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BAI Chief Executive Michael O'Keeffe announces retirement; recruitment process for new CEO begins |
| 01 Feb 2021 | The BAI has announced the upcoming retirement of its Chief Executive Michael O’Keeffe and the commencement of a recruitment process for the CEO position. |
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TG4 reveal new-look branding for February |
| 01 Feb 2021 | The new look unifies the TG4 brand across all devices and platforms and includes six new brand idents, which will air from today February 1st. |
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Building on Foundations: Troy Studios and Foundation's journeys to success |
| 29 Jan 2021 | With a budget of over €45m, and employing up to 500 people, Apple TV+’s Foundation is Ireland’s largest scale production ever. |
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Actress Leah McNamara talks with IFTN |
| 29 Jan 2021 | We caught up with Normal People and Dublin Murders star Leah McNamara to find out more about her subtle rise in recent years, advice for young actors breaking into the business, and keeping busy during lockdown. |
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IFTN talks to Heavy Man Films, Makers of Samhlú Croí Cruthaitheach: TG4’s season of Short Art Films |
| 29 Jan 2021 | We spoke with director Tomek Ciezki and producer Wesley O’ Duinn of Heavy Man Films to get a better insight delivering 12 short art films for TG4, shooting during lockdown, and developing a unique approach to capturing artist’s creativity on camera. |
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VMDIFF announces in conversation event with iconic director Steve McQueen for online festival |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival have announced they will host Steve McQueen for an exclusive in conversation event between the Oscar-nominated director and Irish writer/actor Mark O’Halloran. The Festival, taking place 3-14 March 2021, is moving entirely online this year in accordance with public health advice. |
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A24 Board Element Pictures’ 'The Eternal Daughter' starring Tilda Swinton |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Shot in secret in Wales during lockdown, The Eternal Daughter re-teams Oscar-Winner Swinton with director Joanna Hogg following their collaboration on 2019’s much-lauded The Souvenir. This is in addition to the upcoming The Souvenir Part 2, which will debut later this year, and which Element Pictures are also producing. |
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Screen Producers Ireland and Irish Equity welcome new Irish Film Agreement |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Screen Producers Ireland and Irish Equity have announced a new Irish Film Agreement between Irish Equity and SPI, which will come into force from 1st February 2021. |
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Deadline approaching for Screen Skills Ireland: Passport to Production – Donegal |
| 28 Jan 2021 | Passport to Production is a New Entrant Training Online Programme, delivered in partnership with Donegal County Council, which has been developed to equip new entrants with the key future skills and the key elements of working in the Film and TV Industry and to support new entrants on the job. |
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New documentary Croí na Ceiste le Caoimhe for BBC Gaeilge airs on BBC Two NI this Monday |
| 28 Jan 2021 | In a new documentary, broadcaster and journalist Caoimhe Ní Chathail is on a mission to lay bare the facts about non-surgical cosmetic procedures – who is getting them and why they are getting them. |
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Cast and crew announced for Netflix’s Wicklow-shot Vikings: Valhalla |
| 27 Jan 2021 | Netflix has revealed the principal cast for Vikings: Valhalla, its spiritual successor to History's Vikings series, which recently ended after 6 seasons. |
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€5.5m open funding round announced by BAI under Sound & Vision Scheme |
| 27 Jan 2021 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has launched a new open funding round under its Sound & Vision 4 Scheme. |
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New DeLorean documentary from Fired Up Films to air on BBC 2 & BBC Northern Ireland |
| 27 Jan 2021 | A new 100 minute theatrical documentary, Delorean: Back From The Future explores the rise and fall of automaker John Z. DeLorean and his doomed attempt to build the car of the future in 1980s war-torn Belfast. |
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Kerry International Film Festival opens submissions for 2021 showcase |
| 26 Jan 2021 | Following the successful transition online to host its debut digital edition in 2020, the Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) has opened submission for its 2021 festival. |
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Deadline for applications: ENGINE Short Film Scheme closes this Friday at noon |
| 26 Jan 2021 | Announced back in December, the deadline is now approaching for Film in Limerick’s Engine Short Film Scheme; a new ambitious short film development and production scheme for emerging talent that are based in Limerick, Tipperary and Clare. |
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Galway Film Centre to lead Screen Ireland's Talent Development Academy for Television Drama |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Screen Ireland has appointed the Galway Film Centre as the leading organisation to manage the establishment of a Talent Development Academy for Television Drama, an initiative for developing and driving opportunities for diverse and regional talent on a national level. |
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New Netflix film The School for Good and Evil in production at Belfast Harbour Studios |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Belfast Harbour and Northern Ireland Screen have announced that Netflix is to commence immediate production The School for Good and Evil at Belfast Harbour Studios. |
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Screen Ireland announces four successful filmmaking teams chosen for Focus Shorts |
| 25 Jan 2021 | The emerging filmmakers will receive €50,000 each to make four original short films in 2021, totalling €200,000 in the development of up and coming creative screen talent. |
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TG4 launches Samhlú Croí Cruthaitheach: a season of 12 art short-films available on the TG4 player |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Launched in December 2020, Samhlú is a new cultural partnership between TG4 and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media’s Creative Ireland Programme, focused on celebrating the artistic endeavours and creativity that has endured throughout Ireland despite a very challenging year in 2020. |
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Cannes Film Festival could be postponed until July |
| 22 Jan 2021 | The Cannes Film Festival is expected to announce whether it will keep its currently scheduled May date or postpone the event to later in the summer before the end of this month. |
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