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Michael Smiley join Blue Lights cast as filming begins on season 3 |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Michael Smiley (Bad Sisters, Censor) and Cathy Tyson (Boiling Point, Dune: Prophecy) have joined the cast of Blue Lights as filming begins on the third series of the multi award-winning Belfast-based drama. |
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Raffey Cassidy, Eva Green, Ben Whishaw join Antonia Campbell-Hughes' Diamond Shitter |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Eva Green, Ben Whishaw and Alessandro Nivola will join Raffey Cassidy in the cast of Antonia Campbell-Hughes upcoming thriller Diamond Shitter. |
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FilmOffaly's Short Film Award 2025 now open for entries |
| 05 Feb 2025 | FilmOffaly, Offaly County Council's Film Commission, has announced the launch of their annual Short Film Award. The award offers 12,000 euro towards the production and shooting of one successful script filmed in Offaly. |
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Spotlight - Best Film: IFTA Nominations |
| 05 Feb 2025 | In the run up to the 2025 IFTA Awards Ceremony, taking place Friday, February 14th, at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre, IFTN will showcase the extraordinary films nominated across the various categories of the IFTA Awards. |
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First-look trailer released for Hurry Up Tomorrow starring Barry Keoghan |
| 05 Feb 2025 | The first trailer for Hurry Up Tomorrow, starring Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd), Barry Keoghan, and Jenna Ortega has been released. With plot details largely under wraps, the film is understood to tie into The Weeknd's recent album release of the same name. |
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Producer Ciaran O'Cofaigh discusses Na Feilte Tine |
| 30 Jan 2025 | We caught up with Ciaran O'Cofaigh, producer of four-part documentary series Na Feilte Tine, ahead of the series' second episode, Imbolg, which airs on Monday 3rd February 6.30pm on RTE One and RTE Player. |
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IFTA Q&A Series: Stephen Murphy on Cinematography |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Ahead of the 2025 IFTA Film & Drama Awards, IFTN is showcasing Irish talent who are nominated for this year's ceremony, blazing a trail in front of and behind the camera. Hosted in association with IFTA, this Q&A Series connects with Irish talent who represent a range of disciplines across our industry. |
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Disney+ will not renew Extraordinary and Shardlake for further seasons |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Disney+ originals, Extraordinary, written by Emma Moran and starring Mairead Tyers, and Shardlake, starring Anthony O'Boyle, will not be renewed for further seasons at the streamer. |
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IFTA Q&A Series: Linda Gannon on Hair & Makeup Design |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Ahead of the 2025 IFTA Film & Drama Awards, IFTN is showcasing Irish talent who are nominated for this year's ceremony, blazing a trail in front of and behind the camera. |
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Screen Ireland launches its 2025 slate |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Screen Ireland launches its 2025 slate, with over 80 productions across feature film, TV drama, animation, documentary and short film. Total production spend generated by the Irish screen industry in 2024 is valued at over ?430 million, representing a 33% increase on 2023 figures. |
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Irish language heist thriller selected to world premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Aontas, a new Irish language heist thriller from director Damian McCann (Doineann), has been selected for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where it will make its world premiere. |
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Oscar shortlisted Irish language film Kneecap returns to Irish cinemas this Friday |
| 20 Jan 2025 | The Irish Box Office hit Kneecap returns to Irish cinemas this Friday, 24th January, a year since its world premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. |
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Psychological thriller I Hope We Can Still Be Friends wraps production in Galway |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Principal photography has wrapped on Craic House Pictures and Hot Machine Films' new feature I Hope We Can Still Be Friends. The production began two weeks ago in Co. Galway and successfully wrapped filming this week, with Irish producers Emmett Hughes and Jordan-Lee McGrath joining forces with American director-producer Aisha Tyler. |
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Irish film Christy to open Berlin Film Festival's Generation 14plus strand |
| 16 Jan 2025 | Brendan Canty's feature film Christy will open the Berlin Film Festival's Generation 14plus strand. |
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IFTA 2025: Kneecap and Small Things Like These lead list of nominees |
| 14 Jan 2025 | The Irish Film & Television Academy has revealed the nominations for the 2025 Film & Drama Awards, with Irish language feature Kneecap and Magdalen laundries drama Small Things Like These leading the way. |
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New Irish series Video Nasty from Deadpan Pictures debuts on Virgin Media next Monday, January 20th |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Following its debut on BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer last week, Deadpan Pictures’ new series Video Nasty is set to release to Irish audiences next Monday on Virgin Media. |
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Screen Ireland appoints Kate McColgan as Head of Television |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has announced the appointment of Kate McColgan as the agency’s Head of Television. Kate brings over 20 years of experience in film and television across development, production and acquisitions. |
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Iconic Actor Colm Meaney to receive IFTA Lifetime Achievement award at February 14th Ceremony |
| 10 Jan 2025 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that iconic Irish actor Colm Meaney will be honoured with the Irish Academy Award for his Lifetime Achievement, and for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry. |
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Bring Them Down full trailer drops ahead of 7th Feb release |
| 09 Jan 2025 | The full trailer has been released for Bring Them Down, starring Oscar nominated actor Barry Keoghan and Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott. |
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SAG Awards 2025: Colin Farrell, Andrew Scott, Nicola Coughlan among nominees |
| 08 Jan 2025 | Colin Farrell, Andrew Scott and Nicola Coughlan are among the nominees at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards. |
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