Strike Films
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Dhruba Banerjee runs Strike Films and 2016 was a very busy year. Broadcast in November in Playing Straight, Stephen Byrne explored why soccer players from the grassroots to the highest leagues don’t come out, trying to find out what makes the ‘people’s game’, a straight game.
In October 2016, Strike Films debuted TMI on RTÉ, the next generation of hidden camera prank show, that uses social media to catch out socially active 18- 25 year olds. Co- funded by DRG, this entertainment format was launched at MIPCOM 2016.
During 2016 Strike Films also delivered Road To Rio, which followed 11 Irish athletes over two years as they tried to qualify for the 2016 Olympics; and Children of the Revolution, an hour long documentary which was broadcast in the heart of RTÉ1 Centenary celebrations schedule, in which Joe Duffy uncovered the stories of the 40 children killed during the Rising into the pages of history. Both these programmes were nominated for IFTAs.
Productions
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2016Road To RioDocumentary
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2016Children of the RevolutionDocumentary
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2016Playing StraightDocumentary
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2016TMIFormats
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2012London CallingDocumentary
Award & Nominations
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2016Children of the RevolutionIFTA Nomination- Best Documentary Single
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2016Road To RioIFTA Nomination- Best Sports Programme