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

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THE GIARD
PREAMBLE
InTRODuCTIOn / HIGHLIGHTS
In 2010 the Irish film and television sector had a record year in
terms of production output contributing €225 million into the
Irish economy, in terms of creating jobs and spend on local
goods and services. This figure was an increase from €157.2
million in 2009.
Throughout the year the Irish film industry continued to build
on its excellent international reputation garnering significant
recognition and acclaim as new Irish features were selected
for major international festivals and Irish talent picked up
awards and received nominations for some of the industry’s
highest accolades.
Highlights include the Irish film industry receiving five
Academy Award® nominations, three of which for the IFB
supported films The Secret of Kells, Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping
Beauty and The Door while Irish animator Richard Baneham
and his team picked up the Oscar for Best visual Effects for his
work on Avatar.
Other highlights include All Good Children being selected
for the prestigious Directors Fortnight at Cannes, His &
Hers picking up a prize for Excellence in Cinematography
at Sundance and Irish films being selected for some of the
world’s most renowned festivals including Toronto, Tribeca,
SXSW, Karlovy vary, Edinburgh, Clermont Ferrand, Annecy,
Hot Docs and London. These selections, nominations and
awards reinforce Ireland as a centre of cultural excellence
with a reputation for both creativity and professionalism on
the world stage.
It was also a record year also in terms of cinema releases, as
a number of indigenous Irish films reached Irish audiences in
2010 including four feature length documentaries. His & Hers
was especially successful receiving critical acclaim and having
an extended Irish cinema release due to popular demand and
topping the Irish DvD charts.
FunDInG
Government funding, provided directly to the sector through
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) is a key
component of the entire audiovisual content industry.
In 2010 the IFB received a total of €19.3 million of government
funding. This funding, together with the improved Irish tax
incentive for film and television production Section 481,
allowed 13 Irish features,1 Irish language Tv series, 6 creative
co-productions, 6 animated projects and 17 documentaries
with theatrical ambitions to go into production in the year.
InTERnATIOnAL PRODuCTIOn
2010 proved to be one of the strongest years for incoming
international film and television productions Ireland has
experienced having attracted numerous big budget feature
films, television series and television movies.
The year got off to a great start when the major feature film
Haywire, directed by Hollywood legend Steven Soderberg and
starring Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender filmed
in Ireland. With an Irish budget of €3.1 million, it shot in
numerous locations around Dublin and Wicklow.
THE RuNWAY
REAMHRÁ
RÉAMHRÁ / BuAICPHOInTí
Bliain thar na bearta a bhí ag earnáil na scannán agus na teilifíse
in Éirinn i 2010 ó thaobh aschuir táirgíochta de, bliain inar chuir
an earnáil €225 milliún isteach i ngeilleagar na tíre, agus ó thaobh
poist a chruthú agus caiteachas ar earraí agus ar sheirbhísí áitiúla
de. Ba mhéadú an figiúr sin ó fhigiúr de €157 milliún sa bhliain
2009.
Lean tionscal na scannán in Éirinn ar aghaidh i gcaitheamh na
bliana ag tógáil ar an gclú idirnáisiúnta atá aige atá ar fheabhas
i gcónaí agus ghnóthaigh sé aitheantas agus moladh suntasach
de réir mar a roghnaíodh príomhscannáin nua Éireannacha do
mhórfhéiltí idirnáisiúnta agus de réir mar a ghnóthaigh talann
Éireannach duaiseanna agus ainmniúcháin do chuid de na hacailídí
is mó atá ar fáil sa dtionscal.
I measc na mbuaicphointí bhí na cúig ainmniúcháin a fuair tionscal
na scannán in Éirinn do Dhuaiseanna an Acadaimh®, trí chin
acu do scannáin a fuair tacaíocht ó BSÉ / IFB, The Secret of Kells,
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty and The Door agus an Oscar
a bhuaigh Richard Baneham agus a fhoireann i gcomhair na
Maisíochtaí Físiúla is Fearr dá shaothar ar an scannán Avatar.
Bliain thar na bearta a bhí ann freisin ó thaobh eisiúintí cineama
de, mar gur shroich líon áirithe scannán dúchasacha lucht
féachana in Éirinn le linn 2010 ina measc ceithre scannán faisnéise
ar fhad phríomhscannáin. D’éirigh go han-mhaith go háirithe le
His & Hers a fuair ard-mholadh ó na léirmheastóirí agus a fuair
eisiúint shínte cineama in Éirinn de bharr éileamh an phobail agus
a bhain amach bharr na gcairteanna DvD in Éirinn.
MAOInIÚ
Tá maoiniú ón Rialtas, a sholáthraítear go díreach don earnáil
trí Bhord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) ina
phríomhchuid den dtionscal lánas closamhairc ar fad.
Sa bhliain 2010 fuair an BSÉ/IFB iomlán de €19.3 milliún de
mhaoiniú ón Rialtas. De bharr an maoiniúcháin sin, mar aon
leis an an spreagadh cánach in Éirinn le haghaidh léiriúchán
scannán agus teilifíse, Alt 481, cuireadh tús léiriúcháin le
13 phríomhscannán, sraith teilifíse amháin i nGaeilge, 6
chomhléiriúchán chruthaitheach, 6 thionscadal beochana
agus 17 scannán faisnéise i rith na bliana.
LÉIRIÚCHÁIn IDIRnÁISIÚnTA
I measc na mbuaicphointí eile tá roghnú All Good Children don
ócáid ghradamúil sin Coicíos na Stiúrthóirí ag Cannes, an duais
a bhuaigh His & Hers ar son Feabhais sa Cineamatagrafaíocht ag Bhí 2010 ar cheann de na blianta ba láidre I dtaithí na hÉireann ó
Sundance agus roghnú scannán Éireannacha do chuid de na féiltí thaobh léiriúcháin scannán agus teilifíse ag teacht isteach de mar
is clúití ar domhan ina measc Toronto, Tribeca, SXSW, Karlovy vary, thoradh ar mhealladh isteach líon mór príomhscannán ar bhuiséid
Dún Éideann, Clermont Ferrand, Annecy, Hot Docs agus Londain. mhóra, sraitheanna teilifíse agus scannáin teilifíse.
Neartaíonn na roghnúcháin, na hainmniúcháin agus na duaiseanna
sin seasamh na hÉireann mar lárionad feabhais chultúrtha agus Cuireadh tús den scoth leis an mbliain nuair a rinneadh an
cuireann said lena cáil ó thaobh na cruthaitheachta agus ó thaobh scannánaíocht in Éirinn ar an mórphríomhscannán Haywire,
na proifisiúntachta de ar stáitse an domhain.
a raibh laoch Hollywood, Steven Soderberg, ina stiúrthóir air
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