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Lift starring Kevin Hart, and shot in Northern Ireland, arrives on Netflix |
| 16 Jan 2024 | Lift was shot in Harbour Studios and on location across Northern Ireland. The film is now available to watch on Netflix. |
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Primetime Emmys Roundup: The Bear sweeps with 10 awards |
| 16 Jan 2024 | FX series The Bear sweeped the 75th Emmy Awards with 10 wins. Irish prosthetic makeup artist Johnny Murphy and his team won the Creative Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup bringing The Last of Us up to 8 Emmy awards in total. Limited series BEEF also received eight awards. The cast of Succession took a number of the top acting awards home. |
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Irish prosthetic makeup artist Johnny Murphy wins Creative Emmy |
| 09 Jan 2024 | Prosthetic makeup artist Johnny Murphy (The Pope’s Exorcist, Vikings) and his colleagues have received a Creative Emmy award for their work on HBO series The Last of Us. |
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Cinemagic’s On The Pulse Short Film Festival opens submissions to young filmmakers |
| 09 Jan 2024 | On the Pulse, funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen presents a programme of film screenings, education events, talks and workshops centred on the short film genre. Submissions are open to filmmakers aged 30 and under from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. |
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Irish talent abroad: Upcoming 2024 releases starring Irish actors |
| 05 Jan 2024 | 2024 promises lots of exciting projects featuring Irish talent to look forward to. Among these projects are Paul Mescal in Gladiator 2, Barry Keoghan in Andrea Arnold’s new film Bird, and Alison Oliver in crime thriller The Order. |
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Ruth Negga to star in Good Grief directed by Dan Levy |
| 04 Jan 2024 | Dan Levy’s Good Grief starring Ruth Negga, Levy, and Himesh Patel will be available to watch on Netflix from tomorrow, Friday January 5th. |
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IFTN Christmas Guide: Where to find your favourite Christmas films |
| 18 Dec 2023 | IFTN provides a guide to finding your favourite Christmas films across the various streaming platforms available in Ireland. |
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Andrew Scott to star in Netflix adaptation of Tom Ripley novels |
| 13 Dec 2023 | Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) will star in Netflix’s Ripley, a new adaptation of the Tom Ripley novels from writer Steven Zaillian (The Irishman). |
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Bridgerton returns for two-part season 3 in May & June 2024 |
| 13 Dec 2023 | Netflix have announced that Bridgerton is returning for a third season with Nicola Coughlan’s character Penelope Featherington at the centre of the story. |
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Fool Me Once starring Emmet J Scanlan to release on Netflix in January |
| 06 Dec 2023 | Kin’s Emmet J Scanlan will star in an upcoming Netflix thriller series from Irish writer/actor Tom Farrelly. Fool Me Once releases on New Year's Day. |
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Charlie Murphy and Jack Gleeson to lead thriller series Safe Harbor |
| 29 Nov 2023 | IFTA Winner Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders), Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones), and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones) are to star in a Dutch-Belgian thriller series from Ozark co-creator Mark Williams. |
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Two Irish players star in Squid Game: The Challenge |
| 23 Nov 2023 | Mikie Bowe and Eric Roberts star in Squid Game spin-off series, Squid Game: The Challenge. |
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First look at Colin Farrell in The Penguin series |
| 21 Nov 2023 | The first look at IFTA winner Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin in the upcoming Batman spin-off series The Penguin. |
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How To Tell A Secret coming to Netflix on December 1st |
| 21 Nov 2023 | How To Tell A Secret is an IFTA-nominated hybrid documentary, in which co-directors Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne use documentary, performance and genre-blurring storytelling techniques to explore what it means to be HIV positive in contemporary Ireland. |
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“Foyle holds a special place in my heart;” BAFTA nominee Kris Kelly discusses Wind and the Shadow ahead of its premiere at Foyle Film Festival |
| 17 Nov 2023 | We spoke with Northern Irish director Kris Kelly about his beautifully hand-painted short animation, Wind and the Shadow, ahead of its premiere at Foyle Film Festival this Sunday. |
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Netflix reveal first look at 3 Body Problem starring Liam Cunningham |
| 16 Nov 2023 | Netflix have released a teaser trailer for new series 3 Body Problem starring Liam Cunningham, from Emmy Award-winning writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. |
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Government announce funding of €56 million for RTÉ |
| 14 Nov 2023 | Following the unveiling of RTÉ Director-General Kevin Bakhurst’s new Strategic Vision for RTÉ, the Government has announced €56 million in funding for RTÉ. The new Strategic Vision is expected to involve reducing RTÉ’s workforce by 20%. |
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The Deepest Breath wins two awards at Critics Choice Awards |
| 14 Nov 2023 | The Deepest Breath, directed by Laura McGann and produced by Jamie D’Alton, has received two awards at the Critics Choice Awards: Best Sports Documentary and Best Cinematography. |
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Netflix’s Wednesday to shoot season two in Ireland |
| 14 Nov 2023 | One of Netflix‘s most popular series, Wednesday, is relocating production to Ireland. Start of production is reportedly slated for late April. |
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Winners of fourth edition of Virgin Media Discovers announced |
| 14 Nov 2023 | The winning projects of Virgin Media Discovers have been announced. The short films will premiere at DIFF in February 2024, followed by being broadcast on Virgin Media Television and Virgin Media on Demand shortly after. |
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