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Scoil Cholmcille Letterkenny students' film shortlisted for FÍS Film Awards

The 2024 FÍS Film Awards have announced that students from Scoil Cholmcille, Letterkenny, have made the shortlist for this year's competition. Their film, The Award, is one of 20 nominated from around the country. The renowned contest which is now ...

23 Jan 2024 at 12:01

National News

German language film All Quiet On The Western Front storms the Baftas

German language film All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner at the EE Bafta film awards, scooping a total of seven prizes. The Netflix anti-war epic, directed by German filmmaker Edward Berger and based on the 1929 novel of the same ...

20 Feb 2023 at 02:21

Arts & Entertainment

Barry Keoghan hopes Bafta success for Irish talent will encourage rising artists

Barry Keoghan has said the Bafta award success for Irish talent will encourage artists in the country to “send the scripts in and go for what they want to do”. The Irish actor, 30, picked up the best supporting actor prize for his role in The ...

20 Feb 2023 at 11:34

National News

All Quiet On The Western Front breaks Cinema Paradiso’s foreign Baftas record

All Quiet On The Western Front has broken Cinema Paradiso’s record for the highest number of Baftas for a foreign language film. The German language anti-war epic, directed by German filmmaker Edward Berger and based on the 1929 novel of the ...

20 Feb 2023 at 03:11

Northern Ireland

Kneecap director picks up Bafta for outstanding debut

Kneecap director and co-writer Rich Peppiatt has won outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer at the Bafta film awards. The Irish-language film depicts the rise of the Belfast rap trio and has been nominated in six ...

16 Feb 2025 at 21:39

National News

Irish film about rap trio Kneecap leads nominations for Bifa 2024

A film based on Irish language rap trio Kneecap leads the nominations for the British Independent Film Awards (Bifas), picking up 14 nods. Set in Belfast in 2019, the film is a semi-fictionalised account of the raucous band’s ...

05 Nov 2024 at 12:58

National News

Film about Irish rap trio Kneecap wins seven gongs at British Independent Film Awards

A film about Irish rap trio Kneecap has won seven gongs at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 2024 including Best British Independent Film. Kneecap also won Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt, Best Joint Lead ...

09 Dec 2024 at 11:18

National News

Jessie Buckley and cast of Adolescence in running for Golden Globes

Jessie Buckley and the cast of Adolescence are among the stars tipped to take home Golden Globes on Sunday. Irish star Buckley is nominated for best actress in a drama motion picture for her role in Hamnet, in which she ...

11 Jan 2026 at 00:02

National News

One Battle After Another named film of the year by UK Critics’ Circle

One Battle After Another, a film about a former revolutionary starring Leonardo DiCaprio, has been named film of the year by the UK Critics’ Circle. The action thriller’s director, Paul Thomas Anderson, also won ...

01 Feb 2026 at 19:52

National News

Jessie Buckley tipped for victory at Bafta film awards

Irish actress Jessie Buckley is tipped for victory at the Bafta film awards on Sunday. Buckley has proved unbeatable through the awards season so far for her performance as Shakespeare’s wife Agnes Hathaway – ...

22 Feb 2026 at 09:26

National News

Bafta chairwoman: It’s been a really good year for watching films

The UK film industry has enjoyed a “glorious” year with a “fabulous” range of pictures, the chairwoman of Bafta has said as stars arrived on the red carpet at the 79th British Academy Film Awards. Speaking ...

22 Feb 2026 at 15:28

National News

Simon Harris congratulates Jessie Buckley after historic Bafta win

The Tanaiste has congratulated Jessie Buckley for her historic Bafta win. Posting on X after she received the best actress award at Sunday night’s ceremony, Simon Harris said: “History made! “Jessie wins ...

22 Feb 2026 at 21:02

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