The Irish Film Board has broken its silence around the upcoming Star Wars shoot on Skellig Michael by saying it must adhere to confidentiality demands from producers.

Record year for Irish production as five movies are being showcased at prestigious Sundance festival

This is already showing signs of being a good year for film production, with a number of high-profile projects scheduled to begin filming around the country.

From I Keano to Citizen Keane, Roy Keane is making the move from stage to screen.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise has told the Government he remains open to acting as a global film ambassador for Ireland, but that his current schedule is full with movie work.

An Irish animated short film, 'The Missing Scarf', has been shortlisted for the Academy Award's Best Animated Short 2014.

A group of leading European broadcasters were in Ireland for the past two days as guests of the Irish Film Board (IFB).

IN 1993 Michael D Higgins, then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, took the fateful decision to re-institute the Irish Film Board, the national film development agency, which had run briefly between 1980 and 1987.

A junior minister has intervened to help a teenager born without limbs source funding to finish a film on her life.

A teenager who was born without limbs has vowed to finish a documentary on her life despite being refused funding by the Irish Film Board.

Two BBC television dramas will be filmed here this year in what is being hailed as a major coup for the Irish Film Board.

Two short Irish films - 'Pentecost' and 'The Shore' - have received Oscar nominations today in the Short Film/Live Action category.

With Brendan Gleeson securing a Golden Globe nod for the phenomenally successful The Guard, the Irish film scene looks healthier than most other indigenous sectors and the closing credits for this feel-good story show no sign of rolling just yet, writes John Daly

Gerard O'Rourke at Monster Animation has been announced as European producer of the year at the Cartoon Forum in Poland.

A SELECTION of new talent in the film industry here have been nominated for a special award by the Irish Film Board (IFB) and the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA).

AWARD-WINNING actor Brendan Gleeson has warned a multi-million euro film he plans to shoot here next year will collapse if An Bord Snip Nua recommendations about the Irish Film Board are implemented.

An Irish-made romantic comedy set in Dublin’s theatrical world will be premiered in the capital this week.

A new €6m movie will be filmed in Ireland later this year, it was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival today.

The Irish film industry will be in the international shop window at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins on Wednesday.

Budding filmmakers can now tap into a €1m fund launched today to boost the industry in Ireland.

IT’S A tough job but somebody has got to do it! Jonathan Loughran will get to meet some of the top movie directors and film stars in Hollywood over the next few years… and all on behalf of the Irish taxpayer.

New tax incentives will boost Ireland’s film industry by attracting more Hollywood producers to the country, it was claimed today.

A British film producer has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Irish Film Board, it emerged tonight.

Filmmakers are to benefit from additional funding as part of a bid to reverse the slump in the Irish movie industry, it emerged today.

Ken Loach’s Irish Civil War drama has been awarded essential funds for its Co Cork shoot under a new scheme to aid films made in Ireland, it was confirmed today.

The Irish Film Board (IFB) has said films co-financed by the board in the first three months of 2005 have been snapped up for overseas distribution.

A host of Irish film shorts are set to make it onto screens across the world, it emerged today.

Irish film-maker Damien O'Donnell is today toasting the success of his movie Inside I'm Dancing, after it scooped the prestigious Standard Life Audience Award at the 58th Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The Irish Film Board-backed Intermission, produced by Company of Wolves and Parallel Films, has become the seventh most successful local production at the home Box Office, with a take of over €2.2m.