The New IFB Production Catalogue Now Available to Download
Discover the latest Irish films, documentaries, animation and shorts in the new IFB Production Catalogue featuring a wide range of exciting new projects. You can download the Production Catalogue here.
Irish films which audiences can look forward to this year which are in receipt of funding from the IFB included a film directed by Lance Daly (Kisses) starring Pat Shortt and Fionnuala O'Flanagan; Lenny Abrahamson's new feature film ‘What Richard Did'; ‘Sanctuary' directed by Norah McGettigan and ‘Love Eternal' directed by Brendan Muldowney (Savage) all of which have just finished production.
Feature films supported by BSÉ/IFB have been very successful in recent times with ‘The Guard' achieving over €5m in the US box office and becoming the most successful independent Irish film at the Irish box office in the past year. ‘Shadow Dancer', starring Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, Clive Owen and Gillian Anderson, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival along with ‘Grabbers', the new Irish horror film, filmed on location in Donegal. In addition Kirsten Sheridan's ‘Dollhouse' will have its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival next week.
Recent Oscar nominations for ‘Albert Nobbs' and the short film ‘Pentecost', funded through the Irish Film Board's Signature scheme have also created major international recognition for the industry. The nomination for ‘Pentecost' brings to eight the number of Academy Award® nominations received by IFB funded short films since 2002.