Dublin-based Independent Pictures have scored option deals on their format 'ICA Bootcamp' - rebranded as 'Granny Bootcamp' by distributors DRG for a European audience - to Spain and France.
Rough Rider' - a documentary from Dublin's Wildfire Films about Irish sports journalist Paul Kimmage, who helped expose Lance Armstrong's doping - is currently in post production, and aiming for completion by the end of the year.
Irish Editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle - IFTA-nominated for 'Doctor Who' - has amassed an eclectic body of work spanning drama, documentary, sci-fi and police procedural. As her latest series 'The Tunnel' begins on Sky Atlantic, Ms Ní Dhonghaíle spoke to IFTN.
Applications are now open for the Catalyst Production Scheme, which will offer three teams of emerging filmmakers the chance to produce a low-budget feature film to the tune of €350,000.
Michael Fassbender has begun principal photography in New Zealand on 'Slow West' - a 19th century Western set in the American Frontier - with the Irish actor also producing for the first time
Irish production company Esras Films has wrapped production on 'Class Swap', a new documentary series for RTÉ One, which sees Irish teenagers abandon their classrooms for two weeks to sample school life in Finland, Poland and Spain.
'The Walking Dead' Season 4 premiere - which broke ratings records in the US with 16.1 million viewers - can attribute at least some of its success to a stunning performance by Tipperary actress Kerry Condon.
The world premiere of John Lee Hancock's 'Saving Mr. Banks', starring Colin Farrell, Tom Hanks, and Emma Thompson brought the 57th edition of the BFI London Film Festival to an end.
