North funds film companies in Republic
Four film production companies in the Republic have recently benefitted from funding from the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission's Lottery Fund.
Treasure Entertainment Ltd (based in Dublin) got £100,000 (€143,461) for their feature film, Valhalla; Dublin's Parallel Film Productions got £20,000 (€27,000) development money for The Joey Dunlop Story; Rapid Film of Dublin got £20,000 (€20,000) towards a documentary on the life of Co Down WW2 hero, Blair Mayne and £21,000 (€30,000) went to Sligo's Smirsh Ltd for the short film, The Empire of Juramidam.
