21/06/23
New Shorts Focus is a fiction development scheme to find Northern Ireland resident writer and writer/director talent exclusively from groups that are underrepresented in the screen industry. Eligible applicants must have at least one previous […]
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19/04/23
Are you ready to set sail and go exploring with Sullivan Sails? Join Sullivan as he creates a world of his own that is burst with nature, adventure and colour. Produced by ALT […]
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13/04/23
Writers Lab UK and Europe 2023, the only programme devoted exclusively to script development for women and nonbinary screenwriters over 40, is launching a new combined programme for writers based in the UK and all the […]
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05/04/23
Factual Fast Track, TRC’s development programme for factual producers, has announced its 2023 cohort. The year-long development programme, delivered by Glasgow-based training organisation TRC, supports senior producers and series producers with a proven […]
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28/03/23
The House Of Paisley follows the life of ‘Big Ian’ with insights from journalists past and present, as well as political allies and opponents. It explores the many twists and turns of his […]
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22/03/23
BAFTA today announced the nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards and the BAFTA Television Craft Awards. Lisa McGee’s critically acclaimed comedy Derry Girls has been nominated for three awards. The series has […]
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21/03/23
Celtic Media Festival; The International Summit of Sound and Screen, has unveiled the full list of nominees for this year’s Torc Awards for Excellence. Among the nominees are a number of projects that […]
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20/03/23
A ‘joyful’ short film about a young boy from west Belfast who wants to wear a dress to his Holy Communion is set to be part of a global LGBTQIA+ film campaign. Just […]
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09/03/23
BBC One Daytime has commissioned a brand new quiz show The Finish Line to air later this year. Made and filmed in Belfast by Potato (part of ITV Studios) and Nice One Productions […]
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09/03/23
The BAFTA-winning and Academy Award-nominated An Irish Goodbye is to air on BBC One NI on Sunday 12th March at 10:30pm and RTÉ One on Saturday 11th March at 10:40pm. The premieres are […]
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08/03/23
Congratulations to the Northern Ireland projects and talent nominated for this year’s Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Awards. Projects made in Northern Ireland and homegrown talent feature heavily across the 25 categories in […]
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06/03/23
Congratulations to the Northern Ireland projects nominated for this year’s RTS Ireland Television Awards 2023. The awards aim to showcase and give recognition to the Irish TV industry for achievements and excellence in […]
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14/02/23
Chris O’Dowd (My Father’s Dragon) and Amy Huberman (A Cat Called Jam) will lead the voice cast of Puffin Rock and the New Friends, a new animated feature from WestEnd Films in collaboration with Kilkenny-based animation studio […]
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09/02/23
Congratulations to Hat Trick Production who won two awards at last night’s Broadcast Awards for its comedy Derry Girls. The series won Best Comedy Programme and Timeline TV Moment of the Year for Erin’s […]
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06/02/23
Belfast-based Tern and Newry-based Big Mountain Productions have each secured commissions for Channel 4, part funded by Northern Ireland Screen. The two independent production companies answered a brief from Head of Daytime and […]
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03/02/23
We are providing funding through the Screen Fund to develop feature documentaries with the potential to appeal to an international audience that will deliver unique visions and voices on universal stories from Northern Ireland […]
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09/01/23
Tourism Ireland has revealed details for applications for its 2023 International Programming Ireland Fund, now in its third year. Producers of high-quality international programming that feature or are made on the island of […]
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23/12/22
2022 was another blockbuster year for the screen industry in Northern Ireland. Content made in studios and on location in Northern Ireland was streamed into cinemas and homes globally with audiences enjoying locally […]
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17/11/22
Attention content creators! BBC Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen is seeking documentary, animation and comedy ideas for Two Minute Masterpiece. Two Minute Masterpiece is a talent development project that encourages the next […]
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26/10/22
The climate emergency affects us all without exception and requires urgent climate action. The third Global Pitch organised online by Sunny Side of the Doc from 7-8 February will be dedicated to climate change, […]
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25/10/22
Filmarket Hub is seeking applications for its Feature Film 2022 Screenwriting Contest. Filmarket Hub is looking for fresh, original voices and stand out feature film scripts. Its aim is to connect emerging screenwriters with the […]
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25/10/22
Four writers have been selected to develop their short film projects through our New Shorts Focus short film scheme in 2022/23. The scheme is for fiction development projects specifically for under-represented new and emerging Northern […]
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09/10/22
Three writers have been selected to develop their short film projects through our New Shorts Focus short film scheme in 2021/22. The scheme is for fiction development projects specifically for under-represented new and […]
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27/09/22
Stowe Story Labs, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen, and Galway Film Fleadh announced today the writing fellows from the Island of Ireland that were awarded fellowships to develop original projects through its […]
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06/09/22
Applications for IGNITE are now open, and will now be accepted until Friday, September 30th 2022 at 5pm. Successful projects will be announced in mid-October. IGNITE is a talent development programme directed towards […]
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