Stephen Gerard Kelly and Garry Keane’s ‘In The Shadow of Beirut’ will return to the Irish Film Institute’s screens from this Friday, 15th December. The Screen Ireland supported film was selected as Ireland’s entry for the Oscars®’ Best International Feature Film category by the Irish Film & Television Academy this October, and is currently on
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Film Fund Luxembourg are delighted to announce the four selected projects of the Ireland / Luxembourg Co-Development Scheme. The fund was launched at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and aims to improve the representation of female and non-binary filmmakers across the screen industry, in both Ireland and Luxembourg. For the 2023 iteration
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and the School of Media at Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) are delighted to be collaborating on the development of a new Level 8 programme for screen professionals to gain accredited recognition for their skills learned on-the-job. They would now like to take the opportunity to invite guild members and the wider […]
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to announce that ten new short films have been awarded funding as part of the 2023 round of Focus Shorts, the agency’s cornerstone short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents aspiring to write, direct and produce films for […]
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to host a special screening of Sing Street (2016) for Culture Night 2023, bringing the film back to very location it was set and shot in – Synge Street CBS. The event will launch Screen Ireland’s A Place in Our Story – a series of events for the Irish public marking 30 years of a national
As part of its stated commitment to audience development, Screen Ireland is launching an Audience Development Fund to drive new audiences to Irish film, animation and documentary. The new fund is open to a wide range of stakeholders for activities creating ambitious new film events which will drive audiences to Irish films. The objectives of the […]
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has announced the 21 organisations awarded funding from the fifth round of the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme to deliver new skills development opportunities and initiatives to address priority areas for the Irish screen sector. For the 2023 round of Screen Stakeholders, applicants were asked to address at least one of eight priority […]
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to congratulate all of the projects and filmmakers awarded at the 35th Galway Film Fleadh this year across feature film, documentary and shorts. The festival closed on Sunday, 16th July with its annual awards ceremony, where ‘Apocalypse Clown’ picked up the Best Irish Film award. Directed by George Kane and
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, the national agency for the funding, development and production of Irish film, television and animation, was delighted to welcome Minister Catherine Martin TD to the Galway Film Fleadh this year to mark the 30 years of of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and to launch a new sustainability initiative aimed at reducing the carbon […]
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Fresh International Film Festival and RTÉ are delighted to announce the 34 films and makers shortlisted for the 2023 IYFTYs – Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards. For the first time ever, audiences will have the opportunity to preview all the shortlisted IYFTYs on the Fresh International Film Festival YouTube Channel from
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland announced details of a new fund to further support regional activity at its Production Slate launch. The new production fund is designed to support the development of skills around the country, outside of the established production hubs of Dublin and Wicklow. It is targeted at crew across all grades, including new entrants, and […]
After an incredible 22 weeks in cinemas across Ireland and the UK, Colm Bairéad’s ‘An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl)’ has now grossed over €1 million at the box-office, an extraordinary feat for an independent film. Since its release last May, the film has been a major hit at international film festivals, won a slew of awards […]
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted with the announcement that Lorcan Finnegan’s Irish thriller ‘Nocebo’, starring Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier and Billie Gadsdon, will receive its World Premiere at Los Angeles’ BeyondFest this October 2nd, shortly followed by an European Premiere at the Sitges
TG4, Fís Eireann / Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund are pleased to announce they have joined forces to support a range of new Irish language development funds, aimed at supporting new & emerging screen talent at Galway Film Fleadh. A one-off pilot scheme, Céim Eile welcomes applications for development for
8 Irish feature films and documentaries supported by Screen Ireland will receive their World Premiere at the 34th Galway Film Fleadh, which revealed its full line-up. The festival, which takes place from 5th to 10th July, will present a diverse and eclectic line-up of film screenings, short films, masterclasses, Q&As and industry panels. Désirée Finnegan, […]
Shooting has wrapped on ‘Woken’, an Irish thriller filmed in Limerick and Clare, starring Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Green Knight) and Maxine Peake (Shameless, The Theory of Everything, The Falling). Filmed over five weeks on location in Limerick and West Clare the film is funded by Screen Ireland and produced by Fantastic
Screen Ireland has published a new Sustainability Plan which outlines the agency’s ambitions to help work towards lowering the carbon footprint of Ireland’s screen industry. The Plan also includes a funding commitment for programmes that have clear Diversity, Equity and Inclusion objectives. Building on the industry’s success to date and future potential for growth, Screen
Cahir Castle, which has stood proudly for more than 700 years on its rocky island over the River Suir and is managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW), has won the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) Location Award 2021. Nominated by Screen Ireland as the location for The Green Knight, Cahir Castle won by […]
Five young and contemporary drama series, ranging from a supernatural coming-of-age dramedy to an eight-part gritty crime drama, have been selected by TG4 for development, supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is the national development agency for Irish filmmaking and the Irish film, television and animation industry. The five new