21/05/20
ITV, BBC, Sky, Channel 4, Channel 5, STV, ITN, the Association for Commercial Broadcasters and On-Demand Services (COBA) and Pact have joined forces to introduce new industry wide guidelines for producing television safely […]
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14/05/20
BBC Northern Ireland has commissioned a range of new television programmes that will inform, educate and entertain local television audiences – and help to underpin the independent production sector and its role in […]
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22/04/20
Disney’s new live-action fantasy-adventure film Artemis Fowl, which filmed partly on location in Northern Ireland, will be released exclusively on Disney+ from Friday 12th June. Directed by Northern Ireland Screen’s Honorary President, Sir […]
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30/03/20
Last Thursday the government announced the Self-employment Income Support Scheme which, in addition to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, is intended to provide much needed financial aid to workers affected by the Covid-19 […]
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16/03/20
***please click here to visit our dedicated coronavirus page with more up-to-date information*** The coronavirus pandemic has had a particularly severe impact on freelancers working in the screen industry across the UK. A […]
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13/03/20
Jessy and Nessy, a new preschool series about a young girl with magical spectacles and a curiosity that needs feeding is streaming on Amazon Prime Video from today, Friday 13th March. The 40 […]
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14/02/20
The BBC has commissioned Fizz and Nice One TV to produce Lightning, a new teatime entertainment show hosted by award winning comic Zoe Lyons. Lightning sees the traditional quiz show collide with gameshow, […]
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13/02/20
Principal Photography has begun in Northern Ireland on STRANGER WITH A CAMERA, the debut feature written and directed by Belfast-born filmmaker and artist Oorlagh George. George won an Oscar for producing short film […]
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11/02/20
Filming has begun on Bloodlands, a major original crime drama for BBC One, created by exciting new writer Chris Brandon and produced by HTM Television (co-owned by Jed Mercurio and Hat Trick Productions). […]
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07/02/20
Based on the award-winning stage play, BBC Three’s My Left Nut is a coming of age comedy drama about friendship, family, grief and testicles written by local newcomers Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney […]
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03/02/20
A Bump Along The Way the “hilariously funny movie with maximum feel good factor” starring Bronagh Gallagher and Lola Petticrew is now available on demand in Ireland and the UK. Viewers can stream or download-to-own […]
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21/01/20
Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, announced today that the 2020 Festival will showcase recent works from Northern Ireland in its Made In programme. Film titles for the programme will be announced […]
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20/01/20
From Bafta-nominated screenwriter Simon Block and Bafta and Emmy-winning director Michael Samuels, The Windermere Children is the first dramatisation of a remarkable true story about hope in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Based […]
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12/12/19
Congratulations to local Production Sound Mixer Ronan Hill who has who has been nominated for his eighth consecutive Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award for his work on Game of Thrones. Ronan has been […]
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10/12/19
23Ten Productions and Northern Ireland Screen are delighted to announce that principal photography has begun in Northern Ireland on Black Medicine. Jo, a black-market medic carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. […]
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05/12/19
Partly filmed on location on Rathlin Island with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, The Last Right is released in cinemas nationwide tomorrow, Friday 6th December. Written and directed by Aoife Crehan and starring […]
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04/12/19
A major feature-length film about the life and work of Seamus Heaney, one of the greatest Irish poets since Yeats, is now available to watch on the BBC iPlayer. Seamus Heaney and the Music […]
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26/11/19
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH STARS IN HERE BEFORE PRODUCED BY ROOKS NEST, BACKED BY BBC FILMS, PIA PRESSURE, NORTHERN IRELAND SCREEN Production is underway on HERE BEFORE, the feature debut of acclaimed writer and director […]
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25/11/19
RTÉ and Northern Ireland Screen launch six brand new 20 minute dramas from Storyland 2019 on RTÉ Player. Currently in its ninth season, Storyland 2019 brings original stories to a national and a global audience, showcasing a […]
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21/11/19
Three projects made in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen have been nominated for the prestigious Broadcast Awards. Derry Girls, Becca’s Bunch and Doing Money will battle it out on 5th […]
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18/11/19
Filming has begun in Belfast, Northern Ireland on contemporary psychological thriller The Deceived written by Lisa McGee (Derry Girls, Being Human, The White Queen) and Tobias Beer for Channel 5. New Pictures, the production house behind The Missing and Catherine the […]
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06/11/19
Hat Trick Productions today announced that they are appointing Louise Gallagher as a new Scripted Executive Producer in Belfast. Gallagher is an established Northern Irish Producer, having worked at the BBC and as […]
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05/09/19
Cameras have rolled on Nowhere Special, the new film by Uberto Pasolini (Still Life, The Full Monty) starring James Norton. Inspired by true events, Uberto Pasolini directs from his original screenplay and serves […]
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30/08/19
50 Years of The Troubles: A Journey Through Film, presented by Mark Cousins, made with funding from Northern Ireland Screen, airs this Sunday 1st September on Channel 4 at 10:20pm. The film marks 50 […]
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23/08/19
Based on the award-winning stage play, My Left Nut is a coming of age comedy drama about friendship, family, grief and testicles written by Irish newcomers Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney in their […]
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