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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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'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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced the full programme for its 27th edition, taking place in Killarney from October 15th to 18th, 2026.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Four short film projects from Cork City, Cork County, Kerry and Waterford have each been awarded €14,000 in production funding through the inaugural Déascéal film scheme.

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Netflix has unveiled the first images of Irish actor Daryl McCormack as Mr Bingley in its forthcoming adaptation of Jane Austen’s 'Pride and Prejudice'.

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