12/02/20
TG4’s Gradam Ceoil gala concert takes place in Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on Sunday 23rd February for the third year running with support from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund. There will be […]
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11/02/20
Flickerpix, one of Northern Ireland’s leading animation companies has acquired the rights for the bestselling children’s fiction book series Dirty Bertie with plans to develop a new 26 part television animation series. Dirty Bertie is […]
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11/02/20
Filming has begun on Bloodlands, a major original crime drama for BBC One, created by exciting new writer Chris Brandon and produced by HTM Television (co-owned by Jed Mercurio and Hat Trick Productions). […]
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03/02/20
Welcome to Jamfuser 2020! Jamfuser is a game jam that feeds into Tranzfuser (a UK-wide talent development programme for graduates looking to break into the video games development industry). Jamfuser will: Support team self-selection opportunities, […]
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03/02/20
A Bump Along The Way the “hilariously funny movie with maximum feel good factor” starring Bronagh Gallagher and Lola Petticrew is now available on demand in Ireland and the UK. Viewers can stream or download-to-own […]
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30/01/20
The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) officially unveiled its Five-Year Strategic Development Plan 2020-2024 at a launch event last night with actor and board member Liam Cunningham along with Academy Chief Executive […]
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28/01/20
Northern Ireland Screen’s Production, Craft and Technical Skills scheme is a paid placement scheme where participants will gain experience on Northern Ireland Screen funded film and television projects. The scheme will provide training […]
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28/01/20
Production Sound Mixer Ronan Hill has won his sixth Cinema Audio Society Award for his work on Game of Thrones. Ronan has been nominated for every season of the show and this win […]
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24/01/20
The Northern Ireland Screen Games Development Academy is now open for applications! This Academy is a unique training and experience programme, which focuses on core technical skills around computer game development and production. […]
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21/01/20
The popular country agricultural show, Beidh Aonach Amárach, is back on our screens on TG4 on Thursday 23rd January at 8pm and BBC Two Northern Ireland on Monday 3rd February at 10pm. Witness […]
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20/01/20
Creative England have launched a £24 million growth finance programme for the creative and digital sector – it offers scale-up finance for post-revenue businesses presenting promising growth potential. Creative England’s CFO, Mehjabeen Patrick, will be […]
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20/01/20
From Bafta-nominated screenwriter Simon Block and Bafta and Emmy-winning director Michael Samuels, The Windermere Children is the first dramatisation of a remarkable true story about hope in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Based […]
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20/01/20
Northern Ireland video game company Italic Pig is thrilled to have been nominated as one of ten companies throughout the UK for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards “Best Indie Developer 2020” award […]
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16/01/20
Ulster Television in the 1960s Northern Ireland Screen, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the Centre for the History of Television Culture and Production, Royal Holloway, University of London are pleased […]
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15/01/20
Platform is the new accelerator programme for video game companies in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Screen is seeking teams that are passionate about video games and are motivated to establish/grow their company. We […]
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09/01/20
Billy Goat Entertainment’s Supermarket Shriek has been nominated for the Audio Innovation of the Year award at the 2020 MCV/Develop awards. A culmination of the former individual MCV Awards and Develop Awards, the […]
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09/01/20
Croí Briste, meaning Broken Heart in Irish, is a new 30-minute observational documentary which highlights the issue of organ donation through the story of three-year-old Belfast boy, Dáithí Mac Gabhann who is currently […]
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08/01/20
Applications are now being taken for round 6 of the UK Games Fund. Round 6 is open to all UK-based game developers with less than 50 employees who are developing early-stage projects. Applicants […]
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07/01/20
Feature film submissions are now open for the 32nd Galway Film Fleadh, taking place from 7th – 12th July, 2020. The Film Fleadh is Ireland’s leading film festival, the international discovery place of New Irish Cinema […]
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07/01/20
Farset Labs will be hosting the Belfast site of the international hackathon Global Game Jam for its 8th year, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. The Game Jam will run from Friday 31st […]
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02/01/20
Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to host a screenwriting seminar on story and structure with Kate Leys. Kate Leys is a feature film script editor who works on film screenplays at all stages of development from […]
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24/12/19
2019 proved to be another prosperous year for Northern Ireland Screen with many successes across film, TV drama, animation, games and factual-entertainment. Throughout 2019 production continued to boost the local economy and provide […]
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20/12/19
BBC Studios is hosting a roadshow in Belfast on Tuesday 28th January to attract talent from the film industry to work on its multi-award-winning continuing dramas Casualty and Holby. Casualty and Holby have been at the […]
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19/12/19
Forty new entry level paid internships will offer young people in Northern Ireland the chance to gain real on-the-job experience to kick-start their careers in the creative industries. The NI Creative Employment Programme […]
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16/12/19
Four projects made in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen have been nominated for the 2020 Kidscreen Awards. Now in their 11th year these prestigious Awards honour the best work in children’s […]
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