| DIGITAL | BAI Announces New DTT Introduction Plans | |
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| PRODUCTION | Neil Jordan Adapting 'Skippy Dies', Irish Shoot Planned | |
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| BROADCAST | TG4 Changes Commissioning Application Guidelines | |
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| FESTIVALS | Irish Screening in the 'Pipe'-line for Toronto | |
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| EVENTS | Graham Linehan 'In Conversation with...' IFTA | |
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- Features deadline for AFI Fest 2010
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- Pulse College Final Cut Pro 200 Course
- General Blender Techniques. Tips and Tricks - Filmbase Training: Scriptwriting - Advanced - Advanced Blender. Character Setup, Rigging and Advanced Character Animation - TG4 Scriptwriting Development Scheme - Filmbase Training: Scriptwriting for Beginners - IFTA Pro MAC Trends Masterclass - TV Presenter Course at Nemeton more training information |
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- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Walt Disney)
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| INTERVIEW | Brown Bag Films Move into Features | |
| 16 years ago Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell founded Brown Bag Films. In a pre-digital era the pair set up the studios as a means of making their own films. The group was founded at a time when Ireland has the biggest animation industry in Europe with the ironic fact that none of the studios here were Irish-owned. The company has since moved from its hand-drawn and painted beginnings to boast a staff of 57 in its Dublin studios which are equipped with a state of the art High Definition picture and Audio post production facilities. Furthermore the group has, as of July this year, a new Hollywood-based office. IFTN caught up with co-founder and managing director Cathal Gaffney to talk about the future of the company and Irish animation as a whole. more | |
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| FESTIVALS | Venice Film Festival Decides on 'Essential Killing' | |
| Director, Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting) will see his latest feature, 'Essential Killing' compete at this year's 67th Venice Film Festival for the event's prestigious Golden Lion. 'Essential Killing', which is co-produced by Ireland's Element Pictures, will have its world premiere screening at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, which takes place from September 1st-11th 2010. more | |
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| BROADCAST | ILBF Increases Irish Language Requirement | |
| Northern Ireland Screen's Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) has announced that it is raising the minimum language requirement in funded programmes from 60% to 70%. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the ILBF's Investment Committee and will apply to all new applications for funding. more | |
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| BROADCAST | RTÉ Television Launches 2010/2011 Schedule | |
| RTÉ has launched its upcoming season of programmes. The broadcaster has announced that it is to transmit over 54 brand new home-produced series and documentaries for the new 2010/2011 season and will see more than 52 new editions of returning home-produced series/documentaries for the new season. Finally, 'The Den' is to be replaced by two new schedules of Children's programming. more | |
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| SHORT FILM | Delaney & Ingleby Visit 'Every Second Sunday' | |
| Hubbard and Banks Media goes into production with short film 'Every Second Sunday' this weekend. Starring Simon Delaney (Zonad) and Lee Ingleby (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) it will shoot in Dublin and Bray. Simon Hubbard (Jack) is the writer/director of the project with Fergal O'Hanlon (Yu Ming is Ainm Dom) on board as director of photography. more | |
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| AWARDS | 'Horses' Ride to Grierson Nomination | |
| The feature documentary 'Horses', from writer/director Liz Mermin (The Beauty Academy of Kabul, Shot in Bombay), has been shortlisted for the Best Cinema Documentary award at the Grierson Awards which will take place on the 2nd November in London's BFI Southbank. more | |
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| TELECOMS | Tyrell appointed as Clear-Com Region Distributor | |
| Clear-Com, a leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, has continued to expand its reach into Ireland with the appointment of solutions provider, Tyrell CCT as its distributor for the region. The latter will look to open up a broader customer base in Ireland's broadcast, theatrical and corporate markets to the streamlined, reliable communications workflows made possible by Clear-Com intercoms. more | |
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| ACTORS | Chris O'Dowd Picks 'Crimson Petal' Role | |
| The Irish actor Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd, The Boat that Rocked) has started filming 'The Crimson Petal and the White' - a four part adaptation of the novel of the same name by Michael Faber. Chris will star in the thriller series alongside Romola Garai (Emma, Atonement), Gillian Anderson (The X Files, Bleak House), and Richard E. Grant (Withnail and I, Gosford Park). It is expected that the four part thriller will broadcast this winter. more | |
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| FESTIVALS | 'His & Hers' Scoops Traverse Film Festival Prize | |
| Ken Wardrop's IFTA winning feature 'His & Hers' has claimed the Best Non-fiction Foreign Jury Award at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan, which was hosted by founding member and Academy Award winner Michael Moore over the weekend. more | |
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| TRANSPORT | Nemeton Looks to Find New Presenting Talent | |
| Waterford based production company, Nemeton has decided to build on the success of its previous educational programmes and is currently enrolling for an intensive TV Presenters Course which it will run over 4 consecutive days in its television studio. more | |
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