| INDUSTRY | Michael D. Rallies Support From Film & Television Industry | |
In the final run up to the Irish Presidential election, Michael D. is hopeful that the Irish Film and Television Industry and community will show their support to him on Election day. Over the past few weeks support for Higgins within the film & television community has been gathering momentum.
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| INTERVIEW | 'A 'Sensational' Irish Film Release with Tom Hall & Domhnall Gleeson | |
‘Sensation’ tells the story of Donal, who is left as sole heir to some land, when his farmer father dies. Unfortunately, Donal has not inherited much in terms of social skills and finds it hard to talk to women.IFTN caught up with director Tom Hall and lead actor Domhnall Gleeson to find out more about the feature ahead of its Irish release on November 4th.
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| EVENTS | IFTA to Honour Irish Screen Legend Niall Tóibín | |
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| INTERVIEW | 'Breaking Bad' with Series Creator / Writer Vince Gilligan | |
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| DEVELOPMENT | 'The Guard' helmer John Michael McDonagh Reveals New Project Slate | |
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| OBITUARIES | TV Veteran Cathal O'Shannon Dies at 83 | |
Irish television veteran and legendary broadcaster Cathal O’Shannon has passed away at the age of 83. Regarded as one Ireland’s most important journalists, Cathal is known for his work as a print and broadcast reporter, a presenter and filmmaker with institutions including RTÉ, the BBC and The Irish Times.
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- TV Production, Direction & Presentation Evening-Course at Park Studio
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Sunday, 30th October 16:30 - Reeling in the Years: The 2000s - RTÉ One 17:30 - Sing! - RTÉ Two 19:30 - Abhainn - RTÉ One 19:30 - Amhráin is Ansa Liom - TG4 19.30 - RTÉ Sport on Two: MNS - RTÉ Two 20:00 - Thar Sáile - TG4 20:30 - GAA 2011 - TG4 21:00 - The Apprentice - TV3 21:30 - The Commute - RTÉ One 22:00 - What Have the Brits Every Done For Us? - RTÉ One 23.00 - One to One - RTÉ One 11.40 - Idir Mná - TG4
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| AWARDS | Children's BAFTA nods for Irish animation 'Octonauts' & 'Gumball' |
| Brown Bag Films’ ‘The Octonauts’ and Boulder Media/Dandelion Studios/Cartoon Network’s ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ have both received nominations for the 2011 British Academy Children’s Awards Nominees. more |
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| INDUSTRY | Willie O’Reilly joins RTÉ Exec Board as Group Commercial Director |
| Today FM CEO Willie O’Reilly has joined RTÉ in the newly created post of Group Commercial Director. Reporting to the Director General, as a member of the Executive Board, O’Reilly will lead all of the divisional and cross-divisional commercial staff and operations at RTÉ. more |
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| INDUSTRY | EC proposes 20% budget increase for MEDIA 2014-2020 |
| The next generation of the European Union’s Media Programme (2014-2020) could see a 20% increase from MEDIA 2007 levels. more |
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| PRODUCTION | CBeebies 'Baby Jake' Re-commissioned, JAM Media on Board
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| CBeebies has commissioned a second series of ‘Baby Jake’, to be animated by Dublin-based JAM Media. The second 26x11 minute pre-school series will follow baby Jake and his six year old brother Isaac who translates Jake’s Baby babble about his adventures with his animal friends Pengy Quin, Sydney the Monkey, Nibbles the Rabbit and the Hamsternauts. more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION | Documentary 'Secret of Permanency' in Post-Production |
| Ireland’s Cardel Entertainment is currently in post-production for its feature documentary entitled ‘Secret of Permanency’. Filming was wrapped up last week in Dublin, after completing one month of filming in Iran. The feature, an Irish and Iranian co-production, traces a young western girl’s (Carla Mooney) spiritual voyage through Esfahan, Iran. more |
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| DISTRIBUTION | Netflix to launch in Ireland in early 2012 |
| US online video rental service Netflix has announced plans to move to Europe, launching the service in the UK and Ireland in early 2012. more |
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| ANIMATION | Irish/Welsh Animation ‘The Abadas’ Lands on RTÉ |
| Irish-Welsh animated co-production aired today with simultaneous broadcasts on RTÉjr (Ireland), BBC Cbeebies (England), BBC Alba (Scotland) and S4/C (Wales) at 10.55am. Co-produced by Dublin’s Kavaleer Productions and Welsh animation company Dinamo Productions. more |
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| FESTIVALS | Seeking Submissions for Toronto Irish & Oberhausen Film Festivals |
| The Corona Cork Film Festival screen a trilogy of works by Irish artist Jesse Jones with a screening of a trilogy of her works as well as hosting the Irish and European premiere of her latest film ‘The Struggle Against Ourselves’. more |
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| FESTIVALS | Jesse Jones at Cork Film Festival |
| The Corona Cork Film Festival screen a trilogy of works by Irish artist Jesse Jones with a screening of a trilogy of her works as well as hosting the Irish and European premiere of her latest film ‘The Struggle Against Ourselves’. more |
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| - Eurotek & Harmonica to Host Two Day Open House Event - Animation Great Max Howard to give Ballyfermot Masterclass - Sinéad Cusack Hosting NFS lecture - Kenneth Branagh To Direct ‘Italian Shoes’ |
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