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News and Events

08
Jul

BAFTA Breakthrough is now open to talented applicants working in film, games and television

08/07/21

The BAFTA Breakthrough Global Briefing Event will take place on Tuesday 13th July at 5pm for participants to find out more about the programme. The panel will be hosted by Edith Bowman and panellists include representatives from […]

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08
Jul

Northern Ireland projects and talent selected for 2021 Galway Film Fleadh

08/07/21

Featuring a spectacular eleven World Premieres, forty-five new films, and over 100 short films, this year’s Galway Film Fleadh will feature powerful, moving, funny and provocative storytelling from both emerging and renowned filmmakers. […]

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07
Jul

Three films made in Northern Ireland being released this summer

07/07/21

Three films made in Northern Ireland with the support of Northern Ireland Screen are hitting screens this summer; Colum Eastwood’s Black Medicine, Uberto Pasolini’s Nowhere Special and Chris Baugh’s Boys from County Hell. […]

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07
Jul

BFI Film Academy Lab – Right on the money: Funding your short film

07/07/21

The BFI Film Academy Labs is hosting a free workshop, Right on the money: Funding your short film, on Saturday 10th July at 12:30pm. The Labs are designed to support 16-25 year old aspiring filmmakers […]

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07
Jul

Fast Food Face Off on iPlayer and BBC One

07/07/21

Brand new show Fast Food Face Off will be available on iPlayer from Monday 12th July and will also air on BBC One at 10.35pm on Monday 19th July. Produced by Stellify Media […]

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06
Jul

Third volume of Adding Value Report published

06/07/21

Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to have published the third volume of its Adding Value Report. The screen industry in Northern Ireland is a high-profile success story. It is also a publicly led […]

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05
Jul

Wildfire and Rough win at IFTA Film and Drama Awards

05/07/21

Congratulations to Northern Ireland Screen-backed projects Wildfire and Rough who took home awards at last night’s Virtual IFTA Film and Drama Awards, hosted by the Irish Film and Television Academy. Newry woman Cathy […]

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02
Jul

Ulster-Scots Virtual Visits now online

02/07/21

The first phase of Ulster-Scots Virtual Visits is now online. The series of visits offers users a 360-degree virtual tour experience, immersing them in the heritage, culture and history of places in Ulster […]

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01
Jul

ILBF New Entrant Scheme in Television Skills

01/07/21

Our Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) is seeking applications from fluent Irish speakers for the ILBF New Entrant Scheme in Television Skills. Trainees on the scheme will learn the craft of television while on placement […]

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01
Jul

Company placement trainee opportunity for a Production Assistant

01/07/21

We are running a skills development programme as part of our COMPANY PLACEMENT SCHEME called Production Assistant 2021. The programme will provide a training opportunity for one person to work with Makematic, a multi-media production company. This is […]

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01
Jul

ILBF Trainee Radio Producer Scheme opportunity

01/07/21

Our Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) is seeking applications from fluent Irish speakers for the ILBF Trainee Radio Producer Scheme. Trainees on the scheme will learn the craft of radio production while on placement […]

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29
Jun

BFI launches review to boost skills across UK

29/06/21

The BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image, is undertaking a major strategic skills review on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The review […]

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28
Jun

Application of AI in movie productions workshop

28/06/21

In collaboration with Largo.ai we will be hosting a free workshop on the application of AI in movie productions tomorrow (Tuesday 29th June) from 3-4pm. The workshop will present a case study and […]

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25
Jun

Black Medicine available on digital platforms from 12th July

25/06/21

Colum Eastwood’s dark crime thriller, Black Medicine, will be released by Signature Entertainment on digital platforms from Monday 12th July. Jo, a black-market medic carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When […]

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25
Jun

ILBF Officer vacancy

25/06/21

We are recruiting an Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) Officer to join our team. Reporting to the Head of the ILBF, the post holder will assist in delivering the strategy for the Fund […]

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25
Jun

Waddell’s Stitch, Please! commissioned by BBC Three

25/06/21

BBC Three has commissioned Stitch, Please! a new 4 x 30 factual entertainment series from Waddell Media as a result of the collaborative partnership with BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen. Hosted […]

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24
Jun

Partnership Agreement between BBC and Northern Ireland Screen renewed

24/06/21

BBC Director-General Tim Davie and Northern Ireland Screen Chairwoman Rotha Johnston today visited the set of new BBC and Britbox crime drama, Hope Street in the seaside town of Donaghadee. During the visit, […]

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24
Jun

Games Scale up programme

24/06/21

We have partnered with Creative England and Ukie to support two business from Northern Ireland join the next cohort of the Games Scale Up programme. Games Scale Up is a prestigious 6-month programme to support games […]

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23
Jun

UK Global Screen Fund Information Session – Northern Ireland

23/06/21

The UK Global Screen Fund is hosting a webinar at 11am on Friday 2nd July to provide an overview of the support available to Northern Ireland companies through the new £7 million pilot […]

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23
Jun

Liam Neeson invites Northern Ireland Primary Schools to join Cinemagic Young Film Jury Competition

23/06/21

Liam Neeson, patron of Cinemagic, has lent his support to the launch of a new film education initiative from Cinemagic International Film Festival. Cinemagic is offering Norther Ireland primary schools the opportunity to […]

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22
Jun

Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund Investment Committee Member vacancy

22/06/21

The Ulster Scots Investment Committee (the ‘Committee’) chaired by a Northern Ireland Screen Board Member makes funding decisions on a quarterly basis and is seeking to recruit an Investment Committee Member. We are […]

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22
Jun

Participants announced for Puttnam Scholars 2021

22/06/21

Screen Skills Ireland, the skills development unit within Screen Ireland, is pleased to partner with Northern Ireland Screen, Future Screens NI, and Atticus Education for the second year of the Puttnam Scholars programme. This cross-border initiative offers eight emerging filmmakers […]

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21
Jun

Funding Executive and USBF Executive vacancies

21/06/21

We currently have vacancies for a Funding Executive (12-months maternity cover) and an Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund Executive (12-months contract). Funding Executive Reporting to the Funding Manager the post-holder will assist in the effective and efficient […]

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21
Jun

Cinemagic summer scheme calls film fans for young consultants’ programme

21/06/21

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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18
Jun

Siobhán McSweeney explores Northern Ireland for new Waddell Media TV series for More 4

18/06/21

Siobhán McSweeney, a star of Channel 4’s Derry Girls, had never set foot in Northern Ireland before filming the hit comedy show. After falling in love with the landscape she now wants to […]

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