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Film Industry in Wicklow set for boost after County Council Initiative |
| 14 Oct 2015 | The film and television industry in Wicklow has been given a major boost by the decision of Wicklow County Council to allow for a 100 per cent reduction in development contributions for film studio infrastructure. |
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Arts Minister Heather Humphreys gives green light for ‘Star Wars Episode 8’ shoot |
| 09 Sep 2015 | The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys has granted consent to the filming in Sceilg Mhichíl in September 2015 of ‘Star Wars Episode 8’. |
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Crime comedy ‘Dead Along The Way’ set to shoot in Laois and Dublin |
| 03 Sep 2015 | ‘Dead Along The Way’, a new feature film from Maurice O'Carroll, will begin shooting in Laois and Dublin later this week. |
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John Butler’s ‘Handsome Devil’ currently shooting in Cork |
| 28 Aug 2015 | Treasure Entertainment’s upcoming feature film ‘Handsome Devil’ is currently shooting in Cork. |
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Five Minutes with ‘Glassland’ producer Juliette Bonass |
| 18 Aug 2015 | With ‘Glassland’ being released on DVD, IFTN’s Paul Byrne talks to producer Juliette Bonass about putting the filmmaker before the box-office. |
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‘Ripper Street’ begins fourth season shoot in Dublin; Killian Scott joins cast |
| 11 Aug 2015 | Amazon Prime’s Victorian crime drama ‘Ripper Street’ is currently filming its’ fourth season in South Dublin. |
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Ardmore Studios open additional production facility near primary location |
| 03 Jul 2015 | Ardmore Studios have opened the "Ardmore Film Factory", an additional production facility located in Bray, County Wicklow, just five minutes from Ardmore Studios' primary location on Herbert Road. |
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Film in Cork launched to promote film production in county |
| 18 Jun 2015 | Film in Cork, an organisation dedicated to providing production, location and training services to those working in the film, television and animation industries in the county, launched on June 17 at Cork City Hall in the presence of Irish Film Board Film Commissioner Naoise Barry and almost 100 members of the industry. |
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‘The Truth Commissioner’ commences principal photography in Belfast and Dublin |
| 05 Mar 2015 | ‘The Truth Commissioner’ is set to commence principal photography from this week in Belfast and Dublin. |
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FilmOffaly/Filmbase ShortSpace Screening & Information Night to be held on March 5th |
| 27 Feb 2015 | After celebrating their fifth birthday anniversary of the film commission and launch of the Discount Vendor Scheme last year, The FilmOffaly team will be returning to Filmbase this Thursday, 5th March 2015 to take part in ShortSpace. |
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‘JFK: The Badge Man Conspiracy’ to begin shooting in Kildare |
| 13 Feb 2015 | Irish thriller ‘JFK: The Badge Man Conspiracy’ has begun principal photography in Leixlip, Co Kildare. |
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20 jobs announced as Irish TV open Munster Regional Office |
| 21 Jan 2015 | Twenty new jobs will be created following the launch of Irish TV’s new Munster Hub in Tralee. |
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New Website Donegal Film Office launched to promote filmmaking in County Donegal |
| 20 Jan 2015 | The Donegal Film Office has launched a new website, aiming to promote and attract filmmaking in the county. |
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An Taoiseach officially opens UTV Ireland’s Dublin Docklands headquarters |
| 12 Dec 2014 | With UTV Ireland officially launching on January 1st, 2015 - An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D. has officially opened the channels’ brand new HD studios and headquarters, at Macken House, Dublin 1. |
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Film Mayo - New Website Promoting Film in Mayo Launched on December 1st |
| 04 Dec 2014 | The launch of the Film Mayo website, dedicated to the development of film and television in County Mayo, took place on on Monday 1st of December in Knockranny House Hotel. |
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Galway Film Industry and Galway City Secure the Status of UNESCO City of Film |
| 01 Dec 2014 | UNESCO Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, has announced from Paris that Galway has been designated a UNESCO City Of Film. Under the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, Galway is now one of only five cities in the world to achieve this much sought-after status, joining Sydney, Australia and Galway’s twin city of Bradford in the UK as a designated City of Film. The status brings the highest internationally recognised standard of excellence in the creative industries to Galway. The title of Creative City of Film also includes membership of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. |
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Limerick To Get New Multi-Million Euro Production Studio |
| 25 Nov 2014 | Plans for a new multi-million euro film production hub in County Limerick have been set in motion. An agreement has been arranged between Limerick City and County Council and Ardmore Studios, which in the past has provided facilities for several popular film and television productions such as ‘Braveheart’, ‘Excalibur’, ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Camelot’, and more recently for ‘Frank’ and ‘Penny Dreadful’. |
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The ‘Doubling Up’ of Dublin |
| 03 Nov 2014 | Location Managers of ‘Love,Rosie’ and ‘Jimi:All Is by My Side’ talk to IFTN about Dublin as a location. |
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Minister Heather Humphreys Visits the Set of ‘Sing Street’ |
| 23 Oct 2014 | Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys this week visited the set of the Irish film production ‘Sing Street’ directed by ‘Once’ director John Carney and starring newcomer Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, alongside Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Jack Reynor. |
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Element Announce ‘A Date for Mad Mary’ Shoot to commence October 13th |
| 10 Oct 2014 | Element Pictures announced that principal photography commences next Monday, October 13th on Darren Thornton’s (‘Love is the Drug’, ‘Frankie’) debut feature ‘A Date for Mad Mary’. |
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