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Scriptwriting ZeBBie Nominees Announced |
| 18 Apr 2012 | Irish writer Stuart Carolan’s ‘Love/Hate’ and IFTA-winner Juanita Wilson’s ‘As If I Am Not There’ are among the nominees for the 2012 ZeBBie Awards. |
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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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Jim Sheridan To Sit On Tribeca Judging Panel |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish director Jim Sheridan will be amongst the competition jurors at the Tribeca Film Festival, which begins tomorrow (April 18) in New York City. The ‘In America’ and ‘My Left Foot’ director is amongst 39 jurors, selected from a diverse group of filmmakers, writers, producers, actors, critics and business leaders. |
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Luke McManus Wraps Filming on ‘Homemade’ Short |
| 17 Apr 2012 | Irish short ‘Homemade’ has wrapped filming at the Tea Rooms in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. ‘Homemade’ tells the story of pensioner Tommy Fogarty whose attempts at impressing his new lady friend go awry when a group of teenage girls set out to destroy his plans. The short is centred around a church cake sale, with ‘Father Ted’ actor Jim Norton (Bishop Brennan) playing lead character Tommy, and ‘The Clinic’ actress Deirdre Connolly portraying his potential love interest. |
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Ruth Rendell Thriller 'Thirteen Steps Down' Filming In Ireland |
| 16 Apr 2012 | Contemporary TV thriller ‘Thirteen Steps Down’ is mid-way through a five week shoot on location in London and Dublin. Based on the Ruth Rendell novel, the two-part psychological thriller is being produced by Ireland’s Parallel Films under commission from ITV. |
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John Crowley to Begin Shooting Suspense Thriller |
| 13 Apr 2012 | Irish director John Crowley (Boy A) is to begin shooting his as yet untitled international suspense thriller in the UK next week with Ciarán Hinds joining the cast. |
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'Game of Thrones' Season Three Greenlit for Northern Ireland |
| 12 Apr 2012 | Fantasy adventure ‘Game of Thrones’ will return to Northern Ireland's shores to film season three. The 10-part series has been given the greenlight for a third season following record ratings for season two. The popular HBO series will return to Paint Hall Studios in Belfast where seasons one and two filmed, as well as the new sound stages in Belfast and the Linen Mill Film Studios in Banbridge. The season two premiere grossed 8.3 million viewers, and is already expected to surpass season one’s ratings of 9.3 million. |
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Special Feature: Inside 'Lockout' Visual Effects |
| 12 Apr 2012 | Having spoken previously to IFTN about setting up Ireland's first stand-alone feature film visual effects facility around forthcoming sci-fi action movie 'Lockout', James Morris, Chairman of Windmill Lane, and Ciaran Crowley, VFX Suprevisor at Windmill Lane VFX, describe what goes into creating visual effects scenes for a major motion picture: |
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IFB Dishes Up €2.6million+ in Funding Decisions |
| 11 Apr 2012 | Recipients of the latest funding loans from the Irish Film Board (IFB) have been announced. A grand total of €2,660,317 was awarded to 47 projects overall. |
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New Bursary for Filmmakers & Scriptwriters |
| 11 Apr 2012 | The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, the residential workplace for artists, has announced a new bursary for filmmakers and scriptwriters. The bursary will offer one successful applicant, or a pair collaborating on a project, the opportunity to use the Annaghmakerrig workplace in County Monaghan to work on projects for one week. |
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Animation Tops Study of Decade’s Most Profitable Movie Format |
| 11 Apr 2012 | The profitability of animated movies, more bad news for Sony and reports that ‘The Hunger Games’ director Garry Ross has quit the franchise’s sequel are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Galway Film Fair Application Deadline Approaching |
| 11 Apr 2012 | The Galway Film Fair’s deadline for applications to take part in the Marketplace networking event is 11 May 2012. The Galway Film Fair will take place 13-14 July, as part of the Galway Film Fleadh 10-15 July. The Marketplace is an opportunity for producers of feature films or documentaries to network with industry professionals at pre-scheduled meetings. The Fair is calling on producers to submit projects before the deadline in order to be selected for the two-day event. Priority will be given to projects which have a finished screenplay and a percentage of development and/or production finance in place. |
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Parallel Films Developing 'Echo Chamber' For HBO |
| 11 Apr 2012 | Irish producers Parallel Films are developing the mini-series ‘Echo Chamber’ for HBO and Sky Atlantic. The series will be set in 1980s Northern Ireland against the backdrop of The Troubles and will focus on an undercover British soldier who infiltrates the IRA. |
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Irish Post Production Feature: A Look Inside The Element |
| 11 Apr 2012 | At home in the grandeur of a Georgian townhouse in 16 Fitzwilliam Square since 1998 The Element post production house started off as a small business but has since gone from strength to strength. |
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BAI to Probe RTÉ Report Leak |
| 10 Apr 2012 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is to launch a review into how its report on RTÉ’s ‘Prime Time Investigates’ programme ‘A Mission to Prey’ was leaked to the Irish Times. |
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Irish Titanic Shows to Screen This Week |
| 05 Apr 2012 | Titanic is the disaster that just keeps on giving. 100 years on from the sinking of the Irish-born luxury liner, the public’s appetite for revisiting the fateful night of April 14, 1912, shows no sense of dimming. Already a flood of Titanic documentaries, television drama series and feature films are to this week arrive on-screens having set sail from production houses all over the world over the past 12 months. |
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Sky’s Multi-Million Film Deal May Benefit Ireland |
| 05 Apr 2012 | Sky’s announcement that they are to invest heavily in British film, news about this week’s “leaked” Cannes list and Tom Cruise’s rock star debut are amongst the international stories in today’s Daily Bite. |
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Fingal Festival Sets 2013 Submission Deadline |
| 05 Apr 2012 | The Fingal Film Festival has set the deadline for submission for next year’s festival at 1 September 2012. Festival organisers are already prepping for 2013 having wrapped up a hugely successful three-day event last week. The festival held master classes for independent filmmakers with some if the industry’s leading experts, from Arthur Lappin (In America/Borstal Boy), who has over 25 years producing experience, to writer and director Aisling Walsh (Song for a Raggy Boy) to cinematographer Ciarán Tanham (Raw) and newcomer Martin McCann (Clash of the Titans). |
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Irish Director’s Debut ‘Modified’ Gets Release Date |
| 05 Apr 2012 | Irish director Paul Cotrulia’s debut feature film ‘Modified’ will be released in Ireland and the UK in September. |
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In Memory of Stephen Gamble – RIP |
| 05 Apr 2012 | IFTN and the Irish film and television industry were saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Stephen Gamble, who was well-known in the broadcast and post production world in Ireland and passed away suddenly last month. |
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