Annual Report Ráitis Airgeadais AN PRÍOMHFHEIDHMEANNACH/CHIEF EXECUTIVE DÉSIRÉE FINNEGAN LEAS-PHRÍOMHOIFIGEACH FEIDHMIÚCHÁIN/ Contents/Ábhair DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE TERESA McGRANE CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT 2019 ..................................................................... 02 BUSINESS AFFAIRS/CHÚRSAÍ GHNÓ Rialtóir Airgeadais/Financial Controller TUARASCÁIL AN CHATHAOIRLIGH 2019 ................................................... 03 CELINE FORDE Bainisteoir Chúrsaí Gnó/Business Affairs Manager CIAN McELHONE BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER INFORMATION ..................................... 06 Feidhmeannach Chúrsaí Gnó/Business Affairs Executive AILEEN McCAULEY FÍS ÉIREANN/SCREEN IRELAND OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES............ 07 Comhordaitheoir Feidhmeannach Gnó/ Business Affairs Coordinator GRACE GANNON GOVERNANCE STATEMENT AND BOARD MEMBERS’ REPORT ......... 08 Comhordaitheoir Airgeadais/Finance Coordinator SHAKEELA SINGH STATEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS ................................................... 12 LÉIRIÚCHÁIN, FORBARTHA 7 DÁILIÚCHÁIN/ PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT & DISTRIBUTION REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL ................ 14 Bainisteoirí Tionscadail/Project Managers LESLEY McKIMM, CELINE HADDAD, DEARBHLA REGAN Bainisteoir Tionscadail Teilifís/TV Project Manager FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FÍS ÉIREANN/SCREEN IRELAND ANDREW BYRNE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 .................................................................. 16 Bainisteoir Léiriúcháin agus Dáiliúcháin/ Production & Distribution Manager STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE 01 EMMA SCOTT AND RETAINED REVENUE RESERVES .................................................................. 16 Feidhmeannach Forbartha/Development Executive EIMEAR MARKEY STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ...................................................... 17 Comhordaitheoir Scéimeanna agus Iarratas/ Schemes & Applications Executive STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ............................................................... 18 JILL McGREGOR STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ............................................................................. 19 Comhordaitheoir Léiriúcháin agus Forbartha/ Production & Development Coordinator JENNIFER SMYTH NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ................................................ 20 LÉIRIÚCHÁIN ISTEACH/INWARD PRODUCTION Bainisteoir Léiriúcháin Isteach/Inward Production Manager ANNUAL REPORT ............................................................................................. 34 STEVEN DAVENPORT INFORMATION ON COMMITMENTS 2019 ........................................................... 34 Comhordaitheoir Léiriúcháin Isteach/ Inward Production Coordinator INFORMATION ON OUTSTANDING COMMITMENTS 2019 ................................ 38 LORRAINE HIGGINS DETAILS OF LOAN CONDITIONS ......................................................................... 41 MARGAÍOCHTA/MARKETING Bainisteoir Margaíochta agus Cumarsáide/ PRINCIPLES & CRITERIA ........................................................................................ 42 Marketing and Communications Manager LOUISE RYAN Feidhmeannach Margaíochta/Marketing Executive COMHALTAÍ BOIRD AGUS EOLAS EILE ..................................................... 46 MAGS O’SULLIVAN Cúntóir Margaíochta agus Cumarsáide Digitigh/ Digital Marketing and Communications Assistant FÍS ÉIREANN CUSPÓIRÍ AGUS BEARTAIS .................................................. 47 SHARON O’HARA RÁITEAS MAIDIR LE RIALACHAS AGUS RIARACHÁN/ADMINISTRATION Cúntóir Feidhmiúcháin/Executive Assistant TUARASCÁIL CHOMHALTAÍ BOIRD ............................................................ 48 NIAMH O’REILLY SCREEN SKILLS IRELAND RÁITEAS MAIDIR LE RIALÚCHÁIN INMHEÁNACHA .............................. 52 Bainisteoir Forbairt Scileanna/Skills Development Manager GARETH LEE TUARASCÁIL AN ARD-REACHTAIRE CUNTAS IS CISTE ....................... 54 Feidhmeannach Forbairt Scileanna - Cruthaitheacht agus Comhoibriú Cruthaitheac/Skills Development Executive – Creativity and Creative Collaboration RÁITIS AIRGEADAIS FÍS ÉIREANN/SCREEN IRELAND GRÁINNE BENNETT DON BHLIAIN DAR CHRÍOCH 31 NOLLAIG 2019 ...................................... 56 Feidhmeannach Forbairt Scileanna - Léiriú Scannán agus Drámaíocht Teilifíse/Skills Development Executive – RÁITEAS MAIDIR LE HIONCAM AGUS CAITEACHAS Film and TV Drama Production AGUS CÚLCHISTÍ IONCAIM CHOINNITHE ......................................................... 56 FRAN KEAVENEY Feidhmeannach Forbairt Scileanna – Printíseachtaí agus RÁITEAS MAIDIR LE IONCAM CUIMSITHEACH ................................................. 57 Oiliúnachtaí/Skills Development Executive – Section 481 and Work Based Learning RÁITEAS MAIDIR LE SEASAMH AIRGEADAIS ..................................................... 58 EMER MacAVIN RÁITEAS MAIDIR LE SREABHADH AIRGEADAIS ................................................. 59 Feidhmeannach Forbairt Scileanna - Neamhfhicsean Teilifíse/Skills Development Executive – TV Non Fiction CRÍONA SEXTON NÓTAÍ LEIS NA RÁITIS AIRGEADAIS .......................................................... 60 Feidhmeannach Airgeadais/Finance Executive SUSANNE CASSELLS Comhordaitheoir Beochana Maisíocht Físe agus Cluichí/ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL ............................................................................. 74 Animation, VFX & Games Coordinator EOLAS MAIDIR LE CEANGALTAIS 2019 ................................................................ 74 SORCHA SCULLY Comhordaitheoir Margaíochta agus Cumarsáide/ EOLAS MAIDIR LE CEANGALTAIS GAN ÍOC 2019 ............................................... 78 Marketing & Communications Coordinator ELIZABETH FRASER SONRAÍ MAIDIR LE COINNÍOLLACHA IASACHTA ............................................. 81 Comhordaitheoir Gnó, Sparánachtaí & Féilte/Imeachtaí/ PRIONSABAIL AGUS CRITÉIR ............................................................................... 82 Business, Bursaries & Festivals/Events Coordinator NEIL MURPHY Comhordaitheoir Forbairt Scileanna - Printíseachtaí .................................................... 86 agus Oiliúnach/Skills Development Coordinator - FILM DIRECTORY/EOLAIRE SCANNÁIN Section 481 and Work-Based Learning MARK COFFEY Riarthóir/Administrator Foilsithe ag Fís Éireann/Published by Screen Ireland EMMA SMITH Queensgate 23 Dock Road Galway Ireland Tel +353 91 561 398 Fax +353 91 561 405 [email protected] www.screenireland.ie ARRACHT WOLFWALKERS 02 03 Chairperson’s Report 2019 Réamhrá an Chathaoirligh 2019 Mharcáil 2019 borradh as cuimse i dtionscal scáileán na D’éirigh go geal le scannáin Éireannacha ag féilte 2019 marked a decade of phenomenal growth for Ireland’s during the Cannes Film Festival and winning an award for hÉireann, nuair a d’fhás a rannpháirtíocht sa ngeilleagar ó idirnáisiúnta scannán ar fud an domhain i rith na bliana – screen industries, with its contribution to the economy growing distribution. 2019 also saw the international premiere of Tom €164 milliún sa bhliain 2010 go dtí €357 milliún sa bhliain fuair an scannán scéinséire ficsean eolaíochta le Lorcan from €164 million in 2010 to €357 million in 2019: a remarkable Sullivan’s Arracht, the Irish language famine drama co-funded 2019: fás iontach le linn tréimhse nach raibh ann ach deich Finnegan, Vivarium, a chéad thaibhiú ag seachtain na increase in only 10 years. The animation sector in particular had under the Screen Ireland, BAI and TG4 partnership Cine4, mbliana. Bhí bliain den scoth go háirithe ag earnáil na léirmheastóirí le linn Féile Scannán Cannes agus bhuaigh sé a very impressive year in 2019, which saw production activity which has gone on to be selected as Ireland’s submission for scannán beochana le linn 2019, inar tharla gníomhaíochtaí gradam le haghaidh dáileacháin. Fuair scannán Tom Sullivan, valued at almost €180 million in terms of spend in the local Best International Film at the Academy Awards in 2021. Irish léiriúcháin lenar bhain luach de nach mór €180 milliún ó Arracht, dráma Gaeilge suite le linn an Ghorta Mór a fuair economy on labour, goods and services. Over the last decade, television series Normal People underwent production in 2019 thaobh caiteachais sa gheilleagar áitiúil ar shaothar, earraí comhaoiniú faoin chomhpháirtíocht de chuid Fís Éireann/ we have seen the animation sector quadruple in size. and has since garnered major international critical acclaim, agus seirbhísí. Le linn na tréimhse deich mbliana seo a chuaigh Screen Ireland, BAI agus TG4, Cine 4, agus atá roghnaithe having been released on the streaming platform Hulu in the US. thart tá earnáil na scannán beochana tar éis méadú faoi anois mar iontráil na hÉireann don Scannán Idirnáisiúnta is 2019 was also a year of change for Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland cheathair ón méid a bhí inti. Fearr ag Duaiseanna na Acadaimh don bhliain 2021. Léiríodh as the agency began a new era with the appointment of new an sraith teilifíse Éireannach, Normal People, le linn 2019 agus Chief Executive, Désirée Finnegan, who brings with her a UTILISING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Freisin, bliain lán d’athruithe do Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland tá ardmholadh léirmheastóirí idirnáisiúnta faighte aige ó shin wealth of international experience to the Irish industry. FOR INCLUSION AND GROWTH a bhí sa bhliain 2019. Thosaigh ré nua don áisíneacht nuair a tar éis dó a bheith eisithe ar an léibheann sruthaithe Hulu ceapadh Príomhfheidhmeannach nua, Desirée Finnegan, a sna Stáit Aontaithe. Ireland’s screen production sector continues to be a critical bhfuil réimse leathan de thaithí idirnáisiúnta