| PRODUCTION | Outkast Rapper Andre 3000 To Shoot Jimi Hendrix Biopic In Ireland | |
American rapper Andre 3000 is to star as Jimi Hendrix in a new movie about the rock legend which will begin filming in Ireland later this month. 'All Is By My Side' will document Hendrix's period in England over 1966 and 1967 as he formulated his debut album and some of the greatest guitar music ever created. . more |
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| ON SET | New Series Of 'Love/Hate' Filming in Dublin | |
As 'Love/Hate' gets set to wrap filming on its much-anticipated third season tomorrow (May 11), IFTN visits the set of the IFTA winning RTÉ series on-location in Dublin. more |
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| INTERVIEW | Emmett J Scanlan and Terry McMahon on bringing 'Charlie Casanova' To life | |
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| PRODUCTION | BBC Comedy 'Blandings' Wraps Filming in Fermanagh | |
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| INDUSTRY | RTÉ & BBC Make History with New Joint Funding Initiative | |
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| FIVE MINUTES WITH...| BAFTA winning Irish Colourist Aidan Farrell | |
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| INDUSTRY | Minister Gives RTÉ One Week for Reform Report Following Libel Scandal |
| RTÉ has agreed to submit a report to Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte in one week's time, as well as provide a monitoring report every three months, detailing the measures it is taking to ensure it does not repeat a defamatory programme such as 'Mission to Prey'. more |
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| AWARDS | Glen Gannon's 'Stripped' is RTÉ/Filmbase Doc on the Box Winner |
| A documentary idea dealing with the effects of living in recessionary Ireland on a man in his 20s has been named the winner of RTÉ and Filmbase's TV50 Doc on the Box initiative to find and nurture a new talent in documentary. more |
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| PRODUCTION | Two Horror Films for Northern Ireland 'Vampires versus Leprechauns' & 'DEADLocked' |
| Belfast-based production company Causeway Pictures has announced it will shoot two feature films in Northern Ireland this autumn. The production company will shoot two horrors, 'Vampires versus Leprechauns' and 'DEADlocked', in the Greater Belfast area later this year. more |
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| FESTIVALS | 'Good Vibrations' and 'Whole Lotta Sole' to Premiere at Belfast Film Festival |
| Irish feature film 'Good Vibrations' and Oscar-winner Terry George's 'Whole Lotta Sole' are among the features that will have their Irish premieres as part of the 12th annual Belfast Film Festival, which will get underway on May 31. more |
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| INDUSTRY | Competition Authority Can't Mend RTÉ & TV3 Rift |
| The war of words between state broadcaster RTÉ and private-owned TV3 continues after the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) released a statement yesterday urging RTÉ to reconsider its new trading scheme. RTÉ developed the new scheme as a result of an Enforcement Decision from the Competition Authority last year. more |
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| DIGITAL| YouTube Urges Producers To Pitch For €12m Content Deals |
| YouTube has revealed its UK content strategy and is urging producers to pitch niche ideas as it seeks to invest in excess of €12m (£10m) into new productions, according to Broadcast. The Google-owned video-sharing site will advance producers around €615,000 (£500,000) a year to become part of its Original Channels strategy, and plans to launch "tens of channels". more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION | 'A House Of Cards' Enters Post-Production After Dublin Shoot |
| Irish short film 'A House of Cards' has entered post-production after a three-day shoot in Dublin. Director Jordan Ballantine (Spare Change?) is currently editing the short with cinematographer Kenneth Adams working on colour correction. Enda Roche is mixing the sound. more |
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| TRAINING | Dublin Central School of Acting Casting Workshop In Dublin |
| The Dublin Central School of Acting is to host a casting masterclass Gillian Reynolds on June 14. The workshop is aimed at those currently working within the film and television industry or those who have completed training. more |
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| ACTORS | Huberman Disappointment as NBC Comedy Green-Lit |
| Irish actress Amy Huberman will not be cast in the NBC comedy series 'Animal Kingdom' despite playing a key role in helping the series get picked up by the American broadcaster. more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION | Second Season of 'Trivia' Wraps Filming, Screen Scene Begin Post |
| The second series of Irish comedy drama 'Trivia' has wrapped filming and entered post-production at Screen Scene in Dublin. Grainne Gavigan (Hardy Bucks, The Clinic) will edit the Grand Pictures' six-part series, which completed filming last week in Co Kildare after a six- week shoot in Celbridge and Maynooth. The series is due to air on RTÉ in the autumn..more |
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| FESTIVALS | Irish Feature 'Songs For Amy' Wins At Newport Beach Film Festival |
| Irish feature film 'Songs for Amy' has been awarded the 'Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking' prize at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California. The film, which received its US premiere at the festival last Tuesday, also ranked fourth out of 400 films on the audience ratings at the festival. more |
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| INDUSTRY| Dublin-Born PR Promoted at Warner Brothers International |
| Dublin-born Désirée Finnegan has been promoted to senior vice president of international publicity at Warner Brothers International. She previously held the vice president position, after being promoted from director of international publicity upon joining the company in 2004. .more |
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| DISTRIBUTION | Odeon To Re-Brand Irish Cinemas |
| The Odeon group has announced that it is to re-brand its nine multiplexes in Ireland in a move which will see its UCI and Storm cinemas re-named as Odeon multiplexes. The change in branding follows the opening of its €6m Odeon Point Village on March 27. more |
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| AWARDS | Irish Writer Shane McCabe Wins Best Short Screenplay Award at United Film Festival |
| Irish screenwriter and director Shane McCabe has won the award for Best Short Screenplay at the United Film Festival in Los Angeles. McCabe picked up the award in the comedy category for his short script 'Close Call'.more |
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| SHORTS | Irish short films 'All Night Long' and 'Partly Cloudy' Enter Post-Production |
| Irish writer/director Mark Cogan has a busy few weeks ahead of him as post-production gets underway on two of his short films, and a third short screening at the Boston LGBT Film Festival this weekend. more |
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| FESTIVALS | Waterford Film Festival Announces Submission Deadlines |
| The Waterford Film Festival 2012 is now officially open for entries for submissions for films and screenplays. This year's festival will take place from November 9-11 at the Greyfriars Art Gallery.more |
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| ACTORS | Brendan Gleeson Cast as War Criminal in 'An Ordinary Man' |
| Dublin actor Brendan Gleeson (The Guard) has been cast as a war criminal in director Brad Silberling's upcoming thriller 'An Ordinary Man'. Gleeson will play a man in hiding whose only human contact becomes his maid, played by 'Limitless' actress Abbie Cornish.more |
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