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Irish sports documentary Breaking Ice set for international VOD release on June 15th |
| 14 Apr 2021 | Jason Branagan’s documentary charting the story Ireland’s first Winter Olympian’s sets release date of June 15th 2021. |
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Screen Scene VFX opens entries for 2021 VFX Compositing Traineeship |
| 14 Apr 2021 | Screen Scene VFX is currently seeking applicants for its 8 week VFX Compositing traineeship. |
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Irish Industry Trust for IP Awareness appoints Disney's Martin O’Grady as new Co-Chair |
| 14 Apr 2021 | The Irish Industry Trust for IP Awareness for IP Awareness has announced the appointment of a new co-chair who will help deliver growth and guidance across the ongoing challenges of Film & TV Copyright Infringement. |
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Wolfwalkers leads Irish Animation Awards nominees as event goes virtual |
| 14 Apr 2021 | The biennial awards ceremony from Animation Ireland, which will take place virtually for the first time on Friday, May 21st, has announced its nominees for the 2021 Irish Animation Awards. |
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The 8th will be released On Demand from May 25th |
| 14 Apr 2021 | The 8th will now be released on video on demand in the UK and Ireland on May 25th, to coincide with the third anniversary of the referendum. |
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“You never know unless you ask, right?”; director Eoin Macken discusses Here Are The Young Men |
| 13 Apr 2021 | We caught up with multi-talented actor, writer, and director Eoin Macken to find out more about his latest feature film Here Are The Young Men; the process of adapting the novel to screenplay, reimagining Celtic Tiger Ireland on screen, and working with a fantastically exciting cast. |
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Filming underway in Ireland on Virgin Media Television and ITV's new drama series Redemption |
| 13 Apr 2021 | Co-commissioned by Virgin Media Television and ITV, in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Redemption will start filming today in Ireland and sees Paula Malcomson (The Hunger Games movies, The Green Mile) take the lead role as DI Colette Cunningham. |
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Wild Mountain Thyme available to rent from April 30th; Lionsgate to release in cinemas this summer |
| 12 Apr 2021 | Lionsgate will release Wild Mountain Thyme on all major Irish and UK digital retailers on April 30th, and in cinemas in the Republic of Ireland this summer. |
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Animation Ireland appointed to lead Screen Ireland's Talent Development Academy for Animation |
| 09 Apr 2021 | Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has appointed Animation Ireland as the lead organisation to manage the establishment of a Talent Development Academy for Animation. |
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Screen Skills Ireland announce multi-camera drama directors training course |
| 08 Apr 2021 | RTÉ, with the support of Screen Skills Ireland, is looking to run a training course for 4 multi-camera Drama Directors who will go through a structured training programme to prepare them to direct episodes on RTÉ’s ongoing drama Fair City. |
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IFTA hosts ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ creator Scott Frank for In Conversation event |
| 07 Apr 2021 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) is joined by Oscar-nominated writer & director Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Logan, Out of Sight), to discuss his career writing some of the most successful American films and television series at 9am Friday, April 9th. |
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Irish actor Calam Lynch cast in Bridgerton Season 2 |
| 07 Apr 2021 | Netflix and Shondaland have revealed new additions to the cast of the hit period series for season 2, including Irish actor Calam Lynch. |
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Screen Producers Ireland provides updated Return to Production Guidelines for creative screen content industry |
| 07 Apr 2021 | Screen Producers Ireland (SPI), working closely with Industry Stakeholders, has developed Return to Production Guidelines for the Film, TV Drama and Factual genres of the creative screen content industry. |
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Vertigo Releasing acquires Sundance horror Censor starring Niamh Algar |
| 06 Apr 2021 | Vertigo Releasing has announced the acquisition of Censor, which we will be releasing theatrically in the UK and Ireland on July 2nd. |
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Irish actress Nadia Forde creates Dublin-set comedy for RTÉ |
| 06 Apr 2021 | Irish actress and model Nadia Forde (Once Upon a Time in London, Republic of Telly) has created The Lido; a Dublin-set comedy series for RTÉ. |
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“For me, it was about taking away, stripping back, and allowing the performances to shine through;” Editor John O’Connor discusses Smother |
| 01 Apr 2021 | We caught up with John O’Connor, one of the editors on Treasure Entertainment’s drama Smother, to find out more about the impact of Covid on the editing process, collaborating with director Dathaí Keane, and delivering the series via remote working. |
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New TG4 documentary Scannáin Bhaile Andy explores a Waterford Archivist amazing collection |
| 01 Apr 2021 | Andrew Kelly, an archivist and a collector from Kilmacthomas in Co Waterford, is the focus of a new An Corsaiceach documentary for TG4. |
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“Our job is to make the show sound like you’re there, but you shouldn’t see our hand in the process;” Fionán Higgins and Mark Henry on the sounds of Smother |
| 31 Mar 2021 | We caught up with Sound Supervisor, Fionán Higgins and Re-Recording Mixer, Mark Henry to find out more about their work on Irish drama series Smother, their close collaboration with director Dathaí Keane, and the challenges of adapting and delivering a series while working remotely during Covid. |
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“Every film I work on has that pressure but I can't worry about the budget, I just want to make a film people like;” Star Wars Editor Maryann Brandon on Editing |
| 31 Mar 2021 | On Tuesday, IFTA hosted Oscar-nominated editor Maryann Brandon (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek), and IFTA-winning Editors Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (Rosie, The Crown, Death on the Nile) and Mick Mahon (Gaza, Breaking Out) for its Editing - Skills in Focus event, which was supported by Screen Skills Ireland. |
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Dancing With The Stars wins at inaugural Royal Television Society Ireland Awards |
| 31 Mar 2021 | ShinAwil’s Dancing With The Stars was among the nine winners in last night’s inaugural RTS Ireland Television Awards 2021, which was hosted virtually on Virgin Media One on Tuesday night. |
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