Irish Film Board also backs several other features and grants co-production funds to a revenge thriller starring Game Of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer.
A biopic of tragic singer Amy Winehouse, directed by Irish filmmaker Kirsten Sheridan, is among the productions backed by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
Actress Noomi Rapace is already attached to the untitled project, which is also scripted by Sheridan (In America). It has received a production funding commitment of €540,000.
It is one of several projects backed by the Ifb as it attempts to build on what has been a successful period for the Irish film industry.
Ghost story The Lodgers, written by musician and professor of gothic literature David Turpin, has received production funding of €600,000. Directed by Brian O’Malley (Let Us Prey), it will be produced by Tailored Films (Stitches).
Described as a classic ghost story, The Lodgers tells the story of orphaned twins Edward and Rachel...
A biopic of tragic singer Amy Winehouse, directed by Irish filmmaker Kirsten Sheridan, is among the productions backed by the Irish Film Board in its latest round of funding decisions.
Actress Noomi Rapace is already attached to the untitled project, which is also scripted by Sheridan (In America). It has received a production funding commitment of €540,000.
It is one of several projects backed by the Ifb as it attempts to build on what has been a successful period for the Irish film industry.
Ghost story The Lodgers, written by musician and professor of gothic literature David Turpin, has received production funding of €600,000. Directed by Brian O’Malley (Let Us Prey), it will be produced by Tailored Films (Stitches).
Described as a classic ghost story, The Lodgers tells the story of orphaned twins Edward and Rachel...
- 7/20/2016
- ScreenDaily
If you're a filmmaker on a credit-card budget, you probably can't afford a helicopter to take those aerial shots of cityscapes and landscapes that big-budget filmmakers use to create a sense of panoramic grandeur. But you can afford the next best thing: a flying drone camera. That's right: the same technology that allows the U.S. to spy remotely and to drop bombs from unmanned aircraft also allows you to capture killer bird's-eye-view shots for your movie.
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See Peter Travers' List of the Best and Worst James Bond Movies...
- 10/28/2013
- Rollingstone.com
Veteran Australian producer Antony I Ginnane is one of the key creatives behind a new local CGI animated feature film.
Ginnane, the former Screen Producers Association of Australia president, is in a joint venture with Accent Media’s Peter and Caroline Campbell, and Rodney Whitham and British film company Gfm Films on Stonerunner.The film, set on a future Earth, is to be directed by Australian Steve Trenbirth, who helmed Jungle Book 2, The Legend of Secret Pass and worked across many other Disney films.
It is written by Melbourne-based Paul Western-Pittard.
Ginnane, who has produced or executive produced over 66 films including 1978 thriller Patrick and its current remake as well as Last Dance and Arctic Blast, introduced the film and Peter Campbell to Gfm Films at Cannes Film Market this year.
Gfm’s Michael Ryan said the film had potential to be a cross-platform hit.
Ryan said: “We were all quickly...
Ginnane, the former Screen Producers Association of Australia president, is in a joint venture with Accent Media’s Peter and Caroline Campbell, and Rodney Whitham and British film company Gfm Films on Stonerunner.The film, set on a future Earth, is to be directed by Australian Steve Trenbirth, who helmed Jungle Book 2, The Legend of Secret Pass and worked across many other Disney films.
It is written by Melbourne-based Paul Western-Pittard.
Ginnane, who has produced or executive produced over 66 films including 1978 thriller Patrick and its current remake as well as Last Dance and Arctic Blast, introduced the film and Peter Campbell to Gfm Films at Cannes Film Market this year.
Gfm’s Michael Ryan said the film had potential to be a cross-platform hit.
Ryan said: “We were all quickly...
- 9/5/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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