| FINANCE | Budget Allows €150million for Film & Culture | |
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| ACTORS | 'Albert Nobbs' Nabs Irish & International Actors | |
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| PRODUCTION | 'Grabbers' Launch Attack in Belfast and Donegal | |
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| FESTIVALS | Sundance Picks Shorts from Irish Filmmakers | |
'Small Change', a short graduate film from IADT's National Film School and David O'Reilly's animated short 'The External World' are two of 81 shorts chosen to screen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. They will show alongside Irish feature film 'The Guard' and feature doc 'Knuckle'.more |
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| INTERVIEW | Producer Redmond Morris on Movies | |
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| PRODUCTION | Ciarán Foy Begins Production on 'Citadel' |
| Production is currently underway on the set of horror film, 'Citadel', an Irish/ UK co-production starring Aneurin Barnard (Owl Creek Bridge) and James Cosmo (Braveheart). The project is the debut feature from writer/director Ciarán Foy and will shoot in Glasgow and Dublin. more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION | A Show is 'Byrne', Adare Focus on X Factor Star
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| Post production has been completed on 'A Star is Byrne - ScÉal Mary Byrne' in Dublin's Highwire. Produced by Adare productions the one hour special will look at Mary's first foray into competitive musical reality TV with her participation in 'Nollaig No. 1'. The show will also chronicle Mary's recent 'X Factor' journey. more |
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| PRODUCTION | 3D Feature Adaptation of Swift's 'The Selfish Giant' |
| A feature film version of Oscar Wilde's short story, 'The Selfish Giant' has commenced its development process with Next Door Neighbor Productions. The feature is to be directed by Irish filmmaker and artist Catherine Owens and will be a mixture of 3D live action, motion capture and animation. more |
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| DISTRIBUTION | Cinema On Demand Comes to Ireland |
| Artificial Eye cinema group, Curzon Cinemas has launched a new On Demand service. Now Irish and UK viewers will be able to watch the latest cinema releases in HD at home. Home audiences will be able to order the films they would like to watch on their laptops, mobiles or television and will have the film on their different screening media for seven days. more |
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| BROADCAST | Animo & Kite Seek Prankster Talent |
| Kite Entertainment and Animo TV are looking for performers for a new hidden camera programme about to go in to development. The untitled series will be executive produced by Darren Smith and Adrian Lynch, the production partnership behind 'Anonymous', 'Class Clowns' and 'I Dare Ya'. more |
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| PRODUCTION | Get Your Music into USA Film & TV with Ciarán Hope |
| Irish film composer Ciarán Hope has organised a panel discussion titled 'How to get Your Music into Film & TV in America' that will take place in the Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday 14th December at 6pm. The panel discussion event is part of a three day Music for TV and Film event being held on the historic campus. more |
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| AWARDS | 'Aisling's Summer Diary' Unlocks Kidscreen Nomination |
| Dublin-based CR Entertainment has nabbed a nomination at the Kidscreen Awards in New York with the TV Movie, 'Aisling's Summer Diary'. The project will compete in the group of Best one-off, special or TV movie for Teens/ Tweens (ages 11 to 17) at the New York based awards ceremony. more | |
| DIGITAL | UTV Introduces New Archiving System |
| UTV has installed a new archiving system which has been introduced to give the broadcaster faster access to its digital news packages and archive material as it moves towards a tapeless workflow. The new system involves a combination of Object Matrix and Marquis technology. more | |
| AWARDS | 'Paradiso' Claims Ninth Festival Award |
| The Irish feature documentary 'Paradiso' has claimed its ninth award at the We the Peoples Film Festival in London. The doc, which was filmed entirely in Derry, scooped the top prize in the categories of Best Film in Festival and Rapprochment of Cultures. more |
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| BROADCAST | Record TV3 Audience for 'X Factor' |
| The results of 'The X-Factor' semi finals which broadcast on Sunday, December 5th saw TV3 celebrate its highest ever audience ratings. An average of 911,800 people tuned in to see Irish contestant Mary Byrne sing for survival and, ultimately, leave the show. more |
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