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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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Kneecap to open the 36th edition of Galway Film Fleadh |
| 13 May 2024 | Galway Film Fleadh announces the Irish Premiere of KNEECAP as the Opening Night feature film and Palestine as Country of Focus for the 36th edition of the film festival taking place from July 9th - 14th in the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema. |
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IADT launches new Postgraduate Master of Arts in Media Narratives + Storytelling |
| 13 May 2024 | IADT have announced that they are now offering a new Postgraduate Master of Arts in Media Narratives + Storytelling from this September. |
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Top Boy, written by Ronan Bennett, wins BAFTA TV Award |
| 13 May 2024 | Top Boy, written by Northern Irish writer Ronan Bennett, won the BAFTA TV Award for Drama Series. The awards ceremony took place at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, May 12th. |
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Oscar-nominated Todd Field discusses directing at IFTA Masterclass |
| 09 May 2024 | The Irish Film & Television Academy presented an IFTA Masterclass with Todd Field in the Irish Film Institute on May 8th. |
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Siobhan Cullen, Chris Walley, Paddy Breathnach and more discuss Bodkin |
| 09 May 2024 | We spoke with the cast, crew, and showrunners of Bodkin at the Netflix series’ Irish premiere at the Light House Cinema, Dublin. Bodkin is available to stream on Netflix from today, May 9th. |
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Irish films at Sheffield Doc Fest 2024 |
| 08 May 2024 | Ross Killeen’s Don’t Forget to Remember and Inside, The Valley Sings, co-directed by Nathan Fagan, have been selected for Sheffield Doc Fest 2024. |
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Three new reports on RTÉ governance published |
| 08 May 2024 | Three new reports on governance, human resources and finances at RTÉ have been published. The reports found that RTÉ lost financial records relating to three years’ transactions in the barter account during an office move. |
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Wednesday season 2 begins production in Ireland, new series regular announced |
| 07 May 2024 | Today Netflix announced the start of production on Wednesday Season 2 in Ireland with several new cast members joining the series, including Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, along with guest stars such as Christopher Lloyd and Haley Joel Osment. |
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Universal release trailer for Speak No Evil, starring Aisling Franciosi |
| 07 May 2024 | Universal Pictures have released the trailer for Speak No Evil, starring Aisling Franciosi. Franciosi will star opposite Jams McAvoy in the upcoming horror film, set to release on September 13th, 2024. |
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