Feb 17 2012 – Tickets are now on sale for TIRFF 2012
Tickets to this year’s Toronto Irish Film Festival are now on sale. To purchase tickets online, please visit the following link:- https://tytix.tiff.net/scripts/max/10.17.40.32-45000/maxweb.exe To purchase by phone, please call the TIFF Bell Lightbox box office phone number at:- 416.599.TIFF or 1.888.599.8433 ALL SCREENINGS WILL OCCUR AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX, 350 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO, ONTARIO, M5V …
Feb 13 2012 – Announcing Toronto Irish Film Festival 2012
The Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) will once again celebrate the best of Irish cinema on Friday March 9th and Saturday March 10th with 11 Canadian premieres of Irish films at TIFF Bell Lightbox. “We’re extremely proud to be showcasing a stellar line-up of Irish filmmaking talent”, says Michael Barry, TIRFF Executive Director. “The entire …
Feb 11 2012 – 9th Annual IFTA Winners Announced
The winners of the 9th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards were announced at a Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday 11th of February 2012. Full winners list below:- BEST FILM: The Guard – Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures) DIRECTOR FILM: …
Jan 17 2012 – TIRFF Announces Board of Directors
The Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) today announced a newly appointed Board of Directors from within the media, finance and Irish community sectors. “TIRFF is delighted to welcome our newly elected Board,” says John Galway, TIRFF Chair. “We are fortunate to have such excellent representation from key industry sectors and we see these very capable …
Jan 13 2012 – Jim Sheridan develops Irish fairy tale
Film director Jim Sheridan is teaming up with his screenwriter daughter Naomi to create a “magical Irish fairy tale”. The father and daughter met up in New York yesterday to put the finishing touches to the script of the movie ‘David & the Fairy King’ which they hope to make with Disney. The film is …
Jan 10 2012 – 9th Annual IFTA Nominees
NOMINEES FOR THE 9TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS FILM CATEGORIES BEST FILM Albert Nobbs- Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glen Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions) Charlie Casanova- Terry McMahon (Source Productions) Stella Days- Jackie Larkin& Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures) The Guard- Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element …
Jan 9 2012 : Save The Date, Jan 26th 2012 @ PJ’s
Please join us at P.J. O’Brien’s on Thursday January 26th 2012. In partnership with the Irish Chamber of Commerce, the evening will feature a panel discussion on film. John Galway, President of the Harold Greenberg Fund, will moderate a film panel. Confirmed guests include:- Alex Farrell – Director, Media & Entertainment | RBC Commercial Markets …
Jan 7 2012 – Irish talent among BAFTA longlist
The Guard, As If I Am Not There, Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender were included among the the longlist for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards released today. The Longlist is the result of Round One voting by members of the Academy. With 285 films entered this year, the first round of voting reduced …
Jan 3 2012 – Fassbender wins Best Actor for ‘Shame’ – twice
Michael Fassbender picked up two Best Actor awards this week for his performance in Steven McQueen’s Shame. The Irishman was named Best Actor at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival in Rome, which concluded Monday and today the Online Film Critics Society honoured him at the 15th Online Film Critics Society Awards. Shame open in …
Dec 28 2011 – RTE kicks off 50th year
RTÉ KICKS off an extended celebration of its 50th year in television this weekend. TV50 will be marked across RTÉ Television, radio and rte.ie with newly commissioned programming as well as the re-broadcast of classic moments in Irish television. Broadcasting live from the Gresham Hotel in Dublin’s O’Connell Street on New Year’s Eve 1961, Teilifís …