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| FINANCE | Section 481 in Place until 2015 | |
In a statement made on January 25th Mary Hanafin, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, announced the decision of the Irish government to extend the film and television tax investment scheme, Section 481 to the end of 2015. The scheme's outlines had been amended in 2008 when its previous closing date had been moved to 2012.
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| AWARDS | Simon Delaney to Host 2011 IFTAs | |
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| INTERVIEW | Casting Ros Hubbard in a Good Light | |
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| FESTIVALS | JDIFF 2011 Programme Announced | |
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- Voting Round 2 Closes for the IFTA Awards 2011
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- Pulse College Open Day |
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- How Do You Know? (Sony Pictures)
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29th January - Saturday Sunday, 30th January 16.00 -Four Live -RTÉ1 (Weekdays)1 16.50 -The Daily Show -RTÉ1 (Weekdays)1 18.00 -Xposé -TV3 (Weekdays)1 19.00 -Nationwide -RTÉ11 19.30 -Killinaskully - RTÉ11 20.30 -GAA Handball Show -TG41 21.00 -Crime in Mind: Holiday to Murder -TV31 21.55 -The Savage Eye -RTÉ21 22.00 -Remembering Stardust 30 Years On -TV31 22.25 -Stand and Deliver -RTÉ21
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| EMPLOYMENT| Job Losses in BBC NI Online Departments |
| The BBC has this week announced that it is to reduce its online budget by a quarter, resulting in approximately 360 job losses, four to seven of which will be in its Northern Ireland departments. Discussions are now beginning between staff and unions as to the job losses. more |
| FESTIVALS| Sundance Deals for 'The Guard'& 'Knuckle' |
| It has proved a very successful year for Irish film at the Sundance Film Festival with Sony Pictures Classics closing a major US and Latin American rights deal to Element Pictures''The Guard'and Revolver Entertainment snapping the Irish and UK rights to Ian Palmer's feature doc, 'Knuckle', the international rights of which sold to ContentFilm International. more |
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| REP-BODIES| Pat Carey is new Minister for Communications |
| Minister Pat Carey TD has been named as Minister Eamon Ryan's successor in the role of Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the resignation of the latter on January 23rd when Ireland's Green Party officially withdrew from government.more |
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| TALENT | Irish Talent Prominent in Screen's Hot List |
| Irish talent features prominently in Screen Daily's list of 'Hot 50 Films for 2011'. Two Irish produced films feature including Parallel Films''Albert Nobbs'and Element Pictures''The Must be the Place'. Irish acting talent also appears with the shortlisting of Saoirse Ronan's lead turn in Joe Wright's 'Hanna'and three upcoming films starring Michael Fassbender including 'Shame', 'A Dangerous Method'and 'Jane Eyre'. more |
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| PRODUCTION | Joe Egan is 'On the Ropes' |
| Former Irish heavyweight boxing champion Joe Egan has teamed up with former martial arts expert, Mark Noyce to star in a new comedy feature titled 'On the Ropes' which is currently shooting in the UK. The film follows a local documentary maker who is covering a news story for regional TV on a 'proper fighting gym', run by Joe. more |
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| FUNDING | IFB Signature Short Films Announced |
| The Irish Film Board has announced the five films it has selected that have been shortlisted as part of their fourth annual Signatures Shorts funding scheme. These are Calico Pictures' 'Two Hearts'; Fastnet Films''Mikayla W.M.D'; Lovely Productions''Foxes'; Red Rage Productions' 'The Hatch' and 'Cluck'from Michael Lavelle and Rory Dungan. more |
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| PLANNING | High Court Allows RTÉ land zoning review appeal |
| The High Court has granted RTÉ leave to seek a judicial review of the Dublin City Council decision concerning aspects of the 'Z15' zoning assigned to RTÉ's lands at Donnybrook in the recently adopted Dublin City Development Plan 2011 to 2017. RTÉ previously received a 10-year planning consent for the phased construction works associated with RTÉ Project 2025 from the planning authorities. more |
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| TRAINING | Irish Producers Selected for Rotterdam Lab |
| Irish producers, Avalon Film's Deirdre Barry and EMU Productions'Eimear O'Kane are two of 57 producers chosen to take part in the 11th edition of the Rotterdam Lab during the upcoming International Film Festival there. more |
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| DISTRIBUTION | 'Savage'Available to Rent |
| Brendan Muldowney's debut feature, 'Savage' has just become available for rental on DVD in Ireland and the UK through High Fliers Films. The critically successful and IFTA winning film will become available to buy on DVD from March 14th. It has a rating of 18 in Ireland and 15 in the UK. more |
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| BROADCAST | TG4 Goes in Search of 'Feis and Blood' |
| A new series from Adare Productions will start on Sunday, January 30th on TG4. 'Feis and Blood', presented by Sile Seoighe will begin a 13 episode search for Ireland's most entertaining family having auditioned over 300 entertaining families, 80 of whom take part in the series, directed by Brian Graham (The Ex-Files). more |
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