Features Dublin Oldschool, The Favourite, Papi Chulo, and Rosie, and shorts Boy Saint and Catcalls to represent Ireland at BFI London Film Festival 2018.
The Writers Guild of Ireland has announced the nominees for the 2018 ZeBBie Awards. The ZeBBie Awards are annual awards created by the WGI — named in honour of O. Z. Whitehead — to acknowledge the best script(s) written by Irish playwrights and screenwriters during the previous year.
The 2018 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Film and Drama Awards were held in Dublin earlier tonight, celebrating the last year in Irish film and scripted drama.
Prolific UK/Irish production company Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) boosts 2017/18 Production Slate to 10 Features with the launch of Cinefondation entry Nene, Streetkids United III – The Road To Russia, Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s Jumpman, Ivan Ostrochovsky’s The Disciple and Jamillah van der Hulst’s Fighting for Life.
The Japanese Film Festival, which celebrates its 10th year in April 2018, has unveiled its full programme. For its 10th edition the 2018 Festival will return to Dublin, Cork and Limerick, and also visit Galway, Tipperary, Sligo, Waterford and Dundalk, presenting 50 screenings of 17 films nationally.
The Un Certain Regard Jury really came up with the goods in awarding the top prize to Ali Abassi’s Gräns (Border) from Denmark-Sweden. Séamas McSwiney reports from the ceremony.
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.
After a successful first edition, Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival opens submissions for its 2018 festival, running April 13th to 15th in Smithfield, Dublin.
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.
Ireland’s national festival, St. Patrick’s Festival, returns with a cast of thousands of talented home-grown and international musicians, dancers, storytellers and performers coming together for five days and nights of events from March 15th to 19th.