| 'New Boy', McDonagh & Crowley In Oscar Race | |
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The Irish short film ‘New Boy’, screenwriter Martin McDonagh and production designer Nathan Crowley have all been nominated for the 81st Academy Awards, set to take place on Sunday, February 22, 2009. more |
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| IFB & IFTA Reveal 2009 Rising Star Nominations | |
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Actors Sarah Bolger, Michael Fassbender, director Lance Daly, and scriptwriter Enda Walsh have been announced by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) and the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) as the nominees for the Rising Star Award 2009. more |
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| Clive Owen to Discuss Graphic Novel Genre at JDIFF | |
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British actor Clive Owen (Children of Men, Closer) is set to attend The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival next month. The ‘Sin City’ actor will participate in the festival’s Graphic Novel event taking place on Tuesday 17 February 2009. more |
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| US Premiere of ‘Waveriders’ Ahead of Irish April Release | |
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IFTA nominated feature documentary 'Waveriders', directed by Joel Conroy, will receive its US Premiere at the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival on the 28th Jan '09. The film is set to be released by Element Pictures Distribution across nationwide cinemas in Ireland and the UK on 3rd April 2009. more |
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| Bergin Nominated by Costume Designers Guild | |
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Emmy winning Irish Costume Designer Joan Bergin has received a nomination for her work on Showtime series ‘The Tudors’ by the Costume Designers Guild, to be handed out February. 17th. more |
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- Sundance Film Festival 2009 - 2009 International Film Festival Rotterdam - International Guerrilla Video Festival Dublin 2009 - Submissions Deadline - Fresh Film Festival 2009 deadline - Rose D'or: Final Deadline Competition Registration and Material Submission - RAAM Awards London more dates and deadlines |
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| - Filmbase: Final Cut Studio Presentation - Young Peoples' Acting Masterclass: Cinemagic Stars - Filmbase: Producing a Short Film - Filmbase: Camera & Lighting HDV/DV - Beginners - Filmbase Training: Final Cut Pro 200 - Filmbase: Scriptwriting Course - Filmbase/ RTE Short Film Award Deadline - Film Base Training: Adobe Flash (Level 1) - Filmbase: Digital Filmmaking - Soho Editors Training- Adobe After Effects Fundamentals - Filmbase: Directing for the Screen - Soho Editors Training-Adobe After Effects Intermediate more training information |
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| - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner Bros) - Rachel Getting Married (30) more distribution information |
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| IFB Promotional Activities at Berlin | |
| The Irish Film Board will arranging a number of activities for the promotion of Irish films at the upcoming 59th Berlin Film Festival running from February 5th - 15th. more | |
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| Kildare County Council Film Bursary Award | |
| Kildare County Council Arts Service is inviting applications for their Film Bursary Award from filmmakers living in or from County Kildare. The closing date for receipt of applications for each scheme is Wednesday 18th March 2009.more | |
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| Northern Ireland Scriptwriting Fest | |
| BBC Northern Ireland and Tinderbox Theatre Company in conjunction with the Tony Doyle Bursary 2009 will host a four-day festival of script writing workshops and talks from Wednesday 28th - Saturday 31st of January 2009. more | |
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| Record Ratings for ‘Nationwide’ | |
| An unprecedented 543,000 people watched ‘Nationwide’ on Monday which evening included items on Barack Obama’s Irish ancestry. This made up a record rating for the show with 36% of the available television audience watching more | |
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| Irish Films for Evening Standard Awards | |
| Irish titles - ‘Garage’, ‘Hunger’, ‘In Bruges’ and ‘The Escapist’ have all been shortlisted for the Evening Standard Awards to take place in London on February 1st . more | |
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| The Element Completes Post on Greatest Haunts | |
| Post production house The Element has just completed work on new six part paranormal series ‘Northern Irelands Greatest Haunts’ to begin airing on Wednesday, January 21 on BBC One NI at 10.45pm. more | |
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| Production Depot & Connect Ethiopia Call for Equipment | |
| The Production Depot, leading Equipment supplier, in association with the Irish business initiative, 'Connect Ethiopia', are looking to the Irish Film and Television Industry for help to assist them source equipment to use in developing training and employment in the film and television sector in Ethiopia. more | |
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| Cinemagic Host Short Film Comp for Schools | |
| Cinemagic, in association with BT Vision, are hosting a competition for five school groups to get the chance to make their own short film in February 2009, which will then be screened and voted for online. more | |
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