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| Galway Fleadh Industry Panel Session Lineup |
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This year’s Galway Film Fleadh, which takes place from 8th – 13th July 2008, is set to host a selection of industry panel seminars on topics including children’s programming, documentary directing and RTÉ’s latest commissioning round, in addition to the annual Real Deal, Film Fair and Pitching Award events. more |
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| Talking Makeup With Michele Burke |
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Irish makeup artist Michele Burke has become one of world’s most formidable creative talents behind the camera. In our Q&A, the two time Oscar winner takes us from her early career through to her recent collaboration with Mike Myers at the MTV Movie Awards – and we discover that working with more Irish filmmakers is one of her top ambitions.
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| Double Commission for Belfast’s Tern TV |
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Belfast-based Tern Television, producer of IFTA winning doco ‘At Home With the Clearys’, has received two new commissions for BBC Northern Ireland - 8 x 30min series ‘The Last Resort’ and one hour documentary ‘Rape…Crisis’. more |
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| ILBF Announces 2008 Funding Decisions |
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Animations and documentaries from companies including LTL Productions, Stirling TV, DoubleBand Films and Lugh Film have all received a cash injection from Irish Language Broadcast Fund in its latest funding round. more |
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| Interview With IFI Curator Sunniva O'Flynn |
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Sunniva O’Flynn was appointed curator of the IFI in early 2008. IFTN caught up with the former film archivist to chat about her role, her love of film and what we can look forward to at the IFI in the coming months.more |
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Subotica’s ‘Daisy Chain’ Hooks i2i Funding
Subotica Entertainment has received €50,000 under MEDIA’s i2i programme for their latest feature ‘The Daisy Chain’, directed by award-winning helmer Aisling Walsh. more |
Morrison ‘Waiting for the Light’ at Galway Fleadh
‘Waiting for the Light’, a documentary accounting the life and works of legendary Irish filmmaker George Morrison (Mise Eire, Saoirse) will receive its World Premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh next week. George Morrison and producer/director Ciarín Scott will participate in a post screening Q&A. more |
European Parliament Seeks Irish TV Projects
The European Parliament is seeking non-commercial television programme proposals for its 2009 grants scheme that will see c. €5 million euros awarded to communication and information across the 27 member states. more |
IFTA Calls for Submissions for US Academy Foreign Language Film Award
The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA), the organisation responsible for the selection of Ireland’s submission for consideration for the Foreign Language Film Award at the American Academy Awards, is calling for Irish filmmakers to submit their feature films for consideration. more |
‘The Tudors’ Makes Emmy Drama Top Ten
IFTA winning TV series ‘The Tudors’ is in the line up of Top 10 Drama Series finalists for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards. more |
TV3 Digs ‘Grassroots of the GAA’
Mixed Bag Media’s documentary ‘Grassroots of the GAA’, which revisits the GAA clubs features in last summer’s successful series, airs at 4pm on Sunday 29th June on TV3. more |
Ireland’s First Exclusively Digital Cinema Opens
Ireland’s first exclusively digital cinema, Omniplex Wexford, is set to open this 4 July. The €9 million eight screen cinema is developed by the Ward and Anderson Group more |
RTÉ’s Sports Stars ‘Use it or Lose It’
Stirling TV’s eight part series ‘Use it or Lose it’, which sees familiar faces from Irish sport return to the teams of their youth kicks off on RTÉ One on Sunday 20 July. Soccer star Niall Quinn, GAA player Colin Corkery, rugby’s Tony Ward and Fiona Steed feature among the series lineup. more |
High Point Reaches ‘Satellites and Meteorites’
The worldwide sales rights to Rick Larkin’s ‘Satellites and Meteorites’ have been picked up by High Point Films, the film sales division of Carey Fitzgerald’s London based High Point Media Group. more |
| PLUS: |
- Cinemagic Seeks Young Filmmaking Talent
- Egoboo Invest in Solid state Logic X Rack
- Irish co-production ‘Loss’ Wins at Shanghai
- ‘The Confession’ and ‘Matterhorn’ for Soho Fest
- Cooke’s Documentary Debut Comes ‘Home’
- Best Director Award for ‘Imeacht na nÍarlaí’
- Mulcahy’s ‘Next!’ Begins Post Production
- IFI Set David Lean Retrospective
- TV3 Nets More UEFA Football Rights
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