Irish actress and comedienne Deirdre O’Kane will host the 2016 IFTA Film & Drama Awards, taking place at the Round Room of Dublin’s Mansion House on Saturday April 9th. The ceremony will be broadcast on TV3 on Sunday 10th April at 9pm. Click here to read more »
The fourth season of Irish co-produced series ‘Vikings’ is proving a hit with both audiences and critics alike with History renewing the period drama for another 20 episode season, due to premiere in 2017.
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Three Irish documentaries have been officially selected for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, taking place this year from April 28th - May 8th. Click here to read more »
Irish co-production ‘Love & Friendship’ - shot in Dublin and directed by Oscar nominee Whit Stillman – has been selected to open the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival on April 21st. Click here to read more »
Wildcard Distribution has acquired ‘Bobby Sands: 66 Days’, which has just been officially selected for the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto, the largest documentary film festival in North America. Click here to read more »
The IFTA nominated Panti documentary ‘The Queen of Ireland’, which had a theatrical release late last year, will air on RTÉ2 on Easter Sunday (March 27th) at 10pm. Click here to read more »
Applications are now open for the Marketplace at the 2016 Galway Film Fair, the industry arm of the annual Galway Film Fleadh (5th-10th July 2016). Click here to read more »
Screen Talent Europe and Filmbase in collaboration with The Norwegian Short Film Festival invite emerging producers, directors and screenwriters from Northern Europe to pitch new short film and documentary projects at the festival in Grimstad, Norway, June 8th – 12th 2016. Click here to read more »
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