| Murphy, Gambon & Sheehan are 'Wayfaring Strangers' | |
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Ireland's Treasure Entertainment and France's Chic Films are currently in pre-production with 'Wayfaring Strangers' which will shoot later this star and will star Cillian Murphy (Perrier's Bounty), Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) and Robert Sheehan (Cherrybomb). more |
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| Adrian McCarthy Directs 'Gilbert O'Sullivan' Doc | |
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Adrian McCarthy's new documentary 'Gilbert O'Sullivan - Out on His Own' examines the change of fortunes that the Waterford born pop singer has experienced in his long career. IFTN caught up with the 'Crash' director to discuss the making of the documentary that is screening at the IFI Stranger than Fiction festival and will broadcast next week as part of RTE's Arts Lives. more |
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| éQuinoxe Masterclass Welcomes Screenwriters Hart & Bovell | |
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Two International Screenwriter's Workshops come to Ireland this week bringing with them American screenwriter Jim Hart whose past work includes 'Hook', 'August Rush' and 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' and Andrew Bovell who has written the scripts for 'Lantana', 'Edge of Darkness' and 'Strictly Ballrooom'. more |
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| Oscar Winning Cinematographer Joins Belfast Lineup | |
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Two-time Academy Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bound for Glory and Medium Cool) is set to attend the 2010 Belfast Film Festival. IFTN speaks to the festival's director, Michele Devlin about what to expect from the Hollywood craftsman and the festival's 'Northern Exposure' industry event. more |
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| Mind the Gap Asks If Irish Kids Can 'Dig It' | |
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Mind the Gap are currently in production with 'Ireland - Dig It!', a new five part series for RTÉ where teams of 9-13 year old students have the chance to take part in an archaeology adventure on TV. more |
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- Cemetery Junction (Sony) - Dear John (Paramount) - The Joneses (E1 Entertainment) - Repo Men (Universal) - City of Life and Death (High Fliers Films) - The Ghost (Element Pictures) more distribution information |
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| David Kwok Talks Tribeca 2010 | |
| The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival runs from 21 April - 2 May in New York city. In the run up to the launch of the 8th instalment of the annual fest IFTN caught up with Tribeca's Director of Programming, David Kwok about scouting for films, globalisation and Ireland's 'robust' film industry. more | |
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| Expert Creates Dothraki Language for HBO's 'Game of Thrones' | |
| David J. Peterson, an expert language creator from the Language Creation Society (LCS), has been chosen to create the Dothraki language for HBO's upcoming fantasy series 'Game of Thrones'. more | |
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| Dearbhla Walsh & Dervla Kirwan Break 'The Silence' | |
| Dublin's Screen Scene is currently in post production with Company Pictures' 'The Silence', an atmospheric drama for BBC directed by Emmy Award winning Irish director Dearbhla Walsh (The Tudors) and starring IFTA winning actress Dervla Kirwan (Ondine) that examines the witnessing of a murder by a deaf girl. more | |
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| Lappin Joins Arts & the Economy Debate | |
| Arthur Lappin, film and television producer of films such as 'In America', 'My Left Foot', 'The Field' and 'Some Mother's Son', will join the list of panellists participating in a debate entitled 'The Arts and the Economy' which takes place on Thursday, April 15th and is organised by Ireland's association of writers, Irish PEN.more | |
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| Channel 4 Wants 'iCandy' | |
| Monday, April 19th will see the broadcast of Green Inc Television's new comedy sketch show pilot for Channel 4, 'iCandy'. The pilot is written by and stars Liam Hourican (actor, The Secret of Kells) and features an all-Irish cast including 'The Clinic' star Amy Huberman, 'The Tudors' Jim Roche and 'Best: His Mother's Son' actress, Laura Donnelly. more | |
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| 'The Doubleganger' Moves Shoot to Prague | |
| Cuchulainn Productions have wrapped filming in Ireland on the set of 'The Doubleganger', a feature written by John Fox (The Supreme Court) and produced by Joe Gavin. The film was filmed in Portlaoise and Dublin and is now moving to Prague city for a two week shoot. more | |
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| CR Entertainment Secures Equity Investment | |
| London and Dublin-based multi-platform producer CR Entertainment Ltd. has secured an investment from beActive Entertainment (a transmedia production company with operations in Europe, Canada and Latin America) and Enterprise Ireland which will allow it to increase the number of projects in development and allow UK and Irish-based talent to work on international co-productions. more | |
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| Collins, MacIntyre & Walsh for Celtic Fest | |
| Bob Collins, Donal MacIntyre and Dearbhla Walsh are among the guests attending highlighted events at the 31st annual Celtic Media Festival which takes place in Newry from 21st-23rd April. Last held in Belfast in 2003, this is the fourth time the festival has been hosted in Northern Ireland and the first time in Newry.more | |
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| Alexander Siddig Joins 'Primeval' Cast | |
| 'Clash of the Titans' and '24' star Alexander Siddig has joined the cast of ITV's 'Primeval' which is currently shooting in Ireland. more | |
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| Robert Sheehan Experiences 'Acts of God' | |
| Irish actor and IFTA nominee Robert Sheehan (Cherrybomb) is to star in a new feature from B Good Picture Company called 'Acts of God'. Robert will star alongside Ed Hogg (Bunny and the Bull) and Celia Imrie (Nanny McPhee) in the black comedy that is to start shooting this autumn. more | |
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- Crossing the Line Explores 'Growing Up Gay' - Olive Secures 'Nothing Personal' for North America - Boston Festival Celebrates Irish Filmmakers |
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