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The Writers Lab UK & Ireland announces participants and honourees for 2022 Lab |
| 17 Aug 2022 | Three Irish projects have been selected among the Writers Lab UK & Ireland participants for its Lab, which runs next month, focused on supporting women and non-binary writers over 40. |
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Irish Language Broadcast Fund feature film telling the story of the song The Laughing Boy to air on TG4 |
| 17 Aug 2022 | An Buachaill Gealgháireach, a new Irish Language Broadcast Fund film, tells the remarkable untold story of an Irish song called The Laughing Boy, written by a teenage rebel called Brendan Behan in memory of another iconic rebel, Michael Collins. |
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Screen Ireland allocates over €700,000 under 2022 Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme |
| 16 Aug 2022 | Screen Ireland has announced that funding worth over €700,000 has been awarded under the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme to 30 organisations for the delivery of skills development opportunities and initiatives to address priority areas for the Irish screen sector. |
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann records highest ratings on TG4 since 2017 |
| 15 Aug 2022 | After a two year break, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was back in Mullingar where it began in 1951. |
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First-look trailer released for Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin |
| 04 Aug 2022 | Searchlight Pictures has revealed the first-look trailer for Martin McDonagh’s Irish comedy-drama The Banshees of Inisherin, which is set to release in Irish cinemas this October. |
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Antonia Campbell-Hughes' new Irish feature It Is In Us All to open in cinemas this September |
04 Aug 2022 | Following its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival earlier this year, It Is In Us All,
the directorial debut from Northern Irish filmmaker Antonia Campbell-Hughes, will open in Irish cinemas this September. |
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IFTA announces An Cailín Ciúin as Ireland’s entry for Best International Feature at Oscars® 2023 |
| 03 Aug 2022 | IFTA announces An Cailín Ciúin as Ireland’s entry for Best International Feature at Oscars® 2023 |
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491,000 tuned in to TG4 to watch Sunday's TG4 All Ireland Ladies Football Finals |
| 02 Aug 2022 | According to official TAM Ireland figures, 491,000 tuned into TG4’s coverage of the TG4 Ladies Football finals on Sunday with an average audience of 204,900 people watching the live broadcast of the Senior Final between Meath and Kerry. |
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First Chance: New TG4 series of imaginative short dramas and documentaries launches on Player |
| 29 Jul 2022 | Céad Seans, an exciting array of imaginative short dramas and documentaries from the Higher Diploma in Television and Media Production are now featuring on the TG4 Player. |
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ZDF Studios boards Irish thriller Clean Sweep; set to premiere on Sundance Now and RTÉ |
| 27 Jul 2022 | ZDF Studios has secured international distribution rights to Clean Sweep (6 x 52’), a new thriller drama set to premiere on Sundance Now in the US and RTÉ in Ireland. |
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Venice 2022: The Banshees of Inisherin and The Ghost of Richard Harris to Premiere at 79th edition |
| 26 Jul 2022 | Martin McDonagh’s Irish drama, which is being produced under the Searchlight Pictures banner, sees the Oscar nominated Irish writer-director reunited with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. |
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Dean Kavanagh's comedy-drama Hole in the Head to release in the Irish Film Institute from August 12th |
| 26 Jul 2022 | Hole in the Head, a dark comedy-drama by established Irish experimental filmmaker Dean Kavanagh, will receive its Irish cinema release at the IFI Irish Film Institute from August 12th. |
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Belfast Film Festival reveals dynamic new team and inaugural International Feature competition |
| 25 Jul 2022 | Belfast Film Festival has announced a number of exciting new changes in its programming team, and the addition of an international feature competition for the first time in its 22-year history. |
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Applications now open for Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge |
| 25 Jul 2022 | The Little Cinema & Galway City of Film has opened applications for the 2022 Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge, taking place on 18th - 21st August 2022. |
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Animation Ireland leads Irish Kidscreen delegation to Miami for world’s largest animation event |
| 22 Jul 2022 | A delegation of leading Irish animation members were in Miami this week to represent Ireland at the Kidscreen Summit, one of the most important annual events in the world animation calendar. |
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Tom Collins: “For me it's all about the work, which is about creating a reflection of a modern Irish cultural identity that can travel beyond borders, history and these shores.” |
| 21 Jul 2022 | Celebrated Director, Writer and Producer Tom Collins has passed away. |
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Westmeath County Council grants approval to first phase of Mullingar film studio |
| 19 Jul 2022 | A planning application, which was submitted by Hammerlake Studios earlier this year, to build the first phase of a “world class” film and television production venue in Mullingar has been granted approval by Westmeath County Council. |
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Acorn TV and Channel 5 order double series for detective drama Dagliesh; Tohill brothers to direct |
| 18 Jul 2022 | AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5 have confirmed a double series order for detective drama Dalgliesh, with Northern Irish producer Brendan Mullin (Boys From County Hell) and directing duo Andy & Ryan Tohill all attached to the project. |
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Andrew Legge's LOLA selected to world premiere at Locarno International Film Festival |
| 18 Jul 2022 | The Irish drama from Cowtown Pictures will receive its world premiere at the Swiss festival, which is dedicated to indie and cutting-edge cinema, in August later this year. |
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New trailer released for heart-warming Irish language feature Róise & Frank ahead of September theatrical release |
| 15 Jul 2022 | Ahead of the films theatrical release across Ireland on September 17th, Break Out Pictures have revealed a new trailer for the Rachel Moriarty and Peter Murphy’s heartwarming film, Róise & Frank. |
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