The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details of the latest package of recommendations under the Sound & Vision Scheme to have been ratified by the Authority at its most recent meeting.

‘The Lobster’, Yorgos Lanthimos’s critically acclaimed Cannes hit, will be released simultaneously in the UK and Ireland on 16 October 2015 by Element Pictures Distribution and PictureHouse Entertainment.

Landing the IFTA last month meant that composer Stephen McKeon was two for two on John Boorman projects at the annual Irish Academy’s Awards ceremony.

2015 has been a pretty good year for DoP Piers McGrail with three cinema releases and an IFTA nomination under his belt.

With ‘Sojourn’, Offaly’s answer to Orson Welles, the mighty Paddy Slattery, let’s one of Ireland’s most loved poets be his guide and inspiration. IFTN’s Paul Byrne pulls up a toadstool.

Director Neil Jordan is set to team up with writer John Banville and former U2 manager Paul McGuinness for crime drama series ‘Riviera’ - which is expected to be on screens by autumn 2016.

Six Irish shorts have been selected for the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Shortfest – which will run from 16-22 June 2015.

Perhaps one of the busiest young actors in the world right now, Jack Reynor has just added to his busy slate by landing a role in Ben Wheatley’s crime drama ‘Free Fire’ alongside fellow Irish actors Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley.

TG4 will host an information day for producers and content suppliers on June 30 to explain changes planned for TG4’s programme schedule from Autumn 2016 onwards and the impact it will have on the next commissioning round.

Irish animated shorts join ‘Song of the Sea’ at the Anima Mundi Film Festival, four Irish films for Fantasia and Amy Winehouse documentary ‘Amy’, which will be distributed by Wildcard, will screen at Edinburgh. Irish animated films at the Anima Mundi Film Festival

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