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Fastnet Film Fest announce Oscar winners Ross White & Tom Berkeley as guests |
| 14 Feb 2024 | Oscar-winning directors Ross White and Tom Berkeley will attend Fastnet Film Festival 2024. They will be present for a post-screening Q&A for their latest short The Golden West. |
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All You Need Is Death to have UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival |
| 14 Feb 2024 | All You Need Is Death, directed by Paul Duane, will have its UK premiere as part of Glasgow Film Festival’s FrightFest on Saturday, March 9th, 2024. |
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Kneecap lands distribution deals in Germany, Australia, Spain and more |
| 14 Feb 2024 | Kneecap has landed distribution deals in Australia, New Zealand and various European territories, which will be handled by Charades. Wildcard and Curzon will handle distribution in Ireland and the UK. |
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Irish films screening and selling at EFM 2024 |
| 13 Feb 2024 | The European Film Market (EFM) will take place at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival for seven days from February 15th to 21st, 2024. |
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Kneecap selected for SXSW 2024 |
| 08 Feb 2024 | Rich Peppiatt’s KNEECAP has been officially selected for South by Southwest (SXSW) 2024. The film festival will take place in Austin, Texas from March 8th - 16th. |
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Made in Dublin wins Best Script at Snowdance Film Festival |
| 07 Feb 2024 | Independent Irish film Made in Dublin has received the Best Script award at the Snowdance Film Festival in Essen, Germany. The festival highlights films with minimal state funding. |
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Saoirse Ronan & Jack Lowden step down from production banner Arcade Pictures |
| 07 Feb 2024 | Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden are to step down from production banner The Outrun. The company’s debut feature The Outrun, starring Ronan, recently premiered at Sundance 2024. |
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Screen Ireland announce recipients of pilot Audience Development Fund |
| 06 Feb 2024 | Screen Ireland has announced the 20 recipients of the pilot Audience Development Fund. The objectives of the fund are to increase visibility of Irish films nationally while promoting cinema-going and access to a diverse range of audiences. |
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The Morning Show & Bates Motel showrunner to attend FÍS TV Summit 2024 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | Ardán’s FÍS TV Summit returns for its 7th edition. The event brings together television industry professionals, and features a variety of international guest speakers. FÍS TV Summit 2024 takes place in Town Hall Theatre, Galway, on February 1st. |
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RENDR festival announces lineup including speakers from Netflix, Pixar & Sony |
| 30 Jan 2024 | Following its debut last year, Belfast’s RENDR festival returns to the city next month with a line-up of creative talent from the global film and television industries. |
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JETS Initiative announces 2024 participants |
| 30 Jan 2024 | The participants and jury members of JETS 2024 have been announced. The initiative offers selected producers the opportunity to take part in an annual pitching session during the Berlin International Film Festival. |
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Kneecap becomes first Irish language film to win Audience Award at Sundance |
| 26 Jan 2024 | Rich Peppiatt’s KNEECAP has won an Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It marks the first Irish feature film to win at the festival since John Carney’s ONCE in 2007. |
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Break Out Pictures & Conic partner on Ireland-UK distribution of That They May Face The Rising Sun |
| 25 Jan 2024 | Break Out Pictures and Conic have partnered to distribute Pat Collins’ latest film in Ireland and the UK. That They May Face The Rising Sun will release theatrically on April 26th, 2024. |
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Solas Nua’s Capital Irish Film Festival announce opening and closing night films |
| 24 Jan 2024 | Lisa Mulcahy’s Lies We Tell will open Solas Nua’s Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington DC, and Patricia Kelly’s Verdigris has been announced as the closing film of the festival. The festival’s lineup includes documentary Crock of Gold, about the life of The Pogues’ lead singer Shane McGowan. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Round-Up - January |
| 24 Jan 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates such as an A.I. Tools for Film & TV, information events on the European Film Market, and the European Co-development funding deadline. |
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Dublin International Film Festival launch 2024 programme |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) will run for 10 days from 22nd February to 2nd March. Their lineup includes a variety of world premieres, as well as special guests including Steve McQueen and Isabelle Huppert. |
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Sony Pictures Classics acquire Kneecap in first sale at Sundance 2024 |
| 23 Jan 2024 | Kneecap, the first Irish language film to premiere at Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution. Wildcard Distribution and Curzon will distribute the film in Ireland and the UK. |
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Small Things Like These announced as opening film of Berlinale Film Festival |
| 18 Jan 2024 | The world premiere of Small Things Like These will open the Berlin International Film Festival on February 15th, 2024. The film stars Cillian Murphy, with an adapted screenplay from Enda Walsh. |
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Wildcard Distribution release clip ahead of KNEECAP’s Sundance Debut |
| 18 Jan 2024 | Wildcard Distribution have released a clip from KNEECAP ahead of the film’s premiere at Sundance Film Festival today, Thursday January 18th. |
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DIFF announce African Cinema season and shorts programmes |
| 11 Jan 2024 | Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) returns this Spring with a programme of new cinema from Ireland and around the world, as well as a host of events planned across the ten-day event. |
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