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More than fifty years on, Lorg na gCos – Súil Siar ar Mise Éire tells the story of Ireland’s most significant historical documentary film and the first wholly Irish language feature, Mise Éire, through the eyes of its director, George Morrison, key creative personnel behind the production and ordinary Irish people who experienced the film [...]

Acclaimed Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard will fly into Dublin this February to celebrate the programme launch and 10th anniversary of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF). The actor, known for his roles in Good Will Hunting and the recent hit The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, will be joined at the 10th Birthday celebrations [...]

Fergal Rock, a Dublin-based writer/director (Henry & Sunny, Tom Waits Made Me Cry) has been named a semi-finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s 9th annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest with his screenplay Calvin & Skye. The finalists and semi-finalists, chosen from over 2,500 screenplays, were announced this morning (01/02/12) on the Zoetrope website.
http://www.zoetrope.com/contests/2011finalists.htm
In 2011, Calvin & [...]

Award-winning feature animation director and story artist, Brenda Chapman, has been confirmed as the second National Film School Visiting Fellow at IADT and she will be in residence on campus in Dún Laoghaire between the 17th and 27th February. Chapman will deliver a series of seminars, workshops and tutorials to the NFS Animation undergraduate programme [...]

A fantastic repertory season this February at the IFI including a romantic re-release of Casablanca over Valentine’s Day, five-star favourite L’Atalante, and classic Woody with Hannah and her Sisters and Zelig
February at the IFI is packed full of repertory classics to keep your diary full of cinematic gems.
It is 70 years since Michael Curtiz’s wartime [...]

The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI) announced a new programme of public and exclusive events in 2012 that which will showcase the work of Irish directors in Ireland, Berlin, Annecy and Los Angeles.

The programme includes a variety of events including exclusive screenings and masterclasses with renowned Irish film and TV directors including Ciaran Donnelly [...]

Solaria, an Irish sci-fi short film, is set to make its North American debut when it screens at the International Sci-fi film festival due to be held in Phoenix, Arizona. The film was shot on-location in Dundalk, Co. Louth as part of a graduate project from students studying Video & Film’ at Dundalk Institute of [...]

Element Pictures today launched Volta, a new Irish video on demand service featuring the best of Irish and international independent films. Volta was officially launched by Jimmy Deenihan T.D, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The Minister was joined at the event by Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney of Element Pictures and guests including [...]

The star of “The Artist” is to retire. No I’m not talking about Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo or even John Goodman but Uggie the dog! The talented Jack Russell who hit to stardom in the film “The Artist” has decided to take a well deserved retirement. Taking on a crazy publicity tour to promote Michel [...]

A new funding scheme developed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to support the archiving of broadcast material has been approved by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte TD.

The aim of the Broadcast Archiving Scheme is to encourage and support the development of an archiving culture in the Irish broadcasting [...]