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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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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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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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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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Chris O'Dowd joins cast of Black Mirror season 7 |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Chris O'Dowd will star in the next season of Netflix's Black Mirror, expected to release in 2025. |
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MUBI and Volta Pictures acquire September Says for UK and Ireland |
| 23 Sep 2024 | MUBI and Volta Pictures have acquired Ariane Labed’s September Says, co-produced by Sackville Productions and Element Pictures, for several territories. |
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Alan Moloney shares producing insights at IFTA Masterclass |
| 20 Sep 2024 | On Thursday 19th September, IFTA hosted a Producing Masterclass with Alan Moloney, acclaimed producer of Film and TV including the upcoming Small Things Like These, as well as Intermission, Breakfast on Pluto, The Siege of Jadotville and The Clinic; founder of Parallel Film Productions; and co-founder of Big Things Films alongside Oscar winner Cillian Murphy. |
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Liam Neeson stars in Absolution official trailer |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Samuel Goldwyn Films have released the first trailer for Absolution starring Liam Neeson, an upcoming Boston crime drama. |
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Irish language horror Fréwaka to open Belfast Film Festival on Halloween night |
| 19 Sep 2024 | Belfast Film Festival returns for its 24th edition from 31st October to 9th November, opening with a Halloween night screening of Irish language horror Fréwaka, written and directed by Aislinn Clarke. |
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Wildcard releases new trailer for King Frankie |
| 19 Sep 2024 | King Frankie tells the story of a man driven by the desire for monetary success, only to find himself facing the consequences of his choices. |
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Small Things Like These, starring Cillian Murphy, debuts official trailer |
| 17 Sep 2024 | The first trailer has been released for Small Things Like These starring Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson ahead of its release in November. |
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RTÉ reports net deficit of €9.1m in 2023; declining TV Licence revenue and increases in operating costs listed as contributing factors |
| 17 Sep 2024 | RTÉ Annual Report for 2023 has confirmed a net deficit of €9.1m for the national broadcaster that named a decline in the TV Licence revenue, increase in operating costs, and the broadcast of several special events as contributing factors to a “challenging year for the organisation”. |
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RTS Northern Ireland announces shortlist for 2024 Television Awards |
| 16 Sep 2024 | The Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland, has announced the shortlist for this year’s RTS NI Awards. The winners will be announced at the 9th RTS NI Awards ceremony which takes place on Thursday 14th November at the Titanic Belfast. |
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TG4 announces Fómhar 24 Autumn schedule |
| 11 Sep 2024 | TG4 have launched its autumn schedule, Fómhar 24, as the channel continues to deliver home-produced documentaries that reflect Irish life, an array of live sports events, entertainment series, excellent music, an selection of drama series, along with original content on the Irish language children’s channel Cúla4. |
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