ARRACHT is now available on-demand to stream or download-to-own on all major platforms including Apple, Sky, and Amazon. Starring Dónall Ó Héalaí, Michael McElhatton, Siobhán O’Kelly, and introducing 11-year-old Saise Ní Chuinn, the award-winning film is a haunting tale of overcoming grief and the fight for survival. ARRACHT was filmed entirely on the beautiful west coast of Ireland in Connemara.
The bleak midwinter between seasons of PEAKY BLINDERS has lasted much longer than anyone expected. It’s been two and a half years since season 5’s bloodbath finale aired back in September 2019, but finally, the drought is ending. As the hit gangster show premieres in the UK, you can watch the PEAKY BLINDERS ultimate recap video below!
Owen McDonnell is set to appear in Steven Knight’s adaptation of the classic Dickens novel. The Galway native played the role of Sandra Oh’s husband, Niko Polastri, in KILLING EVE. The IFTA nominated talent will play Pip’s brother-in-law, the blacksmith Joe, opposite DUNKIRK star Fionn Whitehead as the famous orphan.
Reincarnation isn’t necessarily a scary prospect, but HERE BEFORE flirts with horror movie conventions as it establishes the relationship between Laura (Andrea Riseborough) and her new young neighbour, Megan (Niamh Dornan). Initially charmed by Megan’s offbeat personality when her family move in next door in a quiet suburban estate in Northern Ireland, Laura is shocked when Megan begins alluding to intimate details she couldn’t possibly know about Josie, Laura’s daughter, who died some years previously.
IFTA winning actor Niamh Algar, star of RAISED BY WOLVES and CALM WITH HORSES, has been cast in a new Disney+ series CULPRITS. Having worked on big budget projects with Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie, Niamh Algar recently went back to her indie roots with Censor, a whip-smart horror film that went down well with cinephiles. Algar was nominated as one of BAFTA’s 20 Breakthrough Brits back in 2019, and was cast in a rake of brilliant offerings afterwards.
Great news for fans of RTÉ’s KIN, as the crime series has been officially renewed for another season. The drama follows the criminal enterprises of the Kinsella family, and it attracted a huge viewership when it aired on Irish screens last year. As well as gripping storylines, the series was packed full of Irish talent, including Aidan Gillen, Clare Dunne, Ciarán Hinds and Charlie Cox.
Award-winning Irish actor Moe Dunford is back in two new films this spring – the crime land thriller NIGHTRIDE. Not many stories about personal redemption are set in Belfast, especially not ones about former drug dealers looking to go straight. Belfast isn’t a place that we readily associate with second chances and certainly not when it comes to film – until now, that is.
Kerry actress Jessie Buckley says she is “in complete shock” after being nominated for her first Oscar, getting the nod for best supporting actress for her performance as Leda in Netflix psycho-drama THE LOST DAUGHTER. The film is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel of the same name. “I am in complete shock! The Lost Daughter is so special to me,” Buckley said following the announcement.