Sebastian Barry’s novel ‘The Secret Scripture’ - shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2008 - is set to be adapted into a feature film by ‘My Left Foot' Producer Noel Pearson.
Dublin director Nick Ryan - whose feature documentary ‘The Summit’ charts the final tragic expedition of Limerick mountain climber Ger McDonnell who died on K2 - spoke to IFTN ahead of its release in Irish cinemas.
RTÉ Commissioning has released new submission guidelines for independent producers wishing to submit programming proposals across several of its genres including Lifestyle & Formats, Entertainment, Young People’s, Irish language content, and Comedy & Music.
Just a month after acquiring UK distribution rights to the film, Fox Searchlight Pictures have announced a March release date for Belfast-shot prison drama, 'Starred Up'.
'Bottler', the character immortalized as the centrepiece of Brendan Grace's stand up comedy act, is set to return to our screens in a new multimedia form on TV3 this Friday November 22nd.
Wildcard Distribution is releasing documentary ‘The Swell Season’ - from ‘Once’ duo Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová– in selected Irish cinemas on the 6th December.
A new ‘Creative Europe’ programme - replacing the previous European MEDIA scheme - has been approved by the European Parliament, with a 9% budget increase to €1.46 billion in funds available to the creative sector from 2014-2020, including Irish filmmakers and production companies.
'Ripper Street' - BBC’s Dublin-filmed crime drama set during the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper killings in London - will form the subject of an IFTA-hosted panel discussion in Dublin this 26th Nov, attended by the creators and production team.
A popular entertainment format from Irish production company Vision Independent Productions has been commissioned by Dutch channel RTL5, IFTN has learned.
