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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15/04/21
Channel 4 and Amazon Studios are frankly gleeful to release Frank of Ireland, a brand-new series from Clelia Mountford and Sharon Horgan’s Merman starring Brian and Domhnall Gleeson. Partially filmed in Northern Ireland, the six-part series […]
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12/04/21
Different League: The Derry City Story, charts the extraordinary journey of one community as they found a haven away from the violence and a taste of success like never before. The series produced […]
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01/04/21
The Employment Agency Inspectorate (EAI) is the agency responsible for the regulation of the Northern Ireland private recruitment sector; this includes agents and agencies that represent actors’ and supporting artists. The team at […]
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01/04/21
Irish actress and model Nadia Forde (Once Upon a Time in London, Republic of Telly) has created Dublin-set comedy The Lido for RTÉ. Based on Forde’s own family history, the series centres on an Italian-run fish and chip […]
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31/03/21
Following the BBC’s ambitious plans to increase portrayal of all audiences across the UK, BBC Drama today announced eight new commissions including Blue Lights an original police drama created by Northern Ireland writer-directors Adam […]
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30/03/21
BBC Three has commissioned The Big Proud Party Agency (w/t) from Northern Ireland production company, Alleycats, a 6 x 30 series that follows a team of LGBTQ+ professional party agents as they plan some iconic […]
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29/03/21
Vertigo Releasing has announced the acquisition of Chris Baugh’s Boys From County Hell, the ultimate Dracula ‘origin story.’ Vertigo is planning to release the film in UK and Irish cinemas and on digital […]
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16/03/21
Line of Duty series 6 will air on BBC One on Sundays at 9pm from 21st March. Filmed entirely on location in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, the new series […]
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