Northern Ireland Screen
Encyclopedia
Northern Ireland Screen is the national screen agency for Northern Ireland
. The agency's purpose is to promote the development of a sustainable film, animation and television production industry.
The agency is funded jointly by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
, Invest Northern Ireland
and the UK Film Council
. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
have delegated the administration of Lottery funding for film in Northern Ireland to Northern Ireland Screen.
Northern Ireland Screen is responsible for the £12 million Irish Language
Broadcast Fund. The funds purpose is to provide for an increase in Irish language broadcasting in Northern Ireland by the BBC
and TG4
.
. It was once the main Harland and Wolff
painting hall and includes a large indoor space. The building is currently on licence to Northern Ireland Screen who have plans to offer it rent free to film makers. The Paint Hall was the location of the City of Ember in the 2008 film of the same name
.. Starting in 2010 it was used as the main studio for the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones
, which debuted in April 2011.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The agency's purpose is to promote the development of a sustainable film, animation and television production industry.
History
Northern Ireland Screen was established as the Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission in 1997.The agency is funded jointly by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure is a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...
, Invest Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment...
and the UK Film Council
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland....
have delegated the administration of Lottery funding for film in Northern Ireland to Northern Ireland Screen.
Northern Ireland Screen is responsible for the £12 million Irish Language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
Broadcast Fund. The funds purpose is to provide for an increase in Irish language broadcasting in Northern Ireland by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and TG4
TG4
TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....
.
Notable projects
Northern Ireland Screen provides funding to a number of key projects relating to cinema in the region, including:- Belfast Film FestivalBelfast Film FestivalFounded in 1995 by author Laurence McKeown, in its early stages of development the West Belfast Film Festival was part of Féile an Phobail. In its third and fourth year, it was autonomous and under the stewardship of Michele Devlin and Laurence McKeown, the Film Festival ran as a citywide event...
- CineMagic Film FestivalCineMagic (film festival)Cinemagic is an international children's film festival in Belfast, UK, and in Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1988 that bills itself as the World Screen Festival for young people. The organisation is a company Limited By Guarantee and a registered charity....
- Foyle Film FestivalFoyle Film FestivalFoyle Film Festival is an annual film festival based in Derry, Northern Ireland. The 21st festival took place from 21 to 29 November 2008 and included the Northern Ireland premiere of Brideshead Revisited and the Irish, United Kingdom, and European premiere of Deborah Kampmeier's film Hounddog...
- Queen's Film TheatreQueen's Film TheatreThe Queen's Film Theatre or QFT is a small independent cinema at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland that was founded in 1968. The QFT focuses mainly on art house, indie and world cinema and plays an important role in the cultural life of Belfast, in particular through contributions to...
The Paint Hall
"The Paint Hall" is a historic building in the Titanic Quarter of BelfastBelfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
. It was once the main Harland and Wolff
Harland and Wolff
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries is a Northern Irish heavy industrial company, specialising in shipbuilding and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
painting hall and includes a large indoor space. The building is currently on licence to Northern Ireland Screen who have plans to offer it rent free to film makers. The Paint Hall was the location of the City of Ember in the 2008 film of the same name
City of Ember
City of Ember is a 2008 science fiction-fantasy film based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Jeanne DuPrau. It was directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by Caroline Thompson, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau and Tim Robbins.-Plot:In the...
.. Starting in 2010 it was used as the main studio for the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (TV series)
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
, which debuted in April 2011.
See also
- Irish Film BoardIrish Film BoardThe Irish Film Board is Ireland’s national film agency and major film funding body. It was recommended for abolition by the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes in 2009.-Formative years:...
(Republic of IrelandRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
) - Scottish ScreenScottish ScreenScottish Screen is the national body for film and television in Scotland, established in April 1997. It took on the functions of the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, Scottish Screen Locations and Scottish Broadcast and Film Training, forming a unitary organisation.Scottish...
- UK Film CouncilUK Film CouncilThe UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
External links
- Northern Ireland Screen - official website