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28
Jan

Ronan Hill wins sixth CAS Award

28/01/20

Production Sound Mixer Ronan Hill has won his sixth Cinema Audio Society Award for his work on Game of Thrones. Ronan has been nominated for every season of the show and this win […]

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24
Jan

Applications for Games Development Academy now open

24/01/20

The Northern Ireland Screen Games Development Academy is now open for applications! This Academy is a unique training and experience programme, which focuses on core technical skills around computer game development and production. […]

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21
Jan

Beidh Aonach Amárach returns for second series on TG4 and BBC Two NI

21/01/20

The popular country agricultural show, Beidh Aonach Amárach, is back on our screens on TG4 on Thursday 23rd January at 8pm and BBC Two Northern Ireland on Monday 3rd February at 10pm. Witness […]

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20
Jan

The Creative Growth Debt Fund visits Northern Ireland

20/01/20

Creative England have launched a £24 million growth finance programme for the creative and digital sector – it offers scale-up finance for post-revenue businesses presenting promising growth potential. Creative England’s CFO, Mehjabeen Patrick, will be […]

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20
Jan

A story of Jewish refugees to air on BBC Two to mark Holocaust Memorial

20/01/20

From Bafta-nominated screenwriter Simon Block and Bafta and Emmy-winning director Michael Samuels, The Windermere Children is the first dramatisation of a remarkable true story about hope in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Based […]

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20
Jan

Italic Pig Nominated for Best Indie Developer at Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020

20/01/20

Northern Ireland video game company Italic Pig is thrilled to have been nominated as one of ten companies throughout the UK for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards “Best Indie Developer 2020” award […]

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16
Jan

Techne Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship

16/01/20

Ulster Television in the 1960s Northern Ireland Screen, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the Centre for the History of Television Culture and Production, Royal Holloway, University of London are pleased […]

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15
Jan

Applications now open for PLATFORM at The Pixel Mill!

15/01/20

Platform is the new accelerator programme for video game companies in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Screen is seeking teams that are passionate about video games and are motivated to establish/grow their company.  We […]

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09
Jan

Supermarket Shriek nominated for MCV/Develop Award

09/01/20

Billy Goat Entertainment’s Supermarket Shriek has been nominated for the Audio Innovation of the Year award at the 2020 MCV/Develop awards. A culmination of the former individual MCV Awards and Develop Awards, the […]

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09
Jan

Organ donation documentary to air on BBC Two NI

09/01/20

Croí Briste, meaning Broken Heart in Irish, is a new 30-minute observational documentary which highlights the issue of organ donation through the story of three-year-old Belfast boy, Dáithí Mac Gabhann who is currently […]

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08
Jan

UK Games Fund round 6 now open for applications

08/01/20

Applications are now being taken for round 6 of the UK Games Fund. Round 6 is open to all UK-based game developers with less than 50 employees who are developing early-stage projects. Applicants […]

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07
Jan

Submissions now open for 2020 Galway Film Fleadh

07/01/20

Feature film submissions are now open for the 32nd Galway Film Fleadh, taking place from 7th – 12th July, 2020. The Film Fleadh is Ireland’s leading film festival, the international discovery place of New Irish Cinema […]

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07
Jan

Global Game Jam 2020 to take place at Farset Labs

07/01/20

Farset Labs will be hosting the Belfast site of the international hackathon Global Game Jam for its 8th year, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. The Game Jam will run from Friday 31st […]

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02
Jan

Kate Leys – Screenwriting seminar

02/01/20

Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to host a screenwriting seminar on story and structure with Kate Leys. Kate Leys is a feature film script editor who works on film screenplays at all stages of development from […]

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24
Dec

Northern Ireland Screen 2019 Year in Review

24/12/19

2019 proved to be another prosperous year for Northern Ireland Screen with many successes across film, TV drama, animation, games and factual-entertainment. Throughout 2019 production continued to boost the local economy and provide […]

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20
Dec

BBC Studios hosts roadshow for emerging film talent

20/12/19

BBC Studios is hosting a roadshow in Belfast on Tuesday 28th January to attract talent from the film industry to work on its multi-award-winning continuing dramas Casualty and Holby. Casualty and Holby have been at the […]

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19
Dec

New funding announced for creative jobs through the Northern Ireland Creative Employment Programme

19/12/19

Forty new entry level paid internships will offer young people in Northern Ireland the chance to gain real on-the-job experience to kick-start their careers in the creative industries. The NI Creative Employment Programme […]

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16
Dec

Four Northern Ireland Projects Nominated for Kidscreen Awards

16/12/19

Four projects made in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen have been nominated for the 2020 Kidscreen Awards. Now in their 11th year these prestigious Awards honour the best work in children’s […]

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13
Dec

Italic Pig selected to work with Industrial Light and Magic

13/12/19

Northern Ireland video game company Italic Pig have been selected as one of five UK companies to be mentored by Industrial Light and Magic xLAB, a division of LucasFilm dedicated to the future of […]

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12
Dec

ScreenSkills seeks industry feedback to improve the National Occupational Standards for screen roles

12/12/19

ScreenSkills is asking for industry feedback on its update of the National Occupational Standards that inform the development of qualifications and apprenticeships in the screen industries. During October and early November, we consulted […]

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11
Dec

Future Screens NI animation workshop

11/12/19

Future Screens NI in association with Northern Ireland Screen and Seamus Heaney Centre is hosting a free storytelling workshop for the animation sector on Saturday 18th January from 2-5pm. The workshop will be […]

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11
Dec

A Bump Along The Way to tour Northern Ireland as part of Collective initiative

11/12/19

Award winning Derry film A Bump Along The Way, starring Bronagh Gallagher, stops off in towns across Northern Ireland as part of Film Hub NI Collective tour. Film Hub NI, part of the […]

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05
Dec

The Last Right in cinemas Friday 6 December

05/12/19

Partly filmed on location on Rathlin Island with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, The Last Right is released in cinemas nationwide tomorrow, Friday 6th December. Written and directed by Aoife Crehan and starring […]

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04
Dec

IFTA present panel discussion on VOD & broadcast content

04/12/19

The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present a special panel event in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) in relation to VOD & Broadcast Content – What are the Opportunities? […]

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04
Dec

Belfast festive film is Christmas No.1 in ‘Top 10 most watched films you have never heard of’

04/12/19

A government-made film featuring the unique circumstances of Belfast at Christmas during the height of the Troubles is most watched local film in a unique archive made possible by National Lottery Funding. The […]

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