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Screen Ireland announces three Skills Development Scholarship recipients for Series’ Women |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Screen Ireland has announce that three placements have been awarded for this year’s edition of the Series’ Women programme as part of Screen Ireland’s skills development scholarship in partnership with the Erich Pommer Institut (EPI). |
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IFTA announce return of Casting Conversations: Acting & Casting Forum this November |
| 07 Nov 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has confirmed the return of the second annual Casting Conversations forum, a unique gathering of casting directors and actors from across Ireland, north and south, taking place on Thursday 14th November at 6pm at the Light House Cinema, Dublin. |
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BIFA 2024: Kneecap leads list with 14 nomination, Saoirse Ronan & Barry Keoghan get nods |
| 05 Nov 2024 | Irish film and creative talent are at the forefront of the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with Irish language feature film Kneecap leading the way with a record-breaking sweep of 14 nominations at this year’s awards. |
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Myrid Carten's debut feature documentary A Want In Her to receive world premiere at IDFA |
| 05 Nov 2024 | The debut feature documentary of Donegal native Myrid Carten has been selected to world premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) later this month. |
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Kneecap receives two nominations at the European Film Awards |
| 05 Nov 2024 | Irish language box office hit Kneecap, directed by Rich Peppiatt, has been nominated for two prestigious European Film Awards - the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI and the European University Film Award (EUFA). |
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Emerging documentary filmmaker Nathan Griffin awarded Screen Ireland Skills Scholarship to attend IDFAcademy |
| 01 Nov 2024 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has announced that Nathan Griffin has been awarded a Screen Ireland skills development scholarship in partnership with IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) to attend the IDFAcademy training programme taking place from 14-17 November 2024. |
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CIFF 2024: Participants announced for fifth iteration of IGNITE-Docs Talent Development programme |
| 30 Oct 2024 | IGNITE-Docs, a joint initiative of Cork International Film Festival and Docs Ireland, has announced the Year 5 participants of the programme. |
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Production underway on Deadpan Pictures' Irish Blood starring Alicia Silverstone for Acorn TV |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Filming is underway in Ireland on Irish Blood, which follows hot-shot Los Angeles divorce lawyer, Fiona Sharpe, who receives a letter from her estranged father and sets out to uncover the mystery of his disappearance. |
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Watch: Apple TV+ reveal trailer for Bad Sisters Season 2 ahead of November release |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Apple TV+ has debuted the trailer for the highly anticipated second season of Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters. |
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Director Eva Birthistle and actor Hazel Doupe discuss Kathleen Is Here |
| 17 Oct 2024 | We sat down with director Eva Birthistle and actor Hazel Doupe to discuss their new film Kathleen Is Here, ahead of its release in Irish cinemas this Friday, October 18th. |
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Director Sonya O'Donoghue discusses Where The Old Man Lives |
| 17 Oct 2024 | We spoke with director Sonya O’Donoghue about her latest short film Where The Old Man Lives, ahead of the films Irish premiere at the Kerry International Film Festival this Friday. |
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Morgan Matthews' 500 Miles starring Bill Nighy & Maisie Williams begins filming on location in Ireland |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Production has begun on Morgan Matthews' new film 500 Miles starring Oscar nominee Bill Nighy, Maisie Williams, and Roman Griffin Davis, which is filming across Dublin and Wicklow. |
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Director Lorna Fitzsimons discusses Kerry-bound accessibility drama Remote Strutting |
| 16 Oct 2024 | We caught up with director Lorna Fitzsimons about her latest short film Remote Strutting, ahead of its premiere at Kerry International Film Festival this Saturday. |
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New feature documentary John Behan – Odyssey to debut at IndieCork |
| 09 Oct 2024 | John Behan – Odyssey, a new feature documentary from award-winning filmmaker Donald Taylor Black will premiere at IndieCork Film Festival this Thursday, 10th October at 6pm in the Arc Cinema, Cork. |
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Dinard Festival 2024: Lalor Roddy and September Says among winners |
| 07 Oct 2024 | Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film has announced its winners for 2024, with the Golden Hitchcock going to Ariane Labed's September Says. |
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Irish-produced series The Hardacres to premiere on Channel 5 tonight |
| 07 Oct 2024 | New Irish-produced drama series The Hardacres will begin tonight on Channel 5. The series is a period drama which follows the rags-to-riches tale of a Yorkshire family in the 1890s. |
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John Crowley to direct Adam McKay-produced thriller Five |
| 02 Oct 2024 | Intermission and Brooklyn director John Crowley will direct Five, a psychological thriller in development at TriStar Pictures. |
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Directors panel with Kneecap’s Rich Peppiatt among highlights at Disappear Here Film Festival 2024 |
| 01 Oct 2024 | The scenic village of Ballyliffin will once again play host to the Disappear Here Film Festival, celebrating its seventh edition from October 4th to 7th, 2024. |
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Saipan, starring Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan, wraps filming |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Saipan, Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa's upcoming film based on the 2002 World Cup fiasco, has wrapped filming. IFTA-winning Director of Photography Piers McGrail shared the news of the wrap on Instagram. |
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New training course Exploring Reality 2 launched by SDGI's Documentary Alliance |
| 25 Sep 2024 | The Documentary Alliance of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland has announced details of a new training programme, Exploring Reality 2. |
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