ifta london SPRING RECEPTION set for 29 MARCH 2012

about the irish film & television academy | london

IFTA LONDON is a dynamic new initiative designed to help build strong relationships and links between the creative industries in Ireland and the UK.  By delivering a year round programme of events/screenings/ social evenings, IFTA London will give Members unique networking opportunities; to showcase Irish talent to the UK industry; to keep abreast of developments in the Irish film and television industry and engage with and meet London based film/tv professionals and Irish creative talent who frequently travel to work in the UK.

the latest ifta london events

• IFTA LONDON SPRING RECEPTION - ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF JOHN FORD IRELAND
  

  The Embassy of Ireland in London and IFTA LONDON is hosting a special Academy Reception to announce details of the John Ford Ireland Symposium. The JOHN FORD Ireland Symposium will be held in Dublin annually in June (7th - 10th 2012) honouring, examining and learning from the work and legacy of legendary filmmaker John Ford, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation.

• AS IF I AM NOT THERE IFTA LONDON SCREENING
  

  The Irish Film & Television Academy is delighted to announce details of exclusive IFTA London screening of the IFTA award winning feature As If I Am Not There. The event will take place in the Princess Anne Theatre at BAFTA HQ in London.
  The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Irish writer/director Juanita Wilson who won the IFTA for Best Director and Best Screenwriter in 2011.

• PUBLIC ENEMIES TV PREVIEW PLUS DEARBHLA WALSH Q&A
  

  IFTA received a limited number of tickets for UK based Members to attend a preview of Public Enemies - a new BBC One three-part drama - with Irish director and IFTA Member Dearbhla Walsh (The Silence, Little Dorrit, Funland), actor Daniel Mays (Vera Drake) and screenwriter Tony Marchant (The Mark of Cain, Recovery, Holding On) participating in a Q&A session following the preview.

• IFTA LONDON LAUNCH
  

  The Irish Film & Television Academy announced its new IFTA LONDON initiative at a reception in London's Piccadilly. The initiative is a dynamic new creative network designed to foster productive relations between the Irish and UK industries.

IFTA LONDON LAUNCH EVENT OVERVIEW

View images from the inaugural IFTA LONDON Reception in the IFTA Gallery and on the IFTA Facebook

Read the IFTN article about the inaugural IFTA LONDON event - click here

A wealth of Irish and British talent attended the inaugural IFTA LONDON event in August 2011 - extensive UK presence included representatives from, amongst others, the BFI Film Fund, Film Four, Channel 4, BBC, London Film Festival, London Film School, Bankside, talent agencies Troika, Curtis Brown, Lisa Richards UK, and Casarotto Marsh, plus production companies Ecosse, Salt, Guerrilla Films, Sprout Productions, Impossible Pictures, Sixteen Films (Ken Loach and producer Rebecca O’Brien), High Point, The Works, Forward Films, Qwerty Films, and Crossday Productions (Pippa Cross).

Attending from Ireland were; IFTA representatives Aine Moriarty (CEO), Deirdre Hopkins, Tanya Warren and Roisin Cronin; along with Irish Film Board representatives James Hickey (CEO), Teresa McGrane, Emma Scott and Alan Maher. Kevin Moriarty of Ardmore Studios attended. Some of the Irish producers included Redmond Morris (‘The Reader’), MacDara Kelleher (Fastnet Films), Rebecca O’Flanagan (Treasure/Rubicon), Jo Gilbert (Spinster Films) and Tommy Collins (‘Kings’), directors Jim Sheridan ('Dream House', 'My Left Foot'), Dearbhla Walsh (‘The Silence’, ‘Little Dorrit’) actors Ciaran Hinds and Robert Sheehan (both coming from West End theatre rehearsals) and actress Kelly Campbell (‘One Hundred Mornings’).

London based Irish/IFTA members attending included writers Stuart Carolan (‘Love/Hate’), John Butler (‘Your Bad Self’) and Daragh Carville ('Middletown'), directors Anthony Byrne (‘How About You’, ‘Wild Decembers’), Karl Golden (‘Weekender’, ‘Pelican Blood’), Billy O'Brien ('Isolation') Graham Cantwell (‘The Callback Queen’, ‘Anton’), animator Eoghan Kidney, DP's Robbie Ryan ('Wuthering Heights') and Susie Lavelle ('One Hundred Mornings'), casting directors Ros and John Hubbard, and Jenny Duffy; actors Eileen Walsh, Elaine Cassidy, Nora Jane Noone, Allen Leech, Ruth Bradley, Natalie Dormer and Jayne Wisener; also attending were Ciaran Byrne (the Culture Secretary of the Irish Embassy in London), Tom Leggett of Element Pictures London and investigative television reporter Donal MacIntyre, among others.

As with our BAFTA and American Academy colleagues the aim of the IFTA Academy is to stimulate creative production, and to encourage excellence through recognition, education and leadership in film and television.

JOIN THE IFTA LONDON INITIATIVE

IFTA is now inviting UK based industry professionals to apply for IFTA LONDON Membership. For further information please click here and fill out the Expression of Interest Form.

The Irish Academy has developed and expanded its Membership and relationships across Europe and the US (IFTA co-founded the Film Academies Network of Europe of which there are now 19 member countries), and many Academy Members are based in London and across the UK. Among these are directors, producers, actors, commissioning editors, agents, and editors who are working in the UK industry and who are full voting members of IFTA. 

IFTA is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2006, inviting film and television industry professionals to become Members across the 14 Chapters of Expertise.

ABOUT ifta LONDON membership 2011/2012

• IFTA EVENTS IN LONDON:
  Similar to our Irish based programme of events and activities - more information here - IFTA will run regular events in London, including showcasing Irish talent to UK Industry, premiere screenings of the latest work from UK based Irish filmmakers and producers, plus special IFTA In Conversation With... events, building the links and networking opportunities for Members.
  
  
• CONNECT WITH IRISH COLLEAGUES:
  IFTA LONDON Members will become apart of IFTA's growing network of over 1,000 Members - professionals working within the film and television industries around the world.
  
  
• THE IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS:
  As a Full Member of IFTA LONDON, you will be able to vote for the nominees and winners of the Annual Irish Film & Television Awards Ceremony, held each February.