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24 Jul 2008 ‘Flying Saucer’ Lands in Cinemas Nationwide
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Martin Duffy’s fantasy feature ‘Summer of the Flying Saucer’, starring Hugh O’Conor (Speed Dating, Chocolat), Lorcan Cranitch (The Bill, Rome) and Robert Sheehan (Rock Rivals) is set to land in Irish cinemas on August 8th 2008. more
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23 Jul 2008 Irish Film Censor’s Office Renamed
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The Irish Film Censor's office is to be renamed the Irish Film Classification Office, announced by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern in the IFCO offices, Harcourt Terrace yesterday. more
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23 Jul 2008 Monster Distributes Sells Planet Rock Profiles to Germany
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Dublin based company Monster Distributes has sold its TV series ‘Planet Rock Profiles’, which features profiles of some of the music world’s top artists, to the Biography Channel, Germany, while the tenth series airs on ITV1 on 8th September. more
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22 Jul 2008 Marian Quinn’s '32A' First Look for IFTA Members
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The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will present an Exclusive Preview Screening of the coming of age drama 32A in Dublin’s IFI on Thursday 24th of July. The debut film for writer/director Marian Quinn features her brother, actor Aidan Quinn, alongside leading Irish actress Orla Brady. more
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22 Jul 2008 BCI Awards Boxer DTT Multiplex Contracts
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Boxer DTT Limited has been awarded the three national Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) multiplex contracts by The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. more
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22 Jul 2008 Rave Reviews For MacIntyre’s ‘British Gangster’ Stateside
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Irish investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre’s documentary ‘A Very British Gangster’ has opened in cinemas in LA and New York to rave reviews. more
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17 Jul 2008 Ad Free DCTV Launches in Dublin
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New Irish TV station Dublin Community Television (DCTV) launched this week in Dublin, and is set to air a range of home grown drama and documentaries to 200,000 households across Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford. more
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16 Jul 2008 McCaul Announced General Manager for Paramount Pictures
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Niamh McCaul has been appointed the new general manager of Paramount Pictures International, Ireland. McCaul takes over the role from Paddy Kelly, who is now retired after 40 years working in the industry. more
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16 Jul 2008 ‘Hunger’ Sets Irish Cinema Release Date
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Steve McQueen’s award-winning directorial debut ‘Hunger’, shot on location in Northern Ireland, is set to open across Irish and UK cinemas on October 31st 2008. more
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14 Jul 2008 Moore Wins Directors Finders Series 2008
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Director Tomm Moore is set to showcase his animated feature ‘The Secret of Kells’ at the Director’s Guild of America Theatre, LA on 19th September 2008 after being named winner of the Screen Director’s Guild Directors Finders Series 2008. more
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10 Jul 2008 ‘Dambé – The Mali Project’ Opening at Light House
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Dearbhla Glynn’s feature length documentary ‘Dambé – The Mali Project’, featuring musicians Liam O’Maonlai and Paddy Keenan, opens exclusively in the Light House Cinema, Smithfield on Friday 25th July. more
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09 Jul 2008 Former Arts Minister Seamus Brennan TD Has Died
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Former Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Seamus Brennan TD passed away in the early hours of this morning at his home in Churchtown, Dublin. He was 60 years old. more
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08 Jul 2008 Studio Canal Takes Scott’s ‘Cracks’
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Studio Canal has acquired the UK, France and Benelux rights for Jordan Scott's debut feature ‘Cracks’, which wrapped filming on location in Ireland last week. Alain Goldman’s Legende Enterprises has also come on board to support the feature. more
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03 Jul 2008 IFTA Calls for Submissions for US Academy Foreign Language Film Award
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The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA), the organisation responsible for the selection of Ireland’s submission for consideration for the Foreign Language Film Award at the American Academy Awards, is calling for Irish filmmakers to submit their feature films for consideration. more
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03 Jul 2008 Interview With IFI Curator Sunniva O'Flynn
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Sunniva O’Flynn was appointed curator of the IFI in early 2008. IFTN caught up with the former film archivist to chat about her role, her love of film and what we can look forward to at the IFI in the coming months. more
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03 Jul 2008 Ireland’s First Exclusively Digital Cinema Opens
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Ireland’s first exclusively digital cinema, Omniplex Wexford, is set to open this Friday 4th July on The Rosslare Road, Drinagh, Wexford. The €9 million eight screen cinema, developed by the Ward and Anderson Group, has a seating capacity of 1577 and will present all films solely in the digital format. more
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03 Jul 2008 TV3 Nets More UEFA Football Rights
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TV3 has inked an exclusive Irish terrestrial rights deal for Thursday night UEFA Cup football for three seasons, commencing September 2009. more
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01 Jul 2008 High Point Reaches ‘Satellites and Meteorites’
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The worldwide sales rights to Rick Larkin’s ‘Satellites and Meteorites’ have been picked up by High Point Films, the film sales division of Carey Fitzgerald’s London based High Point Media Group. more
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01 Jul 2008 Cooke’s Documentary Debut Comes ‘Home’
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Irish filmmaker Alan Cooke’s documentary debut ‘Home’ is set for an Irish cinema release in the Eye Cinema, Galway from July 11th 2008. more
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26 Jun 2008 Galway Film Fleadh Unveils Festival Line-Up
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International and Irish documentaries and features, short film screenings and special guests including Peter O’Toole, Jessica Lange and Bill Pullman are all in the line-up for the 20th Galway Film Fleadh, which takes place from July 8th -13th 2008. more
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