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BAI. Over €5.2M allocated to 99 projects under Sound & Vision Scheme
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (22nd January) announced details of the latest package of recommendations under the Sound & Vision Scheme to have been ratified by the Authority at its meeting on January 21st.
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SHORT SHOTS Filmbase/RTÉ New Short Film Scheme
This unique scheme doesn’t just fund films, it offers the next generation of filmmakers a programme of development and production support.
Championing Ireland’s diverse and dynamic emerging filmmakers, we offer development support for shortlisted projects, as well as production and distribution support to the eventual greenlit films. People with good ideas should be encouraged to apply regardless of their creative backgrounds. A wide net will be cast to find new writers, producers and directors with a clear sense of visual storytelling and an original voice.
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Trailer for John Carney's Sing Street
SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, über-cool and beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boynton), and with the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band’s music videos.
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Academy Award Nominations
Reacting to the seven Academy Award® nominations for Irish Film Board funded films and nine nominations in total for Irish talent which were announced this afternoon, James Hickey, Chief Executive Bord Scannán hÉireann/the Irish Film Board said:
Operation Transformation shooting in Belmullet this Saturday
An Operation Transformation Nationwide Walk, which will be filmed for RTÉ, is taking place in Belmullet this Saturday, January 9th.
Local leader John Conmy will lead the walk starting off at:
Belmullet Civic Centre, Belmullet, Co Mayo
He will be accompanied on the walk by Operation Transformation expert Dr Ciara Kelly.
The walk will commence at 10am.
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Nominations Announced for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2016
The nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2016 have been announced.
RTÉ Entertainment seeks proposal for panel show
The show will be 16 x 52 minutes and is scheduled to air on Wednesday at 9.30pm from May 2016. The budget will be €70,000 per hour excluding presenter fee.
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Award Winning Directors to attend Galway Documentary Event
Talking Documentary, Galway Film Centre’s annual Film and TV seminar will take place on January 15th and 16th, 2016. with special guests Asif Kapadia (AMY, SENNA) and Sean McAllister (A SYRIAN LOVE STORY). It will consist of 2 days of talks, panel discussions and screenings on many aspects of documentary and will be run in association with Creative Europe Galway, the BAI, TG4, the IFB and Screen Training Ireland.
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€500,000 boost for the Irish Film Board
An additional funding allocation of €5m for the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht was recently announced. It brings the total 2016 allocation for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to over €315 million, an increase of almost 14% on the 2015 allocation.
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