The IFB announced another round of funding offers on March 30th. That's almost two months since the last round of offers was made on Feruary 1st.
It would be useful if the agency were to indicate whether these were the dates the decisions were made, or the dates the decisions were published. In the absence of the clarification one might be forgiven for thinking that few funding decisions have been made in the first quarter of 2010.
I was somewhat surprised by the amounts offered by way of distribution (print and advertising) loans to Ondine and Zonad, on March 30th. That is, after the films had been released.
Ondine's distributor Paramount Pictures has been offered a loan of €50,000. Zonad's distributor (and producer) Element Pictures has been offered a loan of €75,000.
Both films have now finished their run at the Irish box office. Ondine has grossed €207,838 while Zonad has grossed approximately €36,000.
A comparatively small number of development loans were offered this round. Just six, including four 'First Draft Loans', with amounts from €10,000 to €20,000.
Interesting to see Brock Norman Brock, British screenwriter (Bronson) and former UK Film Council executive, is the recipient of one of the four €12,000 'First Draft Loans'.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Soderbergh KOs IFB for €600k
This may not be fresh news but... in a decision made pre-Christmas (Dec 16) the Irish Film Board committed €600,000 to Knockout, a Steven Soderbergh project written by Lem (Kitaj) Dobbs. Soderbergh and Dobbs previously worked together on The Limey and Kafka.
The lead company on Knockout is Relativity Media with distribution through Lionsgate. The Irish co-producer cited by the IFB is Parallel Films.
The decision comes under the IFB's "Fiction Creative Co-production" heading, which may suggest that there is some payback coming to Ireland for giving €600,000 to a US production. Will Relativity back a Parallel project in return? The only obvious Irish connection to the project is the casting of Michael Fassbender.
UPDATE: Jan 19 - local press are reporting that Knockout will shoot in Dublin and Wicklow for three weeks from February 2nd. Belfast DJ and regular Soderbergh collaborator David Holmes will be doing the score.
€600,000 is one of the largest commitments the IFB has made under the "Fiction Creative Co-production" scheme. Incidentally, the only other feature drama awarded funding on Dec 16, The Essence Of Killing, was also funded through this scheme. The Essence Of Killing has another well-known director at the helm, Jerzy Skolimowski, and the film is being co-produced by Element Pictures. It has an offer of €250,000.
A UK/Spain/Germany/Ireland co-production, La Mula, was offered €500,000 through the same scheme towards the end of 2008. The film was in its final week of production in Spain last November when an delayed contractual issue relating to the Spanish participation caused director Michael Radford (also a producer) to leave the shoot.
La Mula also received significant public funding from the UK Film Council (£104,673 devpt + £1,092,437 prodn) and Eurimages (€650,000). The Irish co-production company, Subotica Entertainment, became involved in the project subsequent to the Eurimages decision on July 2, 2008.
Movie geeks will recall that IFB CEO Simon Perry produced three of Radford's previous films - Another Time, Another Place, 1984 and White Mischief.
The most recent IFB decisions in respect of indigenous features (Nov 24) are My Brothers (Dir Paul Fraser, Rubicon Films) €525,000 (not incl. Regional Support); Back to Jack (Dir Kirsten Sheridan, Subotica/Blindside) €600,000; and Day of Rest (Dir Brian O'Malley, Parallel) €800,000.
My Brothers was shot on location in Cork from late November until before Christmas. The film is produced by Rebecca O'Flanagan and Rob Walpole through Rubicon and is funded by the IFB, Windmill Lane and RTE. Crew includes PJ DIllon (DOP), Mark Geraghty (Prodn Desn) and Emer Reynolds (Ed).
The lead company on Knockout is Relativity Media with distribution through Lionsgate. The Irish co-producer cited by the IFB is Parallel Films.
The decision comes under the IFB's "Fiction Creative Co-production" heading, which may suggest that there is some payback coming to Ireland for giving €600,000 to a US production. Will Relativity back a Parallel project in return? The only obvious Irish connection to the project is the casting of Michael Fassbender.
UPDATE: Jan 19 - local press are reporting that Knockout will shoot in Dublin and Wicklow for three weeks from February 2nd. Belfast DJ and regular Soderbergh collaborator David Holmes will be doing the score.
€600,000 is one of the largest commitments the IFB has made under the "Fiction Creative Co-production" scheme. Incidentally, the only other feature drama awarded funding on Dec 16, The Essence Of Killing, was also funded through this scheme. The Essence Of Killing has another well-known director at the helm, Jerzy Skolimowski, and the film is being co-produced by Element Pictures. It has an offer of €250,000.
A UK/Spain/Germany/Ireland co-production, La Mula, was offered €500,000 through the same scheme towards the end of 2008. The film was in its final week of production in Spain last November when an delayed contractual issue relating to the Spanish participation caused director Michael Radford (also a producer) to leave the shoot.
La Mula also received significant public funding from the UK Film Council (£104,673 devpt + £1,092,437 prodn) and Eurimages (€650,000). The Irish co-production company, Subotica Entertainment, became involved in the project subsequent to the Eurimages decision on July 2, 2008.
Movie geeks will recall that IFB CEO Simon Perry produced three of Radford's previous films - Another Time, Another Place, 1984 and White Mischief.
The most recent IFB decisions in respect of indigenous features (Nov 24) are My Brothers (Dir Paul Fraser, Rubicon Films) €525,000 (not incl. Regional Support); Back to Jack (Dir Kirsten Sheridan, Subotica/Blindside) €600,000; and Day of Rest (Dir Brian O'Malley, Parallel) €800,000.
My Brothers was shot on location in Cork from late November until before Christmas. The film is produced by Rebecca O'Flanagan and Rob Walpole through Rubicon and is funded by the IFB, Windmill Lane and RTE. Crew includes PJ DIllon (DOP), Mark Geraghty (Prodn Desn) and Emer Reynolds (Ed).
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