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Finky selected for Official Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival |
| 18 Oct 2019 | Dathaí Keane’s first feature film Finky has been selected for the competition section at the 2019 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia. |
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Writer Tess McGowan discusses her debut feature film, A Bump Along The Way |
| 17 Oct 2019 | We caught up with writer Tess McGowan to find out more about her approach to writing the feature film script, taking part in NI Screen’s New Writer’s Focus Scheme and the need for more female-led productions. |
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New Boomtown Rats feature doc from Sideline Announced by BeyondTNC |
| 16 Oct 2019 | ‘Boomtown’, the new feature documentary from Billy McGrath’s Sideline Productions has been unveiled as part of the launch of new music banner, BeyondTNC. |
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New film by Feargal Ward & Adrian Duncan to World Premiere at IDFA 2019 |
| 16 Oct 2019 | Tension Structures, a new film by Feargal Ward and Adrian Duncan will have its world premiere at the upcoming IDFA documentary film festival in Amsterdam. |
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Principal photography underway on Deadpan Pictures' comedy-drama The South Westerlies |
| 15 Oct 2019 | RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) have partnered to commission The South Westerlies, an Irish comedy-drama with Dublin based Deadpan Pictures, alongside ZDF Enterprises, TV2 Norway and in association with Screen Ireland. |
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Terry McMahon discusses his new feature doc The Prizefighter |
| 11 Oct 2019 | IFTN caught up with director Terry McMahon ahead of the world premiere of his new feature documentary, The Prizefighter, which debuts at the 20th Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF). |
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Minister Josepha Madigan TD announces increase of €1 million to Screen Ireland Budget for 2020 |
| 09 Oct 2019 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, the national development agency for the film, television and animation industry, has received a funding increase of €1 million, bringing the agency’s annual capital budget to €17.2 million for 2020. |
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Director Mark O'Connor discusses his new crime drama, Darklands |
| 08 Oct 2019 | IFTN caught up with director Mark O’Connor to find out more about making his debut TV series Darklands, where the inspiration for the series came from and the transition from feature film to television drama. |
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Virgin Media Television launches brand new morning TV schedule |
| 07 Oct 2019 | Virgin Media Television (VMTV) has launched a brand new morning TV schedule with Virgin Media One broadcasting live studio content from 7am until 1pm each weekday. |
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IFTA announces Gaza as Ireland’s entry for Oscars 2020 |
| 04 Oct 2019 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that the feature documentary Gaza has been selected as Ireland’s entry for the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category (formerly Best Foreign Language category) at the upcoming 92nd annual Academy Awards. |
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JETS 2019 Call for Entries: The Film Initiative That Takes You Beyond |
| 02 Oct 2019 | The pitching session takes place at the International Film Festival Berlin and will see 20 – 24 projects selected from emerging filmmakers for the JETS Initiative. |
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Tile Films' Sacred Sites: Egyptian Priestesses lands trophy at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards |
| 02 Oct 2019 | Tile Films has won a Silver Dolphin Trophy for the best docudrama at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards in France. |
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Director Tom Burke discusses Losing Alaska with IFTN |
| 01 Oct 2019 | IFTN caught up with director Tom Burke to find out more about his experience documenting the incredible situation facing the remote town of Newtok, Alaska. |
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Brendan Grace – Thanks for the Memories begins on RTÉ One this Monday at 9:30pm |
| 30 Sep 2019 | IFTN caught up with director Brian Reddin to find out more about his new highly emotional documentary series, Brendan Grace - Thanks for the Memories, a fitting goodbye to one of the greatest Irish entertainers of all time. |
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Over €5.9m allocated to 122 projects under Sound & Vision Scheme |
| 30 Sep 2019 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details of the latest funding awards under the Sound & Vision 3 Broadcasting Funding Scheme. |
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Screen Ireland announces plans to expand presence in Los Angeles in 2020 |
| 30 Sep 2019 | Screen Ireland has announced that it will appoint a representative based in Los Angeles in 2020. |
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Extra Ordinary Co-Creator Mike Ahern Talks with IFTN |
| 27 Sep 2019 | We caught up with Mike Ahern, one half of the creative due known as D.A.D.D.Y., to find out more about taking on their first feature film, how himself and Enda developed their creative shorthand and what projects they have in the pipeline. |
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IFTN talks with Andrew Clifford, writer of new RTÉ Comedy Pilot 'Dad' |
| 27 Sep 2019 | IFTN caught up with writer Andrew Clifford ahead of the release of ‘Dad’ on RTÉ to find out more about the inspirations behind the characters, the writing process, and developing the project through the Screen Ireland /RTÉ Scripted Comedy series initiative. |
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Varadkar pledges to double the Irish audiovisual sector |
| 27 Sep 2019 | The comments were made by the Taoiseach at an event in Los Angeles celebrating Ireland’s contribution to the film industry. |
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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council unveils new short film funding initiative, dlr First Frames |
| 26 Sep 2019 | dlr First Frames scheme is a unique opportunity to encourage filmmakers to create exciting, dynamic and engaging screen stories. |
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