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The IFI Irish Film Archive acquires, preserves and makes available Ireland’s moving image heritage, working to ensure that Ireland’s rich and varied film history, both amateur and professional, is protected and accessible for the benefit of current and future generations. Film reels, digital materials and document collections are held in ...
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The Irish Film Board (IFB) was established to develop filmmaking in Ireland under the provisions of the Irish Film Board Act 1980. Over the following seven years, it funded or co-funded a total of 10 feature films, including Eat the Peach, Anne Devlin and Angel, before its activities were suspended by Taoiseach Charles Haughey. [1]
Jun 22, 2012 · Eventually, in 1981, the Irish Film Board was founded by the government to both promote both the national film industry and Ireland as a destination for on-location shooting.
Although the Film Institute was founded in the mid-1940s, and calls for the establishment of a national film archive had been made by influential Irish practitioners such as Liam O‘Leary and George Morrison for decades, it was not until 1986 that the first move towards achieving this aim occurred with the establishment of the IFI archive ...
It is the leading resource for students of Irish film and film history and its collection spans from spans from 1897 to the present day. Including 30,000 cans of film,15,000 tapes, the Tiernan MacBride reference library and over 30,000 stills, posters and documents, the collection reflects Irish film production for over a century.
The IFI Archive Player is a virtual viewing room for the IFI Irish Film Archive collections, giving audiences across the globe instant access to this rich heritage.
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It incorporates two searchable databases: Irish Film & Television Index 1896-2006 and Irish Film Censors' Records 1923-1938. It also makes nine Irish Silent Films 1910-15 available on its webpages. The project is based in the School of Creative Arts, Trinity College Dublin. The impetus for the Irish Film & Television Index was Kevin Rockett's ...
