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The deadline for submissions for the next Toronto Irish Film Festival is 31st December 2011.
Founded in April 2009 by Belfast-born Michael Barry, the boutique festival promotes Irish filmmakers to the Greater Toronto and creates a unique cultural environment for over 500,000 people who claim Irish heritage in the city to stay connected with modern Irish [...]

Open Call for film and video submissions to Open City London Documentary Festival 2012. Earlybird deadline 16 Dec 2011, regular deadline 6 Jan 2012. All documentary genres and lengths considered. Click on the WAB icon on the website homepage to submit www.opencitylondon.com or email oliver@opencitylondon.com
Submissions open for MyStreet until 1 May www.mystreetfilms.com

Oscar winning screen legend Al Pacino is confirmed to attend the 10th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland’s largest film event, which takes place from the 16th-26th February 2012.
The veteran Hollywood actor-turned-director will present the Irish premiere of his latest project and personal obsession Wilde Salome. A fascinating documentary which delves into the world of [...]

Element Pictures has announced that Shadow Dancer has been selected to screen at the Premier Section at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 19 – 29 January. The Sundance Film Festival, which was originally founded by Robert Redford, is world-renowned as a showcase for the best in new independent cinema.
This is Element’s third year [...]

Starting on the 15th December the Sottodiciotto Film Festival in Turin is honouring the career of the Oscar®-nominated Japanese American Animator, Jimmy Murakami, with a dedicated retrospective of his life’s work. Also showing is Sé Merry Doyle’s excellent documentary “Jimmy Murakami – Non Alien” (funded through the Reel Art scheme) which tells the story [...]

Irish actress Antonia Campbell Hughes (The Other Side of Sleep, Lotus Eaters) has been selected as a Shooting Star for the Berlinale International Film Festival 2012.
Chosen from a competitive list of actors from over 25 different European countries, Antonia will follow in the steps of previous stars who have received this honour early in their [...]

Zucca Films’ short DOWNPOUR was awarded the Light In Motion Award for Best Irish Short at the Foyle Film Festival. The award comes hot on the heels of the success of Blue Rinse, another Zucca Films production, which scooped the Best International Short award at the prestigious AISFF in Seoul earlier this month.
Starring Muireann Bird [...]

Following in the steps of THE GUARD, a new Irish comedy horror feature GRABBERS, which filmed on location in Donegal and stars Ruth Bradley (Love/Hate) and Richard Coyle (W.E., Prince of Persia), has been selected for Sundance, the most prestigious indie film festival in the US which takes place from January 19th-29th 2012.
Directed by [...]

The Irish co-production ALBERT NOBBS which filmed in Dublin earlier this year has received a prestigious Independent Spirit Award nomination in the US. Actress Janet McTeer (Into The Storm, Tumbleweeds) has been nominated in the Best Supporting Female category for her role as Hubert in the film, alongside Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter), Anjelica Huston [...]

Ireland’s biggest Science Fiction and Fantasy Fiction Festival will take place in Wexford town from 25 – 27 November.
Highlights of the festival programme include ‘Talks for schoolchildren’ with top author Eoin Colfer, ‘How to Navigate the Night Sky’ with Astronomy Ireland an ‘Awesome Comic Book workshop’ with Irish Comic News Best Mainstream Artist award-winner [...]