The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that the annual IFTA Awards Ceremony has been split into two separate distinct smaller Award ceremonies ie; a Film & Drama Awards and a Television Awards.
Following an international search, Lynda McQuaid has been appointed by TV3 Group as its next Director of Content, to replace Jeff Ford who is returning to the UK in April 2015. Lynda will take up the position from April.
With her documentary about Irish humanitarian and children’s rights activist Christina Noble about to hit Irish cinemas (March 13) after five years in the making, IFTN talks to director Ciarín Scott.
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) are to host An Evening In Conversation With…..Andrew Scott on March 30th in Dublin. Click here to read more »
The first ever Irish Animation Awards took place in Dingle Skelligs Hotel in Dingle on Friday, March 13 with categories covering television, short films and craft awards with 12 categories in total.
The Irish Film Board (IFB) funded short film ‘Personal Development’ has been selected to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro.
Dublin actor Jack Reynor has been cast alongside Oscar winners Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett and Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch in an adaptation of ‘The Jungle Book’ to be helmed by Andy Serkis in his directorial debut.
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‘GAA USA’, a new four part series produced by the IFTA winning Sónta Films which chronicles the largely unknown history of Gaelic games in the United States, will air on TG4 on Wednesday, March 18th at 9.30pm.
Between March 18–22, the Silk Road Film Festival will offer for the third time across the city of Dublin an exclusive array of Asian, Arab, Persian, Middle Eastern, African, Mediterranean and European cinema.
