# 500 | 21st January 2011
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AWARDS | Outstanding Contribution IFTA for Morgan O'Sullivan
Morgan O'Sullivan
It has been announced that IFTA's Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award will this year be presented to Irish film producer, Morgan O'Sullivan. Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin T.D. this morning unveiled details of the selection at a press launch held in Dublin's Mansion House. more
PRE-PRODUCTION | July Shoot for 'Seven Songs'
Graham Cantwell
Pre-production is currently underway on upcoming Irish feature film, 'Seven Songs for Amy'. Graham Cantwell (Anton) recently signed on to co-produce the film with Fiona Graham of Sonny and Skye productions and the romantic comedy will shoot in July along Ireland's west coast. more
SPECIAL FEATURE | The Irish Invade Sundance
The Guard
Four Irish projects are this year representing the Emerald Isle at the Sundance International Film Festival. Element Picture's latest feature, 'The Guard' is joining IFTA nominated shorts 'Small Change' and 'The External World' and feature doc 'Knuckle'. IFTN spoke with the projects' directors and producers to discuss their journeys to the festival and what they hope to get out of the international market event. more
INDUSTRY FOCUS | The New Frontiers of TV Drama
When Harvey Met Bob
In a world of smart phones, personal blogs and viral advertising is there a danger of the more traditional way we watch drama becoming lost in the mainstream? If video killed the radio star, could it be said that Youtube is murdering the TV star? more

- Voting Round 2 Closes for the IFTA Awards 2011
- Sundance Film Festival Submission Deadline
- BAFTA Nomination will be Unveiled
- Deadline for the Receipt of Submissions to the BAI Consultation
- Final Deadline for The Bluecat Fellini Screenwriting Awards 2011
- 83rd Academy Awards Nominations will be Announced
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- 63rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
- The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
- RTÉ Entertainment Programming Deadline
- Closing Date for Dingle Film Festival's Competition - 'Físín'
- Application Deadline for SOS-Save Our Scripts
-Entry Deadline for JDFF's 'Untitled' Screenwriting Competition
- Broadcast Awards 2011
- Submission Deadline for The Kansas City FilmFest
-Deadline for BAI's Right of Reply Scheme Reactions
- The 38th Annual Annie Awards
- Writers Guild Awards 2011
- The 8th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards 2011

more dates and deadlines

- Acting for Camera Workshop - Focal Production Value Workshop 2011 
- Acting for Film & TV: Beginners Level 1 Camera Skills Course
 
- Berlinale Talent Campus 
- Pulse College Intro to Film Course
- Film Studies 101 Course at Filmbas
- Hands-on Sound for TV & Film Course
- Directing for Screen at Filmbase
- European Television & Media Management Academy - ETMA
- Insight Out 2011
more training information

- Morning Glory (Paramount Pictures)
- Everything You've Got (Sony Pictures)
- The Dilemma (Universal Pictures)
- Get Low (Sony Pictures)
- Neds (Entertainment One)
- Black Swan (Twentieth Century Fox)
- John Carpenter's The Ward (Warner Brothers)

more distribution information

Check out images from the IFTA press confrence which took place in THe Mansion House Dublin. The event was hosted by Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hannifin and on hand were a host of this year's IFTA nominees.
get the pics

- Near TV - Editor/Technical Supervisor for a community television project.
- Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd - Vacancy for experienced Sound Engineer.
more jobs/classifieds

22nd January - Saturday
15.30 -Ireland's Animal A&E -TV3
17.00 -Final Score from Northern Ireland -BBC1
18.05 -UTV Live -UTV (Daily)
18.30 -Ponc@na Movies -TG4
19.40 -Winning Streak -RTÉ1
20.00 -Premier Soccer Saturday -RTÉ2
20.05 -Tom Barry-Guerilla Days in Ireland -TG4
20.15 -Take Me Out -TV3
21.00 -An Railí -BBC2
21.10 -Dáithí ar Route 1 -TG4
21.15 -Mrs Brown's Boys -RTÉ1
21.30 -Heineken Cup Rugby -RTÉ2
21.50 -The Saturday Night Show -RTÉ1
23.50 -Seacht -TG4

Sunday, 23rd - Sunday
14.45 -GAA Beo -TG4
15.30 -GAA Cluichí na Bliana -TG4
17.00 -Joe Duffy's Spirit Level -RTÉ1
17.15 -Iona -TG4
18.25 -Garraí Glas -TG4
18.30 -The All-Ireland Talent Show -RTÉ1
19.15 -Oidhreacht Dhonnacha Uí Ámhsaigh -TG4
19.30 -At Your Service -RTE1
19.30 -The All Ireland Talent Show Backstage -RTÉ1
20.00 -Fair City -RTÉ1 (Daily)
20.15 -Na Bóithre Iarainn -TG4
20.30 -The All-Ireland Talent Show: Results -RTÉ1
20.45 -Feirm Factor -TG4
21.00 -Terry Wogan's Ireland -BBC1
21.30 -Ó Bhearne go Carna 2 -TG4
21.30 -Raw -RTÉ1
22.00 -Celtic Connections -TG4
22.30 -Ollchlár Ros na Rún -TG4
22.35 -The Week in Politics -RTÉ1
23.00 -Taoiseach -TV3

24th January - Monday
16.00 -Four Live -RTÉ1 (Weekdays)
16.50 -The Daily Show -RTÉ1 (Weekdays)
18.00 -Xposé-TV3 (Weekdays)
19.00 -Nationwide -RTÉ1
19.00 -We'r Fur Hame -BBC2 NI
19.30 -Lui na Talun -BBC2
20.00 -Fabulous Food Adventure -UTV
20.30 -GAA Handball Show -TG4
21.00 -Meon na mBan -TG4
21.30 -Seacht -TG4
21.35 -The Frontline -RTÉ1
21.55 -The Savage Eye -RTÉ2
22.25 -Stand and Deliver -RTÉ2
22.25 -Preab Suas -BBC2
22.35 -Would You Believe -RTÉ1
22.55 -Fade Street -RTÉ2
23.55 -Shortscreen: Guns, Bees and Tadpoles -RTÉ2

25th January - Tuesday
17.00 -The Rumour Room -RTÉ2 (Weekdays)
17.25 -Aifric -TG4
18.25 -Ponc XL -TG4
19.00 -Eco Eye -RTÉ1
19.30 -7 Lá -TG4
20.00 -Údar-Jesus, Mary and Mattie -TG4
20.30 -Ear to the Ground -RTÉ1
20.30 -Ros na Rún -TG4
21.00 -Ireland's Cocaine Wars: The Next Generation-TV3
21.35 -Prime Time -RTÉ1
21.55 -ICA Bootcamp -RTÉ2
22.00 -Marú -TG4
22.15 -Chase -RTÉ1
22.30 -Fíorscéal -TG4
22.35 -The Pox Doc -BBC1
23.15 -The View -RTÉ1

26th January - Wednesday
16.30 -Elev8 -RTÉ2
19.00 -Nationwide -RTÉ1
19.30 -Driving Me Crazy: Crystal Swing and Noel Cunningham -TV3
20.00 -Operation Transformation -RTÉ1
20.30 -Garraí Glas -TG4
21.30 -Ernie O'Malley-Another Man's Wound -TG4
22.00 -Midweek -TV3
22.30 -Feirm Factor -TG4
22.30 -UTV Live Tonight -UTV
23.05 -Tonight with Vincent Browne -TV3
23.15 -Ceol ar an Imeall -TG4
23.40 -Oireachtas Report -RTÉ1

27th January - Thursday
19.00 -This Sporting Life -RTÉ1
19.30 -Ireland's Animal A&E -TV3
19.30 -Comhrá -TG4
20.00 -Mo Theach do Theach -TG4
20.30 -Neven Maguire: Home Chef -RTÉ1
20.30 -Ros na Rún -TG4
21.30 -Dathaí ar Route 1 -TG4
21.35 -Prime Time -RTÉ1
22.15 -Des Bishop: My Dad Was Nearly James Bond -RTÉ1
22.30 -Údar-Seacht gCéad Uaireadóir -TG4
23.00 -Fíorscéal -TG4
23.05 -Tonight with Vincent Browne -TV3

28th January - Friday
18.25 -Ceol ar an Imeall -TG4
19.00 -Nationwide -RTÉ1
19.30 -Ó Bhearna go Carna 2 -TG4
19.30 -Come West Along the Road -RTÉ1
20.00 -Celtic Connections -TG4
20.30 -Welcome to My World -RTÉ1
20.30 -Cowboys -TG4
21.00 -Take Me Out -TV3
21.35 -The Late Late Show -RTÉ1
23.00 -Na Bóithre Iarainn -TG4

FESTIVALS| Four Irish Projects for Rotterdam
The IFTA nominated Irish features, 'Parked' and 'Circus Fantasticus' and Irish produced documentary, 'Off the Beaten Track' and short film, 'Tiong Bahru' have all been officially selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) which will take place from 26th January to the 6th of February. more
AWARDS| Irish Projects Pin Down Torc Nods
Several Irish projects including features, documentaries and dramas have received Celtic Media Award nominations. The selected Irish made programmes include many IFTA nominated projects such as Abu Media's '1916 -Seachtar na Casca', Rachel Lysaght and Risteard Ó Domhnaill's feature doc, 'The Pipe' and Stirling Film and TV Productions Ltd's 'Seacht'.more
REP-BODIES| BAI Seeks Right of Reply Scheme Reactions
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) recently published its Draft BAI Right of Reply Scheme (Draft Scheme). The Draft Scheme, once implemented, will provide for the broadcast of a Right of Reply Statement which will facilitate the correction of incorrect information which has been broadcast and which has resulted in a person's honour or reputation being impugned. more
FESTIVAL | Irish Features Screen at Palm Springs
Two IFTA nominated features are lined up to screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in the coming days. Juanita Wilson's 'As If I Am Not There' will screen on Friday, January 14th whilst Risteard O'Domhnaill's feature documentary, 'The Pipe' is to show on Saturday, January 15th. Ian Power's IFTA nominated film, 'The Runway' screened at the event on January 10th. more
REP-BODIES | 'The Guard' selected for EFP Sundance Support
Element Pictures' 'The Guard' is one of 11 European films confirmed by European Film Promotion's (EFP) members to receive Film Sales Support (FSS) at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. more
FESTIVAL | Irish FF Boston Named One of 20 Coolest Fests
The Irish Film Festival Boston has been named as one of the '20 Coolest Film Festivals' in 2010 by MovieMaker, one of America's leading resources on the art and business of making movies and the world's most widely read independent movie magazine. Founded in 1999, the Irish Film Festival Boston is the largest event of its kind outside of Ireland. more
AWARDS | One World Media Awards Invite Entries
Entries are now being accepted for the prestigious awards which honour coverage of developing worlds, including those of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The awards ceremony will be hosted by news broadcaster, Jon Snow on 10 May 2011. more
BROADCAST | MIPTV Hosting 'Camelot' Int Premiere Screening
MIPTV's World Premiere TV Screenings event will host the international premiere screening of Irish-Canadian major co-production 'Camelot' which will take place on the opening evening of MIPTV 2011 on Monday April, 4th in Cannes. The show's stars Eva Green and Joseph Fiennes will be in attendance at the screening. more

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