08/01/20
Applications are now being taken for round 6 of the UK Games Fund. Round 6 is open to all UK-based game developers with less than 50 employees who are developing early-stage projects. Applicants […]
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07/01/20
Feature film submissions are now open for the 32nd Galway Film Fleadh, taking place from 7th – 12th July, 2020. The Film Fleadh is Ireland’s leading film festival, the international discovery place of New Irish Cinema […]
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07/01/20
Farset Labs will be hosting the Belfast site of the international hackathon Global Game Jam for its 8th year, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. The Game Jam will run from Friday 31st […]
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07/01/20
Film London is delighted to launch the ScreenSkills Return to Work scheme for post and VFX. This programme is supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK high-end TV […]
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06/01/20
‘How to Become an Immersive Creator’ is a bootcamp from The National Centre for Immersive Storytelling, in association with TRC. The bootcamp takes place on 26th and 27th February 2020 at InGAME, Dundee and […]
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02/01/20
Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to host a screenwriting seminar on story and structure with Kate Leys. Kate Leys is a feature film script editor who works on film screenplays at all stages of development from […]
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24/12/19
2019 proved to be another prosperous year for Northern Ireland Screen with many successes across film, TV drama, animation, games and factual-entertainment. Throughout 2019 production continued to boost the local economy and provide […]
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20/12/19
BBC Studios is hosting a roadshow in Belfast on Tuesday 28th January to attract talent from the film industry to work on its multi-award-winning continuing dramas Casualty and Holby. Casualty and Holby have been at the […]
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19/12/19
Forty new entry level paid internships will offer young people in Northern Ireland the chance to gain real on-the-job experience to kick-start their careers in the creative industries. The NI Creative Employment Programme […]
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19/12/19
In a documentary to be broadcast on the anniversary of Samuel Beckett’s death, Adrian Dunbar travels in Beckett’s footsteps, finding those places that inspired Beckett’s thinking, shaped his mind and fed his imagination […]
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18/12/19
Northern Ireland women will shortly be selected to take part in the Women in Film and TV (WFTV) pioneering new mentoring scheme for Northern Ireland, sponsored by Netflix. This innovative programme is designed […]
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17/12/19
Cuideachta na gCártaí pays homage to the enduring pastime of card-playing as seen through the experiences of generations of enthusiasts across Ulster today. Cuideachta na gCártaí, produced by Imagine Media for BBC Gaeilge, […]
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16/12/19
Four projects made in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen have been nominated for the 2020 Kidscreen Awards. Now in their 11th year these prestigious Awards honour the best work in children’s […]
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13/12/19
The Waterfront Hall is set to host the 2020 Gradam Ceoil TG4 music awards, with a host of global trad stars set to feature live at the internationally acclaimed event. Gradam Ceoil is the […]
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13/12/19
Northern Ireland video game company Italic Pig have been selected as one of five UK companies to be mentored by Industrial Light and Magic xLAB, a division of LucasFilm dedicated to the future of […]
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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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12/12/19
ScreenSkills is asking for industry feedback on its update of the National Occupational Standards that inform the development of qualifications and apprenticeships in the screen industries. During October and early November, we consulted […]
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11/12/19
Future Screens NI in association with Northern Ireland Screen and Seamus Heaney Centre is hosting a free storytelling workshop for the animation sector on Saturday 18th January from 2-5pm. The workshop will be […]
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11/12/19
Award winning Derry film A Bump Along The Way, starring Bronagh Gallagher, stops off in towns across Northern Ireland as part of Film Hub NI Collective tour. Film Hub NI, part of the […]
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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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09/12/19
A new two-part series, Singing the Messiah, follows a community choir on the Ards Peninsula as they prepare to perform Handel’s Messiah – one of the most famous pieces of classical music in the world. A […]
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06/12/19
The Centre for the History of Television Culture and Production at Royal Holloway, University of London is pleased to announce a TECHNE Collaborative Doctoral Award funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. […]
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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
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is delighted to present a special panel event in association with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) in relation to VOD & Broadcast Content – What are the Opportunities? […]
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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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