AnnuAL REPORT OF BORD SCAnnÁn nA ... - Irish Film Board

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PREAMBLE
InTRODuCTIOn / HIGHLIGHTS
Throughout 2009, the Irish film industry received significant
recognition and acclaim at some of the worlds most renowned
festivals and industry awards.
Highlights include the A-list Toronto International Film
Festival, where a record eight Irish films were selected, two
Emmy awards (Dearbhla Walsh, director and Brendan Gleeson,
actor), two Golden Globe awards (Colin Farrell and Gabriel
Byrne), an Academy Award nomination for the IFB short film
New Boy, two awards at the Sundance Film Festival for Five
Minutes of Heaven and a Best Actor award at the Tribeca Film
Festival for Ciaran Hinds for his role in The Eclipse.
Irish animation talent was applauded as Tomm Moore was
awarded the Director of the Year prize while Cartoon Saloon
picked up the Producer of the Year prize at Cartoon Movie for
The Secret of Kells, meanwhile Brown Bag Films was named
European Producer of the Year at Cartoon Forum.
These selections, nominations and awards are a testament to
the high esteem in which Irish film and filmmaking talent are
held internationally and reinforces the industry’s reputation for
both creativity and professionalism.
FunDInG
In 2009 Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB)
received a 5.8% decrease in funding which meant the agency’s
budget decreased from €23.2 million in 2008 to €21.84 million
in 2009.
This funding together with improvements to Section 481, the
Irish tax incentive for film and television production, allowed
13 Irish features, five co-productions, three animations and
a dozen documentaries with theatrical ambitions to go into
production in the year.
Government funding, provided directly to the sector through
the IFB is a key component of the entire audiovisual content
industry. The 2010 budget for the IFB will ensure that the core
work of the agency to support the development and production
of indigenous film to be sustained at 2009 levels.
InITIATIvES
2009 saw the agency engaging in a number of projects such as
a strategic plan for the future of Ireland’s content production
industry, the ‘Give Me Direction’ Screen Writing Conference,
the PGA ‘Produced By’ Conference and the continued
development of the Art House Cinema Network.
THE ECLIPSE
REAMHRÁ
RÉAMHRÁ/BuAICPHOInTí
I gcaitheamh na bliana 2009, bhain tionscal na scannán in Éirinn
amach aitheantas agus ardmholadh ag cuid de na searmanais
bhronnta gradam féiltí agus gradam tionscail is iomráití ar fud an
domhain.
I measc na mbuaicphointí bhí an mórfhéile, Féile Scannán
Idirnáisiúnta Toronto, ag ar roghnaíodh curiarracht d’ocht
scannán Éireannach, dhá ghradam Emmy (Dearbhla Walsh,
stiúrthóir agus Brendan Gleeson, aisteoir), dhá ghradam Golden
Globe (Colin Farrell agus Gabriel Byrne), ainmniúchán le
haghaidh Gradam Academy don ghearrscannán de chuid IFB New
Boy, dhá ghradam ag Féile Scannán Sundance do Five Minutes of
Heaven agus bhuaigh Ciaran Hinds gradam don Aisteoir is Fearr
ag Féile Scannán Tribeca dá ról sa scannán The Eclipse.
Tugadh moladh don chumas beochana in Éirinn nuair a bhuaigh
Tomm Moore an duais le haghaidh Stiúrthóir na Bliana agus nuair
a bhuaigh Cartoon Saloon an duais don Léiritheoir is Fearr le
haghaidh The Secret of Kells ag Cartoon Movie. Ainmníodh Brown
Bag Films mar Léiritheoir Eorpach na Bliana ag Cartoon Forum.
Cruthúnas is ea na roghnúcháin, na hainmniúcháin agus na
gradaim sin ar an ardmheas a léirítear go hidirnáisiúnta ar
scannáin agus ar scannánaíocht Éireannach agus cuireann sé le
clú an tionscail ó thaobh cruthaitheachta agus proifisiúntachta de.
MAOInIÚ
Sa bhliain 2009 fuair Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film
Board (IFB) laghdú de 5.8% ina chuid maoiniúcháin, rud a
chiallaigh gur tháinig laghdú ar bhuiséad na gníomhaireachta ó
€23.2 milliún sa bhliain 2008 go €21.84 milliún sa bhliain 2009.
Thug an maoiniú sin, i dteannta feabhsuithe i dtaca le hAlt 481,
an spreagadh atá in Éirinn le haghaidh léiriú scannáin agus
teilifíse, an deis chun léiriúchán a thosú ar thrí phríomhscannán
déag Éireannach, cúig comhléiriúchán, trí scannán beochana
agus dosaen scannán faisnéise, a bhfuil sé mar sprioc iad a
thaispeáint in amharclanna, i rith na bliana.
Tá maoiniú ón Rialtas, a sholáthraítear don earnáil go díreach tríd
an IFB, ina phríomhpháirt den tionscal lánais chlosamhairc ar
fad. Cinnteoidh buiséad an IFB don bhliain 2010 go gcoimeádfar
príomhshaothar na gníomhaireachta, ‘sé sin scannáin
dúchasacha a fhorbairt agus a léiriú, ag leibhéil na bliana 2009.
TIOnSCnAIMH
Sa bhliain 2009 ghabh an ghníomhaireacht i mbun líon áirithe
tionscadal ar nós plean straitéiseach do thodhchaí an tionscail
léiriú lánais in Éirinn, an Comhdháil Scriptscríobh ‘Give Me
Direction’, an Comhdháil PGA ‘Produced By’ agus forbairt
leanúnach ar an Líonra Cineama Sainealaíne.
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