05 Jan 2009 Arts Council Announces 2009 Grants

The Arts Council, the Government agency for funding and developing the arts, has made its major grant allocations for 2009, distributing almost €60 million to 352 organisations, venues, festivals and communities across the country. more

19 Dec 2008 Irish Nominations For London Critics Awards

Irish titles ‘Hunger’, ‘In Bruges’, ‘The Escapist’ and actor Peter O’Toole (Venus) are among the nominees for next year’s London Film Critics’ Circle Awards, which take place February 4th at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. more

18 Dec 2008 'Cherrybomb' Selected For Berlinale

Irish feature film ‘Cherrybomb’, directed by Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa, has been selected to screen along with five other titles in the Generation 14 plus of the Berlinale Film Festival 2009 - the section for children and young people. more

18 Dec 2008 President McAleese Guest of Honour in LA

President Mary McAleese was guest of honour at the Irish Film Board and Enterprise Ireland reception held at the Warner Bros Studios in Los Angeles. more

18 Dec 2008 'An Cailleach Bhéarra' Joins Oberhausen Tour

Naomi Wilson’s animated short film ‘An Cailleach Bhéarra’ (Old Woman of Bearra) will join 40 other titles on the ‘Oberhausen on Tour’, a trip through 35 cities in 14 different countries from January to June. more

18 Dec 2008 Larry Bass Discusses Rose d’Or

The International Television competition ‘Rose d’Or’, one of the most prestigious awards in the world will be held from May 2-5, 2009 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Irish ambassador for the festival and jury member Larry Bass, producer of hit television show ‘The Apprentice’, discusses with IFTN the marketing and viewing benefits of submitting your television programme to the festival. more

18 Dec 2008 Short Update: 'The Morse Collectors' & 'James'

Short film ‘The Morse Collectors’, directed by David Cooke, has picked up four awards at last week's HDFest in Los Angeles – considered as the he world's biggest festival, devoted to purely HD films, and NI short ‘James’ will screen at Sundance in Jan. more

18 Dec 2008 Pat Moylan Appointed Chair of Arts Council

Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism announced new membership to the Arts Council including the appointment of independent theatre and film producer, Pat Moylan as the new Chairperson. Six other appointments have been made to the Board, including one re appointment. more

17 Dec 2008 RAAM Honour for Paddy Kelly

Paddy Kelly past general manager of Paramount Pictures Ireland will be awarded the service to the Irish Film Industry Award at the 2009 RAAM Awards to take place in London on February 4, 2009. more

17 Dec 2008 Film Scored by Irish Composer wins at Delray Fest

The romantic comedy feature film 'Screw Cupid’, which was scored by Los Angeles based Irish composer Ciarán Hope, has won the Audience Award at the 2008 International Delray Beach Film Festival. This rounds up a busy year for Hope who has recently been assigned to score the signature music theme for the Solstice Arts Centre in Ireland. more

17 Dec 2008 Irish Editor Takes Doc to 2009 Sundance

Documentary feature film 'Art&Copy', by noted documentary director Doug Pray (Scratch, Hype!) and edited by Los Angeles-based Irish editor Philip Owens has been selected to screen in competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan 15th-25th in Park City, Utah. more

16 Dec 2008 Cassidy’s ‘Whatever Turns You On’ Wins at Florence Fest

Declan Cassidy’s ‘Whatever Turns You On’ has won the Best Film award at the Florence International Film Festival in Italy. This follows on from a recent victory at the UK’s Filmstock International Film Festival last month, where the film took the Audience Award, and at the Kerry International Film Festival where the short picked up the Best Irish Short Film Award. more

12 Dec 2008 IFTA Announces Date For 2009 Awards Ceremony

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that the 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 14th February 2009 in Dublin's Burlington Hotel. more

11 Dec 2008 AV Fed Launch Film & TV Annual Review 2008

IBEC’s Audiovisual Federation today (Thursday, 11 December 2008) welcomed the new improvements to the Irish tax incentive for film Section 481 announced by Minister for Arts. Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD at the launch of its 2008 Audiovisual Federation Review. more

11 Dec 2008 Irish Secure Golden Globe Nominations

Leading Irish actors Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne and Jonathan Rhys Meyers along with Martin McDonagh’s ‘In Bruges’ have all been nominated for the Golden Globe Awards 2009, scheduled to take place on January 11th. more

11 Dec 2008 Irish Short to Screen at Sundance

Irish Short ‘A Film From My Parish: 6 Farms’ directed and written by Tony Donoghue and produced by MayFly Films has been selected to screen at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival (15 – 25 January). more

10 Dec 2008 McQueen Awarded By LA Film Critics

Kicking off the 2009 awards race, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has announced its top selections for the year, awarding Steve McQueen the New Generation Award for his feature debut ‘Hunger’. more

10 Dec 2008 Short Update: 'The Herd', 'The Wednesdays', 'Frankie' & 'The Door'

’The Herd’, is set to screen at the 31st Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, more wins for ‘The Wednesdays’ & ‘Frankie’ and ‘The Door’ picks up two Awards in one day. more

10 Dec 2008 McCrea Wins Finalist Spot in ‘Son of Pitch’

Northern Irish screenwriter David McCrea, creator of the short ‘The Carnival Queen’, has won one of ten places in the ‘Son of the Pitch’ competition organised by the Screenwriters' Festival (SWF), 4Talent. His script pitch for the feature film entitled ‘Lottery’ was selected from over 900 entries. more

10 Dec 2008 Winners of the MAMA Awards

Feature Doc ‘Saviours’, Des Bishop’s ‘In The Name of the Fada’ and students from the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, have all picked up awards at the 7th Media and Multicultural Awards at an awards ceremony held in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. more

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