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| Section 481 Cap Increases to €50 million | |
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Amendments to the Irish film taxation, Section 481, have been approved following the signing of a Commencement Order by Irish Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan. The amendments are to increase the cap per project to €50 million (from €35 million). more |
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| TV3 Announce Staff Redundancies & Pay Cuts | |
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Irish broadcaster TV3 has announced “cost cutting measures” aiming to reduce annual costs of the independent station by €2m including redundancies, pay cuts and reduced contractors' fees. more |
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| 'Na Cloigne' Heads Into Production | |
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'Na Cloigne' (The Heads), a new three part Irish language drama for TG4, directed by Robert Quinn (Cre na Cille) and produced by Ciaran O Cofaigh at Galway based production company ROSG, will commence filming this Monday 30th March until 8th May in various locations around Conamara. more |
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| Algar to Head High Point Media Group | |
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Irish Producer and former CEO of the Irish Film Board, Michael Algar, talks to IFTN on his recent appointment as the Director of High Point Media Group, Ireland - the Irish office of independent distribution and sales agency - High Point Media Group. more |
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| Filming Wraps in NI on 'Small Island' | |
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Filming will wrap this week on 'Small Island', a new 2 x 90-minute drama produced by Ruby Films for the BBC which has been shooting in Northern Ireland since mid February. The production will move to Jamaica at the end of this week. more |
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- Celtic Media Festival - The Belfast Film Festival - Arts Council: Commissions Award Deadline - RTE Storyland Competition: Voting Closes - MIPDOC - Comotion Film Festival Deadline - Bray Music Video Festival: Submission Deadline - MIPTV - Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival: Early Bird Submission Deadline - Aspen Shortsfest - Imagine Cup Deadline Extension - FilmOffaly Award 2009: Applicant Deadline - Simon Cumbers Media Challenge Fund: 2009 TV Grant Deadline - Commercial Film Producers of Europe: 11th Annual Young Director Award - Media:Support for the development of Single Projects - Media:Support for the development of on and offline Interactive Works - Human Rights Film School: Deadline for Entries - Nemeton/WIT TV Production Higher Diploma Deadline - The 21st Galway Film Fleadh Feature Film Deadline - 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Submissions Deadline more dates and deadlines |
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- Filmbase: Directing for the Screen - Filmbase: Aperture 101 - Filmbase: Craft of Documentary Editing - Filmbase Podcast Info Session - Filmbase: Soundtrack Pro 101 - The Production Depot: Trainee Camera Workshop - Filmbase: Animation for Kids - Filmbase: Advanced Scriptwriting - Filmbase: Introduction to Adobe Illustrator - Filmbase: DVD Studio Pro 101 more training information |
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| - Dance Flick (Paramount) - The Damned United (Sony) - Traitor (Momentum Pictures) - Genova (Eclipse) more distribution information |
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| - Lef Productions - Film Extras for New Feature Film - London Nights Movie - Producer - Radio Kerry - Actors Required - Tryell CCT - Technical Support Engineer (ACMT Qualified) - Freelance Editor/Camera Person - Adare Productions - Presenter - Red Shoe/Moondance Productions - Final Cut Editors get jobs/classifieds |
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28th March - Saturday 29th March - Sunday 30th March - Monday 31st March - Tuesday 1st April - Wednesday 2nd April - Thursday 3rd April - Friday |
| Graham Linehan Up for BAFTA | |
| Graham Linehan's 'The IT Crowd' has received a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Situation Comedy. The awards will take place at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank on Sunday April 26th. more | |
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| Belfast Company Behind Greenest World Premiere | |
| NI company Switch New Media, a live video streaming company based at Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast, is celebrating a double success after it helped to set a new world record for the biggest and greenest-ever live simultaneous premiere for new documentary 'Age of Stupid' this month. more | |
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| Irish Grand Slam & 'Simpsons' Entice Audiences | |
| Ireland's Grand Slam victory against Wales last Saturday was watched by an average audience of 945,000 people on RTE Two, whilst the Irish episode of 'The Simpsons - In the Name of the Grandfather', which premiered on Sky One, on St Patrick's Day drew 957,000 viewers across the UK and Ireland. more | |
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| Voting Opens for Storyland Competition | |
| Voting for the RTE web drama competition StoryLand opens on Monday 16th March and will close on Friday 27th March. Viewers can watch the 6 part drama series from each of the ten finalists online and vote for the one that they would most like to see be re commission for subsequent episodes. more | |
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| 'Kisses' Wins at Miami Fest | |
| 'Kisses', written and directed by IFTA winning Lance Daly and produced by Fastnet Films, has scooped the Audience Award at Miami International Film Festival. more | |
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| Filmbase to Host Podcast Info Session | |
| Filmbase is to host a free info session on Podcasting at 10.30am on Wednesday 1st April at its offices in Temple Bar, Dublin, and will be facilitated by multimedia producer and filmmaker John Callaghan. more | |
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| Doc Series 'Mna na Mara' Airs on TG4 | |
| Doc series Mna na Mara (Women of the Sea), produced by Open Eye Television in Baile Bhúirne, Co. Cork, began airing last Friday on TG4 and will run for five more weeks until April 24th.more | |
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| Irish Film Fests In The US | |
| A host of Irish titles have screened to US audiences at the recent San Francisco Irish Film Festival, The Chicago Irish Film Festival and the current CRAIC Festival running from 12-15 March in NYC. more | |
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| Screen Scene Posts Recent Broadcasts | |
| It has been an eventful past few weeks for post house Screen Scene and outside broadcast Observe team between covering all the St Patrick Day Festivities supplying production and post production services to the to the 'Meteor Ireland Music Awards' and creating graphics for The Script's new video 'Talk you Down'. more | |
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| Irish Short Film News | |
| Thomas Heffron's 'The Confession' and Brian Durnin's 'Of Best Intentions' have been selected to screen in the Tribeca Film Festival. US Festivals in Cleveland and Nashville will also feature a line up of Irish short titles as well as 'Finsceal Phaidí' being selected for Palm Beach International Film Festival. more | |
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