10/09/21
Congratulations to Northern Ireland Screen backed projects Treibh na nDéithe, Lost Lives and Rawr for picking up Torc Awards for Excellence at the Celtic Media Festival. Treibh na nDéithe was awarded the Spirit […]
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10/09/21
MASTERPIECE, ITV and Mammoth Screen (Victoria, Poldark) are partnering on a four-part television miniseries to reimagine The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling based on Henry Fielding’s classic novel. A picaresque story of […]
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02/09/21
Newry-born Cathy Brady’s IFTA-winning film Wildfire will screen in cinemas across Northern Ireland and Ireland from Friday 3rd September. Wildfire is Cathy Brady’s feature debut starring Nora-Jane Noone (Brooklyn, The Magdalene Sisters) alongside the late […]
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27/08/21
BBC Northern Ireland has announced an array of new programmes for Autumn 2021 offering up entertainment and intrigue in the run up to Christmas. As the longer evenings draw in, audiences can sit […]
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25/08/21
Stephen Fingleton’s Nightride has been selected as part of Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Industry Selects, a curated selection of global films beyond the official selection that are available for sale at the festival. Nightride is […]
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23/08/21
The new series of Mastermind, hosted by Clive Myrie, starts tonight (Monday 23rd August) at 7:30pm on BBC Two. The game show is produced by Hat Trick and Hindsight Productions with support from Northern Ireland […]
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20/08/21
Odo, a pre-school programme that follows the adventures of an owl, will air on Saturdays and Sundays at 7:40am on Channel 5’s Milkshake! The 52 x 7’ hand-drawn 2.5D animation, is a co-production between Sixteen South and Letko and […]
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05/08/21
Siobhán McSweeney, a star of Channel 4’s Derry Girls, had barely set foot in Northern Ireland before filming the hit comedy show. After falling in love with the landscape she’s taking to her […]
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04/08/21
The 74th Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) takes place at the heart of Edinburgh’s festival season, between 18th and 25th August, and presents a fantastic programme of feature and short films celebrating the […]
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30/07/21
Chris Baugh’s Boys From County Hell, the ultimate Dracula ‘origin story’, will open in cinemas across the UK and Ireland next Friday, 6th August. Filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland with support […]
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27/07/21
Northern Ireland indie Fired Up Films has secured its debut Netflix commission, a limited series investigating the infamous automotive maverick John Z DeLorean who manufactured his iconic gull wing sports car in war […]
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26/07/21
On Sunday 25th July the Galway Film Fleadh came to a close, we are delighted that projects filmed in Northern Ireland and funded by Northern Ireland Screen were among the prestigious list of winners […]
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08/07/21
Featuring a spectacular eleven World Premieres, forty-five new films, and over 100 short films, this year’s Galway Film Fleadh will feature powerful, moving, funny and provocative storytelling from both emerging and renowned filmmakers. […]
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07/07/21
Three films made in Northern Ireland with the support of Northern Ireland Screen are hitting screens this summer; Colum Eastwood’s Black Medicine, Uberto Pasolini’s Nowhere Special and Chris Baugh’s Boys from County Hell. […]
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25/06/21
Colum Eastwood’s dark crime thriller, Black Medicine, will be released by Signature Entertainment on digital platforms from Monday 12th July. Jo, a black-market medic carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When […]
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18/06/21
Siobhán McSweeney, a star of Channel 4’s Derry Girls, had never set foot in Northern Ireland before filming the hit comedy show. After falling in love with the landscape she now wants to […]
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15/06/21
The Celtic Media Festival, the longest-established and most prestigious media festival in the Celtic nations, has revealed the names for its esteemed Torc Awards For Excellence. The nominee announcement was presented by Scottish actor, […]
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15/06/21
Filmed on location in Northern Ireland, Nowhere Special is scheduled for release in the UK on 16th July. Strand Arts Centre in East Belfast has secured a preview screening plus Q&A with director […]
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15/06/21
Congratulations to the Northern Ireland projects and talent nominated for this year’s Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards. Projects made in Northern Ireland as well as homegrown talent feature heavily across the […]
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10/06/21
Endeavor Content, Element Pictures (The Favourite, Room, The Lobster), Lenny Abrahamson (Room, The Little Stranger, Frank) and bestselling author Sally Rooney’s series Conversations With Friends – the team’s second collaboration following the global […]
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25/05/21
Erica Starling’s Lee Miller – A Life on the Frontline won two BAFTA TV Craft Awards at last night’s virtual ceremony. The documentary, which follows the story of a model-turned-war reporter, won awards for Editing: […]
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17/05/21
Following the huge success of the one-off Britain’s Most Expensive Houses, which reached 2.1 million viewers on first transmission and achieved an impressive 3m viewers in its first week of airing (premiere and […]
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14/05/21
Northern Ireland’s film and television industry is thriving and delivering positive economic benefits, Economy Minister Diane Dodds has said. The Minister visited Belfast Harbour Studios, where the Netflix film ‘The School for Good […]
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28/04/21
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards. Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to […]
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15/04/21
Northern Ireland Screen would like to hear from live event/theatre workers currently unemployed due to the pandemic with a view to working on freelance crew on scripted and fact-ent productions. If you have […]
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