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New Structure at RTE Under Channel Controllers |
| 19 Jun 2013 | As part of a major restructuring plan at RTE, Managing Director Glen Killane has revealed that all Commissioning Editors will now become ‘Heads of Genre’, in line with the strategy as defined by the Channel Controllers, and assume additional responsibilities for delivering digital as well as TV content. |
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Five Mins with… Ciarán Foy, Director and Writer of ‘Citadel’ in Cinemas this Friday 21st June |
| 19 Jun 2013 | Agoraphobia resulting from a vicious unprovoked attack inspired director Ciaran Foy’s’ gripping horror film ‘Citadel’, a deeply personal project that also allowed him to exorcise his own personal demons on screen. At the age of 18, Mr Foy was beaten with a hammer by a gang of teenagers in South Dublin, rendering him housebound and terrified to go outside - until a letter of acceptance from the National Film School in Dun Laoghaire finally gave him the courage to step outside and face his fears. |
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Good Company Productions ‘Leaids mar Dhaids’ Begins Filming |
| 18 Jun 2013 | ‘Leaids mar Dhaids’ - a new six part series that focuses on three young men as they are forced to finally grow up and prepare for fatherhood - has begun filming, based on a concept by Good Company Productions for TG4. |
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RTE Seeking Young People’s Programming Submissions |
| 18 Jun 2013 | RTE Head of Children's Content, Sheila DeCourcy, and Executive Producer for Animation & Independent Commissioning, Pauline Macnamara are currently seeking submissions for a wide range of children’s and young people’s programming including animated content for RTEJr. |
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‘Moone Boy’ Season 3 Filming to Begin this Autumn |
| 17 Jun 2013 | Pre-production is currently underway on the third series of IFTA-winning ‘Moone Boy’, with a start date for principal photography on the next six episodes scheduled for this Autumn. |
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Short Film Round-up: ‘Princess Rehab’, ‘Lunchtime’ & ‘Lucky Escape’ |
| 14 Jun 2013 | Caroline Grace-Cassidy’s new short about princesses in rehab is set to make its debut in Galway, Andrew Barry’s fantasy musical is selected for Palm Springs, and Shane McCabe’s ‘Lucky Escape’ is picked up for distribution in the US. |
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Emu Productions ‘The Looking Glass’ set for North American Release and ‘The Shadows’ to Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh |
| 13 Jun 2013 | Dublin-based Emu Productions has double cause for celebration this week with the announcement that its feature film ‘The Looking Glass’ has been picked up for DVD and Video on Demand distribution in North America; and ‘The Shadows’ will have its world premiere at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. |
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New Trailer for ‘Life’s A Breeze’ Ahead of Galway Film Fleadh Premiere |
| 13 Jun 2013 | Wildcard Distribution have released a new trailer for Irish recession comedy ‘Life’s A Breeze’, by 'Kisses' director Lance Daly, ahead of its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh and cinema release on 19th July - revealing more about the characters, tone and plot. |
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Irish-Directed ‘Here Was Cuba’ to Premiere at Sheffield Documentary Film Festival |
| 12 Jun 2013 | Two Irish documentaries ‘Here Was Cuba’ and ‘The Summit’ are to feature in this week’s Sheffield Documentary Film Festival - receiving a world premiere and a special mountain cave screening respectively. |
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Dublin’s Monster Entertainment Scores French Distribution Deal for Dinosaur Animation Series |
| 12 Jun 2013 | Monster Entertainment, based in Dublin, have successfully negotiated a French distribution deal for Canadian-produced animation series ‘Iʼm a Dinosaur’ based on the format created by Dublin's Brown Bag Films. |
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Square One’s ‘Dhá Chúirt’ to Screen on TG4 this Wed 12th June |
| 11 Jun 2013 | Ahead of the Wimbledon tennis championships later this month, TG4 is airing Square One productions ‘Dhá Chúirt’ this Wednesday 12th June at 9:30pm. |
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Irish Documentary on French Director Bernard Natan Brings to Light Forgotten Life |
| 11 Jun 2013 | Bernard Natan - 1920’s French cinema pioneer and founder of Pathé - forms the subject of a new Screenworks documentary which will investigate his forgotten life and a career sullied by involvement in the porn industry. |
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Ray Winstone Sky 1 Drama ‘Moonfleet’ to film in Dublin, Kildare & Wicklow this June and July |
| 10 Jun 2013 | An epic 18th century sea-faring adventure - commissioned by Sky 1 HD - starring Ray Winstone as a smuggler and the hunt for a lost diamond will start filming in locations in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow this June and July. |
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‘The Sea’, Starring Ciaran Hinds, to Premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival on 23rd June |
| 06 Jun 2013 | ‘The Sea’, adapted by John Banville from his 2005 Booker prize winning novel, will receive its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on 23rd June and be competition for the Michael Powell Award. |
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Irish ‘Ghostriders’, starring Fair City’s Pat Nolan and Dave Duffy, Hits the Road |
| 06 Jun 2013 | Dublin-based Phoenix Artz have just wrapped production on the pilot episode for ‘Ghostriders’ a new series featuring two of Fair City’s most recognisable faces, Pat Nolan and Dave Duffy, as they take to the road on motorbikes to hunt down Irish ghost stories. |
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Five Minutes with… Emmett Hughes, Writer, Producer and Star of ‘The O’Brien's’ |
| 05 Jun 2013 | Since its selection as the Irish Spotlight film at the Newport Beach film festival in California this April, word of mouth has been steadily building around ‘The O’Brien's' – the film about a modern Irish family made on a shoestring budget in Galway last year. |
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‘Return of the Rod Squad’ Starts on Setanta Sports this Monday 10th June |
| 04 Jun 2013 | Following Roddy Collins’ 2003 IFTA winning documentary series about managing Carlisle United, Setanta Sports are airing ‘Return Of The Rod Squad’ – focusing on Collins’ tenure at Monaghan United – starting this Monday 10th June. |
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Bollywood Blockbuster 'One Nenokkadine' to Shoot in Ireland this Month, with Belfast's Causeway Pictures |
| 04 Jun 2013 | Belfast-based Causeway Pictures will facilitate a major Bollywood production 'One Nenokkadine' - set to start filming in Belfast this 13th June with negotiations underway for part of it also to be filmed in Dublin. |
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RTE Sells ‘Genealogy Roadshow’ Format Rights to PBS for US Remake |
| 31 May 2013 | In a major international format sale for RTE, one of their original commissions produced by Big Mountain Productions - ‘Genealogy Roadshow’, originally presented by Derek Mooney - has been licensed to PBS in the US. |
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Rachel Allen’s New Series ‘Everyday Kitchen’ Commissioned by RTE and UKTV’s Good Food Channel |
| 30 May 2013 | Irish celebrity chef Rachel Allen’s new series ‘Everyday Kitchen’ has been picked up by RTE and the Good Food Channel for a 13 episode run that will combine a love of good food with the need to stay within a budget. |
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