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Gaze Film Festival seeks Festival Manager and Festival Programmer
Festival Manager
Gaze Film Festival Ltd. seeks to appoint a Festival Manager to administer the 20th Annual Dublin International LGBT Film Festival in 2012 on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
This is an exciting position with full responsibility for the operation of the festival and serving a variety of [...]

The prestigious Berlin Film Festival has selected Irish filmmaker Kirsten Sheridan’s latest film, “Dollhouse” to screen in the Panorama section of the festival. Sheridan will attend the world premiere screening of her film at the event, the 62nd film festival in Berlin. “Dollhouse”, shot during 2011 in Dublin, is Sheridan’s first film as writer and [...]

Fingal Film Festival kicks off on the 21st March 2012 in UCI Blanchardstown with a list of big industry names lending a hand.
As 2012 begins Independent Filmmakers from all over the world will be submitting their new films, documentaries, shorts and animations in the hope to secure a screening in the first ever Fingal Film [...]

The Art Directors Guild differs from other awards because they separate the films into three categories: Period, Fantasy, and Contemporary. Due to this any film has a chance to walk away with a shiny new accessory rather than just the arty slightly bigger heavy weights that are Oscar favorites. The likes of “Hugo” and “The [...]

On Sunday 8th January at the Parker Palm Springs, actress Charlize Theron will be presented with the Indie Impact Award, presented by Mercedes-Benz, which celebrates a performer and filmmaker for her outstanding contributions to the art and business of cinema.
“Charlize Theron continues to make an impact by committing herself to films that exemplify the best [...]

The Berlinale’s lifetime achievement award, the Golden Bear, will be given to “The Iron Lady’s” Meryl Streep on February 14. The Berlin fest’s Dieter Kosslick calls Streep “a brilliant, versatile performer who moves with ease between dramatic and comedic roles,” and says they are “delighted to be able to award the  Golden Bear to such [...]

Michael Fassbender picked up two Best Actor awards this week for his performance in Steven McQueen’s “Shame”. The Irishman was named Best Actor at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival in Rome, which concluded Monday and today the Online Film Critics Society honoured him at the 15th Online Film Critics Society Awards.
“Shame” is about a [...]

Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board (IFB) and the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival are delighted to announce the shortlist for the second UNTITLED public screenwriting competition. The competition invited writers to submit an idea for a feature film with the theme of ‘1916’, for the chance to win a First Draft [...]

First Fortnight is an arts-based mental health awareness project that happens in the first two weeks of every year. Originally a live music gig preceded by a public mental health symposium in the daytime, the festival has expanded this year to offer much more!
In 2011/12 First Fortnight is working alongside See Change to [...]

Festival Manager
Gaze Film Festival Ltd. seeks to appoint a Festival Manager to administer the 20th Annual Dublin International LGBT Film Festival in 2012 on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
This is an exciting position with full responsibility for the operation of the festival and serving a variety of administrative functions including financial management, fundraising, human [...]