04/09/20
The Oireachtas today announced the shortlist for the Oireachtas Communications Awards 2020. Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to see that four projects supported by its Irish Language Broadcast Fund are among the list […]
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03/09/20
‘First of its kind’ report proposes a step-change in the way the industry operates and sets out a route map to help film production transition to net zero emissions by 2050 in line […]
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03/09/20
The successful short films from this year’s Two Minute Masterpiece, in partnership with BBC Arts and Northern Ireland Screen, are now live on BBC iPlayer. Six films were commissioned based on the theme ‘Connection’ […]
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02/09/20
Newcastle Community Cinema (NCC) has been at the forefront of delivering a rich programme of films and documentaries to the movie lovers of South Down for over 10 years now, and as lockdown […]
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02/09/20
The Royal Television Society (RTS) launched its 2020 Programme Awards for the Northern Ireland creative industries. The winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Patrick Kielty on Thursday 12th […]
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02/09/20
Funded and supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland through its Archiving Scheme 2 and the Department for Communities (DfC), Northern Ireland Screen – in partnership with the Public Record Office of Northern […]
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01/09/20
WestEnd Films has acquired worldwide rights to THE LAST RIFLEMAN, a drama starring Pierce Brosnan and directed by Terry Loane (Mickybo and Me). Inspired by true events, THE LAST RIFLEMAN is a moving […]
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01/09/20
Congratulations to Northern Ireland’s Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullin whose latest film Boys From County Hell has been selected to screen at the 53rd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. The Festival, […]
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28/08/20
Sir Ken Robinson’s contribution to digital creativity in Northern Ireland will have lasting impact. The death of Sir Ken Robinson was announced by his family on August 21, 2020. Originally from Liverpool where […]
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25/08/20
Northern Ireland Screen, BBC Drama Commissioning and Element Pictures, and supported by ScreenSkills HETV Training Fund, is recruiting a Trainee Script Editor for a one year paid placement opportunity. The placement will be […]
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24/08/20
Creative Europe Desk UK is pleased to announce the second edition of Co-Production Weekender, albeit taking a slightly different form this year due to COVID-19. Rather than taking place over one weekend, this […]
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24/08/20
IGNITE is a pilot bilingual talent development programme directed towards emerging documentary filmmakers from the north and south of Ireland embarking on their first or second non-fiction feature film. Created in collaboration between Cork International […]
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21/08/20
The Irish Film Distributors Association with Cinema First, the industry body charged with the promotion of UK cinemagoing, has launched #LoveCinema, a nationwide campaign designed to capture the attention of audiences across the UK and […]
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21/08/20
An Focal Scoir, a studio discussion series for BBC Two Northern Ireland, is back on Monday 24th August at 10pm. The four-part series was produced by Below The Radar TV for BBC Gaeilge with […]
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21/08/20
Northern Ireland Screen and Future Screens NI, in partnership with SideQuestVR and Digital Catapult’s Immersive Labs, invite you to join a VR Hackathon in September! SideQuest is an open platform for distributing both […]
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18/08/20
Today sees the launch of the 18th edition of Bridging the Gap, Scottish Documentary Institute’s talent initiative offering in-depth support, a cash budget, and international distribution to emerging filmmakers based in Scotland and […]
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17/08/20
The Playhouse, Derry-Londonderry is seeking a film production company to work on an upcoming short educational film that explores justice issues, and which will be made for young people. The film will be […]
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13/08/20
Film + TV Charity is currently awarding grants of between £300 up to a maximum of £3,500 for projects that focus on bringing people together to: Share experiences Break down barriers and amplify […]
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11/08/20
A new online resource to guide young people into a career in the screen industries, has been launched by Northern Ireland’s Creative Learning Centres. The Screen Academies website highlights industry-led courses to train […]
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10/08/20
Dog Ears, with the support of Future Screens NI, is hosting FREE online training in Harmony Toon Boom Software. Future Screens NI support of this specialised training represents their commitment to help up-skill […]
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05/08/20
Two Northern Ireland based Game Development Studios, Italic Pig and Brain and Nerd, have each been awarded €150,000 as part of this year’s Creative Europe MEDIA programme. Creative Europe is the European Union’s […]
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31/07/20
It has been an incredible week for the screen industry in Northern Ireland with two projects that shot here, with support from Northern Ireland Screen, being selected to screen at two of the […]
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30/07/20
It has been announced today that Cathy Brady’s Wildfire will have its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Developed and produced with funding from Northern Irealand Screen, Wildfire is […]
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30/07/20
Northern Ireland Screen and Digital Catapult NI, with the support of Future Screens NI, have partnered with Unity to deliver the Unity Developer Programme (UDP). A free skills development programme for interactive and […]
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28/07/20
The line-up of the 2020 Venice Film Festival has been announced. Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to see Nowhere Special, which filmed on location in Northern Ireland in 2019, feature in the Horizons […]
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