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930 articles available in total starting from 19/06/2002. Last article published on 30/05/2025.

Ramin Bahrani’s prison drama Last Meals in the works, toplined by Mads Mikkelsen

Ramin Bahrani’s prison drama Last Meals in the works, toplined by Mads Mikkelsen

The pic, sold by HanWay Films, has racked up some major sales including to key European territories, such as Benelux, Greece, Spain, Austria, Scandinavia and CEE countries  

30/05 | Production | Funding | USA/Ireland

Ireland strengthens tax credit for mid- and lower-budget features, launches Irish-language development fund

Ireland strengthens tax credit for mid- and lower-budget features, launches Irish-language development fund

The enhanced tax measure, titled the Scéal uplift, introduces an additional 8% credit on top of Ireland’s existing 32% Section 481 relief  

28/05 | Industry | Market | Ireland

Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow

Interview: Akinola Davies Jr • Director of My Father's Shadow

"We wanted to make something that services us, our community and masculinity in general"

CANNES 2025: The British-Nigerian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a film that is set over the course of one day, in which he plays with the concept of time  

22/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: My Father's Shadow

Review: My Father's Shadow

CANNES 2025: Akinola Davies Jr impresses with this tale of two brothers reuniting with their estranged father for one day in Lagos, against the backdrop of the country’s 1993 election  

19/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Review: Pillion

Review: Pillion

CANNES 2025: Harry Lighton has made a name for himself with his astonishing debut feature, a story of love and submission set in the world of bikers, with a wicked sense of humour  

18/05 | Cannes 2025 | Un Certain Regard

Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

Interview: Deirdre Levins • Producer, Fantastic Films

“Any film you develop as a producer is a creative risk”

Ireland’s Producer on the Move unpacks her career and her slate of projects, also sharing some advice for newcomers to the job  

14/05 | Producers on the Move 2025

Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

Interview: Lorcan Finnegan • Director of The Surfer

“The surfer’s psychological journey is also a bit like therapy for people struggling with having lost their childhood home”

The Irish filmmaker discusses his mystery-thriller, how he created the character with Nicolas Cage and his approach to the use of colours in the film  

22/04 | BIFFF 2025

Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow lands at Cannes

Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow lands at Cannes

The semi-autobiographical tale stars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as a father navigating Lagos with his two young sons amidst the country’s 1993 civil unrest  

15/04 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland/Nigeria

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling lead Harry Lighton’s Cannes-bound Pillion

Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling lead Harry Lighton’s Cannes-bound Pillion

The two actors play gay bikers engaged in a dom/sub relationship in this UK-Irish co-production selected in Un Certain Regard  

14/04 | Production | Funding | UK/Ireland

Review: Four Mothers

Review: Four Mothers

Darren Thornton reimagines Mid-August Lunch, in which a bumbling middle-aged man looks after four demanding old ladies, as a more sombre, serio-comic affair  

04/04 | Films | Reviews | Ireland/UK

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