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Budget 2025: Increases to Arts Council, Screen Ireland, and extension of Basic Income Scheme |
| 03 Oct 2025 | 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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Belfast Film Festival announces 2024 lineup |
| 03 Oct 2024 | Belfast Film Festival returns for its 24th edition on 31st of October for 10 days showcasing films from across the globe alongside home-grown talent. |
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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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New family mini-series The Unreal to release on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player this October |
| 02 Oct 2024 | The brand new four part family mini-series, which stars Joseph McGucken, Kathryn McKiernan, Ally Ní Chiaráin, Senan Jennings and Kate Brady, will broadcast on RTÉ One this October. |
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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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Directors panel with Kneecap’s Rich Peppiatt among highlights at Disappear Here Film Festival 2024 |
| 01 Oct 2024 | The scenic village of Ballyliffin will once again play host to the Disappear Here Film Festival, celebrating its seventh edition from October 4th to 7th, 2024. |
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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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25th Newport Beach Film Festival announces Irish Spotlight showcase |
| 30 Sep 2024 | The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced the Irish Spotlight for its 25th annual edition. Irish Spotlight is an evening celebration of Irish cinema and culture on October 20th. |
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35th edition of Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival now underway |
| 30 Sep 2024 | The Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival kicked off over the weekend and will run across all of October from September 28th to November 3rd. |
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Disney+ debuts trailer for Rivals starring Aidan Turner, Victoria Smurfit |
| 27 Sep 2024 | Aidan Turner and Victoria Smurfit star opposite David Tennant in the trailer for Disney+'s Rivals. |
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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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Trailer released for Housewife of the Year ahead of cinema release on November 22nd |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Wildcard Distribution has launched the official trailer for Ciarán Cassidy’s poignant and uplifting documentary, Housewife of the Year, ahead of its highly anticipated screening at the IFI Documentary Festival this Saturday, 28th September. |
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IFI DocFest to host industry panel discussion Watching Docs: Audiences, Trends, Futures on September 28th |
| 26 Sep 2024 | The IFI Documentary Festival kicked off last night with the screening Tom Burke's fascinating film on consent in documentary-making, The Gap In Consent. |
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Screen Ireland open call for applications to Screen Mentoring Scheme 2024 |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Screen Ireland has announced that applications are now open for the next round of the Screen Mentoring Scheme, a key initiative to invest in the continued skills development of professionals in the Irish screen sector. |
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Bring Them Down wins at Fantastic Fest 2024 |
| 25 Sep 2024 | Christopher Andrews's Bring Them Down, co-produced by Tailored Films and starring Barry Keoghan, has won Best Picture in the main competition at Fantastic Fest 2024. |
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Irish delegation travels to Los Angeles for trade mission promoting Ireland's VFX & Post sector |
| 25 Sep 2024 | An Irish delegation, including Minister Peter Burke (T.D.), Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, and the IDA, have partnered on a trade mission to Los Angeles. |
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New training course Exploring Reality 2 launched by SDGI's Documentary Alliance |
| 25 Sep 2024 | The Documentary Alliance of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland has announced details of a new training programme, Exploring Reality 2. |
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