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Celebrating Ireland’s Home Movies Saturday August 21st 12-4pmIn the first Irish event of its kind, the IFI have invited amateur filmmakers to share their celluloid memories with the public. Some of the most interesting films in the IFI Irish Film Archive collections were made by non-professional filmmakers.
Irish Baywatch coming to RTÉ 2Mission Beach USA, a reality show about eight teens from Ireland who spend part of their summer in Fort Lauderdale training to be lifeguards is currently being made for RTÉ 2.
His & Hers Scoops Traverse Film Festival PrizeKen Wardrop’s IFTA winning feature has claimed the Best Non-Fiction Foreign Jury Award at the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan.
ESSENTIAL KILLING, which is co-produced by Element Pictures is to receive its world premiere screening at the upcoming 67th Venice International Film Festival
Nemeton Teo is currently enrolling for an intensive TV Presenters Course to be run over four consecutive days in its television studio.
'Every Second Sunday'Hubbard and Banks Media goes into production with short film ‘Every Second Sunday’ this weekend. Starring Simon Delaney (Zonad) and Lee Ingleby (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) it will shoot in Dublin and Bray. Simon Hubbard (Jack) is the writer/director of the project with Fergal O'Hanlon (Yu Ming is Ainm Dom) on board as director of photography.
The short film will start production this coming Saturday, August 14th. Fergal O'Hanlon will be shooting the project on RED.
Neil Jordan Adapting ‘Skippy Dies’ Irish Shoot PlannedNeil Jordan has begun adapting, and will be directing, Skippy Dies, a feature film that will shoot in Ireland.
‘Horses’ Ride to Grierson NominationThe feature documentary ‘Horses’, from writer/director Liz Mermin (The Beauty Academy of Kabul, Shot in Bombay), has been shortlisted for the Best Cinema Documentary award at the Grierson Awards which will take place on the 2nd November in London’s BFI Southbank.
Irish female screenwriters wanted for thesis researchFilm Fest DeadlinesThe deadline for the http://www.clonesfilmfestival.com/, which takes place from 20-24 October, is 31 August 2010
Exposed Film Festival has extended its deadline to August 27, 2010
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