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04 Dec 2008 Grammy Nomination For Sheridan’s ‘August Rush’
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Kristen Sherdian’s ‘August Rush’ has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. more
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04 Dec 2008 'Five Minutes of Heaven' World Premiere At Sundance
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‘Five Minutes Of Heaven’ the new feature starring Liam Neeson (Taken) and James Nesbitt (Murphy’s Law) which was shot in Belfast this summer will have it’s World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival from January 15 – 25, 2009. more
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04 Dec 2008 Winners of Cinemagic Fest
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The awards ceremony for the 18th Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival, took place on 28th November closing the two and a half weeks of film screenings, workshops, master classes, and industry discussions. more
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03 Dec 2008 Independent Spirit Nomination for ‘Hunger’
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The Irish-UK feature film ‘Hunger’ has been nominated for the Film Independent’s Spirit Awards in the category of Best Foreign Film. more
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03 Dec 2008 ‘Kisses’ Wins Best Film At Foyle Fest
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Lance Daly’s ‘Kisses’ has won the Best Feature Film award at the 21st Foyle Film Festival (21 – 29 November). The winners of eleven Light In Motion (LIM) Film Award categories were revealed at the festival’s closing night gala in Foyle. more
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03 Dec 2008 O’Halloran Selected to Present at EFA Ceremony
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Irish actor/writer Mark O’Halloran has been selected to present an award at the prestigious European Film Awards Ceremony in Copenhagen on the 6th of December. O’Halloran was chosen among eight previous Shooting Star laureates from across Europe. more
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01 Dec 2008 Irish Winners At BFI Awards
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‘Hunger’, ‘In Bruges’ and ‘The Escapist’ were all winners at Sunday night’s British Independent Film Awards at the Old Billingsgate Market in London. more
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01 Dec 2008 Filmbase Host Festival Seminar This Week
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Filmbase will host a free information session for filmmakers entitled ‘Hitting the Festival Circuit: How to Get Your Film into Film Festivals’ on Wednesday the 3rd of December at 2pm. more
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27 Nov 2008 McDonagh & O’Halloran Take Home ZeBBies
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Martin McDonagh, director and writer of ‘In Bruges’, has scooped the Best Film Script Award at the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild’s ZeBBies - while Mark O’Halloran picked up the Best Script gong for ‘Prosperity’. more
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25 Nov 2008 Graham Linehan Scoops Emmy Award
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Irish comedy writer and director Graham Linehan (Father Ted) has picked up an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy for the Channel 4 show 'The IT Crowd', which he created. more
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20 Nov 2008 Foyle Film Festival Announces Lineup
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The 21st Foyle Film Festival running from 21 -29 November will open with the Northern Ireland Premiere of ‘Brideshead Revisited’ starring Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon. Irish features ‘Anton’, ‘Eden’ and ‘Kisses’ will also screen. more
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20 Nov 2008 Shortlist Announced For ZeBBies
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The Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild have announced the nominees for their Zebbies, which will take place on the 25th of November, at the Sugar Club, in Dublin. more
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17 Nov 2008 Kildare Arts Council to Screen Shorts
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Kildare County Council Arts Service will screen a selection of short Irish films in Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge on Wednesday 26th November at 8.00pm. 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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13 Nov 2008 Shorts Update: 'Whatever Turns You On', 'Reclaimed' & 'Morning News'
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Declan Cassidy’s ‘Whatever Turns You On’ is to be released with ‘Kisses’ – plus Irish short ‘Reclaimed’ has been selected for New York City Horror Film Festival, and ‘The Morning News’ and ‘Call Me Son’ are screening at the Salford International Film Fest. more
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12 Nov 2008 Kerry Film Fest Announces Winners
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Brian Durnin’s short ‘ Of Best Intentions’ has taken the top prize of €5,000 for Best Director and Best Film at the 9th Kerry Film Festival – categories adjudicated by director John Carney (Once) and actor Liam Neeson (Taken). more
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12 Nov 2008 ‘WC’ to screen at Cairo Int. Film Fest
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Irish Writer/Director Liam O’Mochain’s second feature film ‘WC’ has been selected to screen in competition at the upcoming 32nd Cairo International Film Festival running from November 18-28 and will be released in cinemas in Ireland and the UK in March 2009. more
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11 Nov 2008 ‘Saviours’ European Doc Award at South African Fest
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‘Saviours’, the Irish feature documentary by Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan, has won Best European Documentary at the International Film Festival of South Africa while Best Short Film went to ‘My Ball’ directed by Kevin O'Neill. more
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11 Nov 2008 ‘Hunger’ Nominated for Three EFAs
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The Northern Irish feature film ‘Hunger’ has received three nominations for the 21st European Film Awards while the shorts ‘Frankie’ and ‘Joy’ have all been nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film award. more
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06 Nov 2008 NI Film Festival For Philadelphia
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A Northern Ireland Film Festival, organised by the Ulster American Society, will screen twenty films that have been made in Northern Ireland over the past five years at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on 7 - 8 November. more
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