Edition: 398 Date: 27/11/2008
Bug Muldoon Raw
Heat The Escapist New Boy
 Ardmore Sounds Out ‘Niko & The Way to the Stars’
Magma Films’ new animated feature 'Niko & the Way to the Stars' will open nationwide on Friday 28th November. IFTN talks to Patrick Drummond from Ardmore Sound about creating the sound design for the hotly anticipated animation. more
  IFB Report Recommends Section 481 Changes
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has published a report recommending improvements to the current tax incentive for film, Section 481 which runs until 2012. more
  Graham Linehan Scoops Emmy Award
Irish comedy writer and director Graham Linehan (Father Ted) has picked up an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy for the Channel 4 show 'The IT Crowd', which he created. more
  Fáilte Towers Raises €169,000 for Irish Charities
Adare Productions’ ‘Fáilte Towers’, the reality show that challenged thirteen celebrities to run Ireland’s only 12-star hotel over a 16-day period in August 2008 on RTÉ, has raised a total of €169,762 for twelve Irish charities. more
Irish Digital Lab Develops Production Software
The Digital Media Cube is currently a developing a web based tool specifically for the production industry code named 'ProductionApp' which will help ease management of production information for television and film. more
McDonagh & O’Halloran Take Home ZeBBies
Martin McDonagh, director and writer of ‘In Bruges’, has scooped the Best Film Script Award at the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild’s ZeBBies - while Mark O’Halloran picked up the Best Script gong for ‘Prosperity’. more
Over Half A Million Tune In For ‘Bertie’
An average of 558,000* people watched the entire ‘Bertie’ series which was broadcast over the last four weeks on Monday nights on RTÉ One and produced by Mint Productions. more
Agtel Vs The All Blacks
Agtel's latest High Definition film production ‘We Are Munster’ will form the centre-piece of the museum in the brand new Thomond Park stadium in Limerick, having had its premiere at the recent Munster Vs All Blacks match. more
NFS Information Day at the IFI
On Wednesday, 3rd December, in association with the Education Department of the Irish Film Institute, the National Film School (NFS) at IADT in Dun Laoghaire is holding an Information Day at the IFI. more
TVI Actors Workshop Returns To Dublin
Alan Nusbaum, former talent agent and CEO of TVI Actors Studio, will be giving tips on building an acting career in America at the upcoming event ‘Acting in America – An International Actors Guide to Auditioning & Working in New York and Los Angeles,’ to be held at Filmbase on Wednesday, 10th of December. more
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- IFI Launches Human Rights Film School Comp

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MAGNERS BOSTON IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
Pics from the Boston Fest and Awards ceremony.

- RTS Journalism Awards Deadline
- Cinéma du Réel 2009
- British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- British Academy Children's Awards
- Media Desk Ireland Selective Support Deadline
- Sources 2 Script Development Workshop
- RTS Programme Awards Deadline
- Eurodoc - Applications Deadline
- European Youth Film Festival
- Belfast Film Festival; Fiction Feature Deadline
- The Belfast Film Festival; Jameson Short Film Competition Submissions Deadline
- European Film Academy Awards
- EFA Conference 2008 - What Makes Europe Laugh

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- Niko and the Way to the Stars
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (3D) (Walt Disney)
- Blindness (Miramax Films (Eclipse))
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- Filmbase Training; Sound for TV & Film
- Eave Pro Tools 101 course
- Galway Film Centre; Adult Animation Workshop
- Screen Training Ireland Course: Introduction to 2D VectorWorks
- Soho Editors Training- Final Cut Pro 6
- Eave Film Marketing Workshop
- Soho Editors Training- Adobe After Effects Fundamentals
- Filmbase Training; 16mm Camera and Lighting
- Filmbase Training: Soundtrack Pro 101
- Bil Keating Centre:TV Training Workshops
- Filmbase Training; Assistant Directing
   
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29th November - Saturday
6.30pm - Reeling In the Years 1985 – RTE1
6.55pm – Reeling in the Years 1986 – RTE1
7.25pm – Winning Streak Dream Ticket – RTE1
8.10pm – Faoi Lán Cheoil – TG4
9.00pm – Some Mothers Son – TG4
9.35pm - Tubridy Tonight – RTE1

30th November - Sunday
8.30pm – The Restaurant - RTE1
9.30pm – Cogar – TG4
9.30pm - The Clinic - RTE1
10.00pm – Geantrai – TG4
10.35pm – Would You Believe? – RTE1

1st December - Monday
7.30pm – Scannal! – RTE1
8.00pm – Raising Children – TV3
8.30pm – Super Garden – RTE 1
9.00pm - Nolan Live - BBC1
10.00pm – The Apprentice - TV3
9.35pm – Prime Time Investigates – RTE 1
10.00pm – Seacht – BBC2
10.35pm – Days Like This – BBC1
11.25pm – Brathadóiri – TG4

2nd December - Tuesday
6.00pm – Xposé - TV3
8.30pm – Ros na Rún - TG4
10.15pm – Death or Canada – RTE1
10.35pm – Days Like This – BBC1

3rd December - Wednesday
7.30pm – Rachel Allen: Bake – RTE1
7.30pm – Féile an Phobail-Twenty Years On – BBC2
7.30pm – Luach ár Linne – TG4
8.30pm – Off the Rails – RTE1
9.00pm – Caipini– TG4
9.30pm – Teamhair – TG4

4th December - Thursday
7.00pm - Ear to the Ground - RTE1
8.00pm – Mi na Meala – TG4
8.30pm – Ros na Rún – TG4
8.30pm – Buyer Beware! – RTE1
9.05pm – Samantha Who? – TG4
10.15pm – Brathadóiri – TG4
11.05pm – The Investigators – RTE1

5th December - Friday
7.30pm - Aon Scéal - TG4
7.30pm - Come West Along the Road - RTE1
8.30pm – Luach ár Linne – TG4
9.35pm – The Late Late Toy Show – RTE1
11.20pm - Langerland.TV - RTE2