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The Lir Academy Launches Acting Courses for Young Performers |
| 15 Aug 2024 | This September, The Lir Academy will commence a new range of Saturday classes designed for young people aged 12-17 who are looking to take the next step in their actor training journey. |
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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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Screen Scene Group announces successful management buyout |
| 10 Jul 2024 | Screen Scene Group has announced the completion of a successful management buyout from the NEP group, supported by DunPort Capital Management via the Birch Corporate Credit fund and a consortium of equity investors. |
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Catherine Synnott appointed as Interim CEO of Windmill Lane |
| 01 Nov 2023 | Catherine Synnott has been appointed as Interim CEO of Windmill Lane. She has been a member of Windmill Lane’s board since 2021. |
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Clermont Screen Hub at Wicklow County Council opens for business |
| 01 Nov 2023 | Clermont Screen Hub, a new facility for film, TV, and content creation has been opened at Wicklow County Campus in Rathnew, Co Wicklow. Chris O’Dowd’s new Sky TV series Small Town, Big Stories is currently using the facility’s office space. |
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Tara Studios open for shooting, with 27,000 square-feet available |
| 10 Oct 2023 | Tara Studios, based at Borleagh Manor estate in County Wexford, is now open for shooting. Expansion of the facility begins next year. This includes a total of 150,000 square feet of studio space, plus office and workshop spaces. |
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Filming underway in Troy Studios on TV drama starring Pirates of the Caribbean star McKenzie Crook |
| 04 Oct 2023 | Limerick producers Stephen Hall, Mike Jones and their company Dark Day Pictures are currently filming a pilot for an exciting new TV drama at Troy Studios and on location throughout the Mid-West. |
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Colourist Leandro Arouca discusses his craft and career |
| 03 Oct 2023 | RAYGUN, the creative post production house that provides full picture and sound finishing across TV, radio, film, as well as digital content, has appointed the award-winning colourist Leandro Arouca to their team. |
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Filmmakers Lia Nic Craith and Seosamh Mac Seoin discuss the Innovative Television & Media Course at Nemeton with SETU |
| 19 Sep 2023 | We caught up with Lia Nic Craith and Seosamh Mac Seoin, graduates of the Innovative Television & Media Course at Nemeton with SETU. The course, based in Waterford’s Gaeltacht na Rinne, is open for applications. The deadline is September 29th, 2023. |
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46th Cineposium Conference is postponed |
| 18 Aug 2023 | Earlier this year, Ireland won a global bid to host the 46th Cineposium Conference in Limerick, this was to be the first time in the ACFI’s history that the event would take place in Ireland. Previous hosts include the US, France, and South Korea. |
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Kerry College announces new screenwriting programme with writer-director Gerard Barrett, and the support of the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) |
| 16 Aug 2023 | Kerry College has announced an all-new Screenwriting programme entitled Content Development for Film & Television, which starts on 25th September. |
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Windmill Lane’s Jason Gaffney talks opening Studio 5 |
| 26 Jul 2023 | Windmill Lane Dublin, Ireland has unveiled major upgrades to its audio facility with the consolidation of its famous Number4 into their headquarters at 29 Herbert Street. This now means that all audio facilities are under one roof. The new studio, featuring Avid – Pro Tools HD ensures Windmill Lane will continue to operate at the highest standard of post-production. |
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Windmill Lane’s Jason Gaffney talks colour grading animated series Kizazi Moto with Matt Branton |
| 04 Jul 2023 | Jason Gaffney sat down with Windmill Lane’s senior colourist Matt Branton to discuss his work on Disney+ animated series Kizazi Moto. |
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DkIT mark their selection for Blackmagic’s Education Partner Program |
| 27 Jun 2023 | Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) hosted an event to mark their selection as an educational collaborator with Blackmagic Design. |
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Bizet Media acquires Dublin-based High Wire Post Production |
| 08 Jun 2023 | Bizet Media, the parent company of Milk VFX, aims to develop a range of talent-led businesses across the VFX and production solutions space. |
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Dublin International Film Festival's 2024 Submissions are now open |
| 30 May 2023 | Submissions for DIFF 2024 have officially opened. |
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Windmill Lane’s Jason Gaffney talks season 2 of Kin with showrunner Peter McKenna |
| 19 Apr 2023 | As Season 2 of KIN continues on RTÉ One, Jason Gaffney sat down with writer and showrunner Peter McKenna and Windmill Lane’s Post Production team to discuss how this series was brought to life. Full Post-Production on KIN was provided by Windmill Lane, including VFX. |
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Milk to open VFX studio in Ireland |
| 22 Mar 2023 | Award-winning VFX Studio Milk is to continue its growth by opening a new studio in Dublin, having announced the opening of a new studio in Bordeaux in January. |
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Ireland wins bid to host global AFCI Cineposium Conference 2023 in Limerick |
| 14 Mar 2023 | Ireland has won the bid to host the 46th Annual Cineposium Conference, which will be hosted in Limerick. |
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Fíbín Media launches new state of the art studio for TV production in Connemara |
| 19 Dec 2022 | Fíbín Media has officially opened their newly built, state of the art production studio based in Tully, Co. Galway, located in the heart of Connemara. |
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