Los Angeles-based XYZ Films has taken on Morgan Bushe's black comedy The Belly of the Whale and will now represent North American sales for the film. at the Marché at the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be released in Irish cinemas by Wildcard Distribution later this year.
Gaston Pavlovich (Silence) has joined the Irish co-production The Professor And The Madman as a co-producer and co-financier.
Principal photography has begun in Luxembourg on new Irish co-production Black '47, from director Lance Daly and starring Hugo Weaving and Moe Dunford.
Four Irish companies have been successful in getting their upcoming Development Slates funding from the Creative Europe MEDIA programme.
Watch the first clip from Fastnet Films' Black 47, which premieres today at the Berlin Film Festival. The film is directed by Lance Daly and stars James Frecheville, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Barry Keoghan, and Moe Dunford.
Principal photography has completed on Morgan Bushe's new Irish feature film The Belly Of The Whale, produced by Fastnet Films.
Fastnet Films are looking for actors to play famine victims for Lance Daly's new feature film Black 47. Casting takes place in Filmbase on November 23rd.
Fastnet Films' Black '47 has been selected to World Premiere out of competition at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). The festival is scheduled to take place from the 15th to the 25th of February.
Lance Daly's famine set epic Black '47 adds Jim Broadbent, James Frecheville, Freddie Fox, Barry Keoghan, and Stephen Rea to its cast.
Three Irish co-productions, Black 47, Muse, and Return to Montauk, will be supported from the latest round of Eurimages funding.