President Mary McAleese led tributes today to Ireland’s Oscar winners, saying the country had been blessed with an endless supply of talent.

A SHORT Irish film being screened at top international festivals is to be shown to audiences across the country.

Ken Wardrop’s short film Undressing My Mother, produced by Andrew Freedman, has scooped the European Film Academy Award for Best Short Film at the annual ceremony in Berlin over the weekend, clocking up the 24th Award for the film.

Irish short film ‘Undressing My Mother’ has been selected to screen during International Critics Week at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, it emerged today.

The drama documentary Omagh, the story of the 1998 Omagh Bombing, directed by Peter Travis has just been nominated for a prestigious BAFTA award.

Lenny Abrahamson's film Adam & Paul has scooped the prestigious Best Film Prize (Stella Artois Grand Prix) and the International Film Critics Federation Prize (FIPRESCI award) at the 9th Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF).

The latest shorts commissioned under the OSCAILT short film scheme, jointly funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and TG4, will premiere at the Cork Film Festival on Saturday.

Filmmaker Neil Jordan will today begin shooting scenes from his latest production in Northern Ireland.

The Green Screen touring programme of Irish film kicks off this weekend in Bulgaria, the first destination in a series of eight.