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BAFTA 2023: Irish talent widely on display as longlists unveiled
06 Jan 2023 | The BAFTA Film Awards has revealed this year’s longlist with Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin and All Quiet of the Western Front emerge as frontrunners. 
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Golden Globes 2023: The Banshees of Inisherin emerges as frontrunner for 80th edition
12 Dec 2022 | Martin McDonagh’s dark Irish comedy The Banshees of Inisherin has emerged as the frontrunners for the 80th Golden Globes, as nominations revealed for the 2023 awards ceremony. 
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"You don't have your expression, so you just have to throw your voice around!"; Emmy winning actor Chris O'Dowd discusses physical voice acting
08 Dec 2022 | Irish actor Chris O’Dowd took some time to chat with us from Los Angeles to find out more about working with Nora Twomey on My Father’s Dragon, his long working relationship with Cartoon Saloon, and the future of Irish filmmaking internationally. 
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Netflix launches trailer for Declan De Barra's The Witcher: Blood Origin starring Laurence O’Fuarain
06 Dec 2022 | Ahead of its global release on December 25th, Netflix has launched the trailer and key art for The Witcher: Blood Origin at CCXP in Brazil, where it was revealed fan favourite Joey Batey will star as Jaskier in the four-part series. 
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IFTA confirms speakers and date for upcoming IFTA Screen: Dynamic | Diverse event
25 Nov 2022 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA), in partnership with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details regarding its upcoming event, IFTA Screen: Dynamic | Diverse. 
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Irish actor Seainin Brennan cast in Steven Knight's original new drama series This Town for the BBC
25 Nov 2022 | Irish actor Seainin Brennan has been named among the cast for Peaky Blinder’s creator Stephen Knight’s new series, This Town, which tells the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music. 
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BIFA Awards 2022: Irish film and talent features strongly throughout as nominations announced
07 Nov 2022 | God’s Creatures, Nothing Compares, Young Plato, It Is In Us All, and The Wonder are among the Irish titles named as nominees for this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). 
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First-look image of Saoirse Ronan revealed for Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun
02 Nov 2022 | Studiocanal has unveiled the first-look at Academy Award®-nominee Saoirse Ronan in director Nora Fingscheidt’s highly anticipated adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s best-selling memoir, The Outrun. 
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Screen International and Screen Ireland unveil new talent spotlight – Rising Stars Ireland
11 Oct 2022 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, together with Screen International, has announced a new talent spotlight for Irish actors and filmmakers. 
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Kingfingers Films and Blinder Films reveals new six part drama series The Gone for RTÉ
14 Sep 2022 | Made in association with Southern Light Films (NZ) for RTÉ and TVNZ, the six-part New Zealand/Ireland co-production begins principal photography on location in Auckland and Te Aroha in New Zealand this week. 
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Disney+ release first-look trailer for George Kane's Wedding Season ahead of Disney Day premiere
16 Aug 2022 | Disney+ have released their first look trailer for Wedding Season, a “genre busting” eight-part dark comedy that sees a bride’s new family poisoned on the night of her wedding. 
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Barry Keoghan and Brian Gleeson join cast of Top Boy; production begins on season 3
11 Jul 2022 | As production gets underway on the final season of Netflix’s London drama Top Boy, the streaming giant has revealed that two Irish actors have been added to the cast of the upcoming season. 
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Guardians of the Galaxy star Will Poulter to premiere latest film at 2022 Galway Film Fleadh
05 Jul 2022 | Will Poulter returns to the Galway Film Fleadh for the Irish premiere of his upcoming film The Score directed by Malachi Smyth, in his first feature debut. 
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Cleona Ní Chrualaoi, Hazel Doupe, and Siobhan Cullen named named among Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2022
29 Jun 2022 | Screen International has revealed three Irish among the selected creatives chosen for the 2022 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow. 
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“The most exciting thing is that I will get to see Cartoon Saloon films before everyone else!”; Caitríona Balfe, Brian J. Falconer, and Louise Kiely among Irish invited to join Oscars voting membership
29 Jun 2022 | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has revealed their Class of 2022. 
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Irish cinema at the centre of the action as Galway Film Fleadh launches its 34th Programme
21 Jun 2022 | Featuring a spectacular, packed programme of the very best of Irish and international cinema, Galway Film Fleadh has launched the full line-up for its 34th edition. 
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After Yang starring Collin Farrell selected for Closing Night Gala at Edinburgh International Film Festival
21 Jun 2022 | South Korean filmmaker Kogonada’s latest critically acclaimed feature film After Yang will close the 75th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival. 
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Niamh Algar cast as lead in new ITV-commissioned medical thriller Malpractice
09 Jun 2022 | IFTA-winning and BAFTA-nominated actress Niamh Algar (Deceit, Calm with Horses, Raised by Wolves) will star in a new medical thriller, which has been commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill. 
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IFTA-winning crime drama Kin set to begin production on season two and three later this month
08 Jun 2022 | AMC+ and RTÉ have green-lit a third season of their hit crime series Kin, which is due to film both seasons back-to-back later this month. 
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Paul Mescal film Aftersun wins Critics' Week award at Cannes Film Festival; God's Creatures premieres to critical acclaim
31 May 2022 | It was a hugely successful week for actor Paul Mescal whose Donegal-set A24 psychological thriller God’s Creatures premiered to critical acclaim, while his other feature Aftersun picked up the French Touch Prize of the Jury in the Critic’s Week sidebar. 
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