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960 articles available in total starting from 19/06/2002. Last article published on 24/11/2025.

€2.3 million boost to the IFB

John O'Donoghue T.D., The Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, has just granted a supplementary funding award of €2.3 million to the Irish Film Board, with the aim of continuing to increase...  

29/08/2006 | Production | Ireland

Loach’s Wind breaks Irish records

Ken Loach’s Irish civil war film The Wind That Shakes the Barley (see the Focus) has become the most successful Irish co-production at the local box office, grossing over €2.8m since its release...  

22/08/2006 | Box office | Ireland

New funding procedures at the IFB

James Morris, Chairman of the Irish Film Board, and CEO Simon Perry have just presented to the local film industry the film organisation’s new funding procedures and principles, in effect from...  

06/07/2006 | Production | Ireland

Ardmore Studios welcomes €29m Irish co-production

John O’Donoghue, the Irish Minister for Arts Sport and Tourism, just visited the set of the major TV series The Tudors, an Irish/Canadian co-production starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Sam Neill and...  

03/07/2006 | Production | Ireland

Shut Up and Shoot Me in Galway

The UK/Czech co-production Shut Up and Shoot Me by Steen Agro is going to open the 18th Galway Film Fleadh on July 11, which will close six days later on July 16 with The Front Line by Irish...  

29/06/2006 | Festivals | Ireland

Wind of success for Loach

This past weekend Irish audiences flocked to see Ken Loach’s take on their 1920s War of Independence in his latest film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, released in 60 cinemas nationwide by Pathe...  

28/06/2006 | Box office | Ireland/UK

The wind that shakes the UK and Ireland

Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning film The Wind That Shakes the Barley (see focus) is the European release of the day, booked in 60 cinemas in Ireland and 50 in the UK by Pathé Distribution. The...  

23/06/2006 | Releases | UK/Ireland

Interview: Rebecca O’Brien • Producer

A labour of love

Ken Loach’s long time production partner Rebecca O’Brien has built a wide network of European financial partners on which she can count, year after year  

21/06/2006

Interview: Ken Loach • Director

Remember the past to understand the present

Speaking in Cannes at the British Pavilion to an audience of film professionals and fans of his work spanning over 3 decades...  

21/06/2006

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach who just turned 70 on June 17, has much to celebrate. Winner last May in Cannes of a Palme d’or for The Wind That Shakes the Barley...  

21/06/2006 | Films | Reviews

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