IFTN Newsletter - 23rd November 2012

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29th Nov 2012 ED.589

NEWSLETTER

Top Stories This Week

Joe Duffy Swaps Radio For TV To Front 'Local Heroes' Series

Radio presenter Joe Duffy will front his own television series 'Local Heroes' which is currently in pre-production.

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Irish Cast Join Gabriel Byrne In John Banville's 'Quirke'

Irish-based actress Aisling Franciosi has been cast as Gabriel Byrne's daughter in BBC drama series 'Quirke', which is currently filming in Ireland.

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Crime Thriller 'The Hit Producer' Shooting In Ireland

Principal photography on Irish feature film 'The Hit Producer' is nearing completion in Dublin, with Michelle Doherty starring in her first lead role.

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Director Ian Fitzgibbon On Bringing 'Death of a Superhero' To Life

When director Ian Fitzgibbon first boarded 'Death of a Superhero', the film script was in "development hell" as he puts it, as so many film adaptations of successful novels are.

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Ray D'Arcy Filming 'School Around the Corner' In RTÉ Next Week

Long-running TV show 'School Around the Corner' will return to screens this Christmas for a one-off special.

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Thaddeus O'Sullivan's 'Amber' Acquired By Eight International Territories

Thaddeus O'Sullivan's TV drama 'Amber' will be broadcast in eight different territories around the world, after UK-based distribution house Content Media secured a raft of international sales.

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Making The Cut: Career Advice From Casting Director Louise Kiely

In our latest Making the Cut series, Louise Kiely tells us why being a casting director is harder work than many believe, how she made the switch from being an actress and why she wouldn’t change her job for the world.

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Martin McDonagh On Why He Was Never One Of The Seven Psychopaths

Colin Farrell's early commitment to 'Seven Psychopaths' is what made the production possible, according to writer and director Martin McDonagh.

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'Roy' & 'Gumball' Win Big at BAFTA Children's Awards

Irish animators Jam Media and Boulder Media are celebrating this week after both picked up a BAFTA Children's Award on Sunday night.

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Subtitle Brings Best Of Irish Together For First Festival

Subtitle European Film Festival has wrapped its inaugural event after a week of star-studded screenings and workshops, which saw the likes of multi Oscar-nominated director Jim Sheridan, IFTA-winning actress Amy Huberman and BAFTA-nominated actor Robert Sheehan all attend.

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Minister Deenihan is 'Waiting for Houlihan'

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan will launch a new DVD about the legendary Con Houlihan in Dublin on December 4th next. The IFTA-nominated documentary 'Waiting for Houlihan' has been re-mastered into a special extended version which features more screen time with the great Kerry legend Con Houlihan.

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