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26
Feb

Applications open for Northern Ireland Screen’s Camera Trainee skills development scheme

26/02/18

Northern Ireland Screen is seeking applications for its Camera Trainee skills development scheme – CAMERA TRAINEE 2018 CAMERA TRAINEE 2018 is a paid placement scheme (NMW/NLW) which will run from April 2018 – […]

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23
Feb

BFI and BBC Four collaborate to offer UK animators unique opportunity

23/02/18

BFI NETWORK, the BFI’s UK-wide talent development programme, and BBC Four launch Animation 2018, continuing their successful partnership to support new talent across the UK. The project will fund up to 12 short […]

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22
Feb

Internationally acclaimed film-maker Mark Cousins appointed Chairperson of BFF

22/02/18

Filmmaker Mark Cousins has been named as the new Chairperson of the Belfast Film Festival. Cousins, who is from Belfast, is an internationally acclaimed film director, writer, critic, and presenter. A former director […]

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22
Feb

iFeatures relaunches with enhanced support for filmmakers

22/02/18

iFeatures is a filmmaker initiative run by Creative England with support from BBC Films and is made possible through National Lottery funding from BFI and Creative Skillset. The aim of the programme is […]

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22
Feb

Projects selected for Northern Ireland Screen’s New Shorts Focus 2018

22/02/18

Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to announce the five projects selected for its New Shorts Focus scheme 2018. New Shorts Focus is an initiative set-up to find Northern Ireland resident filmmakers exclusively from groups […]

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21
Feb

Derry Girls consolidates as the biggest series in Northern Ireland

21/02/18

Derry Girls has consolidated to become the biggest series ever in Northern Ireland since modern records began in 2002, Channel 4 has revealed. The comedy, set in the early nineties during The Troubles, […]

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20
Feb

Local drama productions showcased in new ILBF series for TG4

20/02/18

A new Irish Language series by Macha Media will showcase a selection of drama clubs as they prepare to stage a production for their local community. Ar Chúl an Chuirtín, which received support […]

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16
Feb

ILBF announces funding award for commemorative bursary

16/02/18

The inaugural Aodán Mac Póilín Commemmorative fund, Ciste Cuimhneacháin Aodáin Mhic Phóilin, has been awarded to Imagine Media for its project, Rian na gCos. Rian na gCos will follow architect and local artist […]

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15
Feb

USBF programme explores man from Tyrone who helped win American West

15/02/18

Robert Campbell, Mountain Man, a new programme for BBC Two Northern Ireland, tells the story of a penniless teenager from Tyrone who would become one of the richest men in America. The programme, […]

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14
Feb

Takeover Film Festival 2018 set to ‘take over’ QFT screens

14/02/18

The ninth annual Takeover Film Festival organised by QFT’s young programmers ‘takes over’ QFT from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th February, with an exciting weekend of film previews, popular classics and masterclasses. Aimed […]

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13
Feb

NI Short films included in competition line-up for Irish Film Festa

13/02/18

The line-up for the 11th Irish Film Festa Short Film Competition, the only Italian film festival completely dedicated to Irish cinema, has been announced today. The competition, which will take place from 21 […]

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08
Feb

New ILBF series showcases Dungiven Castle Irish Language school

08/02/18

Daltaí an Chaisleáin, a new series from BBC Gaeilge, celebrates the people who transformed Dungiven Castle into a modern-day school. The four-part series, which received funding from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast […]

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07
Feb

USBF series chronicles life of US Founding Father Charles Thomson

07/02/18

BBC Northern Ireland presents The Man Who Told the Truth, a landmark documentary detailing the life and times of United States Founding Father, Charles Thomson, a remarkable Ulster-Scot from the townland of Gorteade […]

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05
Feb

Tranzfuser 2018: New search for top video game talent begins

05/02/18

Tranzfuser, the UK-wide search for the future creative leaders of the video game industry, has launched its 2018 competition today. Organised by UK Games Talent and Finance CIC (UKGTF) and funded by the […]

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02
Feb

Call to NI residents to participate in archive survey

02/02/18

Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive (DFA) is conducting a survey to determine the extent of Northern Ireland’s moving image heritage and is seeking the support of members of the public to assist. […]

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23
Jan

NI Game Awards 2018

23/01/18

The 5th annual NI Game Awards take place on Sunday 4 February at The Black Box Belfast, celebrating the best of the Northern Ireland gaming industry. There will be a variety of game […]

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19
Jan

NI filmmaker selected for Bridging the Gap

19/01/18

Congratulations to local Northern Ireland talent Dianne Lucille Campbell who is one of five other filmmakers from across the UK to be selected for this year’s Bridging the Gap programme. Dianne’s short film […]

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19
Jan

Applications open for short initiative, ‘Hope: The 1998 Referendum’

19/01/18

Northern Ireland Screen and the Community Relations Council are working together to support three new and emerging factual filmmakers, resident in Northern Ireland. We are looking for up to three factual short films*: […]

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19
Jan

Burns Night celebrated through USBF content

19/01/18

A number of projects funded by Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund (USBF) will broadcast across TV and radio next week to mark Burns Night in celebration of the life, poetry and music […]

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19
Jan

The Oscars of traditional Irish music come to Belfast

19/01/18

We have some exciting news! TG4’s Gradam Ceoil comes to the Belfast next month. Beidh ceol den scoth ann ó cheoltóirí móra na linne. This is the first time in its 21-year history […]

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17
Jan

Ulaidh Faoi Thalamh explores the depths of Ulster

17/01/18

In this new BBC Gaeilge series, Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill takes us on an adventure underground as he explores the hidden spaces under our feet. The three-part series received funding support from Northern Ireland […]

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16
Jan

Celebrating 30 years of the Galway Film Fleadh

16/01/18

The Galway Film Fleadh: 10th – 15th July 2018 Every July, the international film world descends on the West of Ireland, for a cherished event: an intimate and informal festival of cinema in Galway, […]

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15
Jan

NI Sound Mixer, Ronan Hill, nominated for 7th CAS award

15/01/18

Congratulations to local Production Sound Mixer Ronan Hill who has who has been nominated for his seventh consecutive Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award. Ronan has been nominated in the category of Television Series […]

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15
Jan

WFTV UK Northern Ireland workshop: The Art of Negotiation

15/01/18

Date: Wednesday 24 January Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm (Session starts 6.30pm) Location: Queen’s Film Theatre Belfast Sara Putt is the founder and Managing Director of SARA PUTT ASSOCIATES, the leading independent UK agency […]

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12
Jan

NI Film and Television School – Open Night for 2018 Courses

12/01/18

The NI Film and Television School, located at the South Eastern Regional College (SERC) campus in Bangor, is hosting an open night for prospective students on Tuesday 16 January from 6pm to 8.30pm. […]

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