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10 Oct 2008 Magma at MIPCOM
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With the current release of ‘Niko & The Way To The Stars’ in more than 100 territories Magma Films are presenting a slate of new international projects from the live action and animation departments that will certainly have broadcasters and distributors sitting up and taking notice. more
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10 Oct 2008 National Film School Flies the Flag at Cork Film Festival
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The National Film School (NFS) at IADT in Dun Laoghaire is well represented at the 2008 Corona Cork Film Festival, which begins this Sunday, 12th October. Almost forty per cent of the selected entries in the Irish Short Film Competition were made by NFS/IADT students, graduates or staff. more
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10 Oct 2008 Boston Announces Award Winners
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The film makers of this year's BIFF's award winners - 'Eden' (Best Film), 'At Home With the Clearys' (Best Documentary), 'The Basket Case' (Best Short Fiction); Bob Quinn’s 'Vox Humana (notes for a small opera)' (Director’s Choice Award), and John Boorman (Excellence Award) will all be on hand in Boston to introduce their films and answer questions from audiences. more
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10 Oct 2008 Loopline Film and FAS STI Announce New Feature Doc Workshop
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Loopline Film and Fás Screen Training Ireland are running the annual Feature Documentary Training Workshop in late October and mid November, looking at the challenges ahead for film makers. more
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09 Oct 2008 Fox talks new Irish thriller ‘Anton’
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New Irish thriller ’Anton’ opens nationwide on Friday 10 October with the red carpet premiere taking place in Movies@Dundrum. Anthony Fox who wrote, produced and acted in the film talks to IFTN on the difficulties financing the film, the teams guerrilla style marketing at this years Cannes Film Festival and why passion for a project can overcome any obstacles. more
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09 Oct 2008 Irish Shorts Update
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‘The Confession’ will be rolled out on nationwide release alongside Parallel’s ‘A Film With Me In It’; accreditation for the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival & Market is now open for applications, Colm Quinn’s The Discreet Charms of the Refugee wins at Ranelagh and it is festival fever for Irish shorts 'Martin' “The Wednesdays”, as they take on international festivals. more
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09 Oct 2008 ’City of Ember’ released nationwide
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Northern Irish funded and shot ‘City of Ember’ starring Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) and IFTA winning actress Saoirse Ronan (Atonement) will go on release Friday 10 October with the European premiere of taking place tonight in Belfast’s Movie House Cinema. more
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09 Oct 2008 ShinAwil To Produce Dragons Den for RTE
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RTÉ Television today announced details that they will commissioned an 8 part series of the hit format ‘Dragons’ Den’ to be produced by Screentime ShinAwil (The Apprentice). more
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09 Oct 2008 Write Here, Write Now - Extended Deadline
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The deadline has now been extended for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival International Screenwriting Award, Write Here, Write Now. more
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09 Oct 2008 Boyne Talks ‘Striped Pyjamas' Success
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IFTN talks to John Boyne the author of the novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ to discuss the success of the filmadaptation of his book, how he has been finding the publicity circuit and his sentiments ahead of ithe film's US release on 7 November. more
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08 Oct 2008 SPI Lobbies for Amendments to Broadcast Bill
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The body, which represents 180 producers, is proposing that, for the first time, the funds allocated to the independent sector should be directly linked to the revenues of RTÉ Television. more
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08 Oct 2008 Disney Ireland Wins Award at Worldwide Conference
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Martin O'Grady, Sales Manager for the Irish office of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, received a prestigious award for 'Sales Team of the Year' for UK and Ireland, at the company’s worldwide awards ceremony in Los Angeles at the weekend. more
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08 Oct 2008 Tyrell and Avid launches new Avid DS Version 10
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Tyrell Content Creation Tools Ireland Ltd. and Avid Technology Inc. will host the Irish launch of the new Avid DS Version 10 in Dandelion Bar, Stephen’s Green on 17 October. more
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08 Oct 2008 RTÉ and ITV Commission New TV Drama
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‘Father & Son’, a new four part drama by Frank Deasy (Prime Suspect: The Final Act, The Passion), will mark the first co-commissioned project between RTÉ and ITV. more
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08 Oct 2008 RTÉ New Appointments
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RTÉ has announced two new appointments within its News and Current Affairs area - Ken O’Shea has been appointed to the post of Editor, Current Affairs, and Television. Charlie Bird has been appointed as RTÉ’s Washington Correspondent. more
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07 Oct 2008 NI Film Societies Information Day
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Northern Ireland Screen in conjunction with the British Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) and Access Cinema will hold an information and networking event for people who are interested in setting up a local film club on 11 October in Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast. more
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07 Oct 2008 Arts Council Announces New Doc Scheme
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The Arts Council has launched Reel Art, a scheme designed to provide three film makers with an opportunity to make documentaries with an artistic theme. Successful titles will be made for theatrical screenings as well as screening at the Dublin International Film Festival in February 2010. more
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07 Oct 2008 DEAF to host premiere screening
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The seventh Dublin Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF) takes place from 23 -26 October a full day and evening of film, workshops, discussions and music at the Digital Hub, Dublin 8 on Saturday 25 October including the Irish premiere screening of ‘Totally Wired” the new doc directed by Niamh Ahern. more
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07 Oct 2008 Independent Pictures Nominated for British Doc Award
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Irish doc ‘Northern Star’, produced by Independent Pictures for BBC NI has received nominations for the prestigious Grierson British Documentary Award. more
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07 Oct 2008 Clones Short Fest Announces Shortlist
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The 7th Clones Film Festival 2008 running from 22 -26 October has announced the shortlists for their inaugural Short Film Competitions. more
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