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18 Dec 2008 Tributes Paid To Celine Cawley
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The Irish Audiovisual community and industry colleagues have paid tribute to Celine Cawley, founder of Toytown Films, who was murdered at her Howth home on Monday morning. more
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18 Dec 2008 Filmbase Final Cut Studio 2 Presentation
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Filmbase are holding a free special two-hour presentation in Final Cut Studio 2, Apple’s post-production package, on Thursday 22 January at 6pm in their training centre in Temple Bar, Dublin 2. more
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18 Dec 2008 Production Depot Starts Christmas Wrapping
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This week sees The Production Depot, supplier of equipment and services to the film and television industry wrapping on some productions on the run up to Christmas, with more scheduled to restart in January 2009. more
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18 Dec 2008 Pat Moylan Appointed Chair of Arts Council
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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
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18 Dec 2008 BCI Launch 7th Sound & Vision Round
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The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has announced the seventh funding round of 'Sound and Vision for Television’. Applications are now invited from programme makers for funding for new television programmes dealing with the themes of Irish culture, heritage and experience. more
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17 Dec 2008 Emergency Broadcast Goes “Without a Hitch”
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On Tuesday morning at 4.45 a.m, the Department of Communications carried out a structured exercise in relation to the broadcast of emergency services. This exercise was part of the Government's commitment to emergency planning. more
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17 Dec 2008 Irish Editor Takes Doc to 2009 Sundance
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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
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12 Dec 2008 €15.5m Increase for BCI Sound & Vision Fund
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As the Broadcasting Bill concluded Committee Stage today, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced that he will increase funding for the Sound and Vision programme by 2% on the previous allocation increasing total investment in Ireland's independent television production to almost €15.5 million in 2009. more
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12 Dec 2008 Eastern European Channel Gets Greenlight
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The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has signed a contract with City Channel Eastern Europe Limited for a new service targeting eastern European viewers in the Dublin area. more
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11 Dec 2008 AV Fed Launch Film & TV Annual Review 2008
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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
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09 Dec 2008 Cullen Proposes Amendments to Section 481
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Martin Cullen, TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has confirmed that significant improvements to the Section 481 relief for investment in film projects are proposed as amendments to the Finance Bill which will be considered by the Oireachtas in the coming days. more
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04 Dec 2008 EGG In The Midst of Post Production
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EGG Post Production are currently working on a range of programming including the CBBC series ‘Badly Drawn Roy’, a Seamus Heaney doc for RTÉ and Parallel Film’s feature ‘Triage.’ more
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27 Nov 2008 Ardmore Sounds Out ‘Niko & Way to the Stars’
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Magma Films’ new animated feature 'Niko & the Way to the Stars' will open nationwide on Friday 28th November. IFTN talks to Patrick Drummond from Ardmore Sound about creating sound design for the hotly anticipated feature animation. more
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26 Nov 2008 IFB Report Recommends Section 481 Changes
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Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has published a report recommending improvements to the current tax incentive for film, Section 481 which runs until 2012. more
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20 Nov 2008 Screen Scene Busy In Post Production
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Screen Scene has been busy this month completing post production on a number of projects including: documentary ‘Alone It Stands’, the new series of ‘The Panel’ and RTE series ‘Bertie’, as well as welcoming the recent development of Digital Vision software that now supports footage captured on the RED one camera. more
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14 Nov 2008 IFTA Submissions Deadline Approaches
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The deadline for the 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards is fast approaching. Submissions must be received at the IFTA office or via the online submissions form by 5.30pm Monday 17th November 2008. more
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11 Nov 2008 Eurotek & Autodesk Present ‘Create Animate Integrate Tour’
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Aiming to explore the powerful new features of the Autodesk 2009, Autodesk and Eurotek are holding a Create Animate Integrate tour at The Morgan Hotel, Temple Bar on Thursday 27th November. more
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10 Nov 2008 Screen Scene Launches New Video Conferencing Service
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Screen Scene has launched a new video conferencing service using the latest Conferencing Technology from Market leaders Polycom. This service gives you the ability to connect to any IP enabled Conference Centre in the World. more
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03 Nov 2008 ‘The Race’ Crosses Finishing Line
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Principal photography on Grand Pictures new feature ‘The Race’ wrapped over the weekend after 5 weeks of filming in and around Belfast and Monaghan. more
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30 Oct 2008 IFTA Opens Call for Entries For 6th Awards
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The call for entries for the 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) is now open. Submissions are invited for categories in film, television, shorts and animation. This year sees the introduction of a new Feature Documentary category. Deadline for entires is 17 November 2008. more
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