Jane McGrath - lead actress in Johnny Gogan's racing car thriller 'Black Ice' - is about to hit Irish screens with the film's cinema release on 20th September and upcoming roles in 'Quirke', 'Amber' and 'Game of Thrones' season four.
Brendan O'Carroll's 'Mrs Brown's Boys' - which is currently filming its big screen spin-off in Dublin - won Best Comedy at the TV Choice awards for the second year in a row in London's Dorchester hotel last night.
Jam Media - the Dublin based animation studio behind the IFTA & Bafta winning children's series 'Roy' - have won top positions at the Cartoon Forum in Toulouse for their projects 'Early Bird' and 'Pigsticks & Harold'.
The Galway Film Centre's TV drama seminar this October is set to feature a 'Love/Hate' panel - attended by series creator/writer Stuart Carolan, director David Caffrey and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor- and an interview with 'The X-Files' executive producer/writer Frank Spotnitz.
Dublin-based animation studio Geronimo Productions' new children's series 'Nelly and Nora' has been selected as one of four finalists for the MIPJunior International Pitching competition set to take place at MIPCOM in Cannes this October.
Northern Irish film composer and music producer Jenny McCaffrey has won the award for Best Soundtrack at the Madrid International film Festival for her work on Laura Graham's short film 'Imbolc'.
'Penny Dreadful', Oscar-winner John Logan's new Victorian 'psychosexual' horror series set to film at Ardmore Studios from October, has cast its Victor Frankenstein with 'The Lone Ranger' & 'Control' actor Harry Treadaway.
IFTN takes a look at two Irish short films - a modern day Joycean short, a fantasy project in development, and Failsafe Films' 'The Note' starring Aiden Gillen.
