| PRODUCTION | 'Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia' Filming In Ireland | |
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| PRE-PRODUCTION | 'Titanic: The Untold Story of How it All Began' Drama Docks in Dublin | |
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| BROADCAST | HBO Re-commissions 'Game of Thrones' | |
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| INDUSTRY | Rebecca O'Flanagan is Ireland's Producer on the Move | |
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| FESTIVALS | Daly's 'The Other Side of Sleep' for Cannes Directors Fortnight | |
'The Other Side of Sleep', the feature film debut from Irish director Rebecca Daly has been chosen to screen as part of the prestigious Directors Fortnight selection at the Cannes Film Festival (11 - 22 May). With the selection Daly has become the first female Irish filmmaker selected to compete for the festival's Camera D'Or award.
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| INDUSTRY | High Court Orders Closure of Lighthouse Cinema | |
The High Court in Dublin has ordered the closure and wind up of the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, just under three years after the art-house cinema opened its doors to the public..
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- Tribeca Film Festival, New York: 2th April - 1st May 2011
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- Submissions accepted for Comedy Screenwriting Workshop with Ferdia Mac Anna
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- TT3D: Closer to the Edge ( Eclipse Pictures/CinemaNX ) |
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| SPECIAL FEATURE | Film & Television Industry Training in Ireland |
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| As the current academic years comes to a close and as non-academic training centres across Ireland get ready to launch their summer courses, IFTN takes a look at the evolving face of film and television training in Ireland. We spoke with representatives from 12 training institutions - both academic and non-academic - to see what the current trends are in the training sector.more | |
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| DOCUMENTARY | Irish/Iranian Documentary 'Secret of Permanency' in Pre-Production |
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| Ireland's Cardel Entertainment is currently in pre-production with a new dramatised feature documentary entitled 'Secret of Permanency'. The Irish/Iranian co-production is set to shoot in Iran in May and June and will be edited in Dublin's Screen Scene. more | |
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| INDUSTRY | CR Entertainment Merges With beActive Intl, 'The Knot' Feature In Production |
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| CR Entertainment, the Irish production company behind multi-platform series such as 'Aisling's Diary' and 'Beat Generation', has merged with Portuguese producer beActive Producers Interactivas resulting in a new company, entitled beActive International. The group is currently co-producing a feature film entitled 'The Knot' with plans to bring future film projects to Ireland. more | |
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| INDUSTRY | Catherine Tiernan is New Membership Development Manager at SPI |
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| Catherine Tiernan has been appointed the new Membership Development and Communications Manager with Screen Producers Ireland (SPI).more | |
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| FESTIVAL | Irish Projects Win Big at Celtic Festival, 'Na Cloigne', 'Teens in the Wild' Among Winners | |
| A number of Irish projects walked away with Torc Awards at the Celtic Media Festival (13 - 15 April). Irish talent topped the annual festival's list of honours across feature film, television and short categories.more | |
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| FESTIVAL | 'Children of the Revolution' Starts Festival Tour | |
| Irish co-production 'Children of the Revolution' has been selected to screen at several film festivals including the Cannes Film Market and the Al Jazeera Documentary Festival. more | |
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| CREW | Disney Hires Dublin Song Writers Dean Valentine & Mark Walsh | |
| North Dublin based composers, Dean Valentine and Mark Walsh have composed and produced a song for pre-bedtime programming on the Disney channel which will feature Winnie The Pooh. The pair have since been commissioned to score new Disney series, 'Beartime Stories' and Keg Kartoonz' 'The Mad Cows'. more | |
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| AWARDS | Irish Wins at Chicago's Hugo Television Awards | |
| Sixteen South series, 'Sesame Tree' and 'Big City Park' nabbed both the gold and silver plaques respectively at the 47th Hugo Television Awards in Chicago in the Childrens' Series category. more | |
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| SUBMISSIONS | Capital Irish Fest Accepts Submissions | |
| Entries are now being sought for the Capital Irish Film Festival, the largest Irish film festival in the U.S., which will be held in Washington DC from the 1st to the 10th of December. Irish films are being sought in the fields of features, shorts, documentaries and animation, including those in the Irish language. more | |
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| DEADLINES | IFB Reality Bites Deadline 2011 June 10th | |
| he Irish Film Board has announced the deadline for submissions for the next round of the Reality Bites as Friday, June 10th. The Reality Bites scheme will provide funding for up to three documentary shorts up to 12 minutes in duration, all of which will premiere at the Corona Cork Film Festival next year. more | |
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| AWARDS | Limerick Institute of Technology Film Festival Winners Announced | |
| Now in its second year, the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) Film Festival announced its award winners at a ceremony on Friday, April 15th. Held in association with Sony Professional and hosted by radio personality, Michelle McMahon, the ceremony took place in the Millennium Theatre at LIT. more | |
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| - Joan Burney Keatings talks about Cinemagic Festival in Dublin - Shorts News: Irish in Tribeca, 'Wedding Planners' in Post | |
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