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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 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 ‘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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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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05 Mar 2010 Irish Nominees Describe Their Road to the Oscars
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In the run up to the 82nd Academy Awards the official Oscars website includes a section where nominees, including our James Flynn (The Door), Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells) and Darragh O’Connell and Nicky Phelan (Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty) have been asked to fill out a questionnaire regarding their road to being an Oscar nominee. more
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04 Mar 2010 Interview: Richard Baneham Gets Oscar Animated
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This coming Sunday many eyes will be on our many Irish Oscar nominees. One such individual is Tallaght man Richard Baneham, nominated for his work on the international box office smash ‘Avatar’. The Ballyfermot College graduate and the man who was also behind the technological breakthrough that was Gollum, recently caught up with IFTN from his LA base. more
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04 Mar 2010 ‘Ondine’ Casts Net On Irish Cinemas
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The Irish Film and Television Awards saw Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine’ walk away with four IFTAs - Actor Colin Farrell, Supporting Actress Dervla Kirwan, Production Designer Anna Rackard and Sound for Brendan Deasy, Sarah Gaines and Tom Johnson. The film receives its general theatrical release on Friday, March 5th, an occasion IFTN marks with a Q&A session with the film’s acclaimed Irish writer and director, Neil Jordan. more
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04 Mar 2010 HBO Greenlights Northern Ireland Epic ‘Game of Thrones’
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HBO has given the green light to a pilot and nine episodes of George R.R. Martin’s epic ‘Game of Thrones’. The shoot of what is expected to be the biggest television series ever filmed in Europe will commence in June in Northern Ireland and will see the return of stars including Sean Bean, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Lena Headey. more
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04 Mar 2010 Ardmore Sound & Screen Scene Announce Merger
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It has been announced that leading Irish post-production companies Ardmore Sound and Screen Scene are to merge. The two companies will now operate together to offer combined services to the Irish and international marketplace. more
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03 Mar 2010 Producers Sought for FÁS STI / Magic Light Placement Programme
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FÁS Screen Training Ireland has teamed up with The Magic Light Producer Placement Programme in the UK to guarantee one place for a producer whose work benefits the Republic of Ireland’s film industry. The five month course, for which applications are currently being sought, is intended to provide up-and-coming film producers with insight into the working operations and business realities of the film market. more
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03 Mar 2010 Roger Moore Eyes ‘Connemara Days’
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Sir Roger Moore, best known for his iconic role as James Bond, is to make his first on-screen feature film appearance in nearly 10 years in Causeway Pictures’ romantic comedy ‘Connemara Days’ which will film this summer in Cong, Co. Mayo and Northern Ireland. more
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03 Mar 2010 Grand Announce New ‘Superhero’ & ‘Trivia’ Projects
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Grand Pictures have announced details of two new projects - a feature film co-production with Bavaria Pictures entitled ‘Death of a Superhero’, and a new six part TV series ‘Trivia’ with RTÉ and funded by the BAI Sound and Vision Fund. more
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25 Feb 2010 €25.5m BAI Funding Package Unveiled
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The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced that it is to make funding of up to €25.5m available for the production of new television and radio programmes over the next two years through Sound & Vision II – a Broadcasting Funding Scheme. more
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21 Feb 2010 Irish Film & Television Awards Winners Announced
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The winners of the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards have been announced at a gala ceremony held in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel on 20th of February 2010. Conor McPherson's 'The Eclipse' was named Best Film. more
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16 Feb 2010 RTÉ Reviews ‘Afternoon Show’ Slot
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RTÉ has confirmed for IFTN that it will be seeking expressions of interest from the independent production sector for an afternoon programme from September 2010. more
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12 Feb 2010 Athena Media Production of ‘Pat Falvey’ Peaks
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Production is currently underway on Athena Media’s latest project, a documentary entitled ‘Pat Falvey: My Private Everest’. The documentary will centres around the life of Pat Falvey, an Irish man who against the odds has climbed Mount Everest four times. more
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11 Feb 2010 Animation Chiefs Call for Increase in RTÉ Funding
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The Animation CEO Forum, an Animation Ireland body that brings together CEOs from the leading Irish animation companies to discuss industry issues, has criticised Irish public broadcaster RTÉ saying they are failing to support, develop and fund the Animation sector in Ireland. more
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09 Feb 2010 Victoria Smurfit to Host 2010 IFTA Ceremony
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It has been announced that Irish actress Victoria Smurfit will host the 7th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards. The actress will follow in the footsteps of former hosts such as actor James Nesbitt and broadcaster Ryan Tubridy when she fronts the event which will broadcast live from Dublin’s Burlington Hotel on February 20th on RTÉ1. more
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05 Feb 2010 Actress Saoirse Ronan On ‘The Lovely Bones’
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Friday, February 19th sees the Irish release of ‘The Lovely Bones’, a film which sees 15 year old Irish actress Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, City of Ember) take on one of her most challenging roles to date – that of Suzie Salmon - in director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s bestselling novel. more
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