To mark Ireland’s inaugural VFX, Animation and Games Summit which launched in Dublin’s Science Gallery this Friday past, IFTN turns the spotlight on the indigenous visual effects and animation industry in a series of interviews with industry leaders.
BAFTA-winning Irish director and writer Neasa Hardiman has signed on to direct ‘In the Club’ - a new BBC drama series based on the book by Kay Mellor about six couples who attend a parenting class during pregnancy.
With one acclaimed documentary on screen and the release of another on DVD, a recent span as guest diarist at the Telluride Film Festival for The Irish Times, and his recent appearance at Galway Film Centre’s ‘Talking TV Drama’ seminar, the past months have established Paul Duane’s as a name that is growing increasingly recognised and respected in the Irish film industry.
Film Equipment Hire - leading suppliers of cameras and audio gear to the Irish film industry - are in the spotlight this week with a partnership role in ‘Turn It On’, in conjunction with Aerial Filming Ireland.
Irish production company Element Pictures are set to join forces with Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski once more on what the filmmaker describes as a “catastrophic thriller”, IFTN has learned.
The new documentary series, 'An Ceoldráma' (The Musical), which follows four Gaelscoils as they go head to head in the musical category of the All-Ireland Schools’ Drama Competition has completed post-production at Reelgood in Dublin
IFTN takes a look at festival stories of Irish interest from around the world. This week’s round-up includes Oscar eligibility for Irish filmmakers at Foyle Film Festival, submissions for Fingal Film Festival, and further international wins for Irish web-series ‘Cuckoo’.
