The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and TG4, in association
with Galway Film Centre, are delighted to announce the launch of ‘ilDÁNA’.
‘ilDÁNA’ is designed to support the production of landmark
creative documentary films on the arts in Irish. ‘ilDÁNA’ will provide
film-makers with an opportunity to make distinctive ambitious works to enrich
the TG4 primetime programme schedule and have a national impact with audiences.
“Following
an impressive list of award-winning productions funded during our twenty-year collaboration
on the Splanc! scheme, TG4 welcomes this new initiative which will ensure that
landmark arts documentaries continue in the fabric of TG4’s programme schedule” said Proinsias Ní Ghráinne, Commissioning Editor,
TG4.
Films commissioned for ‘ilDÁNA’ will provide a definitive creative
treatment of their arts subject. All artistic disciplines will be considered.
Contemporary subjects are preferred but contemporary treatments of historical
works may also be considered. Two films will be funded with a budget of up to €80,000
each in the first season of the scheme. Both will launch with a dedicated
cinema screening and will have a theatrical window before broadcast to a
primetime TG4 audience in Spring 2018.
Fionnuala
Sweeney, Head of Film in The Arts Council noted “The Arts Council is delighted to build on its long-standing partnership
with TG4 with the launch of ilDÁNA. This exciting scheme, with its built-in
theatrical window and a dedicated primetime broadcast on TG4, will enable
film-makers to make bold and ambitious film works on the arts for Irish
audiences”.
Galway Film Centre will administer the commissioning of the ‘ilDÁNA’
films and TG4's ‘Terms of Trade’ will apply. Representatives from TG4, the Arts
Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Galway Film Centre will select the projects
for ‘ilDÁNA’.
“Galway Film Centre are extremely happy to be
involved in a new scheme with a very healthy budget that will hopefully allow
film-makers to take creative risks and make something daring and exciting for
both cinema and television” said Declan Gibbons, Galway Film Centre.
See here for
application details.
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