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Northern Ireland Screen

National screen agency for Northern Ireland

Summary

National screen agency for Northern Ireland

Field	Value
name	Northern Ireland Screen
image	Northern-ireland-screen.png
caption	Logo of Northern Ireland Screen
formation	1997
type	Non-departmental public body
headquarters	Belfast, Northern Ireland
leader_title	Chief Executive
leader_name	Richard Williams
website

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.

History

Northern Ireland Screen was established as the Northern Ireland Film Council in 1989, subsequently the Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission (1997).

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.

Notable projects

Northern Ireland Screen provides funding to a number of key projects relating to cinema in the region, including:

Belfast Film Festival
CineMagic Film Festival
Foyle Film Festival
Queen's Film Theatre NIS has also participated in the digitising project Unlocking Film Heritage.

The Paint Hall

"The Paint Hall" is a historic building in Titanic Quarter, Belfast. It was once the main Harland and Wolff painting hall and includes a large indoor space. Now a film studio, originally created by film producer Jo Gilbert, it was the location for the filming of Spike Milligan's Puckoon in 2000. 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.

References

link. (22 December 2008 Northern Ireland Screen website, URL accessed 24 November 2008)
[http://www.dcalni.gov.uk/index/languages/irish_language_broadcast_fund.htm Irish Language Broadcast Fund] {{Webarchive. link. (20 August 2008 Department for Culture, Arts and Leisure website, URL accessed 24 November 2008)
Northern Ireland Screen. "Film Festivals & Cultural Cinema".
(13 December 2000). "UK Broadcast News: Paint Hall Studios Launched".
[http://www.titanic-quarter.com/tqdevelopmentsdetail.php?CID=14&ID=18 Film Facility at Titanic Quarter: The Paint Hall], Titanic Quarter Development website. Accessed December 2008.
(2007-07-14). "Robbins' role in City of Ember". [[BBC]].

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