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Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board has announced it now has a brand new online Notice Board service available on our website http://noticeboard.irishfilmboard.ie/
The Irish Film Board Notice Board is a free and easy service for those in the Irish film industry. Looking for cast or crew? Want to sell film equipment? [...]

Irish filmmaker Michael Lavelle has wrapped production on his latest short film which was chosen as one of only five projects for the final of the Berlin Today Award 2011; the Berlinale Talent Campus’ short film competition.
Michael (whose cinematography credits include the IFTA winning His & Hers) produced the short together with the production company [...]

A showcase of Irish short films is to be presented at the International Film Festival Molodist in Ukraine, in collaboration with the Irish Film Board and the Irish Film Institute, which takes place from 26th- 31st August.
The festival programme consists of award-winning Irish talent from over the last five years including Oscar nominated New Boy, [...]

The critically acclaimed US television series The Tudors picked up two prestigious Emmy awards for Outstanding Costumes For A Series for Joan Bergin and Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series for Tom Conroy, at the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards which took place in LA over the weekend.
This is the third Emmy Award [...]

Following the selection earlier this month of the feature documentary The Pipe for the Real to Reel section of the Toronto International Film Festival, four more films funded by the Irish Film Board, Juanita Wilson’s war drama As If I Am Not There, Tom Hall’s dark comedy Sensation and the Irish co-productions Lapland Odyssey and [...]

Cup Cake (Colin McIvor) has been named Best Feature at this year’s Rhode Island Film Festival. The festival also awarded The Chronoscope (Andrew Legge) Best Experimental Film and One Hundred Mornings (Conor Horgan) was presented with the Vortex Sci-fi and Fantasy Award.

Cinekid for Professionals will take place in Amsterdam on October 26–29. The deadline for entries has been extended to 15th September 2010.
Enter your recent productions and/or projects in development for thr ScreeningClub or Co-Production Markets.
Each year over 300 makers, financiers, producers, distributors and buyers of childrens productions gather in Amsterdam to attend the four day [...]

Short Shorts Film Festival, which is held in Tokyo, is now accepting short films from all over the world in 3 competition categories: International Competition; Asia International Competition; and STOP! Global Warming Competition.
For more details visit www.shortshorts.org

Screenings by Irish experimental filmmaker, Vivienne Dick, at Tate Modern from 10-14 September 2010.
Please see
www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/seriesviviennedickfilmsas2010.htm for full schedule and details.
These screenings are made possible with the support of Tate Modern, Culture Ireland and Lux.
Special guest speakers and performers include: Nan Goldin, Lydia Lunch, Claire Pajaczkowska‪ and Maeve Connolly.

Dublin Culture Night will take place on Friday September 24th, a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure in Dublin city as arts and cultural organisations and venues open their doors until late with hundreds of free tours, talks, performances and events for you, your family and friends to enjoy. Culture Night is co-ordinated by [...]