10 Oct 2008 National Film School Flies the Flag at Cork Film Festival

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

10 Oct 2008 Boston Announces Award Winners

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

09 Oct 2008 Irish Shorts Update

‘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

09 Oct 2008 Write Here, Write Now - Extended Deadline

The deadline has now been extended for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival International Screenwriting Award, Write Here, Write Now. more

07 Oct 2008 Arts Council Announces New Doc Scheme

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

07 Oct 2008 Clones Short Fest Announces Shortlist

The 7th Clones Film Festival 2008 running from 22 -26 October has announced the shortlists for their inaugural Short Film Competitions. more

06 Oct 2008 Corona Cork Film Festival Set to Light Up Cinema Screens

The Corona Cork Film Festival is delighted to pay tribute to renowned British filmmaker Terence Davies who is one of the greatest celebrated directors. Terence Davies will attend the festival for the screening of Of Time and the City, a film which was highly acclaimed at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. more

06 Oct 2008 ’Boy A’ and ‘Hunger’ takes prizes at Dinard

Irish director John Crowley's (Intermission) ‘Boy A’ picked up four awards at the 19th Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard at the weekend including the Grand Prix Jury, the Hitchcock d'Or and the Grand Marnier award which scriptwriter Mark O’Rowe (Intermission) picked up for Best Screenplay. The Hearbeat Award went to Steve McQueen's ‘Hunger’. more

02 Oct 2008 Latest on Irish Shorts

‘New Boy’ wins Manhatten Short Fest, post production is wrapping up on the ‘Fairycatcher’ and ‘Finscéal Pháidí’, Lorcan Finegan’s ‘Defaced’ has been selected by onedotzero for international screenings, while director Aideen McCarthy has received multiple nominations for IceWhole Awards, and short film ‘Deviant’ has recently screened on SKY TV. more

02 Oct 2008 QFT Celebrates 40 Years

The Queens Film Theatre in Belfast will celebrate its 40th anniversary from 3 - 9 October, with a week of special screenings and events. Susan Picken, QFT Manager reveals to IFTN a bit more behind the celebrations and the history of the cinema. more

02 Oct 2008 Coen Brothers Film Opens Corona Cork Film Festival

'Burn After Reading', the latest Coen brothers film, will open this year’s festival on October 12. The Corona Cork Film Festival will run for eight days and nights until October 19 and will screen an eclectic range of world cinema, documentaries, gala events and the short films for which the festival is famous. more

01 Oct 2008 Walsh’s ‘Daisy Chain’ to screen at Raindance Fest.

Kicking off today and running until October 12, the 16th Raindance Film Festival based, London will screen the world premiere of Aisling Walsh’s ‘The Daisy Chain’ alongside the Irish short features ‘The Confession, ‘The Basket Case’ and ‘The Ranger’. more

30 Sep 2008 City of Ember Premiere and Call for Young Filmmaking Talent at Cinemagic Fest.

As well as launching its annual Young Filmmaker Competition for 2008, The Cinemagic International Film Festival for Young People (13 November – 5 December) will host the European premiere of ‘City of Ember’ with Northern Ireland Screen and Entertainment Film Distributors in Belfast’ s Movie House Cinemas on October 9. more

29 Sep 2008 Celtic Media Festival Call for Entries

The annual Celtic Media Festival is looking for submissions in a wide variety of categories including film, radio and web design. Entries must either be from a Celtic country or deal with aspects of life in a Celtic country. more

26 Sep 2008 Short Film Round Up

Park Films short ‘Atlantic’ starring Liam Cunningham (Hunger) is currently screening across cinemas with 32A’, principal photography has finished on the Filmbase/TG4 Lasair short ‘Douglas' Hide’, ’Bill, For Short’ will screen at the Heartland Film Festival in the US while shooting has wrapped on 1i Film’s ‘Dust’. more

26 Sep 2008 'Hunger' Trailer Available

The trailer for ‘Hunger’ is available online. Due to open on 31st October in Ireland, the film is being released by Pathe (Eclipse Pictures in the Republic). The film premieres in Belfast on 16th October, and will also screen at the Corona Cork International Film Festival. more

25 Sep 2008 Boorman to Attend Boston

John Boorman is to be honoured at this years Boston Irish Film Festival. more

25 Sep 2008 Monster Completes Financing For Ballybraddan

Monster's Ballybraddan project is fully funded, having secured a commission from RTE for 26x13 series, so all funding is now in place. Gerard O'Rourke will be attending MIPCOM in October to follow up with the international broadcasters and Investors/Distribution companies who attended Monster's presentation at the Cartoon Forum. more

25 Sep 2008 Cinemagic Launch Their 18th Festival

Festival guests include Mike Leigh, Mark Kermode, David Parfitt, Ros Hubbard and Dermot O’Leary. more

25 Sep 2008 Ken Wardrop Wins Sappora Award

Ken Wardrop has won the Grand Prix Award at the Sapporo Short Film Festival in Japan, for his body of work, which includes Ouch, Bongo Bong, Undressing My Mother and Useless Dog. more

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