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Kneecap dominates 2024 BIFA Awards with seven wins including Best British Independent Film |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Irish language box office hit Kneecap has emerged as the big winner of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), with the film earning seven awards including Best British Independent Film. |
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Tourism Ireland opens applications for 2025 International Programming Ireland Fund |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Tourism Ireland has announce that applications are open for its 2025 International Programming Ireland Fund. |
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Wednesday Season 2 wraps production in Ireland |
| 05 Dec 2024 | Netflix has confirmed that production has wrapped in Ireland on the highly anticipated second season of Wednesday, the largest international production to have ever taken place in the country. |
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TG4 reveals line-up of award-winning Irish-produced films airing this Christmas. |
| 05 Dec 2024 | Leading the list of home-grown productions scheduled to be broadcast on TG4 this Christmas is the Oscar-nominated film An Cailín Ciúin, which will make its TV premiere on Christmas day at 8pm on TG4. |
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Metropolitan and Cuba Pictures adapts Marian Keyes’ best-selling Walsh family novels for six-part RTÉ drama series |
| 04 Dec 2024 | RTÉ has confirmed the production of The Walsh Sisters, a new six-part drama series inspired by five of the novels from celebrated Irish author Marian Keyes. |
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Actor Éanna Hardwicke on his role in A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone |
| 04 Dec 2024 | IFTA winning and BAFTA nominated actor Éanna Hardwicke will star in Mark Gatiss’ adaption of E. Nesbit’s chilling short story Man-Size in Marble for his seventh Ghost Story for Christmas for the BBC – debuting on Christmas Eve. |
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Griffith College and Film Ireland to host Screen Sessions: Looking Forward With Creativity |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Griffith College and Film Ireland have partnered with Screen Ireland to take a look at ‘who are the artists and decision makers behind the scenes’ with Screen Sessions: Looking Forward With Creativity. |
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ITV releases trailer for new drama Playing Nice starring Niamh Algar and James Norton |
| 04 Dec 2024 | The official trailer has been released for gripping new ITV psychological thriller, Playing Nice starring BAFTA nominated Irish actor Niamh Algar (Mary and George, The Virtues) alongside BAFTA nominee James Norton (Happy Valley), Olivier nominated James McArdle (The Mare of Easttown), and BIFA nominated Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey). |
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Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Tom Hardy to lead new Guy Richie series for Paramount+, written by Ronan Bennett |
| 03 Dec 2024 | Pierce Brosnan has been cast in a leading role for Guy Richie’s upcoming crime series written by Northern Irish screenwriter and Top Boy creator, Ronan Bennett. |
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Four Mothers acquired by Break Out Pictures, BFI Distribution for April 2025 release |
| 03 Dec 2024 | Darren Thornton's Four Mothers has been acquired for distribution by Break Out Pictures in Ireland and BFI Distribution in the UK, following its win at London Film Festival. It will be released theatrically on 4th April 2025. |
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Siobhán Cullen cast in new BBC drama Babies alongside Paapa Essiedu, Jack Bannon, and Charlotte Riley |
| 03 Dec 2024 | Irish actress and IFTA Rising Star Siobhán Cullen has been announced to star in new drama Babies, written and directed by the award-winning Stefan Golaszewski (Mum, Marriage) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. |
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Official trailer released for Dexter: Original Sin starring Patrick Gibson |
| 02 Dec 2024 | The official trailer featuring Irish actor Patrick Gibson reprising the role of Dexter in Paramount+ and Showtime’s new series Dexter: Original Sin has been released ahead of its debut on Paramount+. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Roundup - November |
| 02 Dec 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including the upcoming European Cinema Night in Dublin and Galway, Video Games & Immersive Content webinar, and European Co-Development webinar. |
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Foyle Film Festival reveals 2024 Light in Motion Competition at Closing Night Gala |
| 02 Dec 2024 | The prestigious Light in Motion Competition Awards were unveiled on Sunday, 1 December 2024, at the Brunswick Moviebowl, marking the culmination of this year’s Foyle Film Festival. |
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Filmmaker Bob Quinn honoured at Galway UNESCO City of Film Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Galway UNESCO City of Film celebrated a major milestone with a special event honouring the groundbreaking work of acclaimed filmmaker Bob Quinn, whose contributions have profoundly shaped Irish cinema. |
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Filming underway on new BBC Gaeilge music series Ceolta, set for broadcast in 2025 |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Filming has started on Ceolta, a new BBC Gaeilge series, which explores the diverse musical landscape of Ulster. |
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Kneecap wins four BIFA craft awards |
| 01 Dec 2024 | Irish film Kneecap was among the winners at the British Independent Film Awards craft ceremony, taking home four awards including Music, Casting and Editing. |
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Jim Sheridan to direct King of the Wind, co-direct Into Africa and Out with Zahara Moufid |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Acclaimed Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan will direct King of the Wind, an equestrian epic about an 18th century Arabian colt that would go on to sire the modern thoroughbred bloodline. The film will be produced by Alan Moloney and Gary Levinsohn, adapted by Sheridan from Marguerite Henry’s novel. |
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Trailer and poster released for Blue Road – The Edna O'Brien Story ahead of January cinemas release |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Following the world premiere and raves at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as opening night at the prestigious DOC NYC Festival, Break Out Pictures has confirmed the theatrical release of Sinéad O’Shea’s highly anticipated film Blue Road - The Edna O’Brien Story across Irish cinemas from January 31st. |
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Strident's new Cybersex crime documentary commissioned by BBC Three & Northern Ireland |
| 25 Nov 2024 | BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Three have commissioned Northern Ireland production company Strident’s new documentary film, Hunting The Cybersex Crime Gang. |
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