Taskovski Acquires London Film Festival Documentary Contender ‘The Dance’ (EXCLUSIVE)

When it comes to the Irish on our screens, it doesn’t get much more beloved than Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal.

We’ve seen Irish legend and myth be turned into twee little creatures in novels and on-screen. However, Irish fairies are far from Tinkerbell.

Naman Ramachandran Caroline Stern’s Canoe Film has boarded international sales for feature documentary “I Get Knocked Down,” where Dunstan Bruce features alongside his former Chumbawamba band members to reveal the little known history of the anarchist punk band which suddenly found itself at the top of the charts globally in 1997. Chumbawumba’s “Tubthumping” reached number 1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and the U.S.

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Jon Wright’s (Grabbers, Robot Overlords) horror film, Unwelcome, with plans to release it in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2022.

True crime fans will be delighted to know that they have a brand new documentary to sink their teeth into. To make things even better, the series is Irish.

EXCLUSIVE: Cohen Media Group and Curzon have jointly acquired all U.S., U.K. and Irish distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ Cannes Film Festival documentary The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas about the Oscar-winning producer of The Last Emperor.

Naman Ramachandran Michael Lynton, chair of Warner Music Group Corp. and Josh Berger, the former president and MD of Warner Bros.

Veteran industry executives Michael Lynton and Josh Berger have joined the board of immersive film experience outfit Secret Cinema. Lynton is Chairman of Warner Music Group Corp while Berger is the former President and Managing Director of Warner Bros UK, Ireland and Spain.

Belfast is not only being backed for success at next year’s Oscars but it’s now being backed to lay down a marker at the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards. The Northern Irish coming-of-age film took home the coveted People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and is now 7/4 favourite from 5/2 to win the SAG Award for Best Film Ensemble.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCurrent best picture frontrunner “Belfast” has scooped the top prize at the Middleburg Film Festival.Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” a black-and-white family drama about the Northern Ireland city in the late ’60s, was awarded best narrative film.Branagh also appeared at the festival to receive the director spotlight award.

Orla Gartland has shared a post appealing for the return of her stolen gear, after her tour van was broken into over the weekend.Gartland played London’s Electric Ballroom on October 15, as one of the final shows on the UK and Ireland leg of her ‘Woman On The Internet’ album tour.

Shane Filan has recalled the heartbreaking words his late father told him that influenced the "saddest ballad" on the new Westlife album Wild Dreams.The 42 year old lost his mum Mae in December 2019 and just 10 months later, his dad and "best friend" Peter passed away.

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast tells the story of a fictional nine-year-old version of himself during the Troubles in late 1960s Northern Ireland. Today, he told Deadline’s Contenders Film: London event that he had long wanted to write something about the city, but was thinking “perhaps there was a story about my grandparents,” until the pandemic came around.

21st Belfast Film Festival on November 4 at The ICC Belfast in the Waterfront Hall will be introduced by Branagh himself and attended by some of the film’s A-list cast in what will be a glittering homecoming night for the film. And tickets for Belfast will go on sale on Friday October 8 at 10am.