:30pm on RTÉ One. |
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IFTA to host panel event - Working in Development – Skills in Focus |
| 19 Feb 2021 | The event takes place 2pm-3:30 pm online on Thursday, February 25th and is presented in association with Screen Skills Ireland. |
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Colin Farrell added to Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival line-up |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival has announced a host of new additions to the programme, including an intimate conversation with award winning actor and global star Colin Farrell and Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys. |
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Netflix's original series Fate: The Winx Saga will return to Ireland for a second season |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Netflix has renewed Fate: The Winx Saga for season two with production set to begin later this year in Ireland. |
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Treasa O'Brien's Town Of Strangers to open exclusively on IFI@Home on March 19th |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Town of Strangers by award-winning Irish filmmaker Treasa O’Brien will open exclusively on IFI@Home platform from March 19th, 2021. |
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Northern Irish drama Bloodlands airs on BBC One from Sunday 21st February |
| 18 Feb 2021 | The new BBC One series, which is set in Northern Ireland and supported by Northern Ireland Screen, is Executive Produced by Jed Mercurio, the mastermind behind ‘Line of Duty’ and ‘Bodyguard’. |
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TV accounts for 13% of Irish language content new BAI Report finds |
| 18 Feb 2021 | In a recent report, which studied programme data and recordings from broadcasters for a specific week in October 2019, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) found that from a total of 718.93 hours of Irish / bilingual programming broadcast, only 13% of the total minutage featured on TV, with radio accounting for the remaining 87%. |
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EFP opens applications for this year's Producers on the Move |
| 18 Feb 2021 | Each year, 20 promising, up-and-coming producers from throughout Europe are selected to participate in Producers on the Move; 444 producers in total over its 21 years. |
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Lenny Abrahamson to direct Sally Rooney's Conversations With Friends adaptation; Irish newcomer Alison Oliver named among cast |
| 17 Feb 2021 | Element Pictures (The Favourite, Room, The Lobster) has revealed the highly anticipated casting for the BBC Three and Hulu TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut literary sensation, Conversations With Friends. |
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Apple TV reveals autumn launch date for flagship original series, Foundation |
| 17 Feb 2021 | Apple TV+ has revealed that their adaptation of Foundation, Isaac Asimov’s classic sci-fi novels, which stars Jared Harris will release in autumn 2021. |
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New multi-annual output deals and a spring commissioning round announced by TG4 |
| 17 Feb 2021 | At its annual producers information day, the Irish language Broadcaster announced that it is looking for submissions from the independent production sector for new multi-annual output deals. |
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"Filmmaking is always a step into the unknown. The stakes are just a little higher now;" Conor McMahon & Ruth Treacy discuss Let the Wrong One In |
| 16 Feb 2021 | We caught up with writer/director Conor McMahon and producer Ruth Treacy to find out more about the journey of their comedy-horror, Let The Wrong One In, which navigated its way through COVID to film in September, and is currently in post with ambitions for a theatrical release later this year. |
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Ridley Scott’s Life In a Day 2020 features first Irish submission from director Ann-Marie Brennan |
| 16 Feb 2021 | An Irish director has been selected to be part of the Ridley Scott produced documentary film, Life in a Day 2020. |
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