| Mary Hanafin Appointed New Minister for Arts | |
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Taoiseach Brian Cowen has announced Mary Hanafin will succeed Martin Cullen as the new re-branded Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport (previously Arts, Sport and Tourism). more |
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| 'Camelot' Comes to Ireland | |
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'Camelot', a new 10 part drama series, is set to commence shooting in Ireland this summer. The drama is based on the 15th century epic King Arthur biographical novel by Thomas Malory. more |
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| RTÉ Television MD Noel Curran Steps Down | |
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RTÉ has announced today that the Managing Director of Television, Noel Curran, will move on from his position on Friday, May 26th. Mr Curran is leaving the organisation to pursue other interests but will continue to work in an advisory capacity with RTÉ in the future. more |
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| Seven Irish Projects Selected for Tribeca | |
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Seven Irish projects have been selected to screen at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Amongst those selected are 'Cairo Time'; 'The Crush', 'My Brothers'; 'Ondine'; 'The Pool'; 'Snap' and 'Zonad'. The festival will take place this year from April 21st to May 2nd. more |
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| Dublin Cinemagic Festival Highlights Unveiled | |
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Organisers of the 2010 Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People which takes place form May 5th - 12th in various venues around Dublin, have announced the highlights of the upcoming event. The festival programme will feature masterclasses with film and television industry guests, school workshops, screenings and a cross-border jury panel. more |
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- 8th Digital International Film Fesival, Chile
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- Filmbase Training: Final Cut Pro 200
- Filmbase Hollywood Scriptwriting - Seminar with James Bartlett - Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Entreprise Board Open Morning @ The Media Cube. - Filmbase Documentary Filmmaking Course - Filmbase Documentary Filmmaking Course - Filmbase Course - DVDSP 101 - FÁS Screen Training Ireland - Core Research Skills - MEDIA Beyond Borders Training Programme. Deadline - The Gaiety School of Acting: Adults Acting for Camera - Gaiety School of Acting: Young Gaiety/ Youth Theatre Make a Movie more training information |
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- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (Universal) - Extract (Paramount) - The Blind Side (Warner Bros.) - Perrier's Bounty (Element Pictures) - Takers (Sony) more distribution information |
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- Dumb Productions - Creative Producer |
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| Disney & Clarity Launch Sports Viualisation Project | |
| Disney Research and the Irish-based CLARITY: Centre for Sensor Web Technologies, a Science Foundation Ireland-funded Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), have officially launched a multi-year collaborative research project in broadcasting and sports visualisation. more | |
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| 'Old Fangs' & 'Miss Remarkable' Head to Annecy Film Fest | |
| Two Irish short animation films, 'Old Fangs' and 'Miss Remarkable & Her Career' have been selected to compete in the 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France this June. more | |
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| Louise Bagnall's 'Donkey' to Compete at Oberhausen | |
| 'Donkey', a short film from Irish animator Louise Bagnall (Colour Contamination), has been selected for screening at the 56th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival in the Children's and Youth Film Competition Category. more | |
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| 'Alexander Pearce' Wins At European Independent Film Fest | |
| Irish Australian drama 'The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce' has won the Best Non-European Dramatic Feature award at the 5th European Independent Film Festival in Paris. The film, set in 1820's Australia stars Irish actors Adrian Dunbar (The Crying Game) and Ciaran McMenamin (Sunday) was produced and written by Irish producer Nial Fulton (Policing the Pacific). more | |
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| RTÉ Begins Public Service Statement Compilation | |
| RTÉ this week began a six week public consultation process to help inform the preparation a new Public Service Statement. The Broadcasting Act of 2009 requires that RTÉ prepare a Public Service Statement, the purpose of which is to explain to the public what is expected of RTÉ in return for the significant public support it receives in the form of the television licence fee. more | |
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| RTÉ Opens 'The Big Big Bazaar' | |
| New RTÉ Two Children's series 'The Big Big Bazaar' begins Saturday, March 27th at 10.30am. Throughout the new series entrepreneurial children nationwide will aim to unearth hidden treasures and trash to make money for their chosen causes. more | |
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| VooDooDog Wraps Up 'Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang' | |
| VooDooDog, run by Irish brothers Paul and Noel Donnellon and David Z. Obadiah, has recently completed the stop motion animated end credit sequence for 'Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang'. more | |
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| Irish Projects Win RTS Awards | |
| The Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards, held recently in London's Grosvenor House, saw victories for many Irish-made programmes such as 'Roy', 'Occupation', 'Small Island' and 'Five Minutes of Heaven'. more | |
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| Pulse College Students Land UK Placements | |
| Pulse College has announced it has secured funding from the Leonardo European Mobility Scheme 2010 which will finance work placements for their Irish second year students. The students will be given the opportunity for a fully funded placement in some of the UK's most prestigious after digital media companies. more | |
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| TG4 Introduces Office Drama 'An Crisis' | |
| April will see TG4 air a new six part office-based comedy series based in a State Irish language organisation. The series chronicles the strange world of ACT (An Chomhairle Teanga), an Irish language organisation that seems to be following policies that are quite unusual. more | |
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