The Irish Film Board backed both projects, with ‘[Rec]’ director Jaume Balagueró directing the first and Irish talent Brian O’Malley (Let Us Prey) the second. 'Muse’ is produced by Fantastic Films’ Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell and was filmed in Ireland, Belgium, and Spain. 

The ‘Dracula Untold’ director is set to helm the thriller project which will film in Northern Ireland later this year. It sees a bloodthirsty drifter befriend an immigrant family to their murdered family, with Shore directing a script from Oscar-nominated Ronan Blaney (Boogaloo and Graham).
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Johnny Vivash plays Commander Radek the head baddie and evil leader of a group of mercenaries in Finlands first superhero feature film 'Rendel' directed by Jesse Haaja.
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The 29th edition of the leading Irish festival which runs from the 11th-16th of July will kick off with Pat Collins’ ‘Song of Granite’, which had its world premiere at SXSW this March.
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The first trailer has released for Cartoon Saloon’s ‘The Breadwinner’, directed by Nora Twomey.
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The The prestigious documentary film festival runs in Washington from June 14th-18th, with 103 films set to screen from 28 countries, one of them being the blossoming documentary-making island of Ireland.
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IFTN speaks with Morgan O’Sullivan the 'Vikings' Executive Producer and Managing Director of World 2000 Entertainment .
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The upcoming feature documentary from the multi-award winning Irish Filmmakers behind such titles as ‘The Secret Scripture’ (Sheridan) and ‘Mattress Men’ (Quinn), is currently casting for the lead role of Thin Lizzy frontman, Phil Lynott.
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The It has been announced that Pathé International is to attain international sales rights to Irish Director Lenny Abrahamson’s upcoming supernatural drama project ‘The Little Stranger’.
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There are four places left on the current round of the ILBF scheme, which will run from September 2017-August 2018. The deadline for applications is Wednesday May 31st.
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The new customer service hub which opened in Amsterdam recently follows a €1.6bn investment in content, which will see at least six new series announced in the continent this year.
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The team behind the adaptation of Irish author Eoin Colfer’s novel of the same name is set to be distributed by Disney is looking for an Irish actor aged 9-12 of any ethnicity.
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Elfar Adalsteins (Sailcloth) is set to make his feature debut with the project, which is written by Michael Armbruster (Beautiful Boy) and will also star John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) and Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).

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As part of our new series promoting training and employment in the Irish film and television industry, we’re catching up with staff from some of the leading companies in the country, in the fields of production, distribution, festivals and beyond.
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Fresh off the plane from the New York premiere of Brendan Muldowney’s ‘Pilgrimage’, McConnell talks us through the beginnings of his career in stunts for some of the most high profile drama and cinema to come out of Ireland in the last number of years.
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The IFTA Rising Star and Best Lead Actress Nominee is set to take the leading role in Cronin’s feature debut, due to film this Summer. Worldwide sales rights to the horror title have been acquired by Bankside Films. Cronin’s previous work includes award-winning ‘Ghost Train’ and ‘Minutes Past Midnight’.
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The event which takes place Wednesday June 21st in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, will see a screening of Cousins’ film ‘I Am Belfast’, followed by an interview with the director by Declan McGrath.

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o-written by Sligo native McDermottroe and Viva screenwriter Mark O’Halloran, Halal Daddy boasts a superb cast, including Nikesh Patel, Colm Meaney, Art Mali, Sarah Bolger, Deirdre O Kane, Paul Tylak and David Kross.

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