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Exclusive: Sam O'Mahony's The Wise Guy releases official trailer ahead of North American Premiere |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Ahead of the film’s American premiere, the official trailer has been released for The Wise Guy, and we catch up with writer/director Sam O’Mahony to find out more about his American adventure. |
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Director Eva Birthistle and actor Hazel Doupe discuss Kathleen Is Here |
| 17 Oct 2024 | We sat down with director Eva Birthistle and actor Hazel Doupe to discuss their new film Kathleen Is Here, ahead of its release in Irish cinemas this Friday, October 18th. |
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Director Sonya O'Donoghue discusses Where The Old Man Lives |
| 17 Oct 2024 | We spoke with director Sonya O’Donoghue about her latest short film Where The Old Man Lives, ahead of the films Irish premiere at the Kerry International Film Festival this Friday. |
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Morgan Matthews' 500 Miles starring Bill Nighy & Maisie Williams begins filming on location in Ireland |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Production has begun on Morgan Matthews' new film 500 Miles starring Oscar nominee Bill Nighy, Maisie Williams, and Roman Griffin Davis, which is filming across Dublin and Wicklow. |
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New original sitcom Good Boy from Tony Cantwell and Hannah Mamalis debuts on RTE Player |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Good Boy, a brand-new four-part RTÉ Player Original sitcom, is now available on the Player with all episodes ready to stream. |
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RTÉ commissions The Traitors Ireland; Kite Entertainment to produce Emmy-winning format |
| 14 Oct 2024 | RTÉ has confirmed that it has commissioned Traitors Ireland, an Irish iteration of the Emmy and BAFTA-winning Dutch Reality Series that has enthralled audiences across the world including award-winning versions in the UK, US and the Netherlands. |
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Tailored Films' Bring Them Down and The Apprentice to premiere at London Film Festival 2024 |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Irish production company Tailored Films bring two feature films, Bring Them Down and The Apprentice, to the BFI London Film Festival this week where they will both have their UK premieres. |
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Fallada Films secures rights to Girl with Two Fingers for feature film development |
| 11 Oct 2024 | Fallada Films has announced it has secured the rights to the acclaimed memoir Girl with Two Fingers which details the author Nicola Rose O’Hara’s experiences as the subject of eight portraits by artist Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud and recognised as one of the foremost figurative artists of the 20th century. |
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Shudder acquires international rights for Aislinn Clarke's Fréwaka |
| 11 Oct 2024 | AMC’s horror-focused streaming service Shudder has acquired North American, UK, Australia/NZ rights to Aislinn Clarke's Fréwaka. |
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Spilt Milk, Kneecap and The Magic Reindeer selected for Tallinn's Just Film Festival |
| 09 Oct 2024 | Irish films Spilt Milk, The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santa's Sleigh and Kneecap have been selected for the 24th Just Film Festival, the biggest sub-festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, consisting of a competition programme of youth and children's films alongside various special programmes. |
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New feature documentary John Behan – Odyssey to debut at IndieCork |
| 09 Oct 2024 | John Behan – Odyssey, a new feature documentary from award-winning filmmaker Donald Taylor Black will premiere at IndieCork Film Festival this Thursday, 10th October at 6pm in the Arc Cinema, Cork. |
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Irish-produced series The Hardacres to premiere on Channel 5 tonight |
| 07 Oct 2024 | New Irish-produced drama series The Hardacres will begin tonight on Channel 5. The series is a period drama which follows the rags-to-riches tale of a Yorkshire family in the 1890s. |
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Budget 2025: Increases to Arts Council, Screen Ireland, and extension of Basic Income Scheme |
| 03 Oct 2024 | The Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media has outlined further details of the distribution of the €1,271,989,000 in funding allocated to the Department in Budget 2025, which is said to see increases across all areas with a total 6% rise across the Department. |
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Spilt Milk selected for London Film Festival Works-In-Progress showcase |
| 02 Oct 2024 | Irish/Scottish feature film Spilt Milk has been selected as one of nine new UK and Irish feature films and documentaries for the fifth edition of the BFI London Film Festival’s Works-in-Progress Showcase. |
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John Crowley to direct Adam McKay-produced thriller Five |
| 02 Oct 2024 | Intermission and Brooklyn director John Crowley will direct Five, a psychological thriller in development at TriStar Pictures. |
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Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting for role in son's feature directorial debut |
| 02 Oct 2024 | Focus Features has confirmed that the three time Oscar winning actor has returned to star in Anemone, the feature directorial debut of his son Ronan Day-Lewis. |
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Budget 2025: 8% uplift under Section 481 and more supports for film sector |
| 01 Oct 2024 | Minister for Finance Jack Chambers TD has announced the introduction of an 8% uplift under the section 481 film tax credit, aimed at supporting feature film production in Ireland. The Minister has also recognised the future growth potential of the Irish VFX sector. |
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Production begins on Peaky Blinder film starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan |
| 01 Oct 2024 | Cillian Murphy and Steven Knight have reunited on the film set of Peaky Blinders, which has started production in the UK. |
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Screen Ireland announces ten 2024 Focus Shorts recipients |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland have announced the 10 successful projects for the 2024 round of Focus Shorts, Screen Ireland’s flagship short film scheme. |
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Saipan, starring Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan, wraps filming |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Saipan, Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa's upcoming film based on the 2002 World Cup fiasco, has wrapped filming. IFTA-winning Director of Photography Piers McGrail shared the news of the wrap on Instagram. |
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