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Irish Film Board, AtomFilms pair up for shorts
The Irish Film Board and AtomFilms are set to unveil a joint initiative - "Irish Flash" - for the production and distribution of short films on the Internet. The move is the first step taken by the board since it made a policy decision late last year to direct some ...
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Marcus wins Miramax, Irish Film Institute award
Shimmy Marcus is the winner of the 1999 Miramax award which was first established by Harvey Weinstein and the Film Institute of Ireland in 1994. The award, valued at IR£10,000 ($12,600), is for Marcus'' thriller script, Headrush. The award was established to develop the writing of new feature-length screenplays in ...
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Ireland records best ever month at the box office
Ireland recorded its best month ever at the box office in January 2000 with admissions reaching a staggering 1.9 million, up 23% on January 1999. Admissions in Dublin in January were up 30.5% on the previous year.The top ten titles during the month were Angela's Ashes, Sleepy Hollow, The World ...
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Nora
Dir: Pat Murphy. Ire-UK-It-Ger. 2000. 106mins.Prod cos: A Natural Nylon Prod. Volta/Metropolitan Films, Gam Film, Road Movies. Int'l Sales: IAC Films. Exec Prod: Guy Collins. Prods: Bradley Adams, Damon Bryant, Tracey Seaward. Co-Prods: Ewan McGregor, James Flynn, Ulrich Felsberg, Gerhardo Pagliei. Scr: Murphy, Gerard Stembridge based on the biography by ...
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Nora premiere to open Dublin Film Festival
This year's Dublin Film Festival (April 6-16) will open with the world premiere of Nora, directed by Pat Murphy, about the early relationship between Nora Barnacle and novelist James Joyce.The screening will take place at UGC's city centre Virgin Cinema and the lead cast of Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch and ...
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Irish Film Board backs Chosen Few
The Irish Film Board (IFB) has offered production finance loans to four companies in its latest funding round: Treasure Films for The Chosen Few; Subotica Films for Shiney's Head; Magahy & Co for Timbuktu and Wide Eye Films for Running 2 Stand Still. Chosen Few, written by Joe O'Connor and ...