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Recipient organisations announced for Screen Ireland's 2024 Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme |
01 Aug 2024 | Funding worth over €1 million has been awarded to 27 organisations to deliver a wide range of high-quality skills development initiatives and activities for the Irish screen sector. |
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Tourism Ireland opens call for International Programming Ireland Fund 2024 |
26 Jul 2024 | Tourism Ireland has opened applications for Round 3 of its 2024 International Programming Ireland Fund, to be submitted by 3pm GMT on Tuesday 10 September 2024. |
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Minister Martin confirms Government agreement on funding of RTÉ and Public Service Media |
24 Jul 2024 | The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, TD, has announced that Government has agreed multi-annual public funding for RTÉ which, through a combination of an improved TV licence system and Exchequer support, will ensure that RTÉ is supported to deliver on its Statement of Strategy. |
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€725m public funding plan for RTÉ to be signed off on by Cabinet |
24 Jul 2024 | At its final meeting this morning before the summer recess, the Cabinet will sign off on a new funding proposal for RTÉ, which is expected to retain the TV Licence fee. |
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Government look to agree RTÉ funding deal that will be mixture of exchequer funding and TV licence fee |
18 Jul 2024 | RTÉ looks set to have a new blended funding model put forward by Government, which will rely on a mixture of the current TV Licence and a “multi-annual” payment provided by the exchequer, as the proposal prepares to go to Cabinet next Wednesday. |
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Cine4 development scheme for feature film now open for applications |
11 Jul 2024 | Cine4, the Irish-language feature film development scheme, has now opened its 2024 round for applications. |
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Taoiseach Simon Harris and Minister Catherine Martin visit set of Netflix’s Wednesday Season 2 |
02 Jul 2024 | An Taoiseach Simon Harris (TD) visited the set of Netflix’s Wednesday Season 2, which is set to be the largest production to ever film in Ireland. |
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Virgin Media Discovers announce shortlisted projects |
20 Jun 2024 | Virgin Media Discovers, in partnership with Screen Ireland, is a competition that helps new and established filmmakers and content creators get their stories heard. |
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Screen Ireland announce funding increase for Irish Feature Film Development |
11 Jun 2024 | Screen Ireland has announced an increase to the budget and funding loan thresholds for Irish Feature Film Development Funding. New supports included a ‘locked box’ development system with the aim to “incentivise and recognise success” of Irish screenwriters and production companies. |
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Report finds Basic Income for the Arts recipients spend more time on craft, less likely to be anxious or depressed |
28 May 2024 | A newly-published report on The Basic Income for the Arts scheme has found the scheme to have positive effects on recipients, such as spending more time on their creative practice, less negative emotions such as depression and anxiety, and being able to ‘make ends meet’ financially. |
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Studiocanal announce Irish & UK acquisition of The Apprentice |
16 May 2024 | Studiocanal has today announced the acquisition for Ireland & the UK of The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi’s exploration of Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America. The Apprentice will receive its world premiere in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. |
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Salt Films appoints Donal Geraghty as Head of Business Affairs |
13 May 2024 | Salt Films has announced the appointment of Donal Geraghty as Head of Business Affairs. Donal Geraghty has over three decades of experience in the film and television Industry. As financial controller and co-producer, he has worked on many international productions. |
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Three new reports on RTÉ governance published |
08 May 2024 | Three new reports on governance, human resources and finances at RTÉ have been published. The reports found that RTÉ lost financial records relating to three years’ transactions in the barter account during an office move. |
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TG4 announce Tús & Céim Eile short film initiatives |
01 May 2024 | TG4 have announced two new short film initiatives following the success of Cine4, both of which are open for submissions until 3pm Monday 9th September 2024. |
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Lorcan Finnegan among directors selected for 2nd Cannes Investors Circle |
01 May 2024 | Irish director Lorcan Finnegan is one of a small selection of filmmakers set to present their projects to investors at the second edition of Cannes Marché du Film’s Investors Circle. His latest film The Surfer will premiere at the Cannes Film festival. |
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Applications open for dlr First Frames Short Film Scheme 2024 |
30 Apr 2024 | Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council announces continuation of dlr First Frames Short Film Scheme to support emerging film talent. The application closing date is Monday 22nd July, 2024. |
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Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition 2024 open for entries |
30 Apr 2024 | The Galway Film Fleadh are partnering with Wild Atlantic Pictures again to present a €3000 cash award for the best pitch at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition. |
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Screen Ireland increase funding thresholds for Irish production |
18 Apr 2024 | Screen Ireland has announced increases to the budget and award thresholds for the agency's Fiction: Irish Production fund. |
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Coimisiún na Meán awards €8.6m of funding under Sound & Vision Scheme |
15 Apr 2024 | A total of €70 million has been provided by the Sound & Vision Scheme in the past 5 years. €7.9m will support the production of 65 TV and radio projects, including animation, drama, documentary, entertainment, and educational programmes, with 95% of funding for independent producers. €706k will support community broadcasters in creating social benefit programming that facilitates better access to and representation of the diversity of local communities in Ireland. |
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TG4 open Development Commissioning Round 2024 |
27 Mar 2024 | TG4 is inviting applications from the independent production sector to develop standalone programs and series for their program schedule, focusing on specific areas. The closing date for applications to TG4 is 4pm Monday 15th April 2024. |
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