‘Walk The Blue Fields’ with Emily Blunt & Andrew Scott starts production in Ireland
25 Feb 2026 | Andrew Scott is set to star opposite Emily Blunt in John Crowley’s ‘Walk The Blue Fields’ as Netflix boards the project. Ciarán Hinds and Tom Cullen round out the cast. Production has officially began in Ireland.
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‘Wednesday’ S3 is now in production in Ireland
25 Feb 2026 | Production on the third season of ‘Wednesday’, Netflix’s #1 most viewed series of all time is now underway near Dublin, Ireland.
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Greenlight Screenwriting Lab back in 2026 for it’s fourth year running
24 Feb 2026 | Danú Media, in association with Greasán na Meán Skillnet and National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama partner with Philip Shelley and bring Greenlight Screenwriting Lab back in 2026 for it’s fourth year running.
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HBO Documentary Films Acquires Worldwide TV And Streaming Rights To ‘The Slightest Touch’
24 Feb 2026 | HBO Documentary Films has acquired worldwide TV and streaming rights to The Slightest Touch, directed by Rachel Fleit featuring Emma Fogarty and Colin Farrell.
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‘Everybody Digs Bill Evans’ wins Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival
24 Feb 2026 | From a script written by Irish screenwriter Mark O’Halloran.
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Máiréad Tyers and Sarah Greene to star in ‘The Rachel Incident’ for Channel 4
24 Feb 2026 | Extraordinary star Máiréad Tyers is leading Channel 4, Universal Content Productions (UCP) and Element Pictures’ adaptation of Caroline O’Donoghue’s The Rachel Incident, which has set cast.
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Ireland Box Office Top 10: February 20-22, 2026
23 Feb 2026 | IFTN brings you the latest box office report, with Ireland’s top 10 films for the weekend of February 20-22, 2026.
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Jessie Buckley wins best actress at 2026 BAFTAs
23 Feb 2026 | Jessie Buckley won Leading Actress at the BAFTA Film Awards in London for her performance in Hamnet.
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IFTA Awards 2026 winners announced
20 Feb 2026 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the winners of the IFTA Awards 2026, which took place tonight in Dublin and will air on Saturday night on RTÉ One. The 23rd anniversary of the IFTA Awards was a star-studded affair with host Kevin McGahern at the helm.
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Tom Burke, Eve Hewson to star in Lenny Abrahamson’s new film
16 Feb 2026 | Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson has cast Tom Burke and Eve Hewson to lead his untitled new project set in the 1970s in Dublin’s Jewish community in the late 1970s. The cast will also include newcomer Sean Meagher.
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Channel 4 announces ‘Close to Home’ led by Anthony Boyle, Jessica Reynolds, Seamus O’Hara & Oisín Thompson
13 Feb 2026 | Channel 4 has commissioned ‘Close to Home’, a new four-part drama series produced by the multi-Academy Award winning Irish production company Element Pictures (Normal People, Bugonia).
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Lisa McGee discusses ‘How To Get To Heaven From Belfast’ with IFTN
12 Feb 2026 | IFTN sat down with ‘Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee about her latest show ‘How To Get To Heaven From Belfast’ which has its worldwide Netflix release today, Thursday February 12, 2026.
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Recipients of the Tús and Céim Eile short film funding schemes announced
11 Feb 2026 | Following the success of the investment made in the Cine4 and TG4/Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Television Drama Development schemes devised to reach the next generation of talented writers, TG4, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) have collaborated to encourage new writing for the screen.
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Ireland Box Office Top 10: February 6-8, 2026
10 Feb 2026 | IFTN brings you the latest box office report, with Ireland’s top 10 films for the weekend of February 6-8, 2026.
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Minister O’Donovan announces the New Basic Income for the Arts scheme
10 Feb 2026 | The Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has announced the successor scheme to the Basic Income for the Arts Pilot scheme.
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Screen Ireland – IFTA Rising Star Award nominees announced for 2026
09 Feb 2026 | The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland are delighted to announce the 2026 Screen Ireland – IFTA Rising Star Nominees with the winner to be announced at the 2026 IFTA Awards Ceremony on Friday, February 20th.
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Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey named Spirit Partner to the IFTA Awards
06 Feb 2026 | Redbreast, the world’s most awarded single pot still Irish whiskey, announces a three year partnership with IFTA, becoming the sponsor of the IFTA Short Film Award category and the official Spirit Partner of the IFTA Awards for 2026, 2027 and 2028.
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Domhnall Gleeson, Cillian Murphy & Graham Norton feature in Taylor Swift’s new music video
06 Feb 2026 | Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson stars in Taylor Swift’s latest music video, which also features cameos from Academy Award winning actor Cillian Murphy and talk show host Graham Norton.
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Brad Pitt-led Edward Berger film ‘The Riders’ begins filming in Ireland
06 Feb 2026 | Edward Berger has begun production on The Riders, his latest feature for A24, with Brad Pitt leading the cast alongside Julianne Nicholson and Camille Cottin. Filming is currently underway in Ireland.
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What’s new in Irish cinemas: February 2026 releases
04 Feb 2026 | IFTN brings you a rundown of what’s hitting Irish cinemas this month, February 2026.
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