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Cannes Film Festival could be postponed until July |
| 22 Jan 2021 | The Cannes Film Festival is expected to announce whether it will keep its currently scheduled May date or postpone the event to later in the summer before the end of this month. |
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Dating Amber and Wolfwalkers to be released in the US this Friday; strong Irish film roster selling at AFM 2020 |
| 13 Nov 2020 | Two Irish feature films will be released in the US this Friday, with Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers and David Freyne’s Dating Amber entering select American cinemas on November 13th. |
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New Irish horror The Cellar starts shooting in Ireland this month; Eoin Macken and Elisha Cuthbert lead cast |
| 02 Nov 2020 | Elisha Cuthbert and Irish actor Eoin Macken have been cast to star in the upcoming Irish feature film, The Cellar. |
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JETS Call for Entry 2021: The Film Initiative That Takes You Beyond |
| 22 Oct 2020 | The pitching session takes place at the International Film Festival Berlin and will see 20 – 24 projects selected from emerging filmmakers for the JETS Initiative. |
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Deadline approaching for FIN Partners CNXN this Friday, July 31st |
| 29 Jul 2020 | FIN Partners, the renowned co-production/co-financing market in Halifax, Canada, announced earlier this year that it was moving online this September 21st – 23rd to present FIN Partners CNXN, a special circumstantial digital initiative. |
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Galway Film Fair Wraps following successful first virtual edition |
| 15 Jul 2020 | The 24TH virtual Galway Film Fair wrapped on Sunday after a successful week of online marketplace meetings, seminars, talks, Peripheral Visions and the pitching competition. |
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Marché du Film 2020: Irish projects featuring at first digital edition |
| 22 Jun 2020 | The first digital edition of Cannes’ Marché du Film gets underway today, and runs from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th June. |
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Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, and Laura Linney to star as Irish women in Lourdes drama, The Miracle Club |
| 19 Jun 2020 | Embankment Films has revealed that Oscar-winner Kathy Bates (Misery), Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey), and Laura Linney (Ozark) will feature as the top-line cast of the film, which centres on three working-class women from Dublin who embark on a pilgrimage to Lourdes. |
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Gravitas Ventures acquires North American rights to The Racer; first look trailer released |
| 18 Jun 2020 | London-based international sales outlet, Independent, has secured a deal for the Northern American distribution rights with Gravitas Ventures. |
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Crime thriller Broken Law heading to this year's virtual Marché Du Film; Acquired by 101 Films International |
| 18 Jun 2020 | 101 Films International has picked up the international distribution rights to Paddy Slattery’s debut crime thriller Broken Law. |
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Submissions open for digital edition of Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition |
| 02 Jun 2020 | In light of the current Government restrictions on large gathering the Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition will take place as a virtual online event and is now open for entries. |
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Galway Film Fair reimagined as an Online Marketplace |
| 18 May 2020 | In light of the ongoing Government restrictions on large gatherings, the 2020 Galway Film Fair will take place alongside the Galway Film Fleadh as a limited edition, online market event. |
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Details announced for Cannes XR Virtual |
| 13 May 2020 | Cannes Marché du Film has announced details on continuing its immersive Cannes XR programme following the cancellation of this years’ physical events due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The online event takes place from 22nd-26th June. |
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Online Exclusive: Galway Film Fleadh moves 32nd edition online |
| 11 May 2020 | The Galway Film Fleadh has made the decision to present its 2020 festival edition online from July 7th-12th. |
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BAI Learning & Development and Sponsorship programmes 2020 |
| 19 Feb 2020 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details of 2020 allocations under its Sectoral Learning & Development and Sponsorship funding initiatives. |
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Screen Ireland open registration for Irish delegation to Berlinale 2020 |
| 19 Feb 2020 | The 2020 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and European Film Market (EFM) will begin on 20 February. |
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Monster Entertainment to launch new season of hit animation series Jungle Beat at Kidscreen |
| 10 Feb 2020 | With Kidscreen just around the corner, Sunrise Productions has announced the 8th season of their award-winning non-dialogue pre-school show, Jungle Beat. |
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Irish animation delegation prepare to travel to Miami for Kidscreen Summit 2020 |
| 06 Feb 2020 | Ireland’s leading animation studios will line up with the biggest names in the global film and TV production in Miami next week to represent Ireland at the Kidscreen Summit 2020. |
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Amazon acquires North American rights for Element Pictures Irish drama Herself |
| 27 Jan 2020 | According to Variety, Amazon Studios has secured the North American rights to Phyllida Lloyd’s new drama Herself. |
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Irish short film selected to screen at Marché Du Film at the Cannes Film Festival |
| 24 Jan 2020 | Butter, a short film by Irish filmmaker Emma Brennan, has been selected to screen at Marché Du Film at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Butter has also been selected to screen at New York City International Film Festival. |
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