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New RTÉ Irish Legal Drama ‘Striking Out’ Promo Released |
| 06 Dec 2016 | Drama fans can soon look forward to ‘Striking Out’ the new RTÉ four-part drama which follows the tumultuous professional and personal life of Dublin-based solicitor, Tara Rafferty (Amy Huberman), and her fledgling legal firm. |
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Junior Entertainment Talent Slate: Co-Production Forum Deadline |
| 06 Dec 2016 | JETS is accepting applications from Producer/Director teams with an advanced draft script and production plan to participate in its upcoming co-production forum, with a deadline of Monday, December 12th. |
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‘Land of the Enlightened’ Documentary to Screen at Costa Rica Film Festival |
| 06 Dec 2016 | The documentary which is a co-production between Ireland, Belgium, Holland and Afghanistan will screen as part of the International feature stream at the festival, running from December 8th-17th. |
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Nicky Byrne Revealed as Amanda Byram’s co-host for RTÉ's ‘Dancing with the Stars' |
| 06 Dec 2016 | It's been revealed Nicky Byrne will be joining Amanda Byram presenting RTÉ's new series of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ |
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NI Feature ‘Bad Day for the Cut’ Joins Sundance Line-Up |
| 06 Dec 2016 | The debut feature from Northern Ireland Director/Co-Writer Chris Baugh (Boys from County Hell) and Producer/Co-Writer Brendan Mullin of Six Mile Hill will screen in the Midnight stream at the Sundance Film Festival. |
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The Toy Show is most-watched programme on Irish TV this Year |
| 06 Dec 2016 | Friday night’s ‘The Late Late Toy Show’ was the most watched programme on Irish television so far this year, with an average audience of 1.4 million viewers watching the entire show, while it was also viewed in 102 countries around the world. |
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Graham Cantwell’s ‘Lily’ to Screen at Santa Fe Film Festival |
| 05 Dec 2016 | The project received The Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama at the 2016 Galway Film Fleadh this year and will screen at the Santa Fe Film Festival, running from December 7th-11th 2016. |
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New to RTÉ 2 Tonight, 10pm: ‘This is Ireland with Des Bishop’ |
| 05 Dec 2016 | The first of four episodes kicks off tonight on RTÉ 2, with the Irish-American comedian tackling Irish and global politics in his latest satirical series. |
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‘American Honey’ Cinematographer Robbie Ryan leads the Irish BIFA Winners |
| 05 Dec 2016 | The Irish cinematographer has achieved the award for Outstanding Achievement in Craft for his work on ‘American Honey,’ just one of four awards for the Cannes 2016 Jury Prize Winner. |
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Festival Round-Up: Irish Film Festival Boston Submission Deadline, with Dates for Dingle, Silk Road & more |
| 05 Dec 2016 | The festival will run from March 23rd-26th 2017 in Somerville, MA and has been voted one of the top twenty coolest film festivals in the world by Movie Maker Magazine. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, December 15th. |
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Cinema Round-Up: Irish Documentary 'Crash and Burn' leads releases this weekend |
| 02 Dec 2016 | Seán Ó Cualáin's sports biography ‘Crash and Burn’ leads the titles hitting Irish screens from today, Friday December 2nd. |
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Irish Nominees for the 22nd Critics Choice Awards |
| 02 Dec 2016 | The annual awards ceremony hosted by T.J. Miller will broadcast live on A&E from Santa Monica on Sunday, December 11th. |
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Irish Film Board reopens Animation Development Scheme |
| 02 Dec 2016 | Applications have now been reopened for the scheme by the IFB, with an upcoming deadline of Friday, January 6th and a second of Tuesday, January 31st 2017. |
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New Documentary ‘Project Children: Defusing the Troubles’ narrated by Liam Neeson to air on BBC One NI |
| 02 Dec 2016 | The project directed by Des Henderson explores how an NYPD bomb disposal expert played a key role in helping defuse the Troubles and airs on BBC Northern Ireland at 20:30, Monday December 5th. |
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BAI Annnounces Deadline and Decision dates for Sound & Vision 2017–2019 |
| 01 Dec 2016 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has announced the details for the next three years of Sound and Vision, which sees €5m allocated to each of the seven funding rounds—€35M in total. |
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TV3 concludes transaction to acquire UTV Ireland |
| 01 Dec 2016 | TV3, Ireland’s leading commercial broadcaster and owned by Virgin Media Limited, today announced it has completed the acquisition of UTV Ireland. The company also confirmed it will have three free-to-air TV channels operating under the TV3 Group. |
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The Late Late Toy Show Returns |
| 01 Dec 2016 | Excitement is building for one of Ireland’s biggest TV events of the year, ‘The Late Late Toy Show’, returns with host Ryan Tubridy kicking the festive season off with a show set to feature the most ambitious opening number in its 40-plus year history this Friday from 9:35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. |
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Niall McCann’s Musical Documentary ‘Lost in France’ announced for Glasgow Film Festival |
| 01 Dec 2016 | Examining the independent music scene of Scotland in the 1900s, McCann’s Irish-Scottish co-production will screen as part of the festival on February 21st, 2017. |
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Co-Productions ‘Room’ & ‘Brooklyn’ praised for success in Telefilm Canada 2015-2016 Report |
| 01 Dec 2016 | Lenny Abrahamson and John Crowley’s multi-award winning titles were highlighted in the in a review of the organisation’s successes at the recent Telefilm Canada public assembly. |
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RTÉ One & RTÉ 2 Christmas Movie Line-Up |
| 01 Dec 2016 | The festive season is always one to have you flicking through the telly while you await the arrival of yet more family members and the announcement that dinner’s 'nearly ready'. So why not take a peek at the slection box of movies you could viewing across RTÉ between the 17th – 31th December. |
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