Sex and the City 2
The girls are back in town.
The final programme for the 5th Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival has been announced, with ‘Talhotblond’ (USA, 2009) by Barbara Schroeder among those added to the bill.
The Dublin Film Qlub is a club that caters for movie-lovers in Dublin by hosting screenings which are of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. The first season will focus on silent films. Following each screening, there will be an open discussion with tea, coffee, and cake available for those in attendance. [...]
UNESCO, Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation, are looking for young people to send in their photos or short films on the theme of biodiversity for the National Youth ECO-Forum 2010.
The journal is inviting all students of short film, including researchers, teachers and filmmakers, to contribute to the second issue of Short Film Studies.
On Wednesday 28th April, Film Ireland and Filmbase ran a Special FX Make-up evening which was covered by RTÉ Radio One’s ‘Arena’. Listen to the event here.
The Library’s annual June celebration of Yeats’ birthday, Summer’s Wreath, will begin in on Wednesday 2nd June with Hollywood star Anjelica Huston, and broadcaster John Kelly, discussing Anjelica’s life-long love affair with Yeats’ poetry.
RTÉ Young People’s Department announces Swede Me, a competition which offers teens the opportunity to make and star in their own show. To apply, teenagers must fill in the short application form by 2nd June.
The team at Screen Cinema, D’Olier Street are currently working with Dublin City Council to clean up the neglected area surrounding the cinema.
The deadline for the FreeNetWorld international film festival is 31st of May 2010.
Currently Northern Ireland Screen wishes to invest £200,000 in non-drama/factual projects for immediate production in 2010-11.
The IFI announces the launch of its Summer Season today, promising Woody Allen, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Hong Kong cinema, a new Family Festival and a special guest appearance from screen legend Tony Curtis.
FÁS Screen Training Ireland announce their latest course, 3D Cinema in Europe, which is a project-based programme aimed at exploring the technical and creative requirements in producing a 3D stereoscopic live action feature film.
RTÉ Religious invites proposals for a series of monthly Sunday morning Christian Worship programmes.
Treasa O’Brien reports from the 56th International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen.
The Berlinale and World Cinema Fund (WCF) congratulate Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul on winning the Palme d’or in Cannes for his latest film.
This Thursday 27th May The Magic Lantern Film Society will be hosting ‘Blue Eyelids’, the latest film in their current season.
Irish Producer Sasha King (‘Conrad Gallagher – A Flash in the Pan?’ RTE, ‘Nostradamus & Me’, Best Short Galway Fleadh) is currently on location in NYC producing independent feature film ’5lbs of Pressure’.
Taking place in June 2010, the Eat My Shorts festival is a showcase of emerging Irish film talent. Over
Shooting is set to commence for Camelot, a new 10-part drama series, in June 2010 at Ardmore Studios, County Wicklow.
Virtually Yours! is the 2nd Open Training Session organised by Documentary Campus.
In addition to the regular screenings and discussions, this year’s Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, is hosting a special programme for film professionals and students, with panels, forums and a masterclass.
Mixed Bag Media have finished post-production on a sixty minute profile documentary about the famous Lismore travel writer, titled ‘Who is Dervla Murphy?’
The DVD launch of ‘Twelve Short Dance Films from Ireland, RTÉ Dance on the Box 2006-2010′ took place on Thursday 13th May 2010 in the Light House Cinema, Smithfield.
Dance on the Box will be screened 21–22 May in Meeting House Square as part of the Dublin Dance Festival.
Filmmakers could win a trip to the BFI London Film Festival with Mofilm’s Unilever competition.