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| Brian Cox Breaks Into 'The Escapist' |
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Rupert Wyatt’s ‘The Escapist’, shot on location in Ireland, opens in Irish cinemas on Friday 20th June. IFTN caught up with the film’s star, Emmy award winning actor Brian Cox, to talk shooting in Ireland, hectic schedules and why he thinks acting is child’s play. more |
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| IFTA Tribute for Peter O’Toole at Galway Film Fleadh |
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The Galway Film Fleadh, in association with the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA), will pay tribute to screen legend Peter O’Toole during the 2008 festival which takes place from the 8 – 13 July. O’Toole, whose career spans five decades, will be the focus of a special Public Interview and screen retrospective at the prestigious Irish festival.
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| ILBF Secures £6 Million Funding |
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The Irish Language Broadcast Fund has secured £6 million additional funding from the British Government which will see it through until 2011, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed. more |
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| Neeson Joins Nesbitt in ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ |
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Irish actor Liam Neeson (Michael Collins, Schindler’s List) has joined James Nesbitt (Murphy’s Law, Cold Feet) in the cast of Oliver Hirschbiegel’s TV film ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’, currently shooting on location in Belfast. more |
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| Abrahamson’s Guide to Darklight ‘Dublin: The Movie’ |
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With the Dublin Darklight Festival commencing on the 26th of June, IFTN chats to IFTA winning director Lenny Abrahamson (Garage, Adam & Paul) about his involvement in the festival’s unconventional closing film, an experimental documentary feature entitled ‘Dublin: The Movie’. more |
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Monte-Carlo Crowns Rhys Meyers Best Actor
IFTA and Golden Globe winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers has won the Golden Nymph for Best Actor in a Drama Series at the 48th Monte-Carlo TV Festival (8 – 12 June 2008). The Cork born actor scooped the award for his portrayal of King Henry the VII in hit Showtime series ‘The Tudors’, filmed on location in Ireland. more |
Coco TV’s Furnishes More ‘Room to Improve’
Series Two of home improvement show ‘Room to Improve’, produced by Coco Television, is back on our screens on Wednesday 25th June at 8.30pm on RTÉ One.
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McQueen’s ‘Hunger’ Wins Down Under
Steve McQueen’s Northern Irish shot film ‘Hunger’, which portrays IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands final days in the Maze prison, has won the inaugural $60,000 Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival. more |
Portrush Sea Rescue Docks at UTV
‘Portrush Sea Rescue’, a 7x30min series that follows the work of the RNLI volunteers who crew the Portrush lifeboats, kicks off on UTV on Friday 20th June at 8pm. more |
IFB and Germany Ink Co-production Deal
The Irish Film Board has signed a co-production agreement with North Rhine-Westphalia’s regional film fund Filmstiftung NRW which is set to promote Irish and German film and documentary co-productions. more |
Frameworks Cash Boost for Irish Animations
A new four part RTÉ series ‘Sex and Sensibility’, which explores Ireland’s changing attitudes to sex over the last four decades, goes out this Thursday 12th May at 10.15pm on RTÉ One. more |
Border Region Filmmakers Given ‘The Edge’
A new cross-border production award from the Louth, Newry and Mourne Film Commission entitled ‘The Edge’ will see filmmakers from border regions compete for production fund of €10,000. more |
Lights Out! Host Youth Film Workshops
The Lights Out! National Film Festival for Young People is set to hold a host of workshops on topics including filmmaking, special effects makeup, animation and performance from 12th-19th July at the IFI and Filmbase. more |
Jim Norton Wins Tony Award
IFTA nominated Irish actor Jim Norton (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Father Ted) has won a Tony Award for his performance in play 'The Seafarer’, written by IFTA winning screenwriter Conor McPherson (Saltwater, I Went Down). more |
Seattle Win for Steph Green’s ‘New Boy’
Steph Green’s IFTA winning short ‘New Boy’ has scooped yet another accolade, this time the Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, which took place from May 22nd-June 15th 2008. more |
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- Ó Céilleachair Named Muskerry Filmmaker in Residence
- ‘Crystal Skull’ Docu-drama Completes Post
- Virtual Cinema Shorts Debut at Darklight
- Current TV & BRITDOC Call for Pitches
- Filmbase Short ‘i’ Completes Posting
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