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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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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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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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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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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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Creative Arts Emmys: Irish producer wins Emmy for My Next Guest with David Letterman |
| 11 Sep 2024 | Irish producer Seamus Murphy-Mitchell has won a Creative Arts Emmy for his role as executive producer on Netflix’s My Next Guest with David Letterman and John Mulaney. |
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Kathleen Is Here official trailer released |
| 09 Sep 2024 | Break Out Pictures have released the new trailer and artwork for Eva Birthistle’s directorial film debut Kathleen Is Here, coming to Irish cinemas on 18th October. |
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Vertigo acquires Four Letters Of Love, starring Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne |
| 09 Sep 2024 | Vertigo Releasing has acquired Polly Steele's Four Letters of Love, starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne. Fionn O’Shea and Ann Skelly are also among the cast. |
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Irish films feature in Dinard Festival 2024 lineup |
| 04 Sep 2024 | Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film in France has announced the lineup for its 34th edition, including a number of new Irish productions. |
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Four Mothers, Bring Them Down to play Official Competition at London Film Festival |
| 29 Aug 2024 | Three Irish productions/co-productions will screen in Official Competition at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. |
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Detective series Borderline streaming on MGM+ from 2nd September |
| 27 Aug 2024 | A first trailer has been released for Borderline, a new detective series produced by ShinAwiL, starring Eoin Macken, Amy De Bhrún and Lochlann O’Mearáin. |
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Location Managers Guild Awards: Niall O'Shea among winners for work on Mission: Impossible |
| 26 Aug 2024 | Irish location manager Niall O'Shea was among the winners at Saturday night's Location Managers Guild Awards for his work on Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning. |
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Scholarships and new workshops for award-winning SETU TV and Media Production course |
| 22 Aug 2024 | The postgraduate course was developed by SETU Waterford and Nemeton TV in partnership with Udarás naGaeltachta and has been successfully preparing new media talent since 2006. The course is currently accepting applications for the upcoming iteration, which commences again on September 23rd. |
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Lomu: Gavin FitzGerald to co-direct feature doc on NZ rugby icon |
| 21 Aug 2024 | Irish documentary filmmaker Gavin FitzGerald will co-direct Lomu, based on the life of New Zealand rugby union icon Jonah Lomu. Per Variety, FitzGerald will co-direct with Tongan-New Zealander director Vea Mafile’o (Lea Tupu’anga/Mother Tongue, For My Father’s Kingdom). Mafile’o shares familial roots with Lomu in Tonga’s Ha’apai islands. |
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Filming underway in Ireland on Lynley reboot from Salt Films and Playground for BBC Studios and BritBox International |
| 20 Aug 2024 | More than 15 years on from the finale of the BBC’s mid-noughties adaptation, BritBox International, Wolf Hall producer Playground, and Salt Films have begun production in Ireland on a new version of Lynley. |
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Bad Sisters announces Season 2 premiere date on November 13 |
| 19 Aug 2024 | Apple TV+ has announced that Season 2 of Bad Sisters will premiere on Wednesday, November 13th. |
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Applications open for IGNITE-Docs Documentary Talent Development Programme |
| 14 Aug 2024 | The fifth iteration of IGNITE-Docs is now open for the coming year. Applications will be accepted until Friday, September 20th 2024 at 5pm. |
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Sinéad O'Shea's Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story to premiere at TIFF |
| 12 Aug 2024 | Sinéad O'Shea's documentary Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story has been selected to make its World Premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. |
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Director Cara Holmes discusses award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland |
| 26 Jul 2024 | Ahead of the film’s release in Irish cinemas this Friday (July 26th), IFTN spoke with filmmaker Cara Holmes about her award winning documentary Notes From Sheepland, which won Best Documentary at the Dublin International Film Festival earlier this year. |
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