Northern Ireland Screen

08/09/2026

From USBF trainee to working behind the scenes on Freedom Founder: Thomas McKean and the American Revolution.

Former Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund trainee Andy Wilkinson shares his experience filming in the United States and how the USBF Trainee Scheme helped him build industry connections and gain valuable hands-on experience.

▶️ Watch Freedom Founder: Thomas McKean and the American Revolution on RTÉ Player where available.

Supported by Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund as part of its USA 250 series.

08/09/2026

👋 The 2026 Animation Academy is open for applications! ✍️🎨

🤩 Learn from industry professionals on how to construct your very own animation, from concept design to finished sequence.

⭐ For ages 16–19
⏰ Deadline for applications: Friday 2 October, 5pm

📍 With Academies in Belfast and Derry~Londonderry

👉 Learn more and sign up: https://nervecentre.org/whats-on/animation-academy-2026

Northern Ireland Screen

07/09/2026

Join Emmanuel Oberg - Writer of Screenplay Unlimited for a four-day live online workshop exploring how to develop successful comedy projects for film, streaming and TV.

📅 2–5 November 2026 | 10am–3pm | Online

Apply by 18 September 2026 at noon.

Full course details: https://ow.ly/gRfQ50ZKmSW

07/09/2026

📣 Introducing SuperSizer 2.0!

SuperSizer returns for its landmark 10th year with a refreshed programme designed to help Development Executives create bold, scalable ideas for today’s fast-moving TV industry.

With a sharper focus on the evolving digital landscape and the current TV market, SuperSizer 2.0 will give ambitious Development Executives the insight, confidence and industry access they need to sharpen their ideas, understand changing audiences, and build the skills needed to create standout factual, factual entertainment and specialist factual content.

📅 Training dates: November 2026 - June 2027
⏰ Applications close: Friday 18th September

The programme is funded by Screen Scotland, BBC Nations and Channel 4.

🔗 Find out more at trcmedia.org/supersizer

07/09/2026

🚨First look images release for new feature-length special of Northern Ireland police drama Hope Street🚓

One of Our Own – A Hope Street Film sees the Port Devine police back on the beat for a brand-new feature-length story. Filmed in Donaghadee, Co Down, the film introduces new faces alongside cast favourites.

The 90-minute film has been Co-commission between BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Daytime and BritBox, made with support from Northern Ireland Screen.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/Nh0P50ZKhXq

07/09/2026

07/09/2026

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms wins at Creative Arts Emmy Awards🏆⚔️

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms took home the award for Outstanding Stunt Performance, for the episode “In the Name of the Mother.” The series, from HBO Max, is produced by HBO in association with George R. R. Martin (GRRM) and Friendly Wolf Pictures and filmed across Northern Ireland with support from Northern Ireland Screen.

The award recognised the stunt team, including Zach Roberts, Gyula Tóth, Chris Cox and Jake Cox.

Congratulations to the whole team everyone working behind the scenes!🙌

Find out more: https://ow.ly/fyB650ZKhcj

Emmys / Television Academy HBO Max

04/09/2026

For producer Aaron Ryder, bringing The Death of Robin Hood to Northern Ireland proved to be one of the best decisions for the production.🙌

Experience this incredible film, supported by Northern Ireland Screen, in cinemas now.

Image credits: Aidan Monaghan.

03/09/2026

The 70th BFI London Film Festival (LFF, 7–18 October) has unveiled its full lineup, with 'The Slightest Touch' and 'The Story of Documentary Film (The 1990s') among this year’s selection.

Rachel Fleit’s The Slightest Touch, from Fine Point Films and Chapel Place Productions, follows Emma Fogarty, who lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). The award-winning documentary features Fogarty and Colin Farrell and explores the power of friendship and connection.

Northern Ireland filmmaker Mark Cousins’ The Story of Documentary Film (The 1990s) explores a defining decade in documentary filmmaking through landmark and lesser-known works.

Find out more, including screening times and where to book tickets on our website👇
https://ow.ly/1ePJ50ZIOyn

Image courtesy of Screen Ireland

03/09/2026

🎬 Archive at 25

Our first Archive at 25 pick this September comes from Ciara Chambers, Head of the School of Film, Music & Theatre at University College Cork and Northern Ireland Screen Board Member.

Ciara reflects on her long-standing relationship with the Digital Film Archive, a collaboration that has woven in and out of her career for more than twenty years.

Her pick is the Outsider Cinema Trailer (2026), which showcases collections featured in her book Outsider Cinema: Independent and Amateur Filmmaking in Northern Ireland, 1929–1989.

She shares how watching the trailer takes her back to when she first fell in love with the Digital Film Archive and why, almost a generation later, it continues to be a companion throughout her academic work.

Read the full story: https://ow.ly/mB0b50ZIie0

Courtesy of Northern Ireland Screen © Ciara Chambers, Northern Ireland Screen