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| Mahon’s Fight for ‘Strength and Honour’ Feature |
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Irish boxing movie ‘Strength and Honour’ reaches cinema screens this Thursday November 30th. IFTN talked to the film’s writer, director and producer Mark Mahon and one of its stars, British bad boy Vinnie Jones, about the Cork shoot and why Mahon took producing the pic into his own hands.
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| ‘Once’ Continues Success with Spirit Nomination
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John Carney’s low budget Irish indie pic ‘Once’ is in line for yet another award, this time nominated for Best Foreign Film at the prestigious Film Independent’s Spirit awards. more |
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| Setanta Receives €130million Boost |
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Irish sports broadcaster Setanta, has raised an extra €130millon funding, financial fuel for its assault on competitor BSkyB’s dominance of football coverage. more |
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| Triple Festival Win for Abrahamson’s ‘Garage’ |
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Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘Garage’ scooped prizes at three festival’s over the weekend, the film’s star Pat Shortt led the way winning the Best Actor award at the Monte Carlo Film Festival, which took place from 21st-24th November. more |
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Coleman and O’Donovan Join Vincent Browne Show
Award-winning journalist Karen Coleman and Brian O’Donovan have signed up for TV3’s upcoming news and current affairs show ‘Nightly News with Vincent Browne’. more |
Post Complete On ‘Janey Mary’
Post production is now complete on the new Irish short film ‘Janey Mary’ based upon the original short story by Irish author James Plunkett. Adapted and directed by Paul Brady, the short will debut on RTE 2’s Short Screen Season in December. more |
Q&A With The Casting Couch
The Casting Couch is a studio space for hire located at the heart of Dublin 2. Celebrating its first birthday this week, IFTN talked to The Casting Couch’s Managing Director Genevieve MacKenzie to find out more about this spacious new venue
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Nuacht RTÉ to Relocate to Baile na hAbhann
RTÉ’s Irish language television news service is set to move to Baile na hAbhann, County Galway, in early 2008, coinciding with an investment programme of over €2m in new technology. more |
First Light Movies Workshops For Northern Ireland
First Light Movies, the UK’s filmmaking initiative for five to 19 year olds, is presenting two workshops in Northern Ireland, on November 30th and December 13th. more |
Irish Film Institute Seeks Education Officer
The Irish Film Institute would like to appoint an Education Officer to join its thriving education department. more |
Fair City Cast Sings for Christmas Special
The cast of long running soap ‘Fair City’ left Carrigstown behind and took to the stage yesterday for the recording of one off Christmas special ‘Fair City Sings’, set to air on RTÉ on Christmas Day. more |
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- Mark O’Halloran Edits Film Ireland
- ‘Big Brother’ Auditions In Dublin & Belfast
- Waterford Film Festival Winners Announced
- Feast of Fassbinder in Ballina Arts Centre
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STEPHEN O'CONNELL
Read our Q&A with IFTA winning editor Stephen O'Connell (Stardust, Cutting It, Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, The Borstal Boy). |
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- MEDIA Deadline Support for Cinema Distribution
- MAFF Funding Deadline (Northern Ireland Screen)
- Tampere 38th Intl Short Film Festival Deadline
- MEDIA Theatrical Distribution Scheme Deadline
- MEDIA Markets, Festivals & Conferences Fund Deadline
- CineAsia 2007, Macau
- Belfast Film Festival Deadline (Docs & Short Awards)
- MEDIA Promotion: Access to Markets and European Audiovisual Festival Networks Deadline
- Dubai International Film Festival
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- Strength and Honour (Eclipse)
- This Christmas (Sony)
- Fred Claus (Warner Bros.)
- Awake (Eclipse)
- Joshua (Fox)
- P2 (Eclipse)
- The Assination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.)
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- Fas STI Practical Skills for Screenwriters
- First Light Movies Workshop (Foyle FF)
- Bil Keating Centre Television Production, Direction and Presentation Course
- Writing Movies: Laurence Henson Two Day Screenwriting Masterclass
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