With less than a week to go until the full line-up is revealed, the Galway Film Fleadh has released early bird tickets for a further four films from the 2017 programme. 

The 2017 Galway Film Fleadh has revealed a snippet of one of the most highly contested and popular categories in its annual lineup, with fourteen short film programmes in the festival this year.
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The short film directed by Mark Smyth comes from a script by David Thorpe, with the trio joining forces in the 2016 instalment of the Filmbase/RTÉ funding scheme, Short Shots.
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The short drama is co-produced by Heanue and Paddy Slattery (Skunky Dog) and tells the story of a young couple struggling to adjust to life following the birth of their first child.
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The six-part Channel 4 series from the writer of ‘Indian Summers’ is based on McGee’s own experience of growing up in the height of The Troubles. ‘Derry Girls’ is a Hatrick Productions commission filming in Northern Ireland at present, with Michael Lennox (Boogaloo & Graham) as director and Catherine Gosling producing.
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This year’s team is composed of writer Jonathan Hughes, whose script ‘Mother’ will be directed by the IFTA-nominated Natasha Waugh (Terminal) and produced by Sharon Cronin (Lily).
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The European network has published the guide as a tool for TV producers looking for co-financing or TV sales for drama projects, which it hopes will be particularly helpful to Television Programming support scheme applicants.
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Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the refurbishment of the National Gallery of Ireland which officially reopened on Wednesday, July 14th. It is set to air on RTÉ One on Tuesday June 27th at 21:35. 
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The ‘Pilgrim Hill’, ‘Smalltown’ and ‘Brain on Fire’ writer/director has sold the one-hour drama, which is currently in development. Details are not yet released on the story bar its setting against the backdrop of the world of corporate espionage.
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The TAP training and networking programme connects international producers and provides a schedule of training modules. This year training runs from June 21st-24th in Berlin, Germany, and September 12th-17th in Halifax, Canada.
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BBC Northern Ireland has announced a call-out for documentary projects for its 2018 slate, with a deadline for submissions of August 8th 2017.
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Drone software is one of the fastest-growing technologies in Ireland and the EU, offering an abundance of possibilities to filmmakers in terms of what we capture, how we capture it, and how it affects our storytelling.

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The feature debut from Mark O‘Rowe is set to release to Irish cinemas on October 13th, starring Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders), Catherine Walker (Critical), Eva Birthistle (Brooklyn) and Andrew Scott (Spectre).
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The new interactive, cross-platform series will see the twins join an international slate of reality television stars, from ‘Teen Mom’ star Farrah Abraham to ‘Geordie Shore’ regular Marnie Simpson.
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RTÉ One has confirmed that ratings hit Dancing with the Stars has been re-commissioned and will return to RTÉ One screens in the new year. The Sunday night show drew an average weekly audience of 584,000 in its debut run
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Following recent news of it reinvestment in drama, the BBC is accepting applications for sixty-minute dramas which can be developed as one-off specials or prequels, in association with Northern Ireland Screen. The deadline for applications is August 8th 2017, with both the longlist and second round to follow in September.
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The 2017 edition of the festival was revealed with a lively launch party hosted by Lead Sponsor Accenture at The Dock, Accenture’s multi-disciplinary research and incubation hub at 7 Hanover Quay, yesterday, June 15th.

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