| PRODUCTION | 'The Poisoners' to Film in Ireland - Lena Headey, Emily Watson and Anna Friel star | |
Ireland's Octagon Films are to co-produce 'The Poisoners', a dark World War One comedy starring Lena Headey (Game of Thrones, 300), Emily Watson (War Horse) and Anna Friel (Limitless). more |
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| PRODUCTION | Liev Schreiber, Sally Hawkins and Romola Garai cast in Ruairi Robinson's 'Last Days On Mars' | |
Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairi Robinson (Fifty Percent Grey) has gone into pre-production on his debut feature 'The Last Days of Mars', which is being co-produced by Ireland's Fantastic Films and boasts a strong cast including Liev Schreiber (Scream), Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), and Romola Garai (Atonement). more |
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| AWARDS | Irish Colourist Aidan Farrell To Receive BAFTA special award | |
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| EVENTS | Seamus McGarvey talks 'Avengers Assemble' | |
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| PRODUCTION | BBC Comedy 'Vexed' Wraps Production In Ireland | |
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| FESTIVALS | Brown Bag's Darragh O'Connell to Sit On Annecy Jury Panel | |
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| PRODUCTION | 'Loving Miss Hatto' To Wrap Filming In Ireland |
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| Irish director Aisling Walsh's BBC television drama 'Loving Miss Hatto' is due to wrap filming this Saturday (April 28) following a four-week shoot in Ireland. The €2m BBC drama, produced by Ireland's Octagon Films (The Tudors) and Britain's Left Bank Films, was shot on-location in Dublin and Wicklow. . more | |
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| REP-BODIES | Production Company Trips To Banff Festival Supported by IFB |
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| The Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced it will support six Irish production companies by funding their expenses for the Banff World Media Festival, which takes place at the Rocky Mountains, Canada, over June 10-13. more | |
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| PRODUCTION | Irish Sci-Fi Thriller 'Dark By Noon' In Production |
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| Irish sci-fi thriller 'Dark By Noon' is set to resume shooting next month for one week before moving into post-production. The feature film, a co-production between Vico Films and IKKA Films, shot for five weeks in Dublin over the Christmas period and is currently having visual effects added. It is co-written and co-directed by Alan Leonard and Mike O'Flaherty. O'Flaherty also produces for IKKA Films alongside Vico's Cormac Fox. more | |
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| AWARDS | Rea, Scott, O'Carroll, O'Briain & Norton In BAFTA TV Nominees | |
| Irish actors Stephen Rea, Andrew Scott, Brendan O'Carroll and television presenters Dara O'Briain and Graham Norton are amongst this year's BAFTA TV award nominees. more | |
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| DIGITAL | Final Voting on RTÉ Storyland Opens | |
| The penultimate round of RTÉ's Storyland competition kicked off on April 23). Four semi-finalists will show their third webisode in the hope of projecting to the final and winning Storyland 2012. more | |
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| EVENTS | Mark O'Halloran & Maurice Linnane Q&A at 'A Kiss for Jed' IFTA Preview |
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| Irish feature film 'A Kiss for Jed' will have a preview screening on May 1 ahead of its nationwide cinema release date on May 18. As part of IFTA's 'First Look' series of events, the screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Maurice Linnane and actor Mark O'Halloran. more | |
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| FESTIVALS | 'Good Vibrations' World Premiere to Open Belfast Film Festival |
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| Irish feature film 'Good Vibrations' will receive its Irish premiere on May 31 as part of the Belfast Film Festival. Directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Cherrybomb), the feature will be screened in Belfast's Ulster Hall as the festival's opening film. more | |
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| ACTORS | Fionnula Flanagan Joins Cast of 'Defiance' |
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| Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan has joined the cast of Syfy's new drama series 'Defiance'. The 70-year-old Dublin actress, who recently starred in 'The Guard and 'Yes Man' has joined Canadian actress Mia Kirshner (The Vampire Diaries) on the new series for the US cable channel. They are scheduled to begin production on the pilot early next month in Toronto. more | |
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| ACTORS | Irish actor Liam Cunningham cast in BBC's 'Merlin' |
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| Irish actor Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones, Hunger) has been cast in BBC fantasy adventure 'Merlin', it has been confirmed. The 'Game of Thrones' actor caused a Twitter frenzy just over a week ago after tweeting a number of hints that he filmed scenes for series five in Wales. The BBC confirmed the news to IFTN on Friday (April 20). more | |
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| INDUSTRY |TG4 Appoints Film Producer Siún Ní Raghallaigh As New Chairperson |
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| Donegal-born Siún Ní Raghallaigh has been appointed Chairperson of the Board of TG4. Ní Raghallaigh is a former director of marketing and development at TG4. more | |
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| PRODUCTION| Rockefeller Documentary 'Lunch in the Sky' Nears Completion |
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| Galway production company Sónta is half-way through post-production on its latest documentary 'Lón sa Spéir: Lunch in the Sky', in anticipation for the Galway Film Fleadh on July 10-15. more | |
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| ACTORS| Auditions For Irish Feature Film Begin |
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| Northern Irish production company Out of Orbit held the first round of auditions on April 25 and April 26 for an upcoming Irish language feature film that will shoot in Northern Ireland this summer. more | |
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| FESTIVALS | Winners announced at Celtic Media Festival |
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| The Celtic Media Festival in Derry wrapped on Friday night (April 20) after announcing a number of award winners. Following three eventful days, the festival has issued awards to filmmakers across the Celtic isles. RTÉ and TG4 were among the big winners with both picking up Bronze Torcs for Excellence.more | |
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| INDUSTRY | RTÉ Deadline For Irish Language Broadcast Fund Submissions Looms |
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| RTÉ's deadline for programmes hoping to receive its support in advance of the next round of Irish Language Broadcast funding is tomorrow (April 27). more | |
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