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News and Events - General

22
Feb

Northern Ireland projects and talent nominated for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2022

22/02/22

Congratulations to the Northern Ireland projects and talent nominated for this year’s Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards. Projects made in Northern Ireland and homegrown talent feature heavily across the 25 categories in […]

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21
Feb

Irish Film Festa 2022 seeking short film submissions

21/02/22

Submissions are open for the IRISH FILM FESTA short film competition 2022, taking place in May at the Casa del Cinema in Rome (exact dates to be confirmed). Rules & Eligibility In order […]

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21
Feb

Filmarket Hub launches its 2022 UK Online Pitchbox

21/02/22

The Filmarket Hub platform presents the 2022 edition of its UK Online Pitchbox – a two-day virtual pitch event dedicated to British feature films and scripted series in development. For the fifth consecutive […]

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21
Feb

Girls Make Games course calling young people aged 10-13

21/02/22

Kippie CIC is excited to announce another round of its successful course, Girls Make Games, for girls aged 10-13 starting from Monday 28th February. This free 8-week course covers all aspects of game development […]

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18
Feb

30-minute comedy drama, St Mungo’s, to air on BBC One NI

18/02/22

St Mungo’s is a new comedy drama written by Conor Grimes and Alan McKee about a young family from England starting a new life in Northern Ireland. Despite their misgivings, they become embroiled […]

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18
Feb

Feature Documentary Development Application Call

18/02/22

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 […]

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14
Feb

One shot thriller Nightride released on Netflix

14/02/22

Upcoming thriller Nightride, which was filmed and set in Belfast, will be released on Netflix in the UK and Ireland from Friday 4th March. Nightride is a wry real-time one shot thriller set on the midnight streets […]

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14
Feb

Stephen Nolan explores his family tree in new USBF documentary

14/02/22

In a new documentary, Ulster-Scots, My Family And Me, Stephen Nolan takes a revealing look at his family tree. He finds out where his relatives came from, how they lived and some of […]

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14
Feb

Cast announced for brand new BBC One drama Blue Lights as filming begins in Belfast

14/02/22

Filming has begun in Belfast on Blue Lights, a six-part original drama for BBC One and BBC iPlayer, from the writers of The Salisbury Poisonings. Created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam […]

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11
Feb

The Pixel Mill Trainees – Trainee Producer (video games)

11/02/22

The Pixel Mill Trainee 2022 – Trainee Producer (Video Games) is an entrant scheme for aspiring video game producers. We are looking for motivated individuals who want to develop a career in Northern Ireland’s […]

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11
Feb

The Pixel Mill Community Strategy for Indie Studios workshop

11/02/22

The Pixel Mill is hosting a Community Strategy for Indie Studios workshop on Thursday 3rd March at 10:30am. The session will be delivered online by Matt Knott, Community Director at Future PLC. At Future PLC, Matt […]

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10
Feb

Step up to Shooting AP training programme

10/02/22

Are you looking to make the step up to fully fledged shooting AP? DV Talent, with support from the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund, is accepting applications for its Shoot AP Training Programme. […]

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09
Feb

BFI Future Film Festival

09/02/22

The BFI Future Film Festival is the UK’s largest festival for young, emerging filmmakers. The festival runs from Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th February with events and screenings taking place both online and in-venue […]

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08
Feb

Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST nominated for seven Oscars

08/02/22

Actor-comedian Leslie Jordan and actor, CEO and producer Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 94th Oscars® nominations today via a global live stream. Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to see Belfast, written and directed […]

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08
Feb

ILBF series Ceol le Toal to air on BBC Two NI for music lovers

08/02/22

Music has been John Toal’s lifelong passion and in a new Irish Language Broadcast Fund series for music lovers, Ceol le Toal, he taps into the great range of styles and talent across […]

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04
Feb

New Ulster-Scots series of Hame returns to BBC Two NI

04/02/22

The popular Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund magazine series Hame returns and this time presenters Mark Thompson and Ruth Sanderson are travelling across the ‘Narrow Sea’ to Scotland. The three-part series, beginning on BBC Two […]

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04
Feb

First-look images from CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS released

04/02/22

A gallery of images are released today from the highly anticipated Conversations with Friends for BBC Three and Hulu, which follows Frances (Alison Oliver), a 21 year old college student, as she navigates […]

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03
Feb

Ken Branagh’s Belfast nominated for 6 BAFTA Film Awards

03/02/22

BAFTA has today announced the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2022, celebrating the very best in film of the past year. Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to see that […]

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03
Feb

Filming begins in Northern Ireland on second series of BBC One’s hit drama Bloodlands

03/02/22

Filming has begun on the new series of HTM Television’s ratings-hit Bloodlands, created and written by Chris Brandon, which will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for six thrilling hour-long episodes. As […]

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02
Feb

Showtime acquires worldwide rights to Kathryn Ferguson’s Sinead O’Connor doc NOTHING COMPARES

02/02/22

SHOWTIME Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to NOTHING COMPARES  the documentary feature debut from Belfast director Kathryn Ferguson. The film charts Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and examines how she […]

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02
Feb

Influencers to feature in new Irish MUA series on TG4’s BLOC

02/02/22

A teacher from Cork, a nursing student from Armagh, a call-centre worker from Limerick and an Art Student from Kerry – what do they all have in common? A love for makeup. Masters […]

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02
Feb

Return to work programme for craft and technical roles in HETV drama

02/02/22

Have you taken a career break and are now looking to get back into production? Do you need to refresh some skills? Update your CV and portfolio? Build new networking contacts? Or simply benefit from […]

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02
Feb

Farmers race tractors in new BBC Three series

02/02/22

The Fast and the Farmer-ish is a brand new agri-challenge series where teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland battle it out for the glory of becoming the UK’s best tractor driving […]

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01
Feb

ScreenSkills HETV and Film Accounts Industry Transfer Programme

01/02/22

Do you work in finance and love film and TV? Would you like to join a fascinating and dynamic industry? High-end TV and film companies across the UK need dynamic people with accounts […]

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31
Jan

Hargey launches £10m jobs and skills fund

31/01/22

A new £10million scheme has been launched by Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey to support a range of sectors in their recovery from the impact of the pandemic, it has been confirmed. The Covid […]

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