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THE IRISH FILM BOARD

The Irish Film Board (IFB) is the national development agency for the Irish film and television industry, investing in talent, creativity and enterprise. We support the industry by funding projects and training and by promoting Ireland as a location for international production. 4

glendalough, co. wicklow CONTENTS Making Film & TV in Ireland 6 The Irish Producer 8 Irish Sources of Finance 10 Ireland & International Co-production 12

Location Location Location 16 Urban Ireland 18 Rural Ireland 22 Film Studios 26 Post-production, CGI & VFX 28 Case Study: VFX 30

IFB Location Services 34 Support Networks 36

Irish Talent 40 Irish Short Films at the Oscars 42 Case Study: Feature Film 44 Case Study: Television Drama 50 Animation 56 Case Study: Animation 60

International Awards 66 IFB Contact Details 72 6 Making Film & TV in Ireland 6 The Irish Producer 8 Irish Sources of Finance 10 Ireland & International Co-production 12 8

cliffs of moher, co. clare MAKING FILM & TV IN IRELAND orld class film and television drama is made Ireland’s film and television industry is built on in Ireland year after year. talented Irish producers, directors, writers, cast, crew and service providers, backed by consistent Irish W government support, delivered by a competitive tax Recent projects include ’s Frank, two films by John Michael McDonagh, Calvary and incentive and Irish Film Board (IFB) project funding. The Guard, ’s Byzantium, Rodrigo Garcia’s , Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire, James We hope this guidebook answers your questions Mather and Stephen St Leger’s Lockout and Tom about making film and television in Ireland. But nothing Moore’s animated feature film The Secret of Kells. beats meeting face to face! So please contact us to arrange a meeting in or at any one of the Television drama made in Ireland includes Quirke for the international festivals and markets attended by IFB BBC, Vikings for History Channel US, for staff and Irish producers. the BBC and Penny Dreadful for Showtime. We look forward to meeting you.

These feature films and television drama series were all Naoise Barry produced in Ireland and many post-produced here too, Film Commissioner in some cases taking advantage of Ireland’s growing [email protected] VFX industry. 10

dunguaire, co. galway THE IRISH PRODUCER hen considering making a film or television project in Ireland, you should work with an W Irish production company.

You require an Irish production company in order to benefit from the Irish tax incentive for film and television, called Section 481. In addition to arranging access to Section 481 finance, your Irish producer can advise you on other sources of Irish funding, including Irish Film Board development and production support.

Your Irish producer can provide the full range of production services, managing all stages of the production process including scouting, scheduling, budgeting, casting, crewing and of course post production too.

With over 140 member companies, Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) is the representative body for independent film, television and animation producers in Ireland.

“Irish producers are extremely versatile. They combine creative, financial and production knowledge and have an excellent reputation in the international co-production marketplace. With extensive experience in many genres, Irish producers can offer a reliable, flexible and business-like approach to any co-production.”

Barbara Galavan, CEO, Screen Producers Ireland www.screenproducersireland.com IRISH SOURCES OF FINANCE There are multiple sources of Irish finance for film and television production.

12 EXISTING TAX INCENTIVE FOR FILM AND TELEVISION: “SECTION 481”

What is Section 481? When is it paid? Section 481 is an “investor based” tax incentive for The Section 481 net benefit is made available film and television made in Ireland. to the production on the first day of principal photography or on the financial closing of the film. What types of projects qualify? The incentive is guaranteed until December 2020. The incentive applies to feature film, television drama, animation (feature film and television) and creative Is there a cap on the amount of Section 481 documentary. that can be raised? Yes, there is a ceiling of ¤50m on qualifying How much is the Section 481 benefit worth? expenditure per project. Projects can derive a benefit of up to 28% of their qualifying expenditure, and up to 30% on projects Explain how it works from the foreign producer’s with an eligible expenditure level in excess of ¤30m. point of view. The foreign producer usually teams up with a local What constitutes qualifying expenditure? Irish producer. An application is made to the Irish The benefit is based on the cost of EU cast and Revenue Commissioners for a Section 481 certificate. crew working in Ireland, and goods and services The issuance of this certificate allows the Section purchased in Ireland, up to a maximum value of 80% 481 finance to be raised. of the global budget.

NEW TAX INCENTIVE FOR FILM AND TELEVISION: “NEW SECTION 481”

What is New Section 481? activities in connection with a qualifying project. The From a date to be fixed in 2015, and subject to EU rebate is paid by the Irish Revenue Commissioners. approval, the Section 481 film and television tax It amounts to 32% of qualifying expenditure, on up to incentive is amended with the effect of creating a 80% of a project’s budget. new 32% tax credit scheme. What constitutes qualifying expenditure? How does it work? The benefit is based on the cost of all cast and crew, The tax credit provides a production company which regardless of nationality, working in Ireland, and goods falls within the Irish tax net with a cash rebate based on and services purchased in Ireland, up to a maximum Republic of Ireland expenditure on film and television value of 80% of the global budget. Coming in 2015: Ireland's new and improved 32% tax credit

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IRISH FILM BOARD

Ireland’s national screen agency supports Irish filmmaking from script to screen. Visit the IFB website, www.irishfilmboard.ie, and explore the “IFB Funding Programmes” section, which details current production and development funding schemes.

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY OF IRELAND IRISH BROADCASTERS

One of the BAI’s objectives is to stimulate the Ireland’s public service broadcasters are RTÉ and provision of high-quality, diverse and innovative TG4. TV3 is Ireland’s one commercial station. All programming. To this end, it allocates public funding three commission original content. through the Sound & Vision Fund. www.bai.ie OTHER FINANCIAL INCENTIVES EURIMAGES Corporate Tax and IP: A tax rate of 12.5% applies to Ireland is a member of the Council of Europe’s all corporate trading profits. A 25% tax credit can be production support fund, EURIMAGES. The fund claimed against R&D expenditure. Tax deductions are supports feature films, documentaries and animated available for capital expenditure on the acquisition of films that are intended for cinema release and are qualifying IP assets. co-productions between at least two member states. www.coe.int/eurimages Value Added Tax (VAT): Incoming production to Ireland is exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT) on a wide range of Irish goods and services. IRELAND & INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION reland’s competitive tax incentive, experienced talent base, and distinctive yet adaptable landscapes make it a unique and valuable co-production partner. Ireland has co-produced with almost every European territory, as well as Canada, Australia and South Africa. Ireland has a 14 I wealth of experienced co-producers across all forms of film, television, animation and digital media.

What co-production agreements is Ireland party to? Are there any limits on financial or creative Ireland is a party to the European Convention on contributions? Cinematographic Co-production which enables If the official Irish co-production is bi-lateral, the co-production of feature films amongst members of minimum contribution of a territory is 20%, with the EU and some EEA states. Ireland also has bi-lateral the maximum being 80%. If it is a multi-lateral co-production agreements with Canada, Australia, co-production under the European Convention, New Zealand, Luxembourg and South Africa. then the minimum contribution needs to be 10%, with the maximum being 70%. What type of projects do the co-production agreements cover? How do I find information on Irish co-producers? The European Convention on Cinematographic The Irish Film Board can assist in partnering you Co-production covers feature film production with a suitable co-producer and currently provides (live-action, animation and documentary). Ireland’s detailed producer information on the following database bi-lateral treaties cover feature film, television http://companydatabase.irishfilmboard.ie/search. production and other forms of digital production. Screen Producers Ireland’s website www.screenproducersireland.com also What are the benefits of certifying as an has information on Irish producers. official co-production? If a project is certified as an official co-production, What recent productions involved Ireland as it confers national status of all the co-production a co-production partner? territories to the relevant production. In 2012, the feature film Byzantium, directed by Neil Jordan and starring , was structured as The production can then benefit from other local an Irish and UK co-production. The F Word, directed territory benefits such as broadcast licence fees, by Michael Dowse and starring Daniel Radcliffe, access to tax incentives, regional subsidies and the was an Irish and Canadian co-production. local distribution market. Ireland is also a member of Eurimages, the European co-production fund, which The animated feature film Song of the Sea, directed has an annual budget of over €20m available. by Tomm Moore is an Irish, Belgian, Luxembourghian, French and Danish co-production.

TV drama series Vikings is an Irish and Canadian co-production, and The Borgias is an Irish, Canadian, and Hungarian multi-lateral co-production. shadow dancer

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18 Location Location roducers regularly make film and television in Ireland that isn’t set here. P Clever use of real locations, coupled with green-screen and VFX, mean you can shoot and post-produce a wide range asteriX of content in Ireland.

Ireland is the obvious place to tell Irish stories like Calvary, Albert Nobbs, The Guard, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, My Left Foot, The Field, The Quiet Man and Ryan's Daughter. But other stories have been told here too.

The Normandy landings in Saving Private Ryan were recreated on Ireland’s east-coast beaches. The English battles in Braveheart were not shot in Stirling or York, but in Ireland. Laws of Attraction, The Honeymooners and Jim Sheridan’s In America were all set in New York City but shot in Dublin.

Children’s television series including Primeval, Treasure Island and Neverland all created fantasy worlds in Ireland. EuropaCorp’s sci-fi thriller Lockout, starring Guy Pearce, created all of its locations using VFX produced in Ireland. was filmed entirely on location in Ireland, although it was set in the UK, and Victorian was recreated here for Penny saving private ryan Dreadful and Ripper Street. br av eh e a rt the tudors

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"You get better Victorian London in Dublin than you do in London."

John Logan, creator of Penny Dreadful "You get better Victorian London in Dublin than you do in London."

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“My team regularly used the Irish Film Board's online locations database during prep on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It is a fantastic resource. The IFB were always on hand to answer our questions.”

Sue Quinn, Location Manager, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, filmed on location in Clare and Kerry. lugGala , Co. Wicklow Film Studios

Ardmore Studios Ashford Studios

Comprising five sound stages, ranging in size from Comprising three sound stages on 300 acres of 3,000 sq ft to 15,000 sq ft, Ardmore Studios offers pristine rural back lot, Ashford Studios nestles into extensive production and post-production facilities a landscape that is renowned as one of the most within a single complex. Onsite production services beautiful parts of Ireland. 28 include camera, grip and lighting hire firms. The facility is 26 miles from Dublin city centre and Just 14 miles from Dublin city centre, five miles from 50 minutes from Dublin airport. The three stages the stunning Wicklow countryside and 30 minutes from are 30,000 sq ft, 14,000 sq ft and 12,000 sq ft. Dublin airport, Ardmore is within easy reach of both urban and rural film locations. The studio opened for business in June 2012. The Vikings TV drama series for History Channel US was Over 100 major productions have been shot at the the first project to use the facility. studio since it opened in 1958, including all four seasons of The Tudors. E [email protected] www.ashfordstudios.com E [email protected] www.ardmore.ie BLACKTHORN STUDIOS

Studio Solas Located in south Dublin city, just off the M50 motorway. Features include a soundproofed stage, measuring Based in Galway on Ireland's west coast, Studio 12,000 sq ft, and several large and well appointed Solas has over 24,000 sq ft of floor space, including production office suites. two sound stages, production offices, workshops, plus an eight bedroom manor house. The studio www.blackthornstudios.ie is stocked with state of the art film and television equipment. Productions which have used the facility include Annabel’s Kitchen (ITV), The Guard ALTERNATIVE SITES (Element Pictures), Stay (Samson Films) and My Phone Genie (CITV/ZDF). Ireland has many industrial facilities and ex-military sites that are used as make-shift film studios. E [email protected] www.studiosolas.com O’Carroll Mulhern Services (OCMS) specialise in the provision of large warehouse spaces to serve as film studios.

E [email protected] www.ocmsireland.com VIKINGS POST-

30 PRODUCTION he Section 481 tax incentive for film and television can deliver a cash T benefit worth approximately 28% of your expenditure on Irish post-production, CGI and VFX. So it makes sense to not only film in Ireland but to post-produce here too.

Ireland’s post-production sector offers value, excellent service and top talent and can look after projects from start to finish and everywhere in between, whether it be sound mixing, offline editing, CGI or VFX.

Irish companies are actively providing post-production for feature films for worldwide release and television drama programmes for Irish, UK and international broadcasters. Ireland’s CGI and VFX capabilities are expanding, driven by major international contracts won by Irish post-production houses.

Some recent work undertaken by Irish post-production companies includes the feature films A Good Day to Die Hard starring Bruce Willis, The Last Days on Mars starring Liev Schreiber, Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and the Luc Besson-produced Lockout starring Guy Pearce, the television dramas (HBO) and Ripper Street (BBC), and the BAFTA winning animation series Roy.

The VFX Association Ireland promotes Ireland as a VFX centre of excellence. Visit www.vfxai.com for more details.

More information about post-production companies in Ireland can be found on the Irish Film Board website www.irishfilmboard.ie THE LAST DAYS ON MARS

CASE STUDY: VFX The Last Days on Mars This sci-fi thriller was directed by Irish Oscar nominee Ruairí Robinson, and its impressive VFX were created entirely by Dublin’s Screen Scene. The film was officially selected for the prestigious Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.

32 Director Ruairí Robinson VFX Screen Scene (Ireland) Irish Production Company Fantastic Films Main Cast Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams

34 IFB Location Services 34 Support Networks 36 36 IFB Location Services he Irish Film Board provides advice and assistance to overseas filmmakers considering Ireland as a location. Our support service includes comprehensive online database T resources and access to business support networks across the country.

FILM LOCATIONS DATABASE CREW & SERVICES DATABASE

Online “self-service” web access to 30,000 Whether you’re looking for a production manager, photographs of 2,500 film locations from across trainee AD, post house or period action vehicles, Ireland. It only takes a minute to register your project you’ll find up-to-date information about Irish crew and get full access to this information resource. If you and production services on our website. have an interesting international film or television drama in development and you can’t find what you need in our online locations library, we may be able to assign ONLINE MOVIE MAP a location scout to you. This research tool combines Google Maps and Street View, location photos and official film trailers to help you IRISH PRODUCTION COMPANY SEARCH ENGINE find Irish-made film and television productions and the locations in which they were filmed. Do you want to see Are you looking for an Irish co-producer with a examples of Ireland doubling for New York, check out track record that means they have the experience In America. Do you want to see how Ireland regularly to co-produce with you? Our online Irish co-producers stands in for period England, then watch a database provides a searchable directory of Irish clip of The Tudors. production companies with contact details and full credit lists. Use a variety of search criteria to find Irish Contact the IFB Film Commission staff companies that have produced content similar to the [email protected] project you want to make in Ireland. Online Resources www.irishfilmboard.ie “Visually arresting locations that haven’t been overused in movies? Check.

Highly skilled and experienced crews? Check.

Financial incentive program that actually works? Check.

Fond memories and great footage? Check.

In other words, if you’re a filmmaker, Ireland rocks.”

Steven Soderbergh, Director, Haywire 38 SUPPORT NETWORKS Film dublin partnership GUILDS & ASSOCIATIONS

The FILM DUBLIN Partnership is a support network of Animation Ireland 31 public and private sector stakeholders, coordinated Provides information about Ireland’s by the Irish Film Board to ensure that Ireland’s capital leading animation companies. city remains an attractive base for local and international www.animationireland.com film and television production. The Writers Guild of Ireland The network provides an opportunity for consultation, The representative body in Ireland for writers coordination and communication on complex film for the stage, screen, radio and digital media. and television projects that are in need of multiple www.script.ie agency assistance. Screen Producers Ireland The representative organisation for production Network of Regional Film Offices companies in Ireland operating in the areas of broadcast, film and animation. The Network of Regional Film Offices comprises www.screenproducersireland.com 21 local film offices across Ireland. These public sector bodies offer a free service providing information, Screen Directors Guild of Ireland advice and support to filmmakers. The representative body for directors involved in the Irish and international audiovisual industry. www.sdgi.ie

VFX Association Ireland Promotes Ireland as a VFX centre of excellence. www.vfxai.com

Irish HQ The Irish Film Board “It was a pleasure to shoot in Dublin for Ek Tha Tiger. We were genuinely impressed by the Irish shooting crew as well as the support of the various agencies particularly the Irish Film Board and Trinity College. The cast and crew of Ek Tha Tiger had a wonderful time in Dublin.”

Aashish Singh, Producer, Yash Raj Films 40 Irish Talent 40 Irish Short Films at the Oscars 42 Case StudY: Feature Film 44 Case StudY: Television Drama 50 Animation 56 Case Study: Animation 60 gabriel byrne jack reynor

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rish short films have performed exceptionally well at the Academy Awards® over the I last ten years, receiving a total of nine nominations. Martin McDonagh’s Six Shooter took the award for Best Live Action Irish Short Short in 2006.

Head over Heels (2013), Pentecost (2012), The Crush (2011), Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (2010), The Door (2010), New Boy (2009), Fifty Percent Grey (2002) Films at and Give Up Yer Aul Sins (2002). Six Shooter (2006) Best Live Action the Oscars Short Film Academy Award ® pentecost granny o’ grimm's SLEEPING BEAUTY

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Calvary (2014) Calvary is the new highly anticipated film 46 from John Michael McDonagh. McDonagh’s previous film The Guard was the most successful independent Irish film ever released at the Irish box office. Starring Brendan Gleeson, Calvary had its World Premiere at Sundance 2014. Albert Nobbs (2012) received three Academy Award® nominations: For Best Actress (), Best Supporting Actress (Janet McTeer) and Best Make-Up (Lynn JohnsTon). Calvary

Albert nobbs Calvary Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. After its world premiere at Sundance, Calvary gleaned ecstatic reviews from the international press and was picked up by Fox Searchlight for US release

Director John Michael McDonagh 48 Irish Locations Sligo, Dublin Irish Production Company Octagon Films Main Cast Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd,

ALBERT NOBBS 19th Century Dublin, Ireland: Albert, a shy butler who keeps himself to himself, has been hiding a secret for years – ‘he’ is a woman who has dressed and behaved as a man all her life in order to escape a life of poverty and loneliness.

Location Dublin Irish Production Company Parallel Films Irish Finance Section 481, Irish Film Board Director Rodrigo Garcia 50 Script John Banville Main Cast Glenn Close, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson, Mia Wasikowska,Brenda Fricker, , Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy

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RIPPER STREET 1&2 (2012/2013) It took Irish production designer Mark 52 Geraghty eight weeks to create the look and feel of Whitechapel in 1889, working with a 40-strong Irish construction crew to transform Dublin’s Clancy Barracks. VIKINGS 1&2 (2012/2013) This Canadian-Irish co-production was the first project to film at the newly opened Ashford Studios in Co Wicklow, and in the surrounding countryside. The second series was also filmed here in 2013. ripper street

vikings RIPPER STREET 1&2 Shot entirely in Dublin, this BBC procedural police series is set in late 19th Century London. The precinct is the notorious H Division – the police station charged with keeping order on the chaotic streets of Whitechapel.

Location Dublin Irish Production Company Element Pictures Irish Finance Section 481, Irish Film Board Irish Director Colm McCarthy 54 Main Cast Matthew Macfadyen, Adam Rothenberg, David Wilmot, Charlene McKenna, Hugh O’Conor, Michael McElhatton, Jerome Flynn

VIKINGS 1&2 The first episode of this History Channel series screened to over six million viewers in 2013. Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok and the powerful Norsemen who raided their way through Europe in Medieval times.

Location Wicklow Irish Production Company World2000 Entertainment Irish Finance Section 481, Irish Film Board 56 Irish Director Ciarán Donnelly Main Cast Gabriel Byrne, Donal Logue, Travis Fimmel

Ireland continues to build a strong reputation in animation, with talented and technically sophisticated 2D and 3D studios creating and producing content for television and film as well as cross- platform interactive services, including 58 app and game development.

y winning and being nominated for names in global broadcasting including Academy Awards®, Emmys, BAFTA’s Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network B and Annie Awards, Irish animated features, and CBBC to name but a few. Some recent shorts and television series are leaving their projects include The Amazing World of mark on the international stage. Gumball (Cartoon Network), Doc McStuffins and Henry Hugglemonster (Disney Junior), Since 2008 four Irish animation companies The Octonauts (BBC) and Roy (CBBC). have been named European Producer of the Year at the renowned Cartoon Forum (Cartoon The prestigious Annecy International Saloon, Brown Bag Films, Monster Animation, Animation Festival paid homage to Irish JAM Media). Cartoon Saloon picked up the animation and talent with a special tribute European Director of the Year accolade to Ireland and a host of screenings and at Cartoon Movie in 2009 and Monster events during the festival in 2012. Distributes picked up the Best Distributor Award at Cartoon Forum in 2012. For more information about Ireland's leading animation companies and for up to date news Irish developed animations are being about the animation industry in Ireland visit broadcast all over the world strengthening the www.animationireland.com close relationships with some of the biggest the missing scarf

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abadas i’m a creepy crawly CASE STUDY: Animation THE SECRET OF KELLS This vibrant animation is a spirited retelling of the provenance of Ireland’s most cherished artefact, the Book of Kells. With the Viking hordes approaching, the monks of Kells are forced to turn their attention from their manuscripts to building barricades. The future of the precious book is in jeopardy 62 and it falls to Brendan, young nephew of the abbot Cellach, to save the day.

Irish Finance Section 481, Irish Film Board Director Tomm Moore Co-director Nora Twomey Art Director Ross Stewart Irish Production Company Cartoon Saloon Character Design Tomm Moore, Barry Reynolds Main Cast Evan McGuire, Mick Lally, Christen Mooney, Brendan Gleeson

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THE SECRET OF KELLS WAS NOMINATED IN THE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM CATEGORY AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS® IN 2010.

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68 Nominations rish film, television and animation projects and the Irish audiovisual sector, including I producers, cast and crew, have built a strong reputation worldwide, consistently winning major international awards and invitations to the world’s top festivals. By doing this, the Irish film sector represents Ireland in a very positive light with opportunities for Irish culture, stars, stories and images of Ireland to be communicated to audiences all over the world. 2012 Best Actress, Albert Nobbs (Nomination) ACADEMY AWARDS,® USA 2012 Best Supporting Actress, Albert Nobbs (Nomination) 2012 Best Make-Up, Albert Nobbs (Nomination)

2012 Best Live Action Short Film, Pentecost (Nomination)

2011 Best Live Action Short Film, The Crush (Nomination)

2010 Best Animated Feature Film, The Secret of Kells (Nomination)

2010 Best Animated Short Film, Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Nomination)

2010 Best Live Action Short Film, The Door (Nomination)

2009 Best Live Action Short Film, New Boy (Nomination)

2008 Best Original Song, Once

2006 Best Live Action Short Film, Six Shooter

2002 Best Short Animation, 50 Percent Grey (Nomination)

2002 Best Short Animation, Give Up Yer Aul Sins (Nomination) 69

2013 Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, Mea Maxima EMMY AWARDS, USA Culpa: Silence in the House of God 2013 Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2013 Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2010/09/08 Outstanding Costumes, The Tudors

2010 Outstanding Art Direction, The Tudors

2010 Outstanding Cinematography, The Tudors (Nomination)

2010/09 Outstanding Hair Styling, The Tudors (Nomination)

2009 Outstanding Cinematography, The Tudors

2009/07 Outstanding Art Direction, The Tudors (Nomination)

2009/08/07 Outstanding Casting, The Tudors (Nomination)

2009/08 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - GOLDEN GLOBES, USA Drama, The Tudors (Nomination) 2006 Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Breakfast on Pluto (Nomination)

2013 Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight, The Last Days on Mars CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 2011 Official Selection, This Must be the Place 2011 Official Selection, Directors’ Fortnight, The Other Side of Sleep FRANCE 2010 Official Selection Directors' Fortnight, All Good Children 2007 CICAE Art & Essai Cinema Prize, Garage 2006 Palme D’Or, The Wind That Shakes The Barley

2005 Official Selection Directors' Fortnight (Short Film), Undressing My Mother

2001 Official Selection (Short Film), Chicken

1998 Best Director, The General

2014 Official Selection, Frank, Calvary, The Last Days of Peter SUNDANCE FILM Bergmann, Young Ones 2013 Best Short Animation, Irish Folk Furniture FESTIVAL, USA 2013 Editing Award: World Cinema Documentary, The Summit 2012 Official Selection, Grabbers, Shadow Dancer, This Must Be The Place

2011 Official Selection, The Guard, Knuckle, Perfect Sense, Small Change

2010 Official Selection, His & Hers, Old Fangs

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2009 Official Selection, Five Minutes of Heaven, A Film From My Parish – 6 Farms

2009 World Cinema Directing Award, World Cinema Screenwriting Award Five Minutes of Heaven

2007 Audience Award for World Cinema, Once

2002 Audience Award for World Cinema, Bloody Sunday

2014 Official Selection, Calvary, The Food Guide to Love, Last Hijack BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL, 2013 Official Selection, Slow Food Story 2012 Official Selection, Dollhouse, Shadow Dancer, Anton Corbijn: Inside Out, The Reluctant Revolutionary

GERMANY 2011 Official Selection, The Guard, Crossing Salween, The Pipe

2010 Official Selection, Corduroy

2009 Official Selection, The Secret of Kells, Cherrybomb

2008 Official Selection, Seaview, New Boy, 32A, Frankie

2008 Best Short Film, Frankie

2002 Golden Bear (Best Film), Bloody Sunday

2000 CICAE Prize, Saltwater

1998 Silver Bear (Best Director), The Butcher Boy

2013 Official Selection, Life’s A Breeze, The F Word, Stay, The Sea, TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL, All Is by My Side, The Stag 2012 Official Selection, What Richard Did, Byzantium, Jump, Men At Lunch, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, Call Girl, Mea CANADA Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 2012 FIPRESCI Prize, Call Girl

2011 Gala Presentation, Albert Nobbs

2011 Official Selection, Death of a Superhero, The Other Side of Sleep, The Moth Diaries

2010 Official Selection, As if I Am Not There, The Pipe, Sensation, Essential Killing, Lapland Odyssey

2009 Official Selection, Perrier’s Bounty, Ondine, Triage, Colony, A Shine of Rainbows, Eamon, Cracks

2008 Official Selection, Kisses, A Film With Me In It

2007 Official Selection, Garage, Kings

2006 Official Selection, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, The Ugly Duckling & Me, True North

2005 Official Selection, Breakfast on Pluto, Isolation, Pavee Lackeen

2004 Discovery Award, Omagh

2002 Discovery Award, The Magdalene Sisters 71

2013 Official Selection, Run & Jump, Byzantium, What Richard Did, Dark Touch, Fear of Flying, The Girl with the Mechanical TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, Maiden 2012 Official Selection, Babygirl, Death of a Superhero, USA El Gusto, Foxes 2011 Official Selection, Lotus Eaters, The Hideaways, The Guard, Switch, Noreen, Pentecost

2010 Official Selection, Snap, My Brothers, Ondine, Zonad

2009 Official Selection, The Eclipse, Of Best Intentions

2009 Best Actor, The Eclipse

2008 Official Selection, Eden, New Boy

2008 Best Actress, Eden

2008 Best Short Film, New Boy

2004 Best Actor, Blind Flight

2010 Special Jury Prize, Best Actor, CinemAvvenire Award, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, Essential Killing 2009 Official Selection, Foxes

2007 Official Selection, Blind Man’s Eye

ITALY 2005 Official Selection, Pavee Lackeen

2004 Official Selection, Adam & Paul

2002 The Golden Lion (Best Film), The Magdalene Sisters

2002 Best Supporting Actor, Nothing Personal 2013 Best Animation, LA Shorts Fest, New Hampshire Film Festival, Seminci, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, The MAJOR INTERNATIONAL Missing Scarf 2013 Best Short Animation, Sundance Film Festival, Irish Folk ANIMATION Furniture 2012 Best Animation, LA Shorts Fest, Fear of Flying ACHIEVEMENTS & 2012 European Producer of the Year, JAM Media, Cartoon Forum 2012 Best Distributor, Monster Distributes, Cartoon Forum AWARDS 2012 Children’s BAFTA Award, Roy 2012 Children’s BAFTA Award, The Amazing World of Gumball

2012 Audience Award, The Boy in the Bubble, Palm Springs Shortfest

2012 Special Focus on Irish Animation, Annecy Film Festival

2012 Official Selection, The Last Train, A Different Perspective, Annecy Film Festival

2011 European Producer of the Year, Monster Animation, 72 Cartoon Tributes

2011 UNICEF Award, Santa’s Apprentice, Annecy Film Festival

2011 Best TV Production, The Amazing World of Gumball, Annecy Film Festival

2011 Best Animation, Paperman, Canada International Film Festival

2010 Best Drama, Roy, BAFTA British Academy Children’s Award (Nomination)

2010 Best Writer, Roy, BAFTA British Academy Children’s Award (Nomination)

2010 Best Children’s Drama, Roy, Royal Television Society Awards

2010 Best Animated Feature, The Secret of Kells, Academy Awards® (Nomination)

2010 Best European Feature, The Secret of Kells, British Animation Awards

2010 Best Animated Short, Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, Academy Awards® (Nomination) 2010 Fipresci Award, Miss Remarkable & Her Career, Annecy Animation Film Festival

2010 Best Animated Feature, The Secret of Kells, ASIFA Hollywood Annie Awards (Nomination)

2010 Best Animated Short, The Rooster, the Crocodile & the Night Sky, ASIFA Hollywood Annie Awards (Nomination)

2010 Official Selection, Old Fangs, Sundance Film Festival

2010 Official Selection, A Film From My Parish – 6 Farms, The Polish Language, Clermont Ferrand Film Festival

2009 Best Animated Feature, European Film Awards, Niko and the Way to the Stars (Nomination)

2009 Official Selection, The Secret of Kells, Berlin International Film Festival

2009 Official Selection, A Film From My Parish – 6 Farms, Sundance Film Festival

2009 Audience Award, The Secret of Kells, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival

2009 Producers of the Year, Brown Bag Films, Cartoon Forum 73

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