tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438091720222629659.post5823824014822664838..comments2022-03-25T02:25:20.797-07:00Comments on Irish Film Portal: Flags of convenience - Updated 20 May 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438091720222629659.post-22592737437765962122010-10-12T10:20:48.607-07:002010-10-12T10:20:48.607-07:00That's true Dermot - and has continued to be t...That's true Dermot - and has continued to be true into more recent years (see my post on the abolition of the UKFC).<br />That said, there is something of an irony in Ireland giving €500,000+, and the tax break, to numerous projects originated elsewhere while a fair few Irish-originated projects are neither as well funded nor of sufficient scale to avail of the tax break.irish film portalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770621729947819014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438091720222629659.post-50709716411420078952010-10-12T10:07:29.677-07:002010-10-12T10:07:29.677-07:00While it may be true that we had little national i...While it may be true that we had little national involvement in the film, look at the sheer number of Irish films which were part-funded or totally-funded by Channel Four, Film Four, or BBC.<br /><br />While the Irish Film Board was on hiatus during the late eighties and early nineties, it was the British film industry which supported our film-makers and funded our films.<br /><br />Given the current blood-lust for funds by our Government and our banks, it's not unreasonable to suppose our nascent film industry might be funded by other countries again in the not too distant future.dermot tynanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816800688586057018noreply@blogger.com