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'One Hundred Mornings' Scoops Distribution Award |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Conor Horgan’s ‘One Hundred Mornings’ has won the inaugural WorkBook Project Discovery and Distribution Award which seeks to highlight an outstanding film that they feel has been overlooked in terms of US distribution. |
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Expert Air Awarded FACT Security Accreditation |
| 26 Jul 2010 | Expert Air has announced that it has been awarded the FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) Certificate of Accreditation. The transport solutions company is now the only Irish-owned company to have received this accreditation which will enhance the level of service the company can provide to the film and media industry, helping them address customers’ security concerns against anti-piracy. |
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‘Happy Ever Afters’ Receives DVD release |
| 20 Jul 2010 | Irish screwball wedding comedy ‘Happy Ever Afters’ is to be released on DVD throughout Europe in territories such as the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany. Furthermore, IFC has purchased all of the U.S. rights for the film. |
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U.S. Prepares for 'Kisses' |
| 14 Jul 2010 | The IFTA winning Irish feature ‘Kisses’, written and directed by Lance Daly (The Halo Effect), is set for release in U.S cinemas from Friday 16th July. The film has already enjoyed huge success across the Atlantic, having been officially selected for screening at festivals including Toronto and Miami where it walked away with the event’s Audience Award. |
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SPI & IFB Help Resolve Disputes |
| 06 Jul 2010 | The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), through its Arbitration and Mediation Center, has developed customised Mediation and Expedited Arbitration procedures for film and media disputes. Screen Producers Ireland and the Irish Film Board will host a launch of these rules in Galway on Thursday, July 8th. |
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‘His & Hers’ Enjoys Box Office Success |
| 29 Jun 2010 | ‘His & Hers’ which was released on Firday, June 18, has enjoyed box office takings of close to €70,000. This achievement, paired with excellent national and international reviews, has resulted in distributor Element Pictures Distribution increasing print numbers with the film now showing in 10 cinemas across the country. |
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Tyrell & Agtel Stream With LiveU "Backpack" |
| 18 Jun 2010 | Tyrell CCT, in conjunction with Agtel deployed innovative streaming technology lately to broadcast live to the web from a recent Enterprise Ireland SME Seminar. |
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Five Million Tune in For ‘Father & Son’ |
| 09 Jun 2010 | Irish drama ‘Father & Son’ began broadcasting on Monday 7th June on ITV1 to an audience of 5.127 million viewers. A co-production between RTÉ and ITV, the IFTA winning drama from Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films stars Dougray Scott (Hitman), Stephen Rea (Ondine) and Sophie Okenedo (Hotel Rwanda). |
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‘Zonad’ Launches on DVD |
| 09 Jun 2010 | Element Pictures Distribution has announced that ‘Zonad’ is to receive its Irish DVD release on Friday, 18th June. Written and directed by John Carney (Once) and Kieran Carney (Bachelors Walk) the film stars Simon Delaney (Happy Ever Afters), David Pearse (Fifty Dead Men Walking), Janice Byrne (Uncle Bill’s Barrel) and Rory Keenan (The Guard). |
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RTÉ Scores Premier League Highlights Deal |
| 03 Jun 2010 | RTÉ Television has been awarded the rights to broadcast Barclays Premier League soccer highlights for three seasons up to and including the 2012/2013 season. RTÉ Television’s team of analysts and commentators will deliver in excess of 40 programmes per season covering a wide range of Barclays Premier League matches throughout the next three years. |
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Derry O'Brien Hits Toronto & Edinburgh |
| 03 Jun 2010 | Co-founder of general TV distribution company, Network Ireland Television, in 1995 (along with the late Brian Waddell) Derry O’Brien has seen NITV judiciously accumulate more than 1,500 hours of programming in the last 15 years which the company sells to 100 plus broadcasters worldwide. In financial terms, this amounts to the tidy sum of over €7 million in sales revenues over the past 15 years. This year O’Brien has been invited to speak at both the Toronto Worldwide Short Film festival and the Edinburgh Film Festival to share his insights into the world of independent distribution. |
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Trafficked Parks in Irish Cinemas |
| 21 May 2010 | Ciarán O’Connor’s ‘Trafficked’ will receive its Irish theatrical release on Friday, May 21st. The film, which started life in 2003 as ‘Capital Letters’ stars Karl Shiels and Ruth Negga and examines the illegal trafficking practices and underground crime rampant in Dublin. IFTN spoke to Karl and Ciarán about the return of the feature and the reason behind its title change. |
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Galway Film Fair Invites Submissions |
| 19 May 2010 | The 2010 Galway Film Fleadh this year runs from July 6th to 11th. As part of the upcoming event individuals are currently invited to submit applications for both the festival’s Film Fair and Pitching Award. The deadline for the former is Friday, May 28th and Friday, June 18th for the latter. |
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CANNES: Element Pictures Distribution Launches EuroVoD |
| 18 May 2010 | Element Pictures Distribution has become partners in a new European organisation, the European Federation of Independent Cinema VoD Platforms (EuroVoD). With its headquarters in Paris, EuroVoD aims to build a collaborative management model between VoD platforms, production and distribution companies specialising in high quality independent cinema. |
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Big Screen Attracting Bigger Audiences |
| 14 May 2010 | Despite the economic challenges of early 2010, the number of people going to the cinema throughout the Republic of Ireland has continued to rise: Quarter 1 cinema admissions for 2010 reveal a year on year increase of 1.2%. |
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Directors Guild Opens Finders Series 2010 |
| 13 May 2010 | The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and the Directors Guild of America have launched the 2010 edition of the Directors Finders Series Award. Organisers are now calling for entries from Irish directors of feature length fiction or documentary who have not secured U.S distribution for their films. |
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Ireland Prepares for Cannes 2010 |
| 10 May 2010 | The Irish film industry will be well represented at the upcoming 2010 Cannes International Film Festival. Alicia Duffy’s ‘All Good Children’ will premiere as part of this year’s Director’s Fortnight event, ‘One Hundred Mornings’ producer Katie Holly participates in the ‘Producer on the Move’ programme, in addition to Irish screenings and marketing of dozens of new Irish projects. |
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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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BBC NI Catches 'Waveriders' |
| 06 May 2010 | The IFTA winning feature documentary ‘Waveriders’ is set to receive its television premiere on Monday, May 10th on BBC NI. The documentary tells the story of how an Irishman, George Freeth, is credited with making the sport of surfing the success it is today. |
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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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