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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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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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Kneecap actors win FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor at Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025 |
| 13 Jan 2025 | The 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has revealed this year’s juried award winners, with Kneecap band members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Provaí among the recipients. |
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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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Golden Globes 2025: Colin Farrell among winners as he picks up award for The Penguin |
| 06 Jan 2025 | Colin Farrell has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture for Television at a ceremony that took place in California on Sunday night. |
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BAFTA 2025: Kneecap, Clodagh, The Apprentice among Irish projects longlisted |
| 03 Jan 2025 | Irish film has appeared across the BAFTA longlists for 2025 ahead of the nominations being announced on 15th January. |
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Alison Oliver joins Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights adaptation |
| 16 Dec 2024 | IFTA-winning actress Alison Oliver has joined the cast of Wuthering Heights, reuniting with Saltburn director Emerald Fennell, opposite Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. |
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Charlie Murphy, Jack Gleeson, and Colm Meaney star in first trailer for thriller Safe Harbor |
| 16 Dec 2024 | The official trailer has been released for Ozark co-creator Mark Williams new crime drama Safe Harbor, with Game of Thrones star Alfie Allen starring alongside Charlie Murphy, Jack Gleeson, and Colm Meaney. |
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Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Sharon Horgan board respective Oscar-qualified Irish short films |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Three of Ireland’s leading talents have been revealed as executive producers for Oscar-qualified short films Room Taken, The Boat, and Calf. |
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Paul Mescal takes the spotlight hosting Saturday Night Live for first time |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Paul Mescal was the latest Irish talent to appear as host of NBC's Saturday Night Live, hosting for the first time this weekend and following in the footsteps of previous Irish hosts including Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan and Pierce Brosnan. |
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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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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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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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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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The Agency, starring Michael Fassbender and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, sets November 29 premiere |
| 22 Nov 2024 | Showtime/Paramount+'s new thriller The Agency starring Michael Fassbender as a CIA agent will premiere its first two episodes on November 29th. |
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Paul Mescal and Ridley Scott eye second collaboration as Gladiator II grosses €1.1m opening at Irish Box Office |
| 19 Nov 2024 | Irish actor Paul Mescal and director Ridley Scott are said to already be lining-up their next project, with the pair reportedly set to collaborate once again on upcoming post-apocalyptic adventure film The Dog Stars for 20th Century. |
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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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