Following on from grossing over €1.2m to date at the Irish box office, receiving seven IFTA nominations, and garnering critical acclaim in both Ireland and the UK with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Peter Foott’s The Young Offenders will now reach 94 million Netflix users worldwide. Th...
Continue ReadingBord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) is delighted to welcome the announcement of the new IFB Board members, appointed today by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys. All appointees have been vetted by the Public Appoint...
Continue ReadingBord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) congratulates the nominees for the 2017 Irish Film and Television Awards, which were announced today. A host of IFB-supported films will compete in various categories in the ceremony which takes place on 8 April. The nominees for Bes...
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Vincent Gallagher’s IFB-supported animated short film, Second to None, which has been added to the Tribeca Film Festival line-up alongside two other Irish titles; Jim Sheridan’s 11th Hour and Benjamin Cleary and TJ O’Grady-Peyton’s Wave. A black comedy in ...
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