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RTÉ series Ireland's Wild Islands nominated at two major festivals |
| 27 Aug 2024 | RTÉ One's natural history series Ireland's Wild Islands has received nominations at both the British Wildscreen Festival and the German Green Screen Festival, two leading international wildlife film festivals. |
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Location Managers Guild Awards: Niall O'Shea among winners for work on Mission: Impossible |
| 26 Aug 2024 | Irish location manager Niall O'Shea was among the winners at Saturday night's Location Managers Guild Awards for his work on Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning. |
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Virgin Media Television announces autumn schedule and new streaming app |
| 22 Aug 2024 | Virgin Media Television has announced details of its New Season Schedule for Autumn 2024, featuring a huge amount of new and returning programmes, broadcasting nationwide on both free-to-air and the new Virgin Media Play streaming service. |
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Lomu: Gavin FitzGerald to co-direct feature doc on NZ rugby icon |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Irish documentary filmmaker Gavin FitzGerald will co-direct Lomu, based on the life of New Zealand rugby union icon Jonah Lomu. Per Variety, FitzGerald will co-direct with Tongan-New Zealander director Vea Mafile’o (Lea Tupu’anga/Mother Tongue, For My Father’s Kingdom). Mafile’o shares familial roots with Lomu in Tonga’s Ha’apai islands. |
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Obituary to begin production on Season 2 |
| 21 Aug 2024 | RTÉ's black comedy Obituary is to begin production on its second season. The series is written by Ray Lawlor and was multi-IFTA nominated this year. |
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Hamnet, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, acquired by Focus Features |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, has been acquired by Focus Features for worldwide rights, while Steven Spielberg's Amblin have joined as producers. |
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Filming underway in Ireland on Lynley reboot from Salt Films and Playground for BBC Studios and BritBox International |
| 20 Aug 2024 | More than 15 years on from the finale of the BBC’s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground, and Salt Films have begun production in Ireland on a new version of Lynley. |
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Bad Sisters announces Season 2 premiere date on November 13 |
| 19 Aug 2024 | Apple TV+ has announced that Season 2 of Bad Sisters will premiere on Wednesday, November 13th. |
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Screen Ireland launching new Perspectives scheme this September |
| 19 Aug 2024 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to announce the launch of an upcoming filmmaking scheme, Perspectives: a new pilot programme to support the development and production of lower budget Irish feature films. |
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Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell's new film gets May 2025 release date |
| 16 Aug 2024 | Sony Pictures have added Kogonada's A Big Bold Beautiful Journey to the US release calendar for 9th May, 2025. |
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Saipan, Blue Road among four Irish productions receiving UK Global Screen Fund |
| 15 Aug 2024 | Upcoming Irish productions/co-productions Saipan, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Learning to Breathe Under Water and Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story are among 11 films awarded funding this week through the British Film Institute's UK Global Screen Fund. |
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Aoife Kelleher's new documentary Mrs. Robinson releases in cinemas on August 23rd |
| 14 Aug 2024 | Mrs. Robinson tells Mary’s story, in her own words, for the very first time - illuminating battles for justice and equality over half a century; on the streets, in the courts, at the ballot box, and in backroom corridors of power. |
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Fréwaka opens to positive reviews at Locarno world premiere |
| 14 Aug 2024 | Irish horror film Fréwaka has sold in international markets following its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland over the weekend, where it received strong reviews. |
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Kneecap scores biggest opening for an Irish film since 2022 |
| 13 Aug 2024 | Kneecap has opened in third place at the Irish box office earning approx. €292k across the island of Ireland over the weekend. |
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Sinéad O'Shea's Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story to premiere at TIFF |
| 12 Aug 2024 | Sinéad O'Shea's documentary Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story has been selected to make its World Premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. |
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Tom Vaughan-Lawlor joins A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms cast |
| 12 Aug 2024 | Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has been cast in the role of Plummer in HBO's upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. |
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IFTA Announces Kneecap As Ireland's Entry For Oscars® 2025 - International Feature Film |
| 02 Aug 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that Irish language feature Kneecap has been selected to represent Ireland in the Oscar® International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards. |
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John Crowley's We Live in Time to release in Ireland and UK on 1st January 2025 |
| 30 Jul 2024 | Ahead of its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, StudioCanal have announced that John Crowley’s highly anticipated drama We Live In Time will have its UK/Irish release on 1st January 2025. |
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Scannal celebrates 20 years with three one-hour documentaries on RTÉ |
| 30 Jul 2024 | RTÉ’s Irish language series Scannal marks its 20th anniversary with three hour-long documentaries this August, as part of Scannal: 20 Bliain. |
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Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, begins production in Wales |
| 30 Jul 2024 | Hamnet, directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao and starring Oscar nominees Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, has started production in Wales. |
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