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11
Jul

TG4 in association with Screen Ireland & Northern Ireland Screen announce a range of new funding schemes investing in screen talent

11/07/22

TG4, Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund are pleased to announce they have joined forces to support a range of new Irish language development funds, aimed […]

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11
Jul

Success for Northern Ireland talent at the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh

11/07/22

On Sunday 10th July the Galway Film Fleadh came to a close, we are delighted that a number of projects made in Northern Ireland and funded by Northern Ireland Screen were among the […]

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08
Jul

Feature Documentary Development Application Call

08/07/22

We are providing funding through the Screen Fund to develop feature documentaries with the potential to appeal to an international audience that will deliver unique visions and voices on universal stories from Northern Ireland resident […]

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07
Jul

AMC Networks’ ACORN TV and Channel 5 order double series for detective drama Dalgliesh

07/07/22

AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5 have announced a double series order for detective drama Dalgliesh. New Pictures (Des, The Missing, Cobra) have been commissioned to produce both series with additional funding […]

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06
Jul

BFI Film Academy Short Script Development Lab

06/07/22

The BFI Film Academy is looking for 18-25 year olds with a passion for script writing to apply for its Short Script Development Lab. Participants will be guided by three industry mentors and will […]

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06
Jul

Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive wins FOCAL prize

06/07/22

Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive is delighted to announce that Lost Connections has won first prize in the Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production category at the 2022 FOCAL International Awards. Supported […]

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05
Jul

Performance Short Film Competition

05/07/22

The Performance Short Film Competition is back! Now in its fifth year, this exciting and creative competition is back with bigger prizes – the prize fund has been upped to £1,000 per category. And […]

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04
Jul

ILBF Digital and Audio content call is open for applications

04/07/22

The Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) is seeking applications for the development and production of digital and audio content. Digital Content A range of new and additional digital content to sit on existing platforms, […]

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01
Jul

Featuristic Films joins forces with James Glancy and Marty Stalker to launch ‘Another World’

01/07/22

Featuristic Films, the London-based production company led by producers Julien Loeffler, James Kermack and James Barton-Steel, and filmmakers James Glancy & Marty Stalker are joining forces to launch Another World, a social impact […]

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01
Jul

Survey for Daycare Facilities

01/07/22

Northern Ireland Screen has been in discussion with parents within the screen industry regarding the requirement for childcare facilities which specifically cater freelance workers. A dedicated group has been working hard at bringing this […]

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01
Jul

Interactive Work Placement opportunity

01/07/22

Northern Ireland Screen is partnering with a range of studios working in Northern Ireland’s interactive sector (video games and immersive) to offer Interactive Work Placements to applicants who have recently completed an interactive related course. […]

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30
Jun

Opportunity for film enthusiasts at Cinemagic Summer Young Consultants Programme

30/06/22

Cinemagic has launched its annual call for young film enthusiasts to take on the role of ‘film consultants’ this July in Belfast, to help programme a series of films for the annual Cinemagic […]

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29
Jun

Screenwriting seminar: Preparing Your One Pager and Script

29/06/22

Northern Ireland Screen is hosting a screenwriting seminar on preparing your one pager and script aimed at supporting screenwriters and filmmakers who hope to apply for the New Writer Focus scheme. The seminar will be […]

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29
Jun

Alison Millar’s LYRA wins Tim Hetherington Award at Sheffield DocFest

29/06/22

Sheffield DocFest announced this year’s winners presented during an awards ceremony at Sheffield City Hall’s Memorial Hall last evening, the Festival’s closing night. The Tim Hetherington Award was presented to Lyra by Alison Millar. The […]

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29
Jun

New online series explores the influence of Ulster-Scots words and phrases

29/06/22

A new online series, A Word in Yer Lug, explores Ulster-Scots words and phrases and their influence on modern day language. Produced by Macmillan Media in partnership with the Ulster-Scots Agency and with […]

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28
Jun

Applications open for Budgeting and Scheduling for Virtual Production in Film courses

28/06/22

BIFA, in partnership with Treehouse Digital and ScreenSkills, has opened applications for its Budgeting and Scheduling for Virtual Production in Film courses. You will receive insight into how to strategically work virtual production into your […]

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28
Jun

ILBF BBC Radio Ulster series takes listeners on pilgrim routes around Ulster

28/06/22

In a new Irish Language Broadcast Fund radio series, Turais, Aodhán Ó Baoill sets off to walk different pilgrim routes around Ulster. Over the three weeks, Aodhán meets locals and fellow pilgrims along […]

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27
Jun

Self-shooting training with ScreenSkills

27/06/22

ScreenSkills is hosting Step up to shooting AP and Becoming a self-shooting PD courses. Step up to shooting AP This new, highly practical, extensive training programme is aimed at researchers, APs and others working […]

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24
Jun

Channel 4 announces Lyra – an emotive, intimate portrait of the life and death of journalist Lyra McKee

24/06/22

Lyra McKee was a celebrated Belfast investigative journalist. Internationally published, she had a track record of giving communities – who had either been silenced or forgotten – a voice. She shone a light […]

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23
Jun

Meet the UK Global Screen Fund in Belfast on Thursday 30 June

23/06/22

Meet the UK Global Screen Fund in Belfast, Thursday 30 June,  4.30pm Accidental Theatre, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB Come to this one-hour session to meet representatives from the UK Global Screen […]

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22
Jun

Trainee Grip opportunity

22/06/22

Northern Ireland Screen is running a skills development scheme called Production, Craft and Technical Skills. The scheme will provide training opportunities in varied roles in the film and television industry. We are currently looking […]

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22
Jun

Northern Ireland projects and talent selected for the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh

22/06/22

Featuring a spectacular, packed programme of the very best of Irish and international cinema, Galway Film Fleadh has launched the full line-up for our 34th edition. All roads lead to the West this July 5th-10th as the Fleadh […]

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22
Jun

Call for New Shorts Focus 2022-23 applications

22/06/22

New Shorts Focus is an initiative to find Northern Ireland resident filmmakers exclusively from groups that are underrepresented in the film and television sector. Six projects will be chosen to go through a […]

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21
Jun

New ILBF series taps into the increasing number of people wanting better homes and richer lives by moving to the country

21/06/22

More and more people are swapping hectic city life, traffic jams and lack of space for a quieter and more serene life in rural Ireland. In a new Irish Lanaguage Broadcast Fund series, […]

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20
Jun

Nerve Centre launches Ulster-Scots web resource Making Northern Ireland

20/06/22

An exciting new web resource, Making Northern Ireland, is being launched this week. The project has been produced by the Nerve Centre and funded by Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund. Making Northern […]

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