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03 Oct 2014 ED 679

Latest Industry News on IFTN.ie

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today announced the total funding of €2.26m to ten successful applicants under the second round of its Archiving Scheme.

Cartoon Saloon, best-known as the studio behind Tomm Moore's Oscar-nominated and IFTA award-winning feature 'The Secret of Kells,' is currently developing animated series 'Ellie the Ace.' The €4.5 million series project was pitched this week at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France.

As he prepares to tour the country with Unbreakable - about blind paraplegic Mark Pollock - filmmaker Ross Whitaker talks to IFTN about filmmaking, friendship and the future of documentary.

Fox have announced that Aiden Gillen has been cast in the main villain role for the 'Maze Runner' sequel, which is being fast-tracked for a 2015 release after the box office success of the first film out this month.

This may be her busiest year yet - what with Jimmy's Hall, Love/Hate, Peaky Blinders and working with Johnny Depp - but Irish actress Simone Kirby managed to find time to talk with IFTN.

On home soil, Bob Caldwell is well known for his work on the perennially funny 'Savage Eye', for his work on the IFTA winning 'The Pope's Children' and 'Freefall' and also for owning and operating Dublin-based company 'HOUSE Post Production', but the editor has made quite a splash globally too.

The Irish Film and Television Academy is to host an evening 'In Conversation with..' director Roger Michell on Wednesday, October 1st in Dublin

MIPCOM 2014, the world's entertainment content market which gathers the entertainment industry's leading players for four days of networking, conferences, exhibition, keynotes and screenings, is to take place in Cannes from 13th - 16th October.

MPI Media Group's Dark Sky Films banner has acquired the U.S. rights to 'Let Us Prey', an Irish horror feature from Brian O'Malley. The film has already been screened at, among others, the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, at which it won Best European Fantastic Film...

A 3D animation masterclass will be held with Kyle Balda at the Dublin Animation Film Festival on the 18th October.

The Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) and the Chicago Irish Film Festival (CIFF) return in 2015 to once again celebrate the very best of Irish cinema.

After a focus on France in 2011, the Nordic countries in 2012, Germany in 2013 and Benelux in 2014, 'When East Meets West' (WEMW) is now accepting 2015 entries from the English speaking countries of Ireland, the United Kingdom and North America.

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