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Signature Entertainment acquires Irish/UK rights to Bookworm starring Elijah Wood and Michael Smiley |
| 21 May 2024 | Bookworm, starring Michael Smiley and Elijah Wood, has been acquired for distribution in Ireland and the UK by Signature Entertainment. Nell Fisher, who recently starred in Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, also stars in the film. |
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Nicola Coughlan to star in Love And War, directed by IFTA Winner Lisa Mulcahy |
| 21 May 2024 | Derry Girls actor Nicola Coughlan is set to lead Love And War, a film based on a true story from IFTA-winning director Lisa Mulchay and IFTA-winning screenwriter Elisabeth Gooch. |
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Element Pictures share first clip from September Says ahead of Cannes Premiere |
| 21 May 2024 | Element Pictures have shared a first look at Ariane Labed’s September Says ahead of the film’s world premiere at the 77th Cannes fIlm Festival today, May 21st. |
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Galway Film Fleadh announce new Screenwriters Workshop |
| 21 May 2024 | Galway Film Fair in partnership with Stowe Story Labs have announced a Development Workshop for emerging screenwriters and filmmakers taking place on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th July in Galway as part of the Galway Film Fair. |
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Break Out Pictures release official trailer for Mrs Robinson |
| 21 May 2024 | Break Out Pictures have launched the trailer and poster for Mrs Robinson today to celebrate Mary Robinson’s 80th birthday. The film will go on general release across Ireland on August 24th. |
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Netflix renews 3 Body Problem, starring Liam Cunningham |
| 16 May 2024 | 3 Body Problem, starring Irish actor Liam Cunningham, will return with new episodes created, executive produced and written by the returning trio of David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo. |
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Docs Ireland 2024 programme unveiled at Belfast Launch |
| 16 May 2024 | Docs Ireland 2024 has unveiled their lineup of non-fiction film screenings and events in the festival programme which launches in Belfast today. A wide range of topics including feminism, colonialism, music and health will be explored in documentaries showing as part of the festival from 18th to 23rd June. |
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Studiocanal announce Irish & UK acquisition of The Apprentice |
| 16 May 2024 | Studiocanal has today announced the acquisition for Ireland & the UK of The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi’s exploration of Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America. The Apprentice will receive its world premiere in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. |
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Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother wraps filming |
| 16 May 2024 | Jim Jarmusch’s latest project Father Mother Sister Brother, starring Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, and Tom Waits, has wrapped filming. The film is a triptych with the ‘Mother’ section of the film set in Dublin. Blanchett was spotted filming in Stoneybatter earlier this year. |
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Wolfland, starring Pierce Brosnan, launching sales at the Marché du Film |
| 15 May 2024 | The Exchange is launching worldwide sales for Wolfland, a thriller starring Pierce Brosnan and directed by Sean Brosnan, at Cannes’ Marché du Film. |
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Nemeton TV Emerging Filmmakers premiere films in Dungarvan |
| 15 May 2024 | This year’s group of filmmakers from Nemeton TV and South East Technological University have been working all year on their documentaries and dramas. They had the chance to share their films with the world at a premiere in Dungarvan’s cinema on Tuesday 14th May. |
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Audrey Diwan to direct adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s The Marriage Portrait for Element Pictures |
| 15 May 2024 | Northern Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell’s The Marriage Portrait will be adapted into a film, marking the first Element Pictures-Wildside co-production. This follows news that Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley will star in a film adaptation of O’Farrell’s novel Hamnet. |
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MUBI acquires Ireland and UK rights to Bird, starring Barry Keoghan |
| 15 May 2024 | MUBI has acquired the Ireland/UK distribution rights to Andrea Arnold’s Bird, starring Barry Keoghan, with Volta Pictures distributing the film in Ireland. |
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First look at Giant, starring Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry |
| 15 May 2024 | A first look image of Pierce Brosnan as boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in Giant has been released. Production is currently taking place in Leeds, England. |
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The Dry returns for its second season tonight on RTÉ |
| 15 May 2024 | The second series of The Dry starts tonight, Wednesday May 15th, at 9:35pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. |
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Cannes 2024: Five Irish films to receive world premieres; Minister Martin to travel with Irish delegation to promote co-pro opportunities |
| 14 May 2024 | Five Irish films will receive their world premiere at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival, between May 14th – 25th, during a fortnight that also sees over 20 Irish projects selling at the festival’s marketplace and an Irish delegation of over 200 industry personnel travelling from Ireland. |
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Cinemagic Film Festival partner with aspiring youth filmmakers in Amman to film independent short, An Olive Branch |
| 13 May 2024 | Cinemagic Film Festival has just wrapped production on ‘An Olive Branch’ with youth participants in the Filmi Programme, in collaboration with filmmakers from Jordan. |
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Salt Films appoints Donal Geraghty as Head of Business Affairs |
| 13 May 2024 | Salt Films has announced the appointment of Donal Geraghty as Head of Business Affairs. Donal Geraghty has over three decades of experience in the film and television Industry. As financial controller and co-producer, he has worked on many international productions. |
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The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, to open Edinburgh International Film Festival |
| 13 May 2024 | The Outrun, starring Saoirse Ronan, will open the 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival in August. The film will be released in Irish cinemas on 27th September 2024. |
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Anthony Boyle to star in Keeper Pictures’ Skintown |
| 13 May 2024 | Northern Irish actor Anthony Boyle is set to star in Skintown, produced by Keeper Pictures, and adapted from Northern Irish author Ciarán McMenamin’s novel of the same name. |
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