Channel 4 has commissioned DoubleBand Films to explore the changing face of Northern Ireland and its depiction on screen, as told by filmmaker Mark Cousins.
Element Pictures announce that filming has commenced on the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People.
Irish production company ShinAwiL has launched a new drama division, with their inaugural scripted slate ready to be presented at Series Mania in Lille.
TG4’s Irish language drama, Ros na Rún, are holding auditions for budding actors to join their existing cast this March. Applications now open.
TG4, the BAI, Screen Ireland and the WRAP fund are on the lookout for a brand new Young Peoples’ Drama Series with 6-8 half-hour episodes for broadcast.
Counsel, a BBC Northern Ireland commission made with funding support from Northern Ireland Screen, broadcasts on Monday, April 15th at 9pm.
To celebrate the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, Virgin TV customers will be able to get free Virgin Movies on demand for the weekend.
RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises have commissioned Dead Still, an Irish period mystery with Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures and Toronto-based Shaftesbury co-producing, alongside ZDF Enterprises.
Such was the interest in joining the cast of Ros na Run, TG4’s Irish language drama that more auditions will be held at the end of April.
To coincide with the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, Virgin Media Television will continue to support Irish film and drama, with a week of home grown movies and feature film specials airing on Virgin Media Three.