Irish Film Festival, Boston has announced its Call for Entries for the 18th festival, March 22nd to 25th, 2018, in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.
Séamas McSwiney reports from Cannes on the political activity at the film festival and from the Irish Film Board's party were they updated on their 50/50 gender parity initiatives.
The 2018 Galway Film Fleadh has announced that Morgan Bushe's debut feature The Belly of the Whale will open the festival on Tuesday, July 10th.
The nominees have been announced for the 2018 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Film and Drama Awards, which will be held on Thursday, February 15th 2018.
TG4 and the Arts Council have announced that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has joined them as a partner on the arts documentary scheme, ilDÁNA 2018. ilDÁNA is designed to enhance the TG4 schedule by supporting the making of an ambitious and cinematic long-form documentary on the arts in Irish.
Disney In Concert announces a Dublin date at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for the Beauty and the Beast Live in Concert 2018 tour, 27th March 2018.
Saoirse Ronan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin McDonagh, and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly nominated for the 71st BAFTA Awards, which take place on Sunday, 18 February at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
After a successful first edition, Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival opens submissions for its 2018 festival, running April 13th to 15th in Smithfield, Dublin.
Two Irish/Canadian co-productions won big at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards. Aisling Walsh's Maudie, a moving portrayal of artist Maud Lewis, won 7 awards, while Nora Twomey's The Breadwinner, the story of a girl who disguises herself as a boy to support her family in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, won 4.
21 films from around the world will make their World Premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh this year, as the 2018 programme boasts 107 feature films.