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News and Events - Funding

22
Feb

Ben Hardy and Jessie Buckley to star in BBC One production of The Woman in White

22/02/17

Filming has commenced on BBC One’s adaption of Wilkie Collins’ psychological thriller The Woman in White, starring Ben Hardy (X-Men, EastEnders) as Walter Hartright and Jessie Buckley (War and Peace, Taboo) as Marian […]

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21
Feb

Disney Channel returns to The Lodge as series two begins filming

21/02/17

Disney Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA) has announced the start of production for season two of The Lodge. Zodiak Kids Studio will once again produce the music-filled drama. The Lodge receives funding […]

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03
Feb

Puffin Rock nominated at the 44th Annual Annie Awards.

03/02/17

Puffin Rock, the animated pre-school series narrated by Chris O’Dowd, has received three Annie Award nominations for an episode in the second series titled, ‘The First Snow’. The series, which receives funding support […]

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31
Jan

Wee Man Studios to launch Lifespeed on Nintendo 3DS

31/01/17

Belfast-based video game developer Wee Man Studios is set to launch Lifespeed for the New Nintendo 3DS on Thursday 2nd February 2017. Lifespeed is the ultimate race for survival with players battling galactic […]

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18
Jan

Big Motive launches stunning children’s virtual reality story for iOS and Android

18/01/17

Tara’s Locket is a short virtual reality story adventure for 5-7 year olds set in a beautifully illustrated world. This unique virtual reality experience allows children to step into the story and meet […]

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13
Dec

Big Toe Needs a Hand, All 4, Friday 16th December

13/12/16

Big Toe Needs a Hand, a new music series on Channel 4’s All 4 online platform, will be available to view from Friday 16th December. The series, which received funding from Northern Ireland […]

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09
Dec

Global Game Jam returns to Belfast

09/12/16

Farset Labs has announced the return of Global Game Jam to Belfast on Friday 20th January 2017, supported by Northern Ireland Screen. Global Game Jam is a 52-hour hackathon, which sees computer game […]

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07
Dec

New Video Game Forecasts Britain’s Brexit Future… in Space

07/12/16

Belfast-based video game developer Billy Goat Entertainment has today launched Her Majesty’s SPIFFING on Xbox One and Steam with a PlayStation 4 release scheduled on Tuesday 13th December. The game tells the tale […]

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06
Dec

Call now open for applications to ‘Slate’ funding via Creative Europe Desk UK.

06/12/16

The ‘Slate’ scheme aims to support independent production companies seeking to develop 3 – 5 fiction, animation or creative documentary projects with international potential. The projects must be intended for cinema release, television […]

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01
Dec

Puffin Rock nominated at the 44th Annual Annie Awards.

01/12/16

Puffin Rock, the animated pre-school series narrated by Chris O’Dowd, has received three Annie Award nominations for an episode in the second series titled, ‘The First Snow’. The series, which receives funding support […]

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01
Dec

Project Children: Defusing the Troubles, BBC One Northern Ireland, 8.30pm, Monday 5 December.

01/12/16

A new documentary telling the previously untold story of how an NYPD bomb disposal expert played a key role in helping defuse the “Troubles” is to be broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland […]

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07
Nov

Extreme Make-overs: On Fleek, Tuesday 8th November, Channel 4 at 10pm.

07/11/16

Channel 4 is set to air the latest factual entertainment programme from Big Mountain Productions tomorrow night, Tuesday 8th November at 10pm. The hour long pilot, Extreme Make-overs: On Fleek features eight make […]

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24
Oct

As Radharc na Súl, TG4, Tuesday 25th October at 9.30pm

24/10/16

A new Irish Language Broadcast Fund documentary for TG4, As Radharc na Súl, examines how three murders over the course of two days in Fermanagh in October 1972 left a border community feeling […]

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14
Oct

Tyrone Productions wins an IFTA

14/10/16

Tyrone Productions’ CBBC documentary My Life: Champion of the World has won the IFTA for Children’s and Young People’s, at the annual IFTA Gala Television Awards ceremony which were held in Dublin on […]

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14
Oct

Tyrone Productions wins an IFTA

14/10/16

Tyrone Productions’ CBBC documentary My Life: Champion of the World has won the IFTA for Children’s and Young People’s, at the annual IFTA Gala Television Awards ceremony which were held in Dublin on […]

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13
Oct

Northern Ireland talent among Game Connection’s Development Awards nominees

13/10/16

Northern Ireland game development studio Italic Pig have been nominated for five awards at Game Connection’s 2016 Development Awards for its latest project Mona Lisa. The award ceremony will take place during this […]

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