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Five minutes with… ‘X Factor’ Presenter Dermot O’Leary |
| 17 May 2012 | Television presenter and Irish descendant Dermot O’Leary jetted into Dublin yesterday (May 16) to present a workshop for the Coca Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People. O’Leary held a three-hour workshop for 16-25 year-olds, telling them everything from how to get their foot in the door of the industry, and how to retain a position in television. |
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Maurice Linnane and Mark O’Halloran On Making ‘A Kiss for Jed’ |
| 17 May 2012 | While one was making a name for himself scripting 'Adam and Paul', the other was pursuing a more glamorous path following a Dublin band around the world shooting their music videos. Cue almost 10 years later, and Mark O'Halloran and Maurice Linnane have joined forces for the Irish cinema release of Linnane's feature film directorial debut. |
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Dublin Central School of Acting Casting Workshop In Dublin |
| 10 May 2012 | The Dublin Central School of Acting is to host a casting masterclass Gillian Reynolds on June 14. |
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Glen Gannon’s ‘Stripped’ is RTÉ/Filmbase Doc on the Box Winner |
| 08 May 2012 | A documentary idea dealing with the effects of living in recessionary Ireland on a man in his 20s has been named the winner of RTÉ and Filmbase’s TV50 Doc on the Box initiative to find and nurture a new talent in documentary. |
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Dublin to Host International Celebration of John Ford |
| 03 May 2012 | Oscar-nominated directors Peter Bogdanovich, Jim Sheridan and John Boorman, as well as Oscar-winning editor Joel Cox (Unforgiven, Mystic River), are amongst the influential filmmakers who will gather in Dublin to honour and celebrate the legacy of legendary Irish-American John Ford as part of the inaugural John Ford Ireland Film Symposium over June 7-10. |
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Five Minutes With… Irish Film Historian Dr Kevin Rockett |
| 03 May 2012 | Celebrated film historian Dr Kevin Rockett has been credited with shaping Irish cinema over the last 25 years through a number of his published works on the subject. |
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Storyland Finalists Announced |
| 02 May 2012 | The finalists of RTÉ’s Storyland competition have been announced, with ‘Student Teacher’, ‘The Begrudgers’ and ‘Trouble Times Three’ left battling it out for the top prize. |
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Griffith College to Host Seminars On Copyright |
| 01 May 2012 | Griffith College Dublin is accepting applications for a five-week seminar on copyright for artists beginning on May 28 and ending on June 30. |
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NUI Galway Film Studies Scholarship Honours Pat Sheeran |
| 01 May 2012 | The Huston School of Film & Digital Media at NUI Galway has launched the Pat Sheeran MA in Film Studies Scholarship in honour of the late NUIG Professor. The new scholarship will see up to €2,000 awarded to masters’ students. |
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BBC Northern Ireland Archive Footage Now Online |
| 01 May 2012 | The BBC has launched ‘Chronicle’, a project which will see BBC Northern Ireland’s television archives made available online, in partnership with JISC and the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC). |
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Young Irish filmmakers and animators honoured at Student Media Awards |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Six student filmmakers, TV producers and animators were among the winners at last night’s (April 26) National Student Media Awards in Dublin. A 500-strong crowd representing all colleges across the country packed out the Ballsbridge Hotel’s conference room to collect 35 awards from media categories such as Editor of the Year and News Photographer of the Year. |
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Irish producers Garland & Bushe amongst guest speakers At ENGAGE |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Irish producers Michael Garland and Morgan Bushe were amongst the guest speakers at the first ENGAGE workshop of 2012, an international training project which took place at the National Film School at IADT in Dublin last week. |
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Story Campus Returns To Filmbase |
| 27 Apr 2012 | Irish writer/ director Ian Power (The Runway) and producers Tim Palmer (The Last of the High Kings, Into the West) and Nathalie Lichtenthaeler (As If I Am Not There) will be amongst the industry guests at next week’s Story Campus session in Filmbase. |
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Seamus McGarvey talks 'Avengers Assemble' |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey is already an IFTA Award-winner, Oscar nominee and 3D convert, but he can now add masterclass extraordinaire to his CV after wowing a packed audience at IFTA's 'In Conversation With…' event at the IFI yesterday. |
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Irish scriptwriter Paul Walker Attending Norway éQuinoxe Workshop |
| 25 Apr 2012 | Irish scriptwriter Paul Walker (The Clinic) has been chosen to attend the European éQuinoxe Writers Workshop in Bergen, Norway, after submitting his script for feature film ‘Ms. Mansfield and Me’. |
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Morgan Bushe Is Ireland’s Producer On The Move at Cannes |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Irish producer Morgan Bushe of Fastnet Films has been selected to take part in the European Film Promotion’s Cannes-based programme Producers On The Move. |
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Limerick IT Students Dominate Dare2BDrinkAware.ie Film and Media Awards |
| 23 Apr 2012 | Limerick Institute of Technology dominated the fifth film and multimedia Dare2BDrinkAware.ie awards ceremony in Dublin last Thursday (April 19), picking up three awards in both the film and multimedia categories. |
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Joseph McBride to Deliver Opening Lecture at John Ford Ireland Film Symposium |
| 19 Apr 2012 | Renowned American film historian Joseph McBride will give the Opening John Ford Lecture at the very first John Ford Ireland Film Symposium, taking place in Dublin, from 7 – 10 June. |
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Young Critics Wanted for Cinemagic Festival Jury |
| 18 Apr 2012 | The Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People is calling on aspiring film critics to apply to the Cinemagic Jury for a chance to review a series of short films. The Cinemagic team will be on hand to explain the basics of film critiquing to 20 lucky applicants aged between 12-18-years-old. |
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'The Avengers' Irish Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey Hosting IFTA Masterclass |
| 17 Apr 2012 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced details of a special Members masterclass and ‘In Conversation With…’ event with acclaimed Irish cinematographer Seamus McGarvey next Tuesday (April 24) in Dublin. |
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