Screen Training Ireland's Nightflyers Production Training Scheme, a collaboration with Troy Studios Limerick, Universal Cable Productions and Wild Atlantic Pictures, has finished up today with an industry training event in Troy Studios.
Women in Film & Television Ireland (WFTi) present, in association with RTE, TV Formats: The What, Why & How on June 1st at the RTÉ campus.
TG4 and the Arts Council have announced that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has joined them as a partner on the arts documentary scheme, ilDÁNA 2018. ilDÁNA is designed to enhance the TG4 schedule by supporting the making of an ambitious and cinematic long-form documentary on the arts in Irish.
The Writers Guild of Ireland has announced the nominees for the 2018 ZeBBie Awards. The ZeBBie Awards are annual awards created by the WGI — named in honour of O. Z. Whitehead — to acknowledge the best script(s) written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.
Dublin International Film Festival Director, Gráinne Humphreys, will be presented with the Ordre National du Mérite by France’s Ambassador to Ireland.
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board announces the appointment of Gareth Lee to the role of Manager of Screen Training Ireland.
Prolific UK/Irish production powerhouse Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) boosts 2018 Production Slate to 10 Features consolidating it with another Jonathan Preece project based on Arthur Machen’s Hill of Dreams as well as with the launch of Cinefondation entry Nene.
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has joined as a partner on ilDÁNA 2018. An increased budget of €120,000 has also now been made available.
Creative BC and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) have announced a new funding partnership that will encourage the development of motion picture projects between British Columbian and Irish motion picture production companies.
U.S.-based production company Union Entertainment Group is set to expand into Ireland with the launch of UEG Global. They will be based in Dublin with the intention of bringing North American film and TV projects to shoot in Ireland. They've teamed up with Zanazibar Films and Five Knight Films on two new projects.