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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - August |
| 22 Aug 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including a Best Feature nomination for Kneecap at the EU Film Awards 2024, the MEDIA Supported Training: Audiovisual Women, and the DocCelerator Galway taking place this October. |
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Scholarships and new workshops for award-winning SETU TV and Media Production course |
| 22 Aug 2024 | The postgraduate course was developed by SETU Waterford and Nemeton TV in partnership with Udarás naGaeltachta and has been successfully preparing new media talent since 2006. The course is currently accepting applications for the upcoming iteration, which commences again on September 23rd. |
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Filming underway in Ireland on Lynley reboot from Salt Films and Playground for BBC Studios and BritBox International |
| 20 Aug 2024 | More than 15 years on from the finale of the BBC’s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground, and Salt Films have begun production in Ireland on a new version of Lynley. |
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Applications open for IGNITE-Docs Documentary Talent Development Programme |
| 14 Aug 2024 | The fifth iteration of IGNITE-Docs is now open for the coming year. Applications will be accepted until Friday, September 20th 2024 at 5pm. |
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IFTA Announces Kneecap As Ireland's Entry For Oscars® 2025 - International Feature Film |
| 02 Aug 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that Irish language feature Kneecap has been selected to represent Ireland in the Oscar® International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards. |
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Recipient organisations announced for Screen Ireland's 2024 Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme |
| 01 Aug 2024 | Funding worth over €1 million has been awarded to 27 organisations to deliver a wide range of high-quality skills development initiatives and activities for the Irish screen sector. |
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GAZE announces recipients and speakers 2024 starGAZE |
| 30 Jul 2024 | GAZE LGBTQIA Film Festival today announced the 2024 starGAZE recipients, a unique professional development initiative to support emerging LGBTQIA filmmakers. |
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Scannal celebrates 20 years with three one-hour documentaries on RTÉ |
| 30 Jul 2024 | RTÉ’s Irish language series Scannal marks its 20th anniversary with three hour-long documentaries this August, as part of Scannal: 20 Bliain. |
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Director Cara Holmes discusses award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Ahead of the film’s release in Irish cinemas this Friday (July 26th), IFTN spoke with filmmaker Cara Holmes about her award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland, which won Best Documentary at the Dublin International Film Festival earlier this year. |
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Tourism Ireland opens call for International Programming Ireland Fund 2024 |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Tourism Ireland has opened applications for Round 3 of its 2024 International Programming Ireland Fund, to be submitted by 3pm GMT on Tuesday 10 September 2024. |
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Minister Martin confirms Government agreement on funding of RTÉ and Public Service Media |
| 24 Jul 2024 | The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, TD, has announced that Government has agreed multi-annual public funding for RTÉ which, through a combination of an improved TV licence system and Exchequer support, will ensure that RTÉ is supported to deliver on its Statement of Strategy. |
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€725m public funding plan for RTÉ to be signed off on by Cabinet |
| 24 Jul 2024 | At its final meeting this morning before the summer recess, the Cabinet will sign off on a new funding proposal for RTÉ, which is expected to retain the TV Licence fee. |
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Coimisiún na Meán appoints Aoife MacEvilly as Commissioner for Broadcasting and Video on Demand |
| 23 Jul 2024 | The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, has announced the appointment of Ms. Aoife MacEvilly as Commissioner for Broadcasting and Video on Demand in Coimisiún na Meán. |
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Government look to agree RTÉ funding deal that will be mixture of exchequer funding and TV licence fee |
| 18 Jul 2024 | RTÉ looks set to have a new blended funding model put forward by Government, which will rely on a mixture of the current TV Licence and a “multi-annual” payment provided by the exchequer, as the proposal prepares to go to Cabinet next Wednesday. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - July |
| 18 Jul 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including the DocsCelerator workshop, a vacancy for Head of MEDIA Office Galway, Early registration for MIPCOM, and applications now open for EAVE Producers Workshop 2025. |
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DIFF to host special Handsome Devil screening as part of Tanqueray 0.0% Film Club |
| 18 Jul 2024 | Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) is hosting a special screening of John Butler’s hit film Handsome Devil on Thursday 25th July, at Smithfield’s Light House Cinema. |
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Emmy 2024: Andrew Scott and Ripley nominated for Best Actor and Best Limited series |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Irish actor Andrew Scott has been nominated for Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or a Movie for his performance in Netflix series, Ripley. The Dublin native also served as a producer on the show as is nominated for Best Limited or Anthology Series. |
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Netflix reveals first-look image for Kaos starring Jeff Goldblum and Killian Scott |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Netflix has confirmed that Kaos will debut on the global streaming platform on August 29 with Jeff Goldblum at the helm as King of the Gods, Zeus. |
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Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club starting Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren begins production |
| 16 Jul 2024 | Production has begun on the Netflix adaptation of Richard Osman’s hit novel, The Thursday Murder Club, which released to great acclaim and popularity in 2020. |
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Galway Film Fleadh award winners include Kneecap and Fidil Ghorm |
| 15 Jul 2024 | Kneecap was the major winner at the Galway Film Fleadh, taking home three top awards at the festival, which wrapped up on Sunday evening. |
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