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RTÉ publish list of highest paid presenters in 2022 and 2021 |
| 30 Jan 2024 | RTÉ has published the earnings for its ten highest-paid presenters in 2022, along with the restated earnings for 2021. |
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JETS Initiative announces 2024 participants |
| 30 Jan 2024 | The participants and jury members of JETS 2024 have been announced. The initiative offers selected producers the opportunity to take part in an annual pitching session during the Berlin International Film Festival. |
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Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley to star in Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Hamnet |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are set to star in director Chloé Zhao’s film adaptation of Hamnet, from Northern Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same. Following rumours of the Irish actors’ casting, Mescal recently confirmed his and Buckley’s involvement in the project. |
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Kneecap becomes first Irish language film to win Audience Award at Sundance |
| 26 Jan 2024 | Rich Peppiatt’s KNEECAP has won an Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It marks the first Irish feature film to win at the festival since John Carney’s ONCE in 2007. |
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Flawless Films producer Sharon Lawless discusses EWA’s Series Accelerator programme |
| 25 Jan 2024 | The European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA) has announced Irish producer Sharon Lawless of Flawless Films among the eight producers selected to participate in its new Series Accelerator programme, supported by Netflix. |
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Grant Thornton report finds no record of RTÉ Board approving Toy Show Musical |
| 25 Jan 2024 | Grant Thornton’s investigation into the Toy Show musical, which made a total loss of €2,272,859, found that the production did not receive a written approval from the RTÉ Board. |
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Trailer released for Alice & Jack starring Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough |
| 25 Jan 2024 | Channel 4 has released the first trailer for upcoming TV series Alice & Jack starring Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough. Aisling Bea joins them in the cast. |
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Break Out Pictures & Conic partner on Ireland-UK distribution of That They May Face The Rising Sun |
| 25 Jan 2024 | Break Out Pictures and Conic have partnered to distribute Pat Collins’ latest film in Ireland and the UK. That They May Face The Rising Sun will release theatrically on April 26th, 2024. |
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Solas Nua’s Capital Irish Film Festival announce opening and closing night films |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Lisa Mulcahy’s Lies We Tell will open Solas Nua’s Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington DC, and Patricia Kelly’s Verdigris has been announced as the closing film of the festival. The festival’s lineup includes documentary Crock of Gold, about the life of The Pogues’ lead singer Shane McGowan. |
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Bryan Dobson to retire from RTÉ in April |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Bryan Dobson is set to retire at the end of April, after working as a broadcaster at RTÉ for 37 years. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - January |
| 24 Jan 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates such as an A.I. Tools for Film & TV, information events on the European Film Market, and the European Co-development funding deadline. |
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Irish children’s series Louise Lives Large to launch sales at Kidscreen Summit |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Louise Lives Large, commissioned by Ireland’s RTÉ, Canada’s Family Channel and Belgium’s Ketnet will be launching sales at Kidscreen Summit. The market takes place in San Diego from February 4th - 7th, 2024. |
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Netflix release teaser trailer and release date for Ripley starring Andrew Scott |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Netflix have announced that Ripley starring Andrew Scott will launch on the streaming service on April 4th, 2024. The first teaser trailer for the series has also been released. |
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Screen Ireland launches its 2024 slate |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Screen Ireland its 2024 slate, with over 40 Film, TV Drama, Documentary and Animation Projects. Highlights this year include Small Things Like These starring Cillian Murphy, TV thriller The Boy That Never Was, and Bring Them Down, starring Barry Keoghan. |
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BAFTA-nominated director Andrew Haigh discusses All of Us Strangers |
| 23 Jan 2024 | We spoke with director Andrew Haigh at the Irish gala screening of All of Us Strangers, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. The BAFTA-nominated film releases in Irish cinemas on January 26th. |
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Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy nominated for Best Actor, Oppenheimer sweeps with 13 nominations |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Cillian Murphy has been nominated for Best Actor at the 96th Academy Awards. Oppenheimer received thirteen nominations, the highest of any film nominated this year, and Element Pictures’ Poor Things followed shortly after with eleven. Robbie Ryan has been nominated for Best Cinematography. |
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Dublin International Film Festival launch 2024 programme |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) will run for 10 days from 22nd February to 2nd March. Their lineup includes a variety of world premieres, as well as special guests including Steve McQueen and Isabelle Huppert. |
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Sony Pictures Classics acquire Kneecap in first sale at Sundance 2024 |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Kneecap, the first Irish language film to premiere at Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution. Wildcard Distribution and Curzon will distribute the film in Ireland and the UK. |
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Applications open for Greenlight Screenwriting Lab 2024 |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Danú Media, in association with Greasán na Meán Skillnet and National Talent Academy TV and Film has partnered with Philip Shelley to bring Greenlight Screenwriting Lab back for 2024. |
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Barry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy nominated for Leading Actor BAFTA |
| 18 Jan 2024 | Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal, and Element Pictures’ Poor Things have been announced today, January 18th, among the nominees of the 2024 BAFTA Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on February 18th, 2024. |
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