27/07/23
The 80th Venice Film Festival announced its line-up earlier this week. Northern Ireland Screen was delighted to see In the Land of Saints and Sinners among the list of selected titles. Written by […]
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27/07/23
TV industry magazine, Broadcast has today revealed its list of Hot Shots for 2023. The emerging talent initiative seeks out the brightest and most promising individuals from across the UK television industry. Northern […]
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26/07/23
The 2023 Studio21 Drama Series Script Competition (#studio21scriptcomp) has opened for entries. They are looking for a pilot script for an international drama that will appeal to audiences and co-producers worldwide. The competition […]
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26/07/23
We are hiring an Interactive Manager to join our Production team. Reporting to the Head of Production, the successful applicant is the organisation’s sector lead for the interactive sector (e.g. video games, virtual […]
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26/07/23
Northern Ireland Screen is creating a framework of freelance location scouts and industry professionals to provide a location scouting and budgeting service for prospective TV and film productions. This will involve reading scripts, […]
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25/07/23
ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill has commissioned Breathtaking, starring Golden Globe Award-winning actress Joane Frogatt. The searing, thought-provoking and poignant account of an NHS doctor in the eye of the storm during […]
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21/07/23
We are hiring an Trainee 3D Junior Rigger as part of its Company Placement Scheme. The programme will provide a training opportunity for one person with HUMAIN. This is a paid placement scheme (Real Living Wage) […]
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20/07/23
The Grierson Trust has announced the shortlist for the 2023 British Documentary Awards. Northern Ireland Screen is delighted to see a number of documentaries produced in Northern Ireland on the prestigious shortlist. LYRA, NOTHING […]
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18/07/23
Our Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) is seeking applications from fluent Irish speakers for the ILBF Trainee Radio Producer Scheme. The trainee on the scheme will learn the craft of radio production while on […]
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17/07/23
Northern Ireland Screen’s latest New Talent Focus film, Lie of the Land won Best Irish First Feature at the 2023 Galway Film Fleadh. The tense drama was created through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent […]
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07/07/23
ScreenSkills is recruiting for Leaders of Tomorrow. Candidates must be nominated by someone who is at senior level working within high-end TV. The nominees should be mid-level freelance professionals who have two or […]
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06/07/23
A Stitch Through Time, presented by Claire McCollum, returns for a second series on Monday 17th July at 8pm on BBC One Northern Ireland. Made by DoubleBand Films with support from Northern Ireland […]
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05/07/23
We are calling Northern Ireland based animation companies to apply for our Creative Animation scheme. The scheme provides junior level creators/animators with the opportunity to develop their own ideas with support from established […]
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04/07/23
Did you know that Belfast has eight ‘Quarters’? In Ocht gCeathrú, a new six-part Irish Language Broadcast Fund series, presenters Aodhán Ó Baoill and Niamh Ní Dhubhgáin take listeners on a tour to […]
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03/07/23
The BBC has released the first full trailer for the second series of World on Fire ahead of the programme airing on BBC One from Sunday 16th July. The series was filmed on location in Northern […]
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29/06/23
Meet best friends Fi & Mac, the stars of a new resource that is introducing young primary school children to Ulster-Scots language and culture. Fi & Mac are the centre of a resource […]
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28/06/23
With new Irish Cinema, award winning World Cinema, short films, panels, discussions, and masterclasses, the 35th edition of the Galway Film Fleadh will bring powerful, moving, funny and provocative storytelling from both emerging and renowned filmmakers […]
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27/06/23
We have opened our call for Short Film applications at both individual and company level. Funding is available for talent to produce live action, factual and virtual reality short films normally up to […]
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22/06/23
Janet Graham Borba (Vice President for Production at HBO) talks production in this talk illustrated with film and television highlights from her exceptional career. Date: June 28, 2023 Location: Queen’s Film Theatre, University […]
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21/06/23
Atticus Education, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen have announced the eight filmmakers that will partake in this year’s Puttnam Scholars programme. Now in its fourth year, the Puttnam Scholars programme is […]
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21/06/23
New Shorts Focus is a fiction development scheme to find Northern Ireland resident writer and writer/director talent exclusively from groups that are underrepresented in the screen industry. Eligible applicants must have at least one previous […]
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20/06/23
We are hosting a series of expert-led Networkshops aimed at new and emerging talent working in the fiction and factual genres. Topics covered will include script, direction, budgeting and scheduling, sustainability, and distribution. […]
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20/06/23
Caoimhe Ní Chathail and Proinsias Ó Coinn return for a brand new series of Éadaí SOS to get us thinking differently about our wardrobes. The Irish Language Broadcast Fund series produced by Waddell […]
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19/06/23
Belfast-based Retinize Ltd, one of Europe’s fastest-growing creative technology companies, has announced that Animotive, an immersive real-time animation tool, will launch in July. Recently awarded the ‘Best Innovation in Animation’ award at the […]
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14/06/23
A new research and development facility in Belfast is set to help drive the next generation of visual effects technologies that will revolutionise the UK’s film, TV and performing arts industries. The state-of-the-art […]
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