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News‘The Stimming Pool’ co-directors among recipients of third ICO bursary
EXCLUSIVE: The Miles Ketley Memorial Fund is being extended for a further three years, with a 40% increase in value.
NewsHarris Dickinson’s Cannes premiere ‘Urchin’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: Dickinson’s debut feature film will be released in cinemas on October 3.
NewsUK producer Ian Davies to reboot Initialize Films, launches film fund
EXCLUSIVE: Davies was senior producer for film at Noah Media Group from 2022-2025.
NewsEquity issues warning against UK talent agency Lucy Harrison Casting
Lucy Harrison Casting refutes Equity’s claims, saying: ”We wish to make it unequivocally clear that Lucy Harrison Casting is not trading illegally.”
News‘The Apprentice’ director Ali Abbasi on looking for contemporary stories: “We are living in extremely exciting, crazy times”
Abbasi conducted a director’s masterclass at the Galway Film Fleadh.
News“How could we put booster rockets on the cross-border support?” Producers call for an island of Ireland fund
Execs from Wild Atlantic Pictures, Fine Point Films, Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen took part in a discussion at the Galway Film Fleadh.
NewsGalway prize winner ‘Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The feature doc won the best international documentary prize at Galway.
NewsBrendan Canty’s ‘Christy’ wins best Irish film at Galway Film Fleadh 2025
’Horseshoe’ and documentaries ’Sanatorium’ and ’Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man’ also took home prizes.
News‘Lolita’, ‘Matador’, ‘Rome 11:00’ among Venice Classics 2025 line-up
Bahram Beyzai’s ’Bashu, The Little Stranger’ and Bimal Roy’s ’Two Acres Of Land’ are also in the line-up.
News“It’s a hard business not to be cynical in,” says ‘Materialists’ producer Christine Vachon
The US producer was speaking at Ireland’s Galway Film Fleadh.
News‘Life Of Brian’, ‘Bugsy Malone’ unit stills photographer David Appleby dies aged 77
Appleby was a lifelong collaborator of filmmaker Alan Parker.
Features‘Kneecap’ producer Trevor Birney on his next project with Rich Peppiatt and Ireland’s cross-border challenges
Birney has two projects screening this week at the Galway Film Fleadh, ’The Negotiator’ and ’Boy George & Culture Club’.
NewsUK creative industries minister calls for a shift away from the screen sector’s freelance model
“I’m not sure if it’s really good for industry in the end if so many people are freelancers,” Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee today/.
NewsUK ban on NDAs to silence workers praised by Zelda Perkins, industry bodies
If passed, proposed amendments to the government’s employment rights bill will enable victims or harassment or discrimination to speak out.
NewsLocarno unveils 2025 line-up including premiere of Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’
Seventeen world premieres will compete at the Swiss festival, running from August 6-16.
Features“It bowled us over”: Galway Film Fleadh heads on the vibrancy of Irish cinema
The Irish festival runs from June 8-13.
NewsBerlin prize winner ‘Lesbian Space Princess’ picked up for UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The Austrailan sci-fi animated comedy won the Teddy award at the Berlinale.
NewsReece Cargan, Ciara Barry to participate in Limerick’s inaugural producer lab
The lab is for producers from Ireland, Scotland and Canada.
NewsUK government says it is “looking afresh” at AI and copyright proposals for the creative sector
“We are looking afresh at the whole range of options,” said the government this week.
NewsTarik Saleh’s Cannes Competition title ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ flies to UK-Ireland
EXCLUSIVE: The thriller is the final instalment of Saleh’s Cairo trilogy.