Irish film and TV production spend rose 26% year-on-year to hit a record high of €544m in 2025, according to figures published today from Screen Ireland.
This represents the total spend in Ireland by all the film, TV, documentary and animation projects that were eligible to access the Section 481 tax incentive in 2025.
Grant Gee’s Berlinale competition title Everybody Digs Bill Evans is among the Screen Ireland-backed films that shot in 2025.
International productions to shoot in Ireland in 2025 included The Mummy, directed by Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin and produced by the US’ Atomic Monster/Blumhouse for New Line; Netflix action series, Mercenary: An Extraction Series; and Amazon Prime Video series Bloodaxe.
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Further Irish films that shot in 2025 and are now targeting a 2026 release include Vicky Wight’s The Body Of Water, set between Texas in the US and Cork in Ireland, and starring the late Isiah Whitlock Jr. alongside Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Saoirse-Monica Jackson. It is produced by Ireland’s Redted Media and Dark Day Entertainment.
Additinally, Frank Berry’s The Lost Children Of Tuam, is produced by Element Pictures and sold by mk2; Louise Bagnall’s animation Julián, is produced by Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon alongside Denmark’s Sun Creature Studio, Canada’s Aircraft Pictures and Luxembourg’s Melusine Productions; Jim O’Hanlan’s The Last Days Of Rabbit Hayes produced by Feline Films and Forty Foot Pictures alongside Netherlands’ Bind Film; and Stephen Burke’s Chasing Millions, produced by Mammoth Films alongside Australia’s Invisible Republic and sold by Level K.
Further films on the slate include Kieron J. Walsh’s Skintown, produced by Keeper Pictures and Belfast-based Cyprus Avenue Films and repped by Visit Films; Dallan Shovlin’s You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead, from Kneecap producers Wildcard and Belfast-based Fine Point Films; and Fergal Costello’s Kung Fu Deadly, produced by Spellmaker Productions and Australia’s Project Arc Productions, and sold by Essential Film Group.
Also on track for 2026 bows are David Turpin’s Ancestors, produced by Samson Films and the UK’s Lunatica, with sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment; Fateme Ahmadi’s Daughter Of Eden from Newgrange Pictures and the UK’s Shudder Films and Lunapark Pictures, sold by Lucky Number; plus Naima Mohamud’s Finland-set Halima, produced through Vico Films and Finland’s It’s Alive Films and No-Office Films.
“With record-breaking production figures for the Irish screen industry in 2025, we believe this success reflects the passion, dedication and talent of those working across the screen industry; the consistent support of artistic talent; the development of world-class crew; and decades of public investment,” said Screen Ireland’s chief executive Désirée Finnegan.
“Despite the challenges experienced across the international industry, Ireland has experienced continued growth, both in terms of inward international production and domestic indigenous production.”
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