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Interview: Paolo Sorrentino Talks 'This Must Be The Place' |
| 22 Mar 2012 | Paolo Sorrentino's feature film 'This Must Be The Place' is showing in cinemas across Ireland from 23 March. The movie, which is an Irish/Italian co-production, was partially filmed on location in Dublin during August 2010 with actors Sean Penn (Mystic River), Frances McDormand (Fargo) and musician David Byrne joined by Irish talent such as Kerry Condon (The Runway), Simon Delaney (Touch), Olwen Fouere (Space Truckers) and newcomer Eve Hewson. |
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'Ripper Street' Begins 19-week shoot in Dublin |
| 21 Mar 2012 | ‘Ripper Street’, an eight-part series for the BBC based on the Jack The Ripper murders, has begun filming in various locations around Dublin. Created by Richard Warlow (Waking the Dead) and starring Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice, Frost/Nixon), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones) and Adam Rothenberg (House), ‘Ripper Street’ is currently using a Dublin army barracks and the area in and around Dublin Castle to re-create London's East End in 1889. |
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Brian Kirk eyes Ludlum thriller 'The Osterman Weekend' |
| 21 Mar 2012 | Northern Irish director Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones) has reportedly entered talks to direct ‘The Osterman Weekend’ for Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment and Captivate Entertainment. |
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'Vikings' TV Series Eyes Summer Production Start Date for History Channel |
| 20 Mar 2012 | The History Channel has ordered a full-series of ‘Vikings’, the Irish co-produced 10-part series which is due to begin pre-production next month. The series, which will chronicle the world of the Norsemen during medieval times, will be the first scripted drama to air on the cable network TV channel and will also be the first to make use of Joe O’Connell’s newly-built Ballyhenry Studios in Ashford, Co Wicklow, which has been constructed for a reported cost of €22m. |
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Interview: Rebecca Daly on ‘The Other Side of Sleep’, in Cinemas 16 March |
| 09 Mar 2012 | Rebecca Daly entered the Irish film world with her acclaimed short film ‘Joyriders’, winning both the IFTA Best Short Film and the Short Film Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, and her successive short film ‘Hum’ was chosen as a finalist for the Berlin Today Award in 2010. Today – she is the first Irish female Director to be selected for inclusion in the Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight and is enjoying the success of her debut feature film – ‘The Other Side of Sleep’, which opens in selected Irish cinemas from March 16th. |
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Ruth Negga & 'Gumball' Shortlisted for RTS Awards |
| 09 Mar 2012 | Irish actress Ruth Negga has been nominated for Best Actress at the RTS Programme Awards. Negga, whose credits include popular Irish drama ‘Love/Hate’ and Neil Jordan’s ‘Breakfast on Pluto’, is nominated for her performance in the BBC Two drama ‘Shirley’, which also won her an Irish Film & Television Award for Actress Television at the 2012 IFTAs. Ruth faces competition from ‘This is England ‘88’ star Vicky McClure and ‘Appropriate Adult’ actress Emily Watson. |
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Boulder & Disney Team for ‘Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja’, 50 Jobs Created |
| 06 Mar 2012 | Disney EMEA today announced that it has started production in Ireland, on a new action-packed animated comedy, ‘Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja’, with BAFTA and Emmy winning Irish animation house Boulder Media (The Amazing World of Gumball) enlisted to handle the series from animation through to post-production. |
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Kealan O’Rourke to Write/Direct 'Bolivar' for Warner Bros. |
| 06 Mar 2012 | Less than four weeks after scooping the IFTA for Best Animation, Irish filmmaker Kealan O’Rourke (The Boy in the Bubble) has been signed by Warner Bros to write and direct a new animated feature film – an adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel ‘Bolivar’. |
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Feast of Fastnet at IFI |
| 01 Mar 2012 | The Irish Film Institute is set to host a series of screenings this month paying homage to the work of Irish production company Fastnet Films. Special guests at these screenings will include IFTA winning directors Jim Sheridan (Brothers, My Left Foot), Lance Daly (Kisses), Rebecca Daly (The Other Side of Sleep) and Stephen Rea (Stella Days, The Crying Game). |
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Eurotek Joins Forces with Sony For PMW Masterclass |
| 28 Feb 2012 | Eurotek and Sony will host a Masterclass on the Sony PMW-F3 camcorder on Tuesday 6th March 10.30am – 5.00pm at Filmbase. |
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Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett & Padraic Delaney Feel ‘Dark Touch’ |
| 23 Feb 2012 | Marcella Plunkett (Stella Days), Padraic Delaney (Raw, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) and newcomer Missy Keating head the cast for Irish/Swedish horror feature film ‘Dark Touch’, currently filming on location in Ireland. |
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Irish Director Gary Shore Bites into 'Dracula' |
| 23 Feb 2012 | Rising Irish director Gary Shore is set to direct Universal’s prequel ‘Dracula: Year Zero’. The short film director will take the reigns from ‘Knowing’ helmer Alex Proyas who has been toying with the film for some time before focusing on the ill fated 'Paradise Lost'. |
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Darren Thornton's 'Ten Dates with Mad Mary' Draws Berlin Buzz |
| 22 Feb 2012 | ’Ten Dates with Mad Mary’, the debut feature film from ‘Love Is the Drug’ writer/director Darren Thornton, was launched at the recent Berlinale Co-Production Market and received the most meeting requests among the 28 international projects pitched for finance. |
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O’Dowd, Gillen & Wilmot Join McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’ |
| 21 Feb 2012 | ‘The Guard’ writer/director John Michael McDonagh has signed Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes), Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, Love/Hate), Isaach De Bankolé (24) and David Wilmot (The Guard) to join Brendan Gleeson in his latest project 'Calvary'. |
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Six Continue in Race for RTÉ's StoryLand |
| 21 Feb 2012 | RTÉ’s Storyland have announced the six dramas that online audiences have voted through to the second round of the competition. |
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Fassbender & Bennett Plan 'Cúchulainn' Feature |
| 21 Feb 2012 | Irish actor Michael Fassbender (Shame, Hunger) and Irish writer Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies) have reportedly teamed up to develop a new feature film production about legendary celtic warrior ‘Cúchulainn’, with Fassbender himself playing the lead role. |
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Documentary filmmaking course at Filmbase |
| 17 Feb 2012 | Irish Sundance Award winning cinematographer Kate McCullough (Cluck, His and Hers) is to take part in tutoring an eight week documentary filmmaking course at Filmbase. |
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€9,500 Short Film Funds at Galway Film Centre |
| 16 Feb 2012 | The Galway Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, have announced they will grant two awards of €9,500 each as part of their 2012 Short Film Awards. |
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Ireland Bids Farewell to Screen Legend David Kelly (1929 – 2012) |
| 14 Feb 2012 | Veteran Irish actor David Kelly passed away on Sunday night, 12th of February 2012, after a short illness. He was 82. The actor, who was one of Ireland’s best-known and best-loved character actors will be laid to rest at a funeral held Thursday after 10am Mass to Mount Jerome Crematorium. Removal tomorrow, Wednesday, to the Church of the Miraculous Medal, Bird Avenue Clonskeagh, arriving at 5.30pm. |
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IFTA 2012 Winners Announced |
| 11 Feb 2012 | The 9th annual IFTA Awards Ceremony, hosted by the Academy on Saturday 11th February reached a record audience of 1.143 Million viewers* on RTÉ ONE, clocking up the highest number of Irish viewers to watch the Awards show. |
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