Irish Film Board could reopen LA office

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

The Irish Film Board ran an office in Los Angeles from late 2006 until 2012, the plan having been announced at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 by the then arts minister, John O’Donoghue.

The one-person office closed in late 2012 amid huge funding cuts to the Irish Film Board, which subsequently reconfigured its personnel, with an inward production manager working alongside chief executive James Hickey in visiting LA a number of times a year pitching Ireland as a location for Hollywood productions.