Irish Film Office to Open in US
Speaking of the Cannes Film Festival, the Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, yesterday launched the Irish Pavilion there and confirmed that a new Irish film office will open in LA in September. Even better news was the new tax initiatives which should be a real boost for the Irish Film Industry.
Some of the cast of The Wind That Shakes The Barley were in attendance. Although the Irish Civil War film is where most attention for Irish film is focused at Cannes, there are 13 other Irish films selling in the market there including Paul Mercier’s Studs starring Brendan Gleeson, Mark Hammond’s Johnny Was and Patrick Kenny’s Winter’s End. Films by John Boorman and Paddy Breathnach are currently in production.
It would be remiss not to note that at the moment the great Italian director Nanni Moretti has jumped to the head of the favourites for the Palme D’or, ahead of Pedro Almodovar. You never know with a jury but the buzz of the Barley is less than it was.
Meanwhile in Dublin today a major US television series begins shooting. Showtime’s The Tudors, stars our friend Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Myers about the early years of Henry VIII. As well as Dublin the series will be shot in studios in Wicklow, stomping ground of The Elders‘ Ian Byrne. If you go there you can even see where he stomped. Weighed down with a washboard he left quite a mark.
See Also:
• The irish Gay Icon Who Shot Michael Collins
• Ken Loach: Movie Making Hero
• Actor Who is Irish is not Irish Actor
• Articles on The Wind That Shakes The Barley
• Colin Farrell for Woody Allen London Movie
• Irish Tax Movie Breaks Approved by EC
• KC Filmmakers Jubilee: Razor Fish
• Magical Movie Music Moment
• Colin Farrell in a Cardigan
Eolaí gan Fhéile:
