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25
Aug

New Shorts Focus open for applications

25/08/22

New Shorts Focus is an initiative to find Northern Ireland resident filmmakers exclusively from groups that are underrepresented in the film and television sector. This is a fiction development scheme specifically for under-represented new and […]

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17
Aug

Save the date: HMRC’s Creative Industry Tax Unit and the BFI Certification Unit

17/08/22

Save the date: HMRC’s Creative Industry Tax Unit and the BFI Certification Unit at Ormeau Baths on Wednesday 28th September We are delighted to announce that colleagues from the HMRC’s Creative Industry Tax […]

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17
Aug

Stowe Story Lab’s Fall Writers Retreat Launched in collaboration with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen, and Galway Film Fleadh

17/08/22

Stowe Story Labs, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland (Screen Ireland), Northern Ireland Screen, and Galway Film Fleadh has announced that they are collaborating to launch the Stowe Story Labs Connemara Writers’ Retreat, to be held at the […]

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17
Aug

Irish Language Broadcast Fund film tells the story of the song The Laughing Boy on TG4

17/08/22

An Buachaill Gealgháireach, a new Irish Language Broadcast Fund film, tells the remarkable untold story of an Irish song called The Laughing Boy written by a teenage rebel called Brendan Behan in memory […]

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16
Aug

Afro-Mic Productions releases two brand new Ulster-Scots digital series

16/08/22

Afro-Mic Productions has launched two brand new Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund multimedia projects – Hoo Weel Da Yea Know and Tell Me Where You’re Frae Withoot Telling Me Where You’re Frae. Both series can […]

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16
Aug

Young Plato shortlisted for a Grierson Award

16/08/22

The Grierson Trust recently announced the shortlist for its 50th anniversary British Documentary Awards in association with All3Media. Neasa Ní Chianáin and Declan McGrath’s (Lomax in Éirinn) Young Plato has been shortlisted in the Best […]

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16
Aug

How to bury a dead mule returns to the Lyric Theatre

16/08/22

How To Bury A Dead Mule returns to the Lyric Theatre for 6 nights from Tuesday 6th September. Written and performed by Richard Clements and directed by Matthew McElhinney, the performance tells the story […]

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15
Aug

The Writers Lab UK & Ireland announces participants and honourees for 2022 lab

15/08/22

The Writers Lab UK & Ireland has announced its selection of mentors, participants and honourable mentions for its Lab that supports women and non-binary writers over 40. In its second year in the UK […]

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15
Aug

Spotlight shines on The Hotel People in new BBC1 NI series

15/08/22

In a new observational series, The Hotel People, viewers follow the team at Northern Ireland’s largest family owned luxury hotel chain. The warm and invitational series sees the chain try to bounce back from […]

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12
Aug

Sitcom webinar with Keith Martin

12/08/22

In collaboration with Keith Martin, we are hosting a free sitcom webinar on Thursday 8th September at 5pm via Zoom. Keith Martin is an award-winning development producer, script editor and producer with 18 years […]

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12
Aug

4Skills & NFTS Factual Development & Production Taster Days

12/08/22

Factual programmes are at the heart of the UK television schedules – whether it’s The Great British Bake-Off, GPs Behind Closed Doors or Gogglebox – and commissioners are constantly on the lookout for […]

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08
Aug

Call for participants for Cinemagic’s Creative and Digital Technologies Academy

08/08/22

Young people aged 18-25 interested in the creative industries, are set to benefit from the 2022 Creative and Digital Technologies Academy delivered by Cinemagic in partnership with Belfast Metropolitan College and North West […]

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04
Aug

NI composer nominated for World Soundtrack Awards longlist

04/08/22

Northern Ireland composer Andrew Simon McAllister has been nominated for the prestigious World Soundtrack Awards longlist for Dalgliesh. The series is based on P.D. James’ internationally celebrated detective series Dalgliesh. Filmed entirely on location […]

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29
Jul

Mental health in production courses

29/07/22

The Production Guild of Great Britain is hosting mental health courses in production. Managing Mental Health for Crew Saturday 17th September at 9.30am – 1pm Lead by Matt Longley, Co-founder of 6ft From […]

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29
Jul

Netflix Assistant Production Accountant Programme

29/07/22

Due to high levels of film and TV drama production in the UK, Netflix is looking to recruit up to ten trainees, with the right skills and experience, to work in the production accounts […]

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28
Jul

Calling development executives to apply for SuperSizer

28/07/22

TRC’s SuperSizer is a professional development programme for ambitious Development Executives based in the Nations and Regions who want to win high value commissions. It equips Development Executives who produce factual, factual entertainment or specialist […]

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28
Jul

The Belfast XR Festival is open for submissions

28/07/22

The Belfast XR Festival kicks off on Wednesday 9th November at The Black Box in Belfast to showcasing the best of local and international immersive technology content. The Belfast XR Festival is part […]

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28
Jul

New Ulster-Scots 360° video series explores the Ards Peninsula

28/07/22

A new online series explores the Ulster-Scots Heartland of the Ards Peninsula, tracing the footprint and legacy of the first Ulster-Scots settlers as they arrived and moved through the area. Produced by Virtual […]

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27
Jul

Cinemagic and BFI Film Academy Break into Film: short courses call for participants

27/07/22

Cinemagic is delighted to announce the delivery of the BFI Film Academy Short Courses programme in 2022/23 and 16–19-year-olds. The BFI Film Academy Short Courses helps to train and inspire the next generation […]

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26
Jul

Waddell Media’s new documentary, Shark Women: Ghosted by Great Whites, airs on Discovery

26/07/22

A new documentary by Waddell Media, Shark Women: Ghosted by Great Whites, has its world premiere on Friday 29th July at 10pm ET/PT on Discovery and Discovery+ as part of Discovery Shark Week. Shark […]

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25
Jul

UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development

25/07/22

The UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) has opened its International Business Development strand. The strand supports UK screen content businesses across film, TV, animation and interactive narrative video games to enhance their international […]

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22
Jul

Factual Networkshop

22/07/22

As part of our Networkshops series, we will be hosting a factual workshop online on Wednesday 17th August from 2-3pm. The session is open on a first come first served basis for up to […]

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22
Jul

Belfast Film Festival announces dynamic new team and inaugural International Feature Competition

22/07/22

Belfast Film Festival has announced exciting changes in its programming team, and the addition of an international feature competition for the first time in its 22-year history. Jessica Kiang and Rose Baker are […]

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21
Jul

Studio21 script competition opens for entries

21/07/22

The eighth edition of the Studio21 Drama Series Script Competition (#studio21scriptcomp) has opened for entries. We’re looking for a pilot script for an international drama that will appeal to audiences and coproducers worldwide. The […]

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20
Jul

On the passing of Tom Collins

20/07/22

Northern Ireland Screen was saddened to hear of the death of filmmaker Tom Collins. The Derry-native had an acclaimed career across three decades as a director, writer and producer and he leaves an […]

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