As the French film festival reaches its end, Helen Barlow looks at this year’s hits, misses and talking points.

A new documentary drawing from more than 400 hours of footage uncovered from a local archive is a powerful exploration of the legacy of State neglect, writes Brian O’Flynn.

The Irish Film and Drama awards celebrated its 15th year last night and boy, did it pull out all the stops.

Despite the Brexit threat and our corporate tax structure facing challenges, one Irish industry has begun 2018 with a decidedly optimistic fanfare.

The chairwoman of the Irish Film Board (IFB) has said she is disappointed at the gender imbalance across the nominations for this year’s Irish Film and Television Academy.

Oprah Winfrey’s man-the-barricades speech at this week’s dressed-in-black Golden Globe awards catapulted her into America’s consciousness as a possible White House contender.

The chairwoman of the Irish Film Board (IFB) has said she is disappointed at the gender imbalance across the nominations for this year’s Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards.

The board of Bord Scannán na hÉireann has spoken out against sexual harrassment in the entertainment industry.

And after 115 features, 34 documentaries and 116 shorts, the panel of esteemed judges had their work cut out for them.

The Cork Film Festival is hosting the world premiere of a documentary on survivors of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home.

Oonagh Kearney’s film in RTÉ’s Storyland strand is set in the Cork director’s native city, writes Colette Sheridan

The Irish Film Board could reopen its office in Hollywood, with its CEO saying the plan is under active consideration.

Carol O’Callaghan reviews the life and internationally renowned work of Irish-American architect, Kevin Roche

Former singer Nick Kelly has been receiving warm praise for his debut feature The Drummer And The Keeper, a film partly inspired by his own experiences with autism in his family, writes Esther McCarthy

The rude health of the film industry in this country is underlined by the presence of 10 Irish offerings at the prestigious festival, writes Esther McCarthy

Over 60 new shows and series have been been packed into RTÉ’s new autumn schedule and all the favourites are there too.

In 1977 we were introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia for the first time. To mark 40 years of Star Wars, Greg Murphy took a trip to Skellig Michael (aka the planet Ahch-To), set to take centre stage again.

A new film explores the Cork v Dublin rivalry in roller derby, and also delves into the lives of the women who play the sport, writes Don O’Mahony.

With a wealth of prestigious awards, including several Oscar nominations, under its belt, the Irish animation industry worth an estimated €100m continues its rise to the top.

The filming of the next Star Wars blockbuster along with increased activity in Irish film, animation and television drama saw a record-breaking €250m production spend in Ireland in 2016, according to the Irish Film Board.

As 2017 gets under way, the Irish film industry is looking forward to another stellar year of new productions and international awards.

A film studio is set to call “action” on Limerick’s €500m development plan, launched earlier this week.

A sequel could be on the cards after a successful opening weekend for The Young Offenders.

The thousands of extras who auditioned this week for the next season of the hit TV series, Vikings, underlined further the vibrancy of the Irish film and television production as the industry forges ahead into one of its busiest summers.

As Jim Sheridan heads for Schull, he tells Esther McCarthy how the internet has been such a disruptive force for filmmakers

The board of the Cork Film Festival has broken its silence on its financial crisis to welcome a €200,000 lifeline sanctioned by City Hall.

Dublin provided the perfect backdrop for Whit Stillman’s raunchy adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s lesser-known works, writes Helen Barlow

The director of The Atlantic, a new Brendan Gleeson-narrated documentary about the struggle for resources in three Atlantic communities, has been launched with screenings on piers in Irish fishing villages.

It’s not a galaxy far, far away, but by the time it’s finished, the scene at Ceann Sibéal in Co Kerry will be every bit the intergalactic equal of Skellig Michael, as our exclusive pictures show.

The filming of a new movie documenting the 1983 prison breakout of IRA prisoners from the North’s Maze Prison got under way at the recently decommissioned Cork prison yesterday.

For the latest big release in an incredible year for Irish cinema, Rachel Griffiths plays a grieving mother embroiled in an unlikely love affair, writes Helen Barlow

 

Once on an island far, far away, Star Wars landed on the rocky slopes of Skellig Michael off the coast of Kerry.

Stars Wars’ love affair with Ireland continues with scenes for the new movie to be shot in Donegal.

‘Star Wars’ is returning to the Kingdom with preparatory work for a fresh round of filming taking place on Sybil Head.

One of the young men in Michael Collins’ assassination and counter-intelligence unit has become a voice from the grave in a new animated film telling the story of being a 14-year-old soldier in the Easter Rising.

The makers of a new Pierce Brosnan film were the biggest beneficiaries of the Government’s new tax relief for movie and television productions last year.

It was great to see so many Irish nominations for Oscar awards last week. Most professions have their honours systems, accolades for professional people granted by their peers to honour and recognise achievement.