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	Tomm Moore Reveals His Secret of Kells 05 Mar 2009 Marking the second Irish feature length animation to be released in Ireland in the past year, IFTN talks with director Tomm Moore ahead of the release of his lavish debut feature The Secret of Kells. more
	Galway Film Fleadh Submissions Deadline 05 Mar 2009 Entry forms for the 21st Galway Film Fleadh taking place from 7th - 12th July 2009 are now available online with the deadline for Feature Submissions on Friday 17th April and the Shorts deadline on Friday 15th May. more

Production Depot Launches Camera Workshops 05 Mar 2009 The Production Depot is running a range of weekend Camera workshops running from April to June. These workshops aim to allow participants to improve their skills base and ensure that the Crew working within the Irish Industry is kept up to date with all the latest formats, cameras, accessories, workflows and practices. more

Jim Sheridan to present Darby O' Gill 05 Mar 2009 Irish classic Darby O Gill and the Little People is to be introduced by Irish director Jim Sheridan (Get Rich or Die Trying, In America, My Left Foot) at the IFI as the Irish Film Archive celebrates St Patricks Day. more

Piranha Bar Gets Creative In 2009 04 Mar 2009 Having come off an extremely busy year, IFTN catches up with Dave Burke and Marc Long from Dublins post and graphic boutique, Piranha Bar, to talk recent projects, getting creative with budgets and the challenges that are facing post houses in the current economic climate. more

Egoboo Creates Theme Music for TV3 News 04 Mar 2009 The new TV3 News Theme Music, which premiered last month as part of the stations re-branding, is the latest composition from music composition studio – Egoboo. Greg Malocca from the audio house talks about the Vienna Symphony Library software that was helped create the track. more

Kisses Available On DVD 04 Mar 2009 Lance Dalys Kisses, winner of two recent IFTA awards for Best Director and Best Editing, will be available on DVD from Friday March 6th. more

Splanc! Searches for Irish Filmmakers 04 Mar 2009 With preproduction beginning on Splanc! a new documentary series and feature documentary for TG4, the makers of the series, Underground Films and Odyssey Media, are looking for Irish filmmakers to take part in the programme. more

New & Returning Series Air on Irish TV 04 Mar 2009 Factual series Not Enough Hours and Showhouse will return to RTE television this week. The second installment of travel series Welcome to My World will also air as will the episode Irish writer Cecelia Ahern penned for the Golden Globe nominated series Samantha Who? - to broadcast on TG4 this Friday. more

Valley Of Knockanure Short To Shoot in Kerry 04 Mar 2009 Pre-production of the independently produced short film The Valley Of Knockanure to be directed by Gerad Barrett has begun with shooting scheduled for mid-March across various locations in Kerry and Cork. more

Virtual Cinema Film Scheme Recipients Announced 03 Mar 2009 The Irish Film Board and Wildwave have announced the recipients for their new Virtual Cinema short film scheme, with chosen films to showcase at the Darklight Film Festival in October. more

FilmOffaly Offers 8,000 Funding 03 Mar 2009 FilmOffaly is awarding 8,000 as part of its film commission to fund a project that will be filmed on location in the county. All genres of projects are invited to apply before the deadline - Friday April 3rd at 4pm. more