Filmbase has been open for 25 years and Irish talent that have cut their teeth at the Temple Bar based centre include Kristen Sheridan (Disco Pigs, August Rush), John Wallace (co-producer Rewind, Runners), Thomas Heffernan (Writer, The Pool), Martina Niland (Snap, Sarah & Steve) and John Moore (Max Payne). With an ample scope of training subjects and wide range of course formats, Iftn takes a closer look at the upcoming training programme at Filmbase.
- 9/29/2011
- IFTN
Commissioned by RTÉ Young Peoples Programming, and produced by Accomplice Television, new Irish production 'The Importance of Being Whatever' updates Oscar Wilde's classic play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' into a modern serialised drama. Directed by Ronan and Rob Burke (Aisling's Diary, Runners) and written by Iseult Golden and David Horan (Belonging to Laura), the 30 x 3 minute series follows mixed race teen Tobi Okocha, the dutiful and hard-working son of struggling single mother Kathy, who is determined that her son will get a good leaving cert and a place in university...
- 7/6/2011
- IFTN
'Runners', a short directed by Dubliners Ronan and Bob Burke and David Freyne's 'Passing' have been selected for the Canadian Nickel Film Festival. The Ifta award winning short 'Runners' follows 18 year old Derek (Mark Butler) as he tries to juggle a life of drug-dealing with his family and relationships. 'Runners' is produced by Black Sheep Productions and co-stars Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones).
- 6/2/2011
- IFTN
Galway shorts screen at Fleadh, a win for 'Janey Mary', screenings for 'Polish Language' and 'Sunday Drive' begins shoot. Galway's Town Hall will play host to screenings of new Irish shorts on the mornings of July 9th, 10th and 11th as part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh. The first two mornings of the programme will showcase short Irish dramas such as Conor Horgan's 'Deep End Dance' and John Butler's 'The Ballad of Kid Kanturk' alongside 'In the Night in the Dark' from Rob Kennedy and Black Sheep Productions' 'Runners', which comes from its Ifta win this year for makers Rob and Ronan Burke.
- 7/7/2010
- IFTN
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