# 554 | 09 March 2012
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PRODUCTION | Boulder & Disney Team for 'Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja', 50 Jobs Created
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Disney EMEA today announced that it has started production in Ireland, on a new action-packed animated comedy, 'Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja', with BAFTA and Emmy winning Irish animation house Boulder Media (The Amazing World of Gumball) enlisted to handle the series from animation through to post-production. more
INTERVIEW | Rebecca Daly on 'The Other Side of Sleep', in Cinemas 16 March
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Rebecca Daly entered the Irish film world with her acclaimed short film 'Joyriders', winning both the IFTA Best Short Film and the Short Film Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, and her successive short film 'Hum' was chosen as a finalist for the Berlin Today Award in 2010. Today - she is the first Irish female Director to be selected for inclusion in the Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight and is enjoying the success of her debut feature film - 'The Other Side of Sleep', more
PRODUCTION | Kealan O'Rourke to Write/Direct 'Bolivar' for Warner Bros.
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Less than four weeks after scooping the IFTA for Best Animation, Irish filmmaker Kealan O'Rourke (The Boy in the Bubble) has been signed by Warner Bros to write and direct a new animated feature film - an adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel 'Bolivar'. more
FESTIVALS | 'This Must Be The Place' To Open Fingal Film Festival
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The 1st Fingal Film Festival, running 21 - 23 March, opens with a screening of Paolo Sorrentino's 'This Must Be The Place'. The film, starring Sean Penn and Francis McDormand, was partially shot in the Fingal area of Dublin so it is a fitting tribute to begin the festival with the film as its gala curtain raiser. Young Irish star Eve Hewson, who features among the Irish cast of 'This Must be the Place' will be special guest at the screening. more
CASTING | Amy Huberman Enters NBC's 'Animal Kingdom'
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Irish actress Amy Huberman (Threesome, Rewind) has landed the lead role in the NBC comedy pilot 'Animal Kingdom'. Reports say this was the IFTA winning actress' first US audition ever, and that Amy will take on the female lead opposite 'Weeds' star Justin Kirk. more
FESTIVALS | Irish Films Screening at Tribeca Film Festival
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Three Irish feature films have been selected to screen at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, taking place in New York from 18 - 29 April. The Irish films selected are Macdara Vallely's 'Babygirl', Ian Fitzgibbon's 'Death of a Superhero' and Safinez Bousbia's documentary 'El Gusto'. more
CASTING | Ruth Bradley Cast in ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast'
IFTA winning Irish actress Ruth Bradley (Primeval, Stardust) will star in the pilot for ABC's anticipated drama 'Beauty and the Beast'. The actress has been cast in the lead role alongside Scottish singer/actor Darius Campbell (Pop Idol) and 'Letters to Juliet' star Chris Egan. more
DISTRIBUTION | 'Stella Days' Opens in Irish Cinemas This Week
Irish feature film 'Stella Days', the latest from 'Into the Storm' award winning director Thaddeus O'Sullivan, will be distributed by Eclipse Pictures across cinemas nationwide from today. more
BROADCASAT | Abu Media's Series Three of 'Garraí Glas' on TG4
Abu Media's 'Garrai Glas' returns to TG4 on Tursday 13th March. The 13-parter is directed by Paula Kehoe, and produced by Bríd Seoighe, Eileen Seoighe & James Ryan of Abu. more
DISTRIBUTION | IFC Midnight Secures 'Grabbers' North & Latin American Rights
IFC Midnight has acquired the North American and Latin America rights to Jon Wright's feature film 'Grabbers'. more
AWARDS | Prodijig Win 'Got To Dance' Title - Final Performance
Irish dance crew Prodijig were last night crowned winners of the Sky 1 series 'Got To Dance'. In a nail biting finish, the Irish troupe battled Tayleur and Elliot and Fear of the Unknown in the final dance showdown to win the £250,000 grand prize. more
TRAINING | Pulse College Open Days, with Bressie & Linda McQuaid
Pulse College Open Days (Friday, Saturday 9/10th March) are open the anyone interested in a career in Audio, Film or Games Development. Speakers include ex-The Blizzards' Bressie (The Voice), Screentime ShinaWil's Linda McQuaid (The Apprentice, Masterchef), and Andrew O'Connor from indie games developer Batcat Games. more
BROADCAST | 'What does being Irish mean to you?' RTÉ Finds out…
On St Patrick's Day 2012 RTÉ Television will broadcast its first ever user-generated documentary 'How to Be Irish'. The programme will be made entirely of clips sent in by viewers talking about, or otherwise illustrating, what being Irish means to them. more
FESTIVALS | Screen Cinema Celebrates Irish Shorts
Celebrating 'The Shore's win a the recent Academy Awards, Dublin's Screen Cinema has programmed a feature length screening of selected award winning Irish short films - offering Irish audiences a rare opportunity to enjoy these productions on the big screen. more
BROADCAST | 'The Simpsons' Meets 'Game of Thrones' in Series Intro
Last Sunday FOX's 'The Simpsons' in the US opened with a fantastic intro a-la 'Game of Thrones'. Since the GOT series is filmed on location in Ireland we've posted it for your viewing pleasure. more
DIGITAL | UTV Acquires Simply Zesty
UTV Media has announced the acquisition of social media agency Simply Zesty - for an initial consideration of £1.7million up to a deferred final consideration of approximately £5million, depending upon future trading performance. more
FINANCE | TV3 Inks Sponsorship Deal with Chill Insurance
TV3 has announced a major six figure deal with Chill Insurance for sponsorship of 'Weather on TV3'. The multi-platform deal, unveiled yesterday, includes broadcast sponsorship of all TV3 weather bulletins across Ireland AM, Midday, News at 5.30 and Tonight with Vincent Browne; sponsorship of the weather page on tv3.ie and TV3's weather App; and several activation pieces across the duration of the deal. more
Get all the latest news updates on IFTN

- 43rd Tampere Film Festival 2012
- The 43rd Internationl Finnish Film Festival
- 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
- Toronto Irish Film Festival
- Love Irish Cinema, Oscar Shorts at the SCreen Cinema
- Culture Ireland grant deadline
- European Film Academy Young Audience Award Deadline
- Dingle International FIlm Festival
- DARE2BDRINKAWARE.ie digital film and media competition closing date
- Royal Television Society Awards
- Fingal Film Festival
- The 13th Annual Irish FIlm Festival, Boston
- Deadline for Feature Film entries to The Galway Film Fleadh
- Galway Film Fleadh Feature Film Deadline
more dates and deadlines

- Pulse College Open Day
- Filmbase: Sound for TV and Film with Noel Quinn
- Flash Pro Skills
- 3 Day Pro Skills Photoshop Course
- 2 Day Essentials Photoshop Course
- 3 Day Pro Skills Photoshop Course
more training information

- John Carter (Walt Disney Studios)
- The Raven (Universal Pictures International)
- Cleanskin (Warner Brothers Studios)
- Trishna (Artificial Eye)
- Bel Ami (Element Pictures & Studio Canal)
- Stella Days (Eclipse Pictures)
- 21 Jump Street (Sony Pictures)
- We Bought A Zoo (Twentieth Century Fox Film)
- Contraband (Universal Pictures International)
- The Devil Inside (Paramount Pictures)
- In Darkness (Metrodome Group)
- The Other Side of Sleep (Irish Film Institute)
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Irish Film Institute)
more distribution information

- Animo TV. - Series Director
- La Makeup Academy - Makeup Tutor
- Brown Bag Films - Audio Dubbing Mixer
- Setanta Transmissions Limited - Transmission/MCR Supervisor
- Runner Productions - Various Roles

more jobs/classifieds

Saturday 10th March
14:00 - Live Six Nations Rugby - RTÉ Two
17:00 - Take Me Out Ireland - TV3
17:00 - Final Score Northern Ireland - BBC Two
17:55 - Pop 4 - TG4
19:15 - Fear an Phoist Arís - TG4
19:30 - Premier Soccer Saturday - RTÉ Two
20:15 - The Right Honourable Pat Jimmy Den Rua MP - TG4
20:25 - Winning Streak - RTÉ One
21:00 - Alan Hughes' Celebrity Family Fortunes - TV3
21:00 - Aistir Mharfacha - TG4
21:30 - Rásaí na Gaillimhe 2 - TG4
21:55 - The Saturday Night Show - RTÉ One

Sunday 11th March
13:30 - GAA Beo - TG4
14:30 - Live Six Nations Rugby - RTÉ Two
17:10 - Songs of Praise - BBC One
18:00 - Rugbaí - TG4
18:15 - Irish Celebrity Meltdowns - TV3
18:30 - The Voice of Ireland - RTÉ One
19:30 - Bóithre Iarainn - TG4
20:00 - Fair City (Daily) - RTÉ One
20:00 - Sport on Two: League Sunday - RTÉ Two
21:30 - The Voice of Ireland - Results Show - RTÉ One
21:30 - Dragons' Den - RTÉ One
21:30 - B'í Mo Mhamó í - TG4
22:00 - Geantraí - TG4
22:05 - Ireland's Dream Debs - TV3
22:30 - Ollchlár Ros na Rún - TG4
23:00 - Tallafornia - TV3
23:25 - The Writing in the Sky - RTÉ One

Monday 12th March
18:00 - XposÉ (Daily) - TV3
19:00 - Nationwide - RTÉ One
19:00 - Sport on Two: MNS - RTÉ Two
19:30 - Bernard Dunne's Bród Club - RTÉ One
20:00 - Against the Head - RTÉ Two
20:30 - The Business - RTÉ One
20:30 - GAA 2012 - TG4
21:00 - Ireland's Vice Girls: Paul Connolly Investigates - TV3
21:30 - Padraic Nally: After the Headlines - RTÉ Two
21:30 - Feirm Factor - TG4
21:35 - The Frontline - RTÉ One
22:00 - Imeall Geal - BBC Two
22:00 - Contraband: Ireland's Illegal Cigarette Trade - TV3
22:30 - The Republic of Telly - RTÉ Two

Tuesday 13th March
17:00 - Juice - RTÉ Two
17:55 - Ponc XL - TG4
19:00 - Dead Money - RTÉ One
19:00 - Racing from Cheltenham - RTÉ Two
19:30 - 7 Lá - TG4
19:30 - Live UEFA Champions League - TV3
20:00 - Garraí Glas - TG4
20:30 - Ros na Rún - TG4
20:30 - Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy Revisited - RTÉ One
21:35 - Prime Time - RTÉ One
22:00 - Mo Ghrá Gael - TG4
22:15 - Pyjama Girls - RTÉ One
22:30 - FíorscÉal - TG4
22:50 - Craig Doyle Live - RTÉ Two

Wednesday 14th March
19:00 - Nationwide - RTÉ One
19:00 - Racing from Cheltenham - RTÉ Two
19:30 - Ceolchuairt - TG4
19:30 - Stuart's Kitchen - TV3
19:30 - Santer - BBC Two
20:00 - Room to Improve - RTÉ One
20:00 - Bean an Tí sa Cistin - TG4
20:30 - An G Team - TG4
21:00 - Strictly Irish Dancing - TV3
21:30 - Rásaí na Gaillimhe 2 - TG4
22:00 - Midweek: Squeezing the Middle Class - TV3
22:15 - RÉaltaí Cheol Tíre - TG4
23:20 - Other Voices - RTÉ Two

Thursday 15th March
17.55 - Ponc@na Movies - TG4
18.25 - Aifric - TG4
19.00 - The Zoo - RTÉ One
19.30 - Comhrá - TG4
19.30 - Ireland's Animal A&E: On the Road - TV3
20.00 - Bóithre Iarainn - TG4
20.00 - Fair City - RTÉ One
20.30 - Neven Maguire: Home Chef - RTÉ One
20.30 - Ros na Rún - TG4
21.00 - Ireland's Crime Capitals - TV3
21.30 - Don't Tell the Bride - RTÉ Two
21.35 - Prime Time - RTÉ One
22.00 - Boozed Up Abroad - TG4
22.00 - CÉ a Chónaigh i mo Theachsa - TG4
22.30 - Éalú - TG4
22.35 - Craig Doyle Live - RTÉ Two
23.00 - ForscÉal - TG4
23:10 - The Works - RTÉ One

Friday 16th March
18.45 - Ponc - Sos Ceoil - TG4
19.00 - Nationwide - RTÉ One
19:00 - Airtricity League Live - RTÉ Two
19.30 - GAA Seó Speisialta - TG4
19.30 - Transatlantic Sessions - RTÉ One
20.30 - On the Street Where You Live - RTÉ One
21.00 - Take Me Out Ireland - TV3
21.35 - The Late Late Show - RTÉ One
22.00 - Tallafornia - TV3
22:15 - Geantraí - TG4
23:50 - Racing from Cheltenham - RTÉ Two

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