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25 Sep 2014 ED 678

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The satirical comedy follows the title characters (both played by Andy Quirke, who also wrote the series with Jules Coll), who are separated at birth but meet again in their adolescence.

James Hickey, Chief Executive of the Irish Film Board has spoken to IFTN with regard to his thoughts on the sector.

Or pretty darn close to it. The mischievous brain behind such pivotal TV gems as The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder and Q.I., John Lloyd flew into Dublin recently for an IFTA In Conversation With...event. Paul Byrne caught up with him to talk funny, family and physics.

RTÉ Global, the sales and distribution arm of Irish public broadcaster RTÉ Television, has promoted Janet Frawley to head of formats.

Element Pictures have acquired film and TV rights to Laird Hunt's critically acclaimed novel 'Neverhome', with long-time Element collaborator Lenny Abrahamson set to direct and Ed Guiney producing.

In an interview with the Sunday World, Colin Farrell confirmed the rumours that started circulating last summer that he will have a role in the next series of 'True Detective'. Farrell is the only cast member confirmed so far for the second series of the HBO hit

Northern Ireland Screen, in conjunction with BFI, HMRC and Invest NI, are to hold an information day on the Creative Industries Tax Relief System on Tuesday, 7th October. The conference looks set to be of interest to anyone interested in producing films, TV shows, cartoons and video games as it will run the audience through the feasibilities and realities of the tax relief system.

Kevin de la Isla O'Neill, of Hit Producer Films, has won eight awards of excellence from The IndieFEST Film Awards. The awards were given for Kevin de la Isla O'Neill's feature film, 'The Hit Producer', which is currently on the festival circuit seeking a distributor to bring it to an international audience.

'11 Minutes', an Irish/Polish co-production, is to begin its five day Dublin shoot this week. Backed by the Irish Film Board and Element Pictures, the film stars Irish actor Richard Dormer in the lead, who is best known for starring in 'Game of Thrones' and 'Good Vibrations' and can be seen in the upcoming Irish thriller '71'.

'In A House That Ceased To Be' will have its World Premiere at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin on Saturday, September 27th at 8pm as part of the IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival.

Animator Bill Plympton has been confirmed as the 'special guest animator' at this year's Dublin Animation Film Festival, which takes place on the 17 and 18 October 2014 at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) and the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire.

The Cork Film Festival has released preliminary details of the 2014 programme, due to run from 7th November to the 16th November, including early information on features, documentaries, dramas and the Grand Prix Irish short finalists...

The OFFline Film Festival, taking place this 8th-12th October, has released its programme for the year 2014. Now in its fifth year, the Offaly-based film festival will once again see a number of short and feature film screenings as well as workshops available for its five day run.

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