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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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Tilda Swinton joins Colin Farrell in The Ballad of a Small Player |
| 07 May 2024 | Tilda Swinton and Colin Farrell will co-star in The Ballad of a Small Player, an upcoming film from All Quiet on The Western Front director Edward Berger under his first-look film deal with Netflix. |
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Neil Jordan to direct adaptation of own novel The Well of Saint Nobody |
| 07 May 2024 | Oscar-winner Neil Jordan is set to direct an adaptation of his own novel, The Well of Saint Nobody, starring Jeremy Irons, Helena Bonham Carter, and Aidan Quinn. |
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Paul Rudd & Nick Jonas set to star in Power Ballad, directed by John Carney |
| 03 May 2024 | Filming is underway in Dublin on John Carney’s upcoming musical comedy, Power Ballad, starring Rudd and Jonas. |
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Director Simon Chambers discusses feature documentary Much Ado About Dying |
| 03 May 2024 | From director Simon Chambers and BAFTA-winning Irish producer David Rane (Young Plato), Much Ado About Dying is a poignant and endearing documentary about Simon’s eccentric “Uncle David” that goes on limited release in Ireland from May 10th. |
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Niamh Algar & Tom Hollander lead new thriller series Iris from Neil Cross |
| 02 May 2024 | Niamh Algar (Mary & George) and Tom Hollander (White Lotus) are leading a Sky-produced thriller series about a code-breaking genius from Neil Cross (Luther). |
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Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey to premiere at Bentonville Film Festival |
| 02 May 2024 | Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey from Irish director Ruán Magan is set to premiere at Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas, US. The film comes from the creators behind Netflix Documentary Brave Blue World. |
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Apple TV+ release Presumed Innocent teaser trailer starring Ruth Negga |
| 01 May 2024 | Apple TV+ have released the first trailer for Presumed Innocent, a limited series starring Ruth Negga, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Renate Reinsve. |
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WGI Zebbie Awards 2024 to open submissions |
| 01 May 2024 | The Writers’ Guild of Ireland have announced that the submission window for this year’s Zebbie Awards opens this Friday 3rd May, for scripts written by Irish writers, or writers living on the island of Ireland. Deadline for submissions is midnight Sunday 26th May 2024. |
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