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The Zone of Interest wins Best Film as Dublin Film Critics Circle reveals 2024 winners |
| 20 Dec 2024 | Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, icy study of life next to Auschwitz, has been selected as the runaway winner of Best Film of 2024 at the annual Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Awards. |
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Production wraps on Netflix's Peaky Blinders film starring Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Netflix has confirmed that principal photography has wrapped in the UK on the Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders film. |
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Pálás Cinema announces closure as a result of ongoing Financial Losses |
| 18 Dec 2024 | The Light House Cinema Group has announced that it has made the difficult decision to close the doors of the Pálás Cinema at the end of February, 2025. |
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Oscars 2025: Kneecap shortlisted for Best International Film and Best Original Song |
| 17 Dec 2024 | Irish language feature film Kneecap, Irish co-production The Apprentice, and two Irish short films Room Taken & Clodagh have been shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Awards. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Roundup - December |
| 17 Dec 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including the open call for the European Co-Development, the EAO Report on Green Transition in the Audiovisual Sector, and sign-up for the MEDIA stand at EFM Berlinale 2025. |
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Applications now open for the 2025 NTA First Credit Short Film Scheme and NTA Short Film Fund |
| 17 Dec 2024 | The National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama (NTAFT) and National Talent Academy for Animation (NTAA) together with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland have announced that applications are now open for two short film funding initiatives for both live-action and animation projects, which will run from Mid 2025 to January 2026. |
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Leading Irish production company Deadpan Pictures celebrates 10 years |
| 16 Dec 2024 | Deadpan Pictures celebrated its’ 10th birthday last week at the Hacienda in Dublin city, following the wrap of its fifth and final production of the year – Corked. |
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Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Sharon Horgan board respective Oscar-qualified Irish short films |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Three of Ireland’s leading talents have been revealed as executive producers for Oscar-qualified short films Room Taken, The Boat, and Calf. |
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Éanna Hardwicke and Eddie Marsan to star in new Irish thriller No Ordinary Heist |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Actors Eddie Marsan (Back To Black, Happy Go Lucky) and Éanna Hardwicke (Lakelands, The Sixth Commandment) are set to lead the cast of No Ordinary Heist, a gripping new Irish thriller inspired by the largest cash heist in UK and Irish history. |
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Over 1.6 million people watched The Late Late Toy Show 2024 across the weekend |
| 10 Dec 2024 | RTÉ’s Home Alone themed Late Late Toy Show broadcast to homes across Ireland and the wider world with average TV viewing for Friday night’s show now at over 1.6 million, including catch-up viewing on Saturday and Sunday and the repeat broadcast. |
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Four short animated films funded and selected for Ireland’s pavilion in Expo 2025 Osaka |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Screen Ireland, in partnership with Animation Ireland and the National Talent Academy for Animation, has announced the four successful recipients of the Osaka Expo 2025 Short Film Fund. |
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Golden Globes 2025: Andrew Scott and Colin Farrell nominated |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Irish actors Andrew Scott and Colin Farrell have both been nominated for the 82nd edition of the Golden Globes. |
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Kneecap dominates 2024 BIFA Awards with seven wins including Best British Independent Film |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Irish language box office hit Kneecap has emerged as the big winner of this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), with the film earning seven awards including Best British Independent Film. |
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Tourism Ireland opens applications for 2025 International Programming Ireland Fund |
| 09 Dec 2024 | Tourism Ireland has announce that applications are open for its 2025 International Programming Ireland Fund. |
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Wednesday Season 2 wraps production in Ireland |
| 05 Dec 2024 | Netflix has confirmed that production has wrapped in Ireland on the highly anticipated second season of Wednesday, the largest international production to have ever taken place in the country. |
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Metropolitan and Cuba Pictures adapts Marian Keyes’ best-selling Walsh family novels for six-part RTÉ drama series |
| 04 Dec 2024 | RTÉ has confirmed the production of The Walsh Sisters, a new six-part drama series inspired by five of the novels from celebrated Irish author Marian Keyes. |
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Griffith College and Film Ireland to host Screen Sessions: Looking Forward With Creativity |
| 04 Dec 2024 | Griffith College and Film Ireland have partnered with Screen Ireland to take a look at ‘who are the artists and decision makers behind the scenes’ with Screen Sessions: Looking Forward With Creativity. |
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Creative Europe Monthly Roundup - November |
| 02 Dec 2024 | IFTN brings you a round-up of Creative Europe’s key updates including the upcoming European Cinema Night in Dublin and Galway, Video Games & Immersive Content webinar, and European Co-Development webinar. |
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Filmmaker Bob Quinn honoured at Galway UNESCO City of Film Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Galway UNESCO City of Film celebrated a major milestone with a special event honouring the groundbreaking work of acclaimed filmmaker Bob Quinn, whose contributions have profoundly shaped Irish cinema. |
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Filming underway on new BBC Gaeilge music series Ceolta, set for broadcast in 2025 |
| 02 Dec 2024 | Filming has started on Ceolta, a new BBC Gaeilge series, which explores the diverse musical landscape of Ulster. |
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