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Screen Ireland

Screen Ireland, previously the Irish Film Board, is the State development agency for film, television and animation in Ireland. It puts money into the making and circulation of features, feature documentaries, shorts, and television drama and animation.

The Irish Film Board Act 1980 provides for the establishment of the Irish Film Board to assist and encourage a film industry in the State and to invest in, and give grants, loans and loan guarantees for, films made in the State. S.I. No. 282/1981 is the establishment-day order under that Act; the day it appointed was not confirmed in the text fetched. Section 39 of the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Act 2015 provides that, from a day appointed by the Minister, the Board shall be known as Fís Éireann, or in English Screen Ireland. The appointed day for that change of name was not confirmed in the pages fetched.

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Mar 2026	Volta Pictures Limited	Distribution Support — Father Mother Sister Brother — Director: Jim Jarmusch — Writer: Jim Jarmusch	Grant	Q1 2026	€15,000
31 Mar 2026	Picture Locked	Fiction Irish Production — Exact Replica — Director: Eva Birthistle — Writer: Lauren MacKenzie	Grant	Q1 2026	€1,300,000
31 Mar 2026	Danú Media Teoranta	TV Drama Development — Enclave — Director: N/A — Writer: Rossa McPhilips	Grant	Q1 2026	€24,500
31 Mar 2026	M3TV Productions	Documentary Production — Eire Abu — Director: Andrew Gallimore — Writer: Aidan Mulcahy, Lydia Monin	Grant	Q1 2026	€200,000
31 Mar 2026	Calico Media Interactive	Additional Project Development — Do Or DIY - The Secret History of Irish Film — Director: Derek O'Connor	Grant	Q1 2026	€6,000
31 Mar 2026	Fegan Films Limited T/A Atom Films	Additional Project Development — Dignity — Director: Stephen Gerard Kelly, Johanné Gómez Terrero	Grant	Q1 2026	€10,000
31 Mar 2026	Cassette Vision Limited	Documentary Development — Death of a Detective — Director: Paul Webster	Grant	Q1 2026	€14,900
31 Mar 2026	Hour Hearts Productions	Feature Film Development — Claire's Journey — Writer: Paul Ritchie	Grant	Q1 2026	€13,500
31 Mar 2026	All My Friends	Feature Film Development — Cells (Working Title) — Director: N/A — Writer: Philip Emo, Shaun Dunne	Grant	Q1 2026	€15,000
31 Mar 2026	Hill Sixteen Features Ltd	Additional Project Development — Catalpa — Director: Ferdia Doherty — Writer: Ciaran Creagh	Grant	Q1 2026	€14,300
31 Mar 2026	Wide Eye Films	Feature Film Development — But We're Right — Director: Clara Planelles — Writer: Morghan Welt	Grant	Q1 2026	€16,500
31 Mar 2026	Element Pictures	Feature Film Development — Blackpool — Director: Paddy Breathnach — Writer: Nancy Harris	Grant	Q1 2026	€30,000
31 Mar 2026	Poderosa Pictures	Feature Film Development — Belamy — Director: Ian Power — Writer: Ian Power	Grant	Q1 2026	€24,000
31 Mar 2026	JAM media	Animation Television Production — BeddyByes Season 2 — Director: Niall Mooney — Writer: Dave Ingham, Katie Davies	Grant	Q1 2026	€200,000
31 Mar 2026	Eclipse Pictures	Distribution Support — Baite — Director: Ruán Magan — Writer: Sheena Lambert	Grant	Q1 2026	€45,000
31 Mar 2026	Sos Productions	Additional Project Production — All About the Money (Communards) — Director: Sinéad O'Shea	Grant	Q1 2026	€25,000
31 Mar 2026	Underground Films	Feature Film Development — Afterwards — Director: Stephanie Laing — Writer: Janet Moran	Grant	Q1 2026	€21,000
31 Mar 2026	Ivan Kavanagh	Screenplay Development — A Mother and Son — Writer: Ivan Kavanagh	Grant	Q1 2026	€15,000
31 Mar 2026	Stop Gap Films	Fiction Irish Production — A Few Miles South — Director: Ben Pearce — Writer: Vincent Kearney	Grant	Q1 2026	€600,000
31 Mar 2026	Beach Pictures	Distribution Support — 500 Miles — Director: Morgan Matthews — Writer: Malcolm Campbell	Grant	Q1 2026	€45,000
30 Jun 2026	Metropolitan Films International	TV Drama Production — KIN Season 3 — Director: Darren Thornton, Claire Frances Byrne — Writer: Peter McKenna	Grant	Q2 2026	€350,000
30 Jun 2026	Tailored Films	Fiction Creative Co-Production — Foxfinder — Director: Aoife McArdle — Writer: Aoife McArdle, Dawn King	Grant	Q2 2026	€250,000
30 Jun 2026	Red Pepper Productions	Direct Distribution — Answering the Call — Director: Martin Danneels	Grant	Q2 2026	€15,000
30 Jun 2026	Soilsiu Films	Direct Distribution — Forever is Now — Director: Neasa Ní Chianáin — Writer: Neasa Ní Chianáin	Grant	Q2 2026	€19,980
30 Jun 2026	Promenade Post	Direct Distribution — Crazy Love — Director: Jason Byrne — Writer: Dylan Stagno	Grant	Q2 2026	€20,000
30 Jun 2026	Little Moon Animation	Animation Television Production — Littlest Witches — Director: David McCamley, Eoghan Garvey — Writer: Vanessa Robinson	Grant	Q2 2026	€180,000
30 Jun 2026	Cartoon Saloon	Animation Television Production — Mebh and the Wolf Puppies — Director: Jeremy Purcell, Lorraine Lordan — Writer: Cian McGarrigle	Grant	Q2 2026	€250,000

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