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19
Oct

Brave New World: Back Home

19/10/17

Over four years and across seven hours of television, William Crawley has travelled to America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia to tell the stories of some remarkable Ulster-Scots men and women who made […]

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19
Oct

RTS NI unveils shortlist for 2017 awards

19/10/17

The Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) is delighted to announce the nominees for this year’s Programme Awards and an exciting new headline sponsor Ka-Boom. Sarah McCaffrey, RTS NI Awards Committee Chair […]

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18
Oct

‘Puffin Rock’ nominated for International Emmy Kids Awards

18/10/17

It was announced at MIPCOM earlier this week that the animated preschool series, Puffin Rock, narrated by Chris O’Dowd, has been nominated in the Kids: Preschool category at this year’s International Emmy Kids […]

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13
Oct

AmmA Project Shortlisted for Heritage Angel Awards

13/10/17

The AmmA Centre, Armagh, has been shortlisted in the ‘Heritage Angel Awards for NI’. The Amma Centre has been shortlisted in the category of ‘Best Contribution to a Heritage Project by Young People’. […]

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13
Oct

Stars showcase new NI comedy writers in Halloween themed short films

13/10/17

Some of Ireland’s best known actors and comedians are giving up-and-coming comedy writers a boost by starring in Fright Shorts, a new film showcase to develop new Northern Irish talent. Jason Byrne, Bronagh […]

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13
Oct

Belfast film, ‘Zoo’, to have world premiere at Chicago International Film Festival

13/10/17

Feature film, ZOO, from Belfast writer-director Colin McIvor and producer Katy Jackson, will get its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival this weekend on 14th October. Made with funding from the […]

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12
Oct

IRISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST FUND ANNOUNCES FUNDING DECISIONS FOR 2017

12/10/17

Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) is delighted to announce its latest funding decisions for 2017. Funding was awarded across a wide genre of TV and online content with a total […]

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11
Oct

Help shape the future Standards for your industry

11/10/17

Creative Skillset needs help to review and develop the National Occupational Standards for two occupations in the sector – Grips and AR/VR. The Standards are simply lists of the knowledge and competence required […]

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11
Oct

Bad Day for the Cut to tour Northern Ireland

11/10/17

Film Hub NI, in partnership with Belfast Film Festival, is pleased to be supporting a regional tour of locally produced thriller Bad Day for the Cut starring Nigel O’ Neill and Susan Lynch. […]

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09
Oct

Wonderful Losers: A Different World to premiere at Warsaw Int’l Film Festival

09/10/17

Feature documentary Wonderful Losers: A Different World, co-produced by Derry-based Dearcán Media will get its world premiere at the Warsaw International Film Festival this Thursday, 12th October. Made with Lottery funding from the […]

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09
Oct

Graduation marks new wave of talent for the Irish language production sector

09/10/17

Northern Ireland Screen hosted a reception in the Linenhall Library on Tuesday 3rd October to mark the graduation of thirteen trainees who took part in various Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) training schemes […]

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06
Oct

Digital Cities Hackathon: Hack The Screen

06/10/17

What: Digital Cities Hackathon: Hack The Screen, Saturday 11 November – Sunday 12 November 2017 Where: Animation Labs, University of Ulster, Belfast Campus When: Saturday 10:00 until Sunday 20:00 What is happening: As […]

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06
Oct

Screenwriting workshops at NOIRELAND Festival

06/10/17

The first NOIRELAND International Crime Fiction Festival takes place from 27-29 October 2017 at Belfast’s Europa Hotel. This is the first festival of its kind in Ireland with some of the greatest names […]

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05
Oct

John O’Connor Writing School and Literary Arts Festival

05/10/17

There are a number of fantastic events on offer at the upcoming John O’Connor Writing School and Literary Arts Festival. This is the second year of the festival, which celebrates writing, poetry and […]

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04
Oct

Missing Believed Wiped Northern Ireland

04/10/17

For the first time, Missing Believed Wiped is coming to Northern Ireland with a screening event showcasing archive material originally thought to be misplaced on Saturday 4th November at the QFT Belfast. The archive content, some dating […]

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04
Oct

Nominations open for the 2017 Northern Ireland Creative & Cultural Skills Awards

04/10/17

The 2017 Northern Ireland Creative & Cultural Skills Awards celebrate the unsung heroes of the creative industries who epitomize Creative and Cultural Skills’ values: Give young people opportunities to work and learn in the […]

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04
Oct

NI Sound Mixer, Ronan Hill, nominated for 5th TEC Award

04/10/17

Congratulations to local Production Sound Mixer Ronan Hill, who has been nominated for a fifth Technical Excellence and Creativity award in recognition for his work on Game of Thrones season 7. Hill and the […]

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03
Oct

HETV Connect programme

03/10/17

The ‘HETV Connect’ programme launches to integrate High End TV Production Companies with Fresh Production Talent from all over the UK: Successful Applicants to get One-To-One meetings, Networking Events, Potential Job Opportunities Creative […]

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29
Sep

Belfast Filmmaker selected at 7th Aesthetica Short Film Festival

29/09/17

Local Filmmakers Causeway Pictures have been selected out of thousands of entries to screen Safe Haven at this year’s Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF), a major UK and BAFTA- recognised film festival now […]

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29
Sep

Sensum & Red Bull Media House announce release of The Hero Feeling

29/09/17

Sensum, the emotions company, has announced the planned release of a new kind of virtual reality experience in which the viewer can follow the emotions of an extreme sports athlete as they journey […]

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28
Sep

New preschool comedy Wildwoods to launch on RTÉjr

28/09/17

Wildwoods, the new live-action puppet comedy series for 4- to 7-year-olds chronicling the unlikely friendship between a gentle giant sasquatch and a feisty pint-sized sugarglider, premieres on Monday 9th October on RTÉjr. The […]

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28
Sep

Pablo on Cbeebies & RTÉjr

28/09/17

A ground-breaking new children’s TV series for the first time featuring a child with autism in the starring role will be broadcast on CBeebies and RTEjr on Monday 2nd of October. Pablo, a […]

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27
Sep

Big Motive creates Pandemic app for BBC

27/09/17

Belfast based innovation and design studio Big Motive has designed the user experience for the BBC Pandemic Mobile app. The app, which launches today is a life-saving tool that will be used to […]

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26
Sep

William Crawley returns for Brave New World: Australia

26/09/17

In a new three-part series presenter William Crawley travels ‘down under’ to explore the stories of men and women from Ulster who left their imprint on the political, economic and cultural life of […]

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22
Sep

Games Development 2017

22/09/17

Northern Ireland Screen is seeking further applications for its Gaming Skills Development Scheme – Games Development 2017.  This is a re-advertised post with additional criteria. Games Development 2017 is a paid placement scheme […]

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