Screen Leaders is the Leading Strategic Company Development Programme for the Screen Industries. We are excited to announce the selected participants for the 2017 Screen Leaders programme. Top industry leaders from: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungry, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal...
Continue ReadingThe line-up for the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival has been announced, with six Irish films included in the programme. Emer Reynolds' The Farthest and Aisling Walsh’s Maudie will both screen in Competition at the festival—in the documentary and international feature ...
Continue ReadingBord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board congratulates the team behind the Element Pictures-produced The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which was jointly awarded Best Screenplay at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Co-written by Yorgos Lanthimos (who also directed the picture) and Ef...
Continue ReadingIt has been announced that Focus Features has picked up worldwide rights to Lenny Abrahamson’s The Little Stranger at the Marché du Film in Cannes. The film, written by Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) is an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ 2009 novel of the same name and stars Charlott...
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