Irish Film & TV Net

Irish actor Michael McElhatton has joined the cast of Apple TV spy drama 'Slow Horses' for its eighth season. McElhatton’s casting continues the series’ Irish connection, with Ruth Bradley previously starring as MI5 head of security Emma Flyte. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Anthony Boyle has won a joint Best Actor award at the 21st Rome Film Fest for his performance in Clio Barnard’s 'I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning', which also received the festival’s Best Film prize. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Coimisiún na Meán has announced €3.92 million in funding under the first dedicated ‘Shared Island, Shared Stories’ round of the Sound & Vision broadcast funding scheme. The funding will support the production of 27 all-island media projects. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Belfast actor David McKenna leads the cast of Greta Gerwig’s 'Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew', with Ciarán Hinds narrating the newly released trailer, Denise Gough among the cast and Seamus McGarvey serving as cinematographer. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Irish feature ‘One Sweet Hour’, directed by Declan Recks and produced by Samson Films, will have its world premiere in Official Competition at the 30th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Starring Brían F. O’Byrne and the late Gary Lydon. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

The 15-year-old Irish-English actress Bodhi Rae Breathnach, whose credits include 'Hamnet' and 'Sense and Sensibility', has signed with UTA for representation in the US. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Paul Mescal has joined Aisling Byrne’s Irish psychological thriller 'Mary Is Missing' as executive producer. Filmed in his hometown of Maynooth, the Oscar-qualifying short was developed in collaboration with artists with intellectual disabilities. iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

'An Irish Goodbye' filmmakers Ross White and Tom Berkeley will make their feature debut with 'The End of the World as We Know It', starring Jack O’Connell and Odessa A’zion. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Irish company Newgrange Pictures’ new crime drama ‘The Last to Disappear’, starring Sam Keeley, has secured pre-sales to ITV and Acorn TV through DCD Rights ahead of MIPCOM. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Belfast Film Festival has unveiled the programme for its 26th edition, bringing international and Irish cinema to venues across the city from 29 October to 7 November 2026. BFF opens with the World Premiere of 'Lost City' by Seán Murray. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Film and television companies and industry representatives across Limerick and the Mid-West are calling on Government to introduce a renewed regional production incentive in Budget 2027. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

The first trailer for 'Elsinore' has been released, offering a closer look at Andrew Scott’s Oscar-tipped performance as Ian Charleson during the final months of the actor’s life. Read more:iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Tristan Heanue’s debut feature 'Landlines' is among eight projects selected for the BFI London Film Festival’s works-in-progress showcase. Dónall Ó Héalai, Moe Dunford, Danielle Galligan and Olwen Fouéré lead the cast. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

The 27th annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) announces its 2026 Irish Showcase, the largest celebration of Irish cinema in North America scheduled to take place during its eight-day run (October 15-22) in Southern California. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Production has started this week on 'Baile', a new film co-commissioned for TG4 and BBC Gaeilge. The comedy drama co-stars Hazel Doupe and Marion O’Dwyer. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced the full programme for its 27th edition, taking place in Killarney from October 15th to 18th, 2026. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 IGNITE-Docs programme, a talent development programme directed towards emerging Irish and Northern Irish documentary filmmakers embarking on their first or second non-fiction feature film. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Irish-UK feature 'Ancestors', directed by David Turpin, starring Éanna Hardwicke and produced by Samson Films, has won the International Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

IFTA will present a TV Showrunner Masterclass with Ronan Bennett, BAFTA-winning writer and showrunner whose credits include 'Top Boy', 'The Day of the Jackal', and 'MobLand' in Dublin on October 8. Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…

Guy Pearce is set to reunite with Irish filmmaker Andrew Baird for 'Bottle', marking the pair’s fourth feature collaboration. The film will shoot on location in Ireland, with Samson Films’ David Collins among its producers Read more: iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&on…