| EVENTS | Irish Screen Legend Tóibín Picks Up IFTA Lifetime Award | |
Irish stage and screen great Niall Tóibín was last night honoured with the Irish Film & Television Academy's (IFTA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy’s ‘Life On Screen’ event in Dublin’s Irish Film Institute.
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| PRODUCTION | John Carney to Tame 'Dogs of Bable', Steve Carell to star | |
Irish Director John Carney, who helmed the acclaimed ‘Once’, has signed a deal to direct ‘Dogs of Babel’, Mandate’s adaptation of the Carolyn Parkhurst novel starring Steve Carell.
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| INTERVIEW | Irish writer/director Aisling Walsh Shares Secrets of Filmmaking | |
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| SHORTS | Cork Debuts New Shorts from Irish Filmmakers | |
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| AWARDS | Gleeson & Fassbender Best Actor Nominations at BIFAs | |
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| PRODUCTION | Irish Director Ruairi Robinson For ‘Last Days on Mars’ | |
Oscar nominated Irish director Ruairi Robinson (Blinky, Fifty Percent Grey) is set to direct his first feature film, thriller ‘The Last Days on Mars’, which is penned by screenwriter Clive Dawson. Qwerty Films’ Michael Kuhn (The Duchess, Being John Malkovich) and Andrea Cornwell (The Scouting Book for Boys) will produce
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- Niall Tóibín, A Life on Screen |
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- TV Production, Direction & Presentation Evening-Course at Park Studio
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- Sensation (Element Pictures Distribution) Read our Interview with Tom Hall & Domhnall Gleeson |
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- WTV - Sales & Marketing Manager
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| PRODUCTION | Brian Kirk Signs To Direct del Toro Thriller |
| Irish director Brian Kirk will helm Universal's thriller ‘Midnight Delivery’, with Guillermo del Toro producing the Neil Cross penned the script. more |
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| INDUSTRY | Mark Pollock 'Yes I Can' Attitude Comes to Setanta |
| Blind Irish adventurer Mark Pollock, who has raced to the South Pole and climbed the Himalayas, will be presenting a new documentary series on Setanta Sport called ‘Yes I Can’ which premieres on the 7th November at 9pm and runs for four weeks. more |
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| PRODUCTION | Gabriel Byrne to Begin Filming 'All Things To All Men' in London |
| Dublin born actor Gabriel Byrne (Assault on Precinct 13, The Usual Suspects) will soon begin filming for his latest role in the feature film, ‘All Things To All Men’ in London. . more |
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| FINANCE | Lance Daly's 'Life’s A Breeze' Among Irish projects Awarded Eurimage Fund
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| Two new Irish films ‘Life’s a Breeze’ (Fastnet Films) and ‘Dark Touch’ (Element Pictures) have been awarded Eurimage funding this month and Rebecca Daly’s ‘The Other Side of Sleep’ will receive support from the European Film Promotion (EFP) to market it to North America. more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION | Octagon Cooks Up Series Four of 'RAW', Post begins at Screen Scene |
| Octagon Films/Ecosse Films’ have wrapped on the fourth series of RTÉ’s ‘Raw’ after a ten week shoot. ‘Raw’, which was filmed in HD, will now go into post production in Screen Scene, who will complete full picture and sound post production, ahead of an early 2012 broadcast. more |
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| POST_PRODUCTION | Abrahamson's 'What Richard Did' Enters Post at Screen Scene
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| Lenny Abrahamson’s (Adam and Paul, Garage) latest feature ‘What Richard Did’ has gone into post production at Screen Scene in Dublin, after shooting on location in and around Dublin and Wicklow for five weeks. more |
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| ANIMATION | Newly Rejuvenated Cosgrave Hall Considers Irish Animation Move
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| Irishman Francis Fitzpatrick, creator of the seven time Emmy- award winning ‘Jakers and the Adventures of Piggley Winks’, has teamed up with the newly rejuvenated Cosgrave Hall production company, best known from animations such as ‘Dangermouse’ and ‘Count Duckula’, to form a new company Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment Limited (CHF). more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION | Irish Thriller 'Fractional' Enters Post at Totality Films |
| Irish thriller ‘Fractional’ has finished principle photography and is gone into post production at Totality Films. more |
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| FESTIVALS | 'Whistleblower' Filmmaker for 56th Corona Cork Film Festival. |
| Kathryn Bolkovac, the woman whose true life experience working as a United Nations police officer in post-war Bosnia inspired the Hollywood feature film ‘The Whistleblower’ staring Rachel Weisz (The Mummy, The Fountain), is to make a special appearance at the screening of the film at this years 56th Corona Cork Film Festival. more |
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| INTERVIEW | Cork Film Festival Manager Sean Kelly |
| IFTN caught up with the Cork film festival’s manager, Sean Kelly, to ask about what those attending the festival can expect this year and what is behind the success of the long festival. more |
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| ACTORS | Colin Farrell Teams With 'Dragon Tattoo' Star & Director |
| Irish actor Colin Farrell (Total Recall, Horrible Bosses) is to star alongside Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, star of ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, in a new action thriller called ‘Dead Man Down’ which is to be directed by Neils Adren Oplev who also directed the Swedish feature film versions of the Millennium trilogy. more |
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| FESTIVALS | Terry George & Brendan Gleeson guests at 24th Foyle Film Festival |
| The 24th Foyle Film Festival will mark the ten year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and other significant events which had a global political impact. The theme of this years festival is, ‘On Film-Events That Shook The World’ . more |
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| DISTRIBUTION | Ian Fitzgibbon's 'Death of a Superhero' Secures US release, Tribeca Premiere |
| After garnering rave reviews during the Toronto International Film Festival, Irish film ‘Death of a Superhero’ has secured a US distribution deal with Tribeca Enterprises, and Pasatiempo Pictures in Latin America. more |
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| DIGITAL | TG4 Launches CÚLA4 APP |
| TG4 will launch its first Irish language App for Kids at Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2011 in Killarney on Saturday, 5 November. more |
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| - UPC Announce Record Growth for Third Quarter -‘Dreaming The Quiet Man’ at AFI EU Film Showcase - Hollywood Queens O'Hara & Flanagan at Kerry Film Fest - Darragh Byrne & Risteard O’Domhnaill For Irish Film Festival London - Irish Shorts News: Encounters Film Festival Screenings - Carrigstown SPAR Marks High Profile Product Placement for RTÉ - Cinemagic Festival seeks Young Film Critics - Seán Ó Riada Documentary Screening on TG4 Nov 7th |
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