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11 Mar 2010 Q&A With Special Effects Make-Up Artist Rick Baker
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Special effects make-up artist Rick Baker has been creating monsters of the friendly and scary variety for over 30 years. The multi Oscar winner is behind such film creatures as the Grinch, Gremlins, Wolfman and the zombies in both Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and those of ‘Men in Black’ to name just a few. As part of a new Masters Series of interviews, IFTN caught up with the makeup maestro to ask him about his inspirations, his favourite creatures and the battle of make-up versus CGI. more
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11 Mar 2010 ‘Horses’ Gallops onto Irish Screens
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‘Horses’, a new feature documentary from Liz Mermin which follows a year in the lives of three Irish racehorses as they partake in races, training and encounter memorable characters daily, will broadcast on RTE One on March 16. The doc is narrated by actor John Hurt (V for Vendetta, The Elephant Man). more
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11 Mar 2010 Ciarán Hinds Discusses ‘The Eclipse’
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The multi-award winning Irish atmospheric feature film ‘The Eclipse’ will screen on RTÉ1 on March, 17th. The supernatural thriller, crowned Best Film at the 2010 IFTAs, stars Ciarán Hinds with whom IFTN talked recently about the film’s Co. Cork shoot, travelling with director Conor McPherson and why audiences are responding so well to their latest pic. more
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11 Mar 2010 ‘The Fading Light’ Screenings Brighten Up IFI
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The Irish Film Institute will host exclusive screenings of Irish writer, director and editor Ivan Kavanagh’s award-winning ‘The Fading Light’ from March 12th to 18th. The screenings will be run as part of the Institute’s ongoing commitment to new Irish film. The film walked away with honours for both Best Irish Film and Best Actor (for Patrick O’Donnell) from the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival’s. more
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11 Mar 2010 ‘Triage’ Opening Belfast Festival
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The 10th annual Belfast Film Festival will open with the gala Irish premiere screening of Danis Tanovic’s ‘Triage’. This year’s festival will feature screenings of Irish and World cinema works, workshops, an acting masterclass with ‘Sliding Doors’ star John Lynch, short films and documentaries. The event will run from April 15th to 30th. more
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11 Mar 2010 ‘Zonad’ Crash Lands into Irish Cinemas
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‘Zonad’, a new Irish feature from John and Kieran Carney, hits cinemas on Wednesday, March 17th. To mark this arrival IFTN caught up with the IFTA nominated actor who fills ‘Zonad’s latex jumpsuit, Simon Delaney, to talk Harvey Weinstein, singing to schoolgirls and having to choose between film and theatre. more
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10 Mar 2010 BBC NI Seeks New Head of Drama
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BBC Northern Ireland is currently seeking a new Head of Drama. The broadcaster is seeking an “experienced creative champion and leader for drama development and production in Northern Ireland. more
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10 Mar 2010 Festival Round-Up: ’Mother’s Little Helper’ at Berlinale & Irish Films in Byron
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Three Irish projects have been selected for competition at the Byron Bay International Film Festival and Michael Lavelle’s short film screenplay ‘Mother’s Little Helper’ has been chosen to compete for the 2011 Berlinale Today Award. more
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10 Mar 2010 Short Film Round-Up: ‘Caged Bird’, ‘Polish Language’ & Babyskip Comp
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Post production on ‘The Caged Bird’ finishes up, ‘The Polish Language’ is invited to screen at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Texas and Baby Skip invites would-be short filmmakers to ‘Shoot a BabySkip and Bag €3000’. more
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10 Mar 2010 Ireland’s 1st Indian Film Festival Unveiled
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The Indian Film Festival Ireland (IFFI), Ireland’s first dedicated Indian Film Festival will take place in Swan Cinemas Rathmines from 25 – 28 June. The IFFI aims to celebrate and highlight the potential of Indian film in Ireland by introducing Indian films to Irish audiences throughout the four day event. more
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10 Mar 2010 RTÉ Shows Work From 'New Directors'
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‘New Directors’, a new initiative by RTÉ’s Factual department which looks to give up and coming directors a chance to showcase their talents, sees one such director, Pete Higgins helm ‘UFO’ which broadcasts on Monday, March 15th on RTÉ2. more
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09 Mar 2010 Ill Health Leads to Formal Resignation of Minister Cullen
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Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has informed An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD, that due to a current medical condition he is retiring from public life. more
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09 Mar 2010 Coco Television Sees Green for St. Patrick’s Day
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Celebrating its 15th year, the St. Patrick's Festival takes place this year from 12 - 17 March with over one million people expected to take part in festival events in celebration of all things Ireland. Coco television and RTÉ One will bring coverage of the festival’s annual Skyfest, the St. Patrick’s Day parade and highlights of the festival’s six days and nights. more
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08 Mar 2010 Richard Baneham Wins Visual Effects Title at Oscars
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Dublin born animator Richard Baneham and his team last night took home the Oscar for their Visual Effects work on James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ whilst the ceremony’s prestigious Best Picture prize went, for the first time, to a female director - Kathryn Bigelow for ‘The Hurt Locker’. more
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08 Mar 2010 Tallaght UCI Shuts its Doors
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Tallaght’s UCI cinema is to close today, Monday, March 8th following 20 years at The Square and with the loss of over 50 jobs. more
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08 Mar 2010 BBC Looks North With ‘Amharc Aneas’
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’Amharc Aneas’ (View from the South), a four part archive documentary series for BBC Northern Ireland and TG4 starts on Monday, March 8th and takes a look at relations across the border before the time of ‘the troubles’. more
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08 Mar 2010 TV3 Sees In ‘fyi’ and Sees Out ‘Play TV’
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Monday, March 8th will see the launch of ‘fyi’, an alternative information show from TV3 that will show on channel 3e. The series will be complimented by downloads from the web and looks to bring Irish audiences top stories in showbiz and sport in Ireland and around the world. more
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08 Mar 2010 ‘Hell's Pavement’ Lauded at Beloit Festival
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Oopic films’ ‘Hells Pavement’ has walked away from the 2010 Beloit International Film Festival with the Josh Burton Award of Excellence following its US premiere at the event. more
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08 Mar 2010 Kildare Council 2010 Film Bursary
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The Kildare County Council Arts Service is currently inviting applications for the Film Bursary Award 2010 from filmmakers living in or originally from County Kildare. Applications are invited from established and emerging filmmakers across all genres to support and encourage original film production. The bursary award is € 2,500 more
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08 Mar 2010 Dingle Fest Gives RED Technology the Green Light
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The Dingle Film Festival will welcome Alan Piper, Operations Director of RED Europe to the first annual Irish RED Users’ Gathering in Dingle on Saturday, March 20th in The Phoenix Cinema. Piper will be showcasing new RED technology and organisers are seeking submissions of RED material for a 4K Irish Show Reel. more
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