It’s off-beat, it’s real, it’s funny and it brings the characters to life. The new RTE drama series, HIDDEN ASSETS, focuses on family, power and the corrosive effects of boundless greed – a story set in Co Clare, small town Ireland and the world’s diamond capital, Antwerp.
Paul Mescal (NORMAL PEOPLE) will reportedly join Josh O’Connor (THE CROWN) to play Lionel and David in THE HISTORY OF SOUND, based on the award-winning story of the same name. The story follows two men who set out to record the experiences of their countrymen during WWI.
Colin Farrell stars in VOYAGERS, now streaming on Amazon Prime. Thirty children are sent into space on a multi-generational mission to reach a newly discovered planet. When the one adult on board is killed, the young crew descends into chaos, reverting to their most primitive state of being.
MODERN LOVE‘S unique tales may come from the New York Times column of the same name, but the Amazon Prime Video anthology wouldn’t be what it is without showrunner, writer, and director John Carney. Best known for films such as ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN, and SING STREET, the Dublin, Ireland native is bringing a taste of his hometown to the romantic series as stories venture outside of New York City and the United States in Season 2.
Northern Irish filmmaker Kenneth Branagh will present his new feature, titled BELFAST, at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (9-18 September 2021). His new effort, which was shot in London and Belfast, and which wrapped filming in October 2020, comes on the heels of the Disney+ production ARTEMIS FOWL and the period drama ALL IS TRUE.
At this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, Best Irish film went to Stacey Gregg’s spooky thriller HERE BEFORE. Andrea Riseborough, a contender for the best actor of her generation, stars as a woman still trying to process the death of her daughter a few years earlier.
THE DECEIVED is a thriller set in an imposing, downright creepy house amid the raw wilderness of rural County Donegal, Ireland, and tells the story of Ophelia, an English student who falls for her married lecturer, Irishman Michael.
Modern Films in the UK has released the first official trailer for an indie drama titled WILDFIRE, which originally premiered at both the Toronto and London Film Festivals last year. The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border.