FII ANNOUNCE TWO NEW INITIATIVES

THE FILM Institute of Ireland (FII) have announced two new initiatives at a reception at the Irish Film Centre.
Morgan O’Sullivan, World 2000 Entertainment, and Ned Dowd, Spyglass Entertainment have organised the donation of $250,000 to the Development of a new Irish Film Archive with Spyglass Entertainment also being the official sponsors of the new Tiernan MacBride International Screenwriting Award.
The annual prize of 10,000 euros comes supported with considerable industry follow up making the new award one of the most attractive of its kind worldwide.
Minister for Arts, Heritage, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, Ms. Sile De Valera officially launched the new initiatives.
O’Sullivan said “ We have had a wonderful relationship with Spyglass Entertainment. We look forward to producing other projects located in Ireland in the very near future.”
Ned Dowd is Executive Producer on Reign of Fire and Vice President of Production with Spyglass Entertainment who are currently filming ‘Reign of Fire’, at Ardmore Studios, featuring Matthew MacConaughey and Christian Bale. Previously they have worked in Ireland on ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ with Guy Pearce and Jim Caviezel. Spyglass also produced the world wide critically acclaimed success ‘The Sixth Sense’ starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment. (CD)