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SPI Board Welcomes New Members |
| 06 May 2010 | The new members of the Screen Producers Ireland board have been announced and include Coco Television’s David Malone and Vision Independent Productions’ Orla McGowan. Agtel/Independent Pictures’ Liam Lavelle was also re-elected to the board. |
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Siobhán Harper Ryan Talks Make-Up Special Effects |
| 06 May 2010 | Irish Special Effects and Character Make-Up Specialist Siobhán Harper Ryan was in Dublin recently to host a two day Aging and Effects Make Up workshop for Ireland’s LA Make-Up Academy. IFTN caught up with Siobhán to talk career changes, drag queen make-up and working on ‘Sherlock Holmes’. |
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Broadcaster Gerry Ryan Laid To Rest |
| 06 May 2010 | RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan has been laid to rest today. Family, friends and members of the entertainment and media worlds packed the Church of St John the Baptist in Clontarf to pay their last respects. |
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'Christopher & His Kind' For Belfast, Matt Smith Stars |
| 05 May 2010 | Shooting will commence on ‘Christopher And His Kind’ on Sunday, May 16th in Belfast. The 90-minute film for BBC Two will star ‘Doctor Who’s Matt Smith as writer Christopher Isherwood and will examine the determining years of the latter’s life, based on his 1976 memoir of the same name. |
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Cinematographer Stafford-Johnson is 'Living the Wildlife' |
| 29 Apr 2010 | Emmy-award winning cinematographer Colin Stafford-Johnson returns to Irish screens on Tuesday, May 4th in G Marsh TV's wildlife series for RTÉ, ‘Living the Wildlife’. Today he talks to IFTN about bellowing toads, his sentimentality for film cameras and how nature rules his life. |
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IADT Nominations at Student Television Awards |
| 29 Apr 2010 | Students at IADT's Nationl Film School (NFS), Darragh Duffy and Narayan van Maele’s respective filmmaking talent has lead to nominations at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Televison Awards. Darragh’s animation ‘Pest’ and Narayan’s short fiction, ‘Aunt’ will compete at the awards held on May 7th. |
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Konrad Begg Prepares 'Seven Songs for Amy' |
| 28 Apr 2010 | Konrad Begg (Crimes that Shook the World) is currently in development with his feature film debut ‘Seven Songs for Amy’ which is set to start filming early 2011. |
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'Worlds Apart' Team Seek Co-Producer |
| 28 Apr 2010 | The production team behind ‘Worlds Apart’, a documentary showing the inner workings of the art world, is currently seeking a co-producer. The project already has Zanzibar Films’ Edwina Forkin (Swansong: The Story of Occi Byrne) on board to produce but is seeking other interested parties. |
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Downes Takes Up RTÉ News Washington Post |
| 27 Apr 2010 | RTÉ has announced the appointment of RTÉ journalist, Richard Downes, as its new Washington correspondent. The post is for a two year period. |
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Irish Screenwriter Gets Hollywood Treatment |
| 27 Apr 2010 | Having a short story discovered on a website has led screenwriter Sarah Daly to leave her office job and see her films come to life through the acting talents of stars Joseph Gordon Levitt (500 Days of Summer) and Channing Tatum (Step Up, Dear John). Sarah spoke to IFTN about the immense collaborative online effort which has resulted in the production of two short films she has penned and her debut feature project, ‘Harboured’. |
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RTÉ Keeping ‘Hands On’ Approach? |
| 27 Apr 2010 | Submissions are currently being accepted by RTÉ Television for a dedicated series for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities. The dedicated slot for the hard of hearing communities has been a yearly feature for two decades and most recently hosted Mind the Gap films’ ‘Hands On’ series. |
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IFTA Accepting New Membership Applications |
| 27 Apr 2010 | IFTA is currently inviting applications from all Irish film and television professionals to join its Membership. IFTA is a not-for-profit all-Ireland organisation that promotes, encourages and rewards creative excellence in film and television. |
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Nods for Irish Talent at BAFTA Craft Awards |
| 26 Apr 2010 | Ireland's creative talent has received acclaim through several nominations at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards. Director Aisling Walsh and writer Guy Hibbert and recent Northern Ireland based productions including 'Occupation' and 'Mo' have received the prestigious nods. |
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Pinell & McInerney Kiss & Make-Up @ Filmbase |
| 26 Apr 2010 | Filmbase will host a free Make-Up FX event at their Dublin HQ this week with professional Special Effects Make-Up artists Terri Pinnell and Tom McInerney will be carry out live demos with specialist products. |
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Fastnet Explore 'The Other Side of Sleep' |
| 23 Apr 2010 | Fastnet Films are currently in production with a new Irish feature entitled ‘The Other Side of Sleep’. The thriller, starring Antonia Campbell Hughes (Bright Star) and Sam Keeley, is directed by Rebecca Daly and will shoot in various locations around Ireland until May. |
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Katie Holly is Ireland's Producer on the Move |
| 20 Apr 2010 | ‘One Hundred Mornings’ producer Katie Holly has been selected by the Irish Film Board to be one of 23 European producers taking part in the Cannes film festival networking platform, Producers on the Move. |
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FilmOffaly Offers €8,000 Filmmakers Bursary |
| 19 Apr 2010 | FilmOffaly has re-launched the FilmOffaly Award for 2010, a scheme that is designed to support and encourage filmmakers to undertake innovative, creative projects. FilmOffaly are looking for unique, original stories by talented new filmmakers, professional and novice alike with the sole stipulation that filming must take place in Offaly. |
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Conor McPherson Joins Aosdána |
| 19 Apr 2010 | Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland welcomed seven new members yesterday, including writer/director Conor McPherson. The move brings to 236 the total number of Aosdána members. |
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éQuinoxe Masterclass Welcomes Screenwriters Hart & Bovell |
| 15 Apr 2010 | Two International Screenwriter’s Workshops come to Ireland this week bringing with them American screenwriter Jim Hart whose past work includes ‘Hook’, ‘August Rush’ and ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ and Andrew Bovell who has written the scripts for ‘Lantana’, ‘Edge of Darkness’ and ‘Strictly Ballrooom’. |
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Adrian McCarthy Directs ‘Gilbert O’Sullivan' Doc |
| 15 Apr 2010 | Adrian McCarthy’s new documentary ‘Gilbert O’Sullivan – Out on His Own’ examines the change of fortunes that the Waterford born pop singer has experienced in his long career. IFTN caught up with the ‘Crash’ director to discuss the making of the documentary that is screening at the IFI Stranger than Fiction festival and will broadcast next week as part of RTÉ's Arts Lives. |
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