# 489 | 28 October 2010
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PRODUCTION | Dublin and Cork Mark the Spot for Sky's 'Treasure Island'
Eddie Izzard
Production will get underway on Friday, November 15th on the set of Parallel Films' latest co-production for Sky 1 HD. The two part drama, 'Treasure Island' will star Emmy award winning comedian Eddie Izzard (Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill) as Long John Silver and will shoot in Dublin and Cork for five weeks before moving production to Puerto Rico after Christmas. more
AWARDS | Two BAFTA Nominations for 'Roy'
badly drawn roy
Dublin animation studio JAM Media are delighted at the news that their animated series, 'Roy' has received two BAFTA British Academy Children's Awards nominations. The series; commissioned by the BBC, has been nominated in the categories of Drama and Writer. more
FESTIVAL | Spotlight on Darklight Film Festival 2010
Darklight
The 2010 Darklight Film Festival launches on Thursday, October 28th. The eleventh installment of the event features a Heroes Edition of programmers, a transmedia symposium, a celebration of animation and the winning projects from the festival's earlier Free your Film competition. more
BROADCAST | The Queen Launches UTV HD in Northern Ireland
Queen
Queen Elizabeth launched UTV's High Definition service last week, at a reception at UTV Media plc's headquarters in Belfast. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, toured Studio One, and the content floor and watched footage from the UTV archive of their previous visits to Northern Ireland. more
PRODUCTION | PJ Dillon Talks Moving Forward with 'Rewind'
upc
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) will host an exclusive screening of PJ Dillon's 'Rewind', his debut as a feature film director. The screening will take place on Thursday, October 28th. PJ will attend the screening along with actors Amy Huberman (A Film With Me In It) and Allen Leech (Downton Abbey). more

- Rewind-Exclusive IFTA Screening plus Q&A
- Darklight 2010: Heroes Edition
- 2010 Kerry Film Festival
- Vienna International Film Festival
- Deadline for Media Desk's Festival Scheme
- American Film Market
- 16th Junior Galway Film Fleadh
- 17th Sheffield Doc Fest
- AFI Fest 2010
- IFTA Exclusive Screening of Sensation plus Q&A with Tom Hall
- BAI Deadline 7th Sound and Vision, the Broadcasting Funding Scheme

more dates and deadlines

- Filmbase Assistant Directing Course 
- BigWave InDesign Course-Pro Skills 
- BigWave Dreamweaver Course-Pro Skills / ACA (Intermediate) 
- Pulse College Open Day 2010 
- 2 Day Lighting Weekend Course 

more training information

- The Kids Are All Right (Universal Pictures)
- Saw (3D) (Lionsgate)
- Straw Dogs (Sony Pictures)
- The Arbor (Irish Film Institute & Verve Pictures)
- Jackass 3D (Paramount Pictures)
- Let Me In (Eclipse Pictures/Icon Film Distribution)
- Another Year (Momentum Pictures)
- Due Date (Warner Brothers)

more distribution information

30th October - Saturday
14.00 – Steip Beo – TG4
16.30 – International Rules Beo – TG4
17.00 – Final Score from Northern Ireland – BBC1
17.45 – Live Magners League – RTE2
19.00 – Take Me Out – TV3
20.05 – Winning Streak – RTE1
20.20 – Premier Soccer Saturday – RTE2
21.20 – 1916 Seachtar na Cásca – TG4
21.40 – The Saturday Night Show – RTE1
21.55 – International Rules Highlights – RTE2
22.15 – Hector i gCeanada – TG4
01.05 – Siar sna 00s – TG4

31th October - Sunday
13.10 – International Rules Gold – TG4
15.00 – GAA Beo – TG4
17.15 – All-Ireland School Choir of the Year Competition – RTE1
18.30 – Laochra Gael – TG4
18.30 – Celebrity Bainisteoir: The Final – RTE1
19.00 – Lesser Spotted Ulster – UTV
19.15 – An Jig Gig – TG4
19.30 – Reeling in the Years-The 2000's – RTE1
20.00 – Fair City – RTE1 (Daily)
20.15 – Ceist GAA le Hector – TG4
20.45 – Glor Tíre – TG4
21.30 – Cogar – TG4
22.00 – Geantrai – TG4
22.30 – Ollclar Ros na Run – TG4

1st November - Monday
16.00 – Four Live – RTE1 (Weekdays)
16.50 – The Daily Show – RTE1 (Weekdays)
17.00 – Mission Beach USA – RTE2
18.00 – Xpose – TV3 (Weekdays)
19.00 – Nationwide – RTE1
19.00 – MSN – RTE2
19.30 – In Your Corner – BBC1
19.30 – Scannal! – RTE1
20.30 – GAA 2010 – TG4
20.30 – Ear to the Ground – RTE1
21.00 – The Apprentice – TV3
21.30 – Na Cloigne – TG4
21.35 – Bad Fellas – RTE1
22.20 – The Apprentice: You're Fired – TV3
22.35 – The Choirboys – BBC1
23.40 – Shortscreen: Chronoscope – RTE2

2nd November - Tuesday
17.00 – The Rumour Room – RTE2 (Weekdays)
19.00 – The Eagles Return – RTE1
19.00 – The Choirboys – BBC2
19.30 – 7 Lá – TG4
19.30 – An Bhearna Bhaoil – BBC2
20.00 – Imeall – TG4
20.30 – About the House – RTE1
20.30 – Ros na Rún – TG4
21.00 – The Model Scouts – RTE2
22.00 – Idir Mna – TG4
22.15 – Ghost Land – RTE1
22.30 – Fiorsceal – TG4
23.05 – Tonight with Vincent Browne – TV3
23.30 – The Jig Gig – TG4

3rd November - Wednesday
19.00 – Nationwide – RTE1
19.30 – How Healthy Are You? – TV3
20.00 – Off the Rails – RTE1
20.30 – Triúr Ban Og – TG4
20.30 – Corrigan Cooks Naturally – RTE1
21.00 – Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum – TV3
21.30 – 1916 Seachtar na Cásca – TG4
22.00 – Midweek – TV3
22.25 – Glor Tíre – TG4
22.45 – SKETCHY with Diarmuid Corr – BBC1
22.50 – Republic of Telly – RTE2
23.05 – Tonight with Vincent Browne – TV3
23.10 – Siar sna 00s – TG4

4th November - Thursday
18.25 – Ponc@na Movies – TG4
19.00 – Nationwide Revisited – RTE1
19.00 – In Your Corner – BBC2
19.30 – Comhra – TG4
20.00 – Mo Thintean FEin – TG4
20.30 – Rachel Allen's Dinner Parties – RTE1
20.30 – Ros na Run – TG4
21.00 – 24 Hours to Kill – TV3
21.30 – Hector i gCeanada – TG4
21.35 – Prime Time – RTE1
22.00 – Blas Ceoil – BBC2
22.00 – Imeall – TG4
22.25 – The Panel – RTE1
23.30 – Fiorsceal – TG4

Friday, 5th November
17.00 – Super Crew – RTE2
19.00 – Nationwide – RTE1
19.30 – Cogar – TG4
19.30 – Come West Along the Road – RTE1
20.00 – The Apprentice at Home – TV3
20.00 – Geantrai – TG4
20.30 – The Reluctant Taoiseach – RTE1
21.00 – Take Me Out – TV3
21.35 – The Late Late Show – RTE1
22.00 – SKETCHY with Diarmuid Corr – BBC2
23.00 – Ceist GAA le Hector – TG4

FESTIVALS | Cork Opening and Closing Films Announced
The 55th Corona Cork Film Festival will take place from Sunday, November 7th to 14th. Recognised as Ireland's oldest film festival, the event will open with the screening of Mark Romanek's 'Never Let Me Go' and will close with Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere'. Finally 'Dreaming the Quiet Man' will become the first doc to receive a gala screening at the festival. more
AWARDS | Radharc Awards Laud 'The House' and 'Tuned In'
This year's Radharc Awards saw Chairman of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Bob Collins present the awards which included Broadcast Documentary for Marmalade Film's 'The House' and the Non-broadcast documentary prize for Wildfire Film's 'Tuned In'. The prize winners and the other highly commended projects in both categories were chosen by an industry jury chaired by production entrepreneur, Lelia Doolan. more
DISTRIBUTION | 'The Runway' Looks to Land US Distribution Deal
Conor Horgan, Jim Sheridan, Birch Hamilton, Ian Power & Kathy Garmezy Director Ian Power (Dental Breakdown) recently travelled to Los Angeles to meet with distributors, studios and agents as part of the Directors Finders Series programme organised by the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI). The programme gives Irish feature directors an opportunity to screen their film to key distributors & film industry representatives in an effort to gain a US distribution deal. more
BROADCAST | Sarah Carey Arrives on TV3's 'Midweek'
TV3 has announced that journalist and presenter, Sarah Carey, will fill Colette Fitzpatrick's seat on MidWeek whilst the latter is away on maternity leave. Sarah will start her new position in late November and will continue throughout the New Year. more
PRODUCTION | Dionne Warwick joins Pulse College Students for Peace Day
Pulse College students were this month given the opportunity to collaborate with important music names such as Dionne Warwick, Noel Eccles and Julie Feeney in the making of their documentary, 'Peace of Music'. The doc shot in Windmilllane Studios and is set for release in November. Furthermore, Pulse College student Pulse Student, Eabha Hennessy has been announced as the recipient of the 2010 City and Guilds Bursary. more
BROADCAST| 'Na Cloigne' Heads Up TG4 Halloween Line-Up
A feature length adaptation of ROSG's 'Na Cloigne' will broadcast on TG4 on Monday, November 1st as a Halloween special. The supernatural murder mystery series is directed by Robert Quinn (Primeval) and produced by Ciaran O Cofaigh (Graveyard Clay). more
POST PRODUCTION | High Wire Finishing 'Hardy Bucks' DVD Features
Colin McIvor's feature, 'Cup Cake' has been awarded the Flickers North County Film Festival prize for the Best Feature Grand Prix whilst fellow Northern Irish project 'Paradiso' will have its US premiere when it screens at the Petaluma International Film Festival. 'Today is Better than Two Tomorrows' will screen at Luang Prabang, Laos' first major film festival. Furthermore the European Documentary Network is accepting online pitching submissions of art documentaries. more

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