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Stephen Daldry Delivering Fleadh Directors' Masterclass |
| 09 Jun 2010 | The Galway Film Fleadh, in association with FÁS Screen Training Ireland, has announced that Oscar nominated director, Stephen Daldry will deliver the Directors' Masterclass at this year’s event (6 -11 July). |
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Robert Quinn Turns ‘Primeval’ |
| 08 Jun 2010 | Robert Quinn, the only Irish director involved with the fourth season of the sci-fi caper, ‘Primeval’ currently in production in Ireland recently spoke with IFTN from the set of the popular sci-fi series. Award winning director of programmes such as ‘Na Cloigne’, ‘Seacht’ and ‘Rasai na Gaillimhe’, Robert is currently in the process of shooting the 5th and 6th episode of the show’s fourth series. |
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Radharc Awards 2010 Invites Submissions |
| 03 Jun 2010 | The Radharc Trust has announced details of the Radharc Awards 2010. The awards feature two categories – one for documentaries broadcast on any channel on the island of Ireland and another for non-broadcast documentaries produced for digital media in Ireland. The closing date for all entries is Friday 10 September 2010 at 5.00pm and the winning entries will be announced at a lunchtime gala in Dublin in October 2010. |
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Declan Cassidy Plans 'Do Not Pass Go' |
| 02 Jun 2010 | Declan Cassidy (Whatever Turns You On) is currently in development with ‘Do Not Pass Go’, a new feature from the pen of Irish writer Rodney Lee (Moore Street Masala). The comedy/drama is expected to start shooting in the late autumn of this year. |
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Ray Winstone For 'Three Days in Dublin' |
| 01 Jun 2010 | Ray Winstone (Nil By Mouth, The Departed) will arrive in Dublin this September for the shooting of new romantic comedy, ‘Three Days in Dublin’. Irish co-producers Zanzibar films will also go into co-production with 'Apples and Oranges ' in September. |
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Teens Invited to Submit TV Comedy Ideas |
| 31 May 2010 | RTÉ Young Peoples brand new ‘Swede Me’ competition is offering teens the opportunity to make and star in their own TV comedies about the “teen types” around them. Budding programme makers aged between 12 and 17 are invited to submit ideas for a RTÉ mini TV drama. |
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Rupert Howell Leaves ITV |
| 28 May 2010 | Rupert Howell is to step down from his position as a Director of ITV plc on Tuesday, June 1st and as Managing Director of ITV Brand and Commercial at the end of July. He joined ITV in October 2007 and was appointed to the Board in February 2008. |
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3D Cinema Course at Screen Training Ireland |
| 27 May 2010 | FÁS Screen Training Ireland will be running a ‘3D Cinema in Europe' course aimed at exploring the technical and creative requirements in producing a 3D stereoscopic live action feature film. |
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Students Going Wild at Film School |
| 27 May 2010 | Situated in Skibbereen, the Wildlife Film School runs residential and non-residential courses, workshops and masterclasses looking to cover all aspects of wildlife photography and wildlife film making in a number of countries including Ireland and the UK. IFTN spoke with the founder of the school, Nic Slocum to talk about lifestyle overhauls, worldwide whale watching and training the wildlife filmmakers of tomorrow. |
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Curran Named Head of CR Branded Entertainment |
| 26 May 2010 | CR Entertainment, Ltd. has appointed Trevor Curran as its new Head of Branded Entertainment. Curran will be responsible for a €1m fund to co-produce six branded cross-media content shows over the next two years. |
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‘Mo’ Sweeps BAFTA TV Craft Boards |
| 25 May 2010 | The Northern Ireland shot biopic, ‘Mo’ which chronicles the life of the late Labour MP and former Northern Ireland Secretary, Mo Mowlam came away from last night’s BAFTA craft awards clutching three awards whilst Guy Hibbert was lauded for his script for ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ and ‘Small Island's Martin Phipps won the best Original Televison Music Award. |
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Jim Sheridan Says ‘Shanghai I Love You’ |
| 14 May 2010 | October 2010 will see production commence on the set of ‘Shanghai, I Love You’. Following on from similar projects centring around New York and Paris, the film will comprise of several short films one of which will be written and directed by Irish helmer Jim Sheridan. |
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Forkin Joins PGA International Co-ProShow |
| 14 May 2010 | Zanzibar Films Edwina Forkin has been selected to participate in The Producers Guild of America’s inaugural International Co-ProShow, taking place in connection with the second annual Produced By Conference in Los Angeles on June 4-6, 2010. |
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'The Last Furlong' Starts Filming in Ireland |
| 13 May 2010 | Cameras started to roll of the set of feature film, ‘The Last Furlong’ on Monday, May 10th. The film, which stars Rachel Hurd-Wood (Peter Pan, Dorian Gray) and Harry Treadaway (Fishtank), will shoot on location in Wicklow and Meath for the next eight weeks. |
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Sounding Out Alan Collins & Niall Brady |
| 12 May 2010 | The merger of Ardmore Sound and Screen Scene announced in March of this year by their Chiefs Paul Moore and Jim Duggan saw both post houses pooling their sound talent and resources. IFTN caught up with Ardmore Sound’s Alan Collins and Screen Scene’s Niall Brady to find out how the companies are finding life post merger. |
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Sir John Hegarty Swims with Kinsale Sharks |
| 11 May 2010 | Sir John Hegarty has been chosen as this Honorary President for the 2010 Kinsale Shark Awards. The advertising heavyweight will speak at the event alongside friends and fellow ad execs Billy Mawhinney and Max Forsythe. The festival will, this year, feature new digital categories designed by Ogilvyone’s David Birss. |
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Pulling Focus on Robbie Ryan |
| 11 May 2010 | Robbie Ryan decided he wanted to be a cinematographer at the age of 14 when he, his friends and his cousins commandeered one of his father’s Kodak Super 8mm camera and started making short films. A college course in cinematography in Dun Laoghaire’s IADT fuelled that passion and he is now established as one of Ireland’s most influential filmmaking exports. IFTN caught up with the cameraman to talk about the pitfalls of creative partnerships, cat-like cameras and shooting Dizzee Racal in an old folk’s home. |
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ILBF Invites Drama Series Ideas |
| 11 May 2010 | Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) development funding is currently inviting applications for a new drama series. The series will comprise of 6 -10 half hour episodes and the deadline for receipt of entries is Friday, May 28th. |
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Irish Talent Receive BAFTA Television Nods |
| 10 May 2010 | The official list of nominations for the Philips British Academy Television Awards have been announced and feature many nods to Irish talent including; Brendan Gleeson for his role in Churchill drama ‘Into the Storm’; ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ in the category of Single Drama; ‘Occupation’ in Drama Serial and ‘The Graham Norton’ show for Entertainment Programme. |
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Tender3D Connects Irish VFX & 3D Suppliers to the World |
| 07 May 2010 | After two years of development the team at Tender3D have announced the public launch of Tender3D.com - the first dedicated tendering, management and payment system built specifically for the 3D modelling and animation profession. |
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