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| ‘A Film With Me In It’ Added To Toronto Lineup |
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New Irish feature ‘A Film With Me In It’, written by Mark Doherty and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, has been added to the Contemporary World Cinema lineup at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival (4 – 13 September 2008).more |
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| Ennio Morricone to Open Festival At Queens
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Oscar winning legendary film composer Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso) is set to perform his first ever Irish engagement at the Opening Concert of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen's. more |
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| Shimmy Marcus Shoots ‘Souled Out’ In Stoke |
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Principal photography commences in the UK city of Stoke on Trent today, August 18th, on ‘Souled Out’ a new feature helmed by Irish director Shimmy Marcus (Headrush, Aiden Walsh: Master of the Universe) starring IFTA winning actor Pat Shortt Man about Dog, Garage). more |
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| Gabriel Byrne to Receive Peck Honour at Dingle
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Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects, Miller’s Crossing) will receive the inaugural Gregory Peck Excellence in the Art of Film Award at this year’s Dingle Film Festival (11 -14 September). more |
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‘The Special One’ Returns to Setanta Sports
Setanta Sports has commissioned a new season of the hit comedy puppet sketch series ‘I’m On Setanta Sports’ from production outfit Caboom. more |
Ahern’s ‘Samantha Who?’ To Air on TG4
TG4 has purchased the first two seasons of US sitcom ‘Samantha Who?’, created by Irish bestselling author and screenwriter Cecelia Ahern. The series is scheduled to air this September. more |
'Helen' & 'Kisses' Ink Distribution Deals
Arthouse distribution outfit New Wave Films has acquired U.K. rights to ‘Helen’, the debut feature from the Irish filmmaking team, Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, while Focus Features International is to handle Lance Daly's feature ‘Kisses.’ more |
Fassbender In Talks With Tarantino
Kerry raised actor Michael Fassbender (300, Hunger) is in final negotiations to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino’s latest feature ‘Inglorious Bastards’. more |
12 Irish Films Selected for Palm Springs Shorts Fest
A selection of 12 Irish short films have will screen at the Palm Springs International Shorts Festival running from 21 – 27 August 2008. more |
Paradise Pictures Bring ‘World Cultures’ To RTÉ
Paradise Pictures are set to produce a television special with highlights from Dun Laoghaire’s ‘Festival of World Cultures’ for RTÉ. The show will be broadcasted on Sunday August 24th on RTÉ 2 at 11.00pm. more |
Best Action Sequence for Short ‘Fifth Street’
‘Fifth Street’, the directorial debut from David Roddham, has won the Best action Sequence in a Short Film Award at the 2008 AOF (Action on Film) Festival in L.A. more |
Search Launched for UK Screen Entrepreneurs
The British Council has launched a call for young screen entrepreneurs in Britain and Northern Ireland to sign up to its Young Creative Entrepreneur programme. more |
'Satellites & Meteorites' Hits Fort Lauderdale
Irish film 'Satellites & Meteorites' has been selected to screen in competition at the 23rd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in Florida in October. more |
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