2025 at a Glance
- 8 New Animation Projects supported for production
- 15 New Irish Feature Films supported for production
- 7 New Creative Co-Production projects supported for production
- 11 New TV Drama projects supported for production
- 24 New Creative Documentary projects supported for production
- €3.19m Average Production Budget for an Irish Feature Film
- 16.5% Screen Ireland's contribution to the production budgets on Screen Ireland-supported projects overall
- 50% of Screen Ireland supported Project Production Budgets is international finance
- 28 Irish & Irish co-production feature film releases; 25 releases were Screen Ireland-funded
- 24 Academy Award nominations in the last 10 years
*figures are based on budget estimates at time of financial closing
Funding 2025
Funding for Screen Ireland comes directly from the Department of Culture, Communication and Sport.
In 2025 the total amount of funding was €40.85m which is broken down to €35.1m in Capital and €5.75m in Current (overhead) funding.
Funding over the last 5 years is broken down as follows:
| Year | Capital Funding | Current Funding |
| 2022 | €31,150,000 | €4,593,000 |
| 2023 | €33,058,000 | €4,888,000 |
| 2024 | €34,058,000 | €5,488,000 |
| 2025 | €35,100,000 | €5,758,000 |
Screen Ireland Capital Funding
Screen Ireland allocates capital funding to project development, production, distribution, short films, training and industry support.
The Capital budget is augmented by monies allocated from recouped amounts. The following percentages were allocated as follows:
Project Data
Production & Development Applications Assessed in 2025
This information relates to Projects that were assessed and decisions made between 1st January and 31st December 2025.
| DEVELOPMENT | Overall Applications | Successful Applications |
| Animation Development | 23 | 16 |
| Documentary Development (incl. additional) | 59 | 25 |
| Feature Film Development (incl. additional) | 210 | 113 |
| Screenplay Development | 56 | 17 |
| TV Drama Development | 86 | 36 |
| Total | 434 | 207 |
| PRODUCTION | Overall Applications | Successful Applications |
| Animation | 19 | 12 |
| Completion Funding | 6 | 1 |
| Creative Co-Production | 26 | 11 |
| Documentary | 37 | 20 |
| Irish Feature Film | 64 | 38 |
| TV Drama | 23 | 17 |
| Total | 175 | 99 |
| DISTRIBUTION | Projects |
| Direct Distribution Awards | 6 |
| Distribution Support Awards | 20 (including 1 additional) |
| Total | 26 |
| SHORT FILM SCHEMES | Applications Assessed | Successful Applications |
| Focus Shorts | 113 | 10 |
| Frameworks | 21 | 4 |
| Total | 134 | 14 |
Gender Statistics 2025
A full overview of Gender Statistics for 2025 is available here.
Development Applications Overview
| Breakdown of Development Applications | Total Dev. Applications | Irish Features (incl. additionals) | % | Animation | % | Screenplay | % | Documentary (incl. additional) | % | TV Drama Development | % |
| Total Applications | 434 | 210 | 48%(1) | 23 | 5% | 56 | 13% | 59 | 14% | 86 | 20% |
| Projects with Female Writers | 164 | 82 | 39% | 10 | 43% | 20 | 36% | 10 | 17% | 42 | 49% |
| Projects with Female Directors(2) | 75 | 41 | 20% | 4 | 17% | 21 | 36% | 9 | 10% | ||
| Projects with Female Producers | 210 | 109 | 52% | 13 | 57% | 36 | 61% | 52 | 60% | ||
| Successful Applications | 207 | 113 | 54%(3) | 16 | 70% | 17 | 30% | 25 | 42% | 36 | 42% |
| Successful Projects with Female Writers | 85 | 44 | 39%(4) | 7 | 44% | 9 | 53% | 6 | 24% | 19 | 53% |
| Successful Projects with Female Directors | 43 | 25 | 22% | 2 | 13% | 10 | 40% | 6 | 17% | ||
| Successful Projects with Female Producers | 117 | 63 | 56% | 11 | 69% | 18 | 72% | 25 | 69% |
Note: the same project can be included in more than one figure – e.g. if there is a female writer and a female director, it will be included in both ‘Projects w/ Female Writers’ and ‘Projects w/ Female Directors’ lines. Therefore, the totals will not match the category totals.
(1) Percentage of overall total Development applications assessed by category – i.e. 210 Development applications out of a total of 434 assessed (48%) were for Irish Feature Film Development and Additional Development (Irish Feature Film) funding.
(2) Directors and Producers are not counted for Screenplay Development applications.
(3) Percentage of total Irish Feature Film Development and Additional Development (Irish Feature Film) Applications assessed that were successful for Development funding; 113 Irish Feature Film Development and Additional Development (Irish Feature Film) applications out of a total of 210 were successful for funding – i.e. Irish Feature Film Development Applications and Additional Development (Irish Feature Films) have a combined success rate of 24%.
(4) Percentage of successful Irish Feature Film Development applications with a Female Writer attached – i.e. 44 out of 113 successful Irish Feature Film Development applications (54%) had a Female Writer signed to the project.
Production Applications Overview
| Breakdown of Production Applications received | Total Pro. Applications | Irish Features | % | Animation | % | Creative Co-Production | % | Documentary (incl. additional) | % | TV Drama | % | Completion | % |
| Total Applications | 175 | 64 | 37%* | 19 | 11% | 26 | 15% | 37 | 21% | 23 | 13% | 6 | 3% |
| Projects with Female Writers | 63 | 25 | 39%** | 10 | 53% | 10 | 38% | 6 | 16% | 12 | 52% | 0 | 0% |
| Projects with Female Directors | 77 | 25 | 39% | 8 | 42% | 16 | 62% | 12 | 32% | 15 | 65% | 1 | 17% |
| Projects with Female Producers | 123 | 49 | 77% | 12 | 63% | 16 | 62% | 22 | 59% | 21 | 17% | 3 | 50% |
| Successful Applications | 99 | 38 | 59%† | 12 | 63% | 11 | 42% | 20 | 54% | 17 | 74% | 0 | 0% |
| Successful Projects with Female Writers | 40 | 18 | 47%‡ | 5 | 42% | 6 | 55% | 3 | 15% | 8 | 35% | 0 | 0% |
| Successful Projects with Female Directors | 48 | 19 | 50% | 7 | 58% | 6 | 55% | 5 | 25% | 11 | 48% | 0 | 0% |
| Successful Projects with Female Producers | 69 | 28 | 74% | 7 | 58% | 7 | 64% | 12 | 60% | 15 | 65% | 0 | 0% |
Note: the same project can be included in more than one figure – e.g. if there is a female writer and a female director, it will be included in both ‘Projects w/ Female Writers’ and ‘Projects w/ Female Directors’ lines. Therefore, the totals will not match the category totals.
*Percentage of overall total Production applications assessed by category – i.e. 64 Production applications out of a total of 175 assessed (37%) were for Irish Feature Film Production funding.
**Percentage of total Irish Feature Film Production Applications assessed that had a Female Writer attached – 25 applications out of a total of 64 Irish Feature Film Production Applications assessed (39%) had a Female Writer.
†Percentage of total Irish Feature Film Production Applications assessed that were successful for Production funding – i.e. Irish Feature Film Production Applications have a success rate of 59%.
‡Percentage of successful Irish Feature Film Production applications with a Female Writer attached – i.e. 18 out of 38 successful Irish Feature Film Production applications (47%) had a Female Writer signed to the project.
Production Funding Activity
Budget Levels and Spend in Ireland by Category based in estimates at time of financial closing.
| Category | No. of Projects | Total Global Budget | Average Global Budget | Screen Ireland Funding | Screen Ireland Funding as % of Global Budget | Estimated Spend in Ireland | International Finance |
| Animation | 8 | €29,714,381 | €3,714,297 | €2,400,000 | 8% | €13,443,046 | €17,800,591 |
| Creative Co-Production | 7 | €21,025,281 | €3,003,612 | €1,720,825 | 8% | €15,713,593 | €15,450,065 |
| Documentary | 24 | €13,436,866 | €559,869 | €4,600,286 | 34% | €8,287,901 | €3,424,520 |
| Irish Production | 15 | €47,895,570 | €3,193,038 | €13,138,047 | 27% | €29,696,964 | €16,929,441 |
| TV Drama | 11 | €89,859,349 | €8,169,032 | €7,318,400 | 8% | €60,716,030 | €50,286,629 |
| Total | 65 | €201,931,447 | €3,106,638 | €29,217,558 | 14% | €127,857,534 | €103,891,246 |
Irish Production (Feature Film)
| Project Title | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| No Ordinary Heist | €946,738 | Picture Locked Productions |
| One Last Deal | €635,000 | Hail Mary Pictures |
| Kung Fu Deadly | €1,200,000 | Spellmaker Productions |
| You'll Never Believe Who's Dead | €660,000 | Wildcard |
| Horseshoe | €95,778 | WaveWalker Films |
| Everybody Digs Bill Evans | €830,000 | Cowtown Pictures |
| The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes | €1,270,000 | Feline Films |
| Chasing Millions | €1,200,000 | Mammoth Films |
| Girls & Boys | €95,531 | Gander Films |
| Skintown | €1,000,000 | Keeper Pictures |
| The Lost Children of Tuam | €1,205,000 | Element Pictures |
| Ancestors | €950,000 | Samson Films |
| One Sweet Hour | €750,000 | Samson Films |
| Lemonade | €1,050,000 | Break Out Pictures |
| Outfoxed! | €1,250,000 | Monster Entertainment |
Creative Co-Production
| Project Title | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Daughter of Eden | €323,825 | Newgrange Pictures |
| The Body is Water | €275,000 | Dark Day Entertainment |
| The Three Urns | €400,000 | Samson Films |
| Divorce During the War | €182,000 | Feline Films |
| Juul | €365,000 | Avalon Films |
| Hokum | €650,000 | Tailored Films |
| Halima | €250,000 | Vico Films |
Animation
| Project Title | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Santa's Holiday | €80,000 | Ink and Light |
| Flix Season 2 | €450,000 | Pictor Productions |
| Grumpy Onion | €70,000 | Whackala |
| Mortina | €200,000 | Treehouse Republic |
| Captain Onion's Buoyant Academy for Wayward Youth | €300,000 | Studio Meala |
| Gangsta Granny | €700,000 | Elk Studios |
| Tales of Terror | €500,000 | Dream Logic Animation Studios |
| MaeBee | €400,000 | Kavaleer Productions |
Documentary
| Project Title | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Whiddy | €240,000 | Curious Dog Films |
| The Slightest Touch | €150,000 | Chapel Place Productions |
| Once We Were Punks | €100,000 | Igloo Productions |
| Lisdoonarva '83 | €235,000 | Fastnet Productions |
| The Secret Life of Bill Fuller | €170,000 | Dot Television |
| Who Are We To Speak: A Eulogy in Nine Songs | €48,286 | Raw Grá Productions |
| Try! | €250,000 | Pipedream Productions |
| Aillte | €60,000 | Tua Films Teoranta |
| Sky's the Limit | €212,500 | Planet Korda Pictures |
| Guggi | €33,000 | Tall Tale Films |
| Clannad: The Farewell/An Scaradh Deireanach | €100,000 | Yellow Asylum Films |
| The Siege of Paradise | €250,000 | Venom Films |
| The Essence of Eva | €50,000 | Atom Films |
| The Last Balkan Cowboy | €220,000 | Invisible Thread |
| Anam na Mara | €250,000 | Venom Films |
| Fixing a War | €247,000 | Plainsong |
| New Adam | €189,000 | Ard Mháca |
| Life of Tipu | €200,000 | EZ Films |
| All About the Money | €250,000 | SOS Productions |
| Michael D: Power to the People | €250,000 | O'Sullivan Productions |
| Kherson | €200,000 | Snapshot Productions |
| Maiden, Mistress, Mother | €185,000 | CLTV Films |
| Silence of the Lams | €180,000 | EZ Films |
| All the Lovely Animals | €225,000 | True Films |
TV Drama
| Project Title | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Leonard and Hungry Paul | €625,000 | Subotica Productions |
| These Sacred Vows | €930,000 | Rubicon Films |
| Hidden Assets (Season 3) | €870,000 | Saffron Pictures |
| Irish Blood | €550,000 | Deadpan Pictures |
| Faithless (Season 2) | €400,000 | Grand Pictures |
| The Walsh Sisters | €850,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
| The Dry (Season 3) | €685,400 | Element Pictures |
| The Unreal (Season 2) | €108,000 | Dyehouse Films |
| Tall Tales and Murder | €950,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
| The Hardacres (Season 2) | €750,000 | Red Berry Productions |
| Infraction | €600,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
Nationwide Additional Production Funding
| Project Title | Category | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Gangsta Granny | Animation | €300,000 | Elk Studios |
| Flix (Season 2) | Animation | €100,000 | Pictor Productions |
| Hokum | Creative Co-Production | €300,000 | Tailored Films |
| Juul | Creative Co-Production | €80,000 | Avalon Films |
| The Three Urns | Creative Co-Production | €300,000 | Samson Films |
| Chasing Millions | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €300,000 | Mammoth Films |
| Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €300,000 | Cowtown Pictures |
| Outfoxed! | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €300,000 | Monster Entertainment |
| You'll Never Believe Who's Dead | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €300,000 | Wildcard |
| Wayfinders | TV Drama | €500,000 | Dark Day Entertainment |
Sustainability Innovation Funding
| Project Title | Category | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Puffin Rock (Season 3) | Animation | €17,500 | Cartoon Saloon |
| Hokum | Creative Co-Production | €14,440 | Tailored Films |
| Daughter of Eden | Creative Co-Production | €19,122 | Newgrange Pictures |
| The Three Urns | Creative Co-Production | €18,532 | Samson Films |
| No Ordinary Heist | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €7,388 | Picture Locked Productions |
| One Last Deal | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €17,000 | Hail Mary Pictures |
| You'll Never Believe Who's Dead | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €11,732 | Wildcard |
| Kung Fu Deadly | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €57,390 | Spellmaker Productions |
| The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €12,061 | Feline Films |
| Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €1,125 | Cowtown Pictures |
| Chasing Millions | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €9,714 | Mammoth Films |
| The Lost Children of Tuam | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €9,862 | Element Pictures |
| Skintown | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €1,875 | Keeper Pictures |
| Leonard and Hungry Paul | TV Drama | €13,170 | Subotica Productions |
| The Dry (Season 3) | TV Drama | €19,100 | Element Pictures |
| The Hardacres (Season 2) | TV Drama | €9,300 | Red Berry Productions |
| Hidden Assets (Season 3) | TV Drama | €11,944 | Saffron Pictures |
| The Walsh Sisters | TV Drama | €24,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
| Tall Tales and Murder | TV Drama | €19,500 | Metropolitan Films International |
| Infraction | TV Drama | €12,440 | Metropolitan Films International |
Sustainability Advisor Funding
| Project Title | Category | Screen Ireland Funding | Production Company |
| Puffin Rock (Season 3) | Animation | €5,000 | Cartoon Saloon |
| Hokum | Creative Co-Production | €5,000 | Tailored Films |
| The Three Urns | Creative Co-Production | €5,000 | Samson Films |
| The Body is Water | Creative Co-Production | €5,000 | Dark Day Entertainment |
| Daughter of Eden | Creative Co-Production | €5,000 | Newgrange Pictures |
| Mouse | Focus Short | €500 | Rye Films |
| The Quiet Ocean | Focus Short | €500 | Tile Media |
| Linger | Focus Short | €500 | Jump Films and Wild Dog Films |
| No Ordinary Heist | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €3,000 | Picture Locked Productions |
| One Last Deal | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €3,000 | Hail Mary Productions |
| Kung Fu Deadly | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Spellmaker Productions |
| You'll Never Believe Who's Dead | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Wildcard |
| The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Feline Films |
| Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Cowtown Pictures |
| Chasing Millions | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Mammoth Films |
| The Lost Children of Tuam | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Element Pictures |
| Ancestors | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Samson Films |
| One Sweet Hour | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Samson Films |
| Skintown | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €3,000 | Keeper Pictures |
| Lemonade | Irish Production (Feature Film) | €5,000 | Break Out Pictures |
| The Walsh Sisters | TV Drama | €5,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
| Hidden Assets (Season 3) | TV Drama | €5,000 | Saffron Pictures |
| Leonard and Hungry Paul | TV Drama | €5,000 | Subotica Productions |
| Faithless (Season 2) | TV Drama | €5,000 | Grand Pictures |
| The Dry (Season 3) | TV Drama | €5,000 | Element Pictures |
| Tall Tales and Murder | TV Drama | €5,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
| The Unreal (Season 2) | TV Drama | €5,000 | Dyehouse Films |
| Infraction | TV Drama | €5,000 | Metropolitan Films International |
| The Hardacres (Season 2) | TV Drama | €5,000 | Red Berry Productions |
Audience & Box-Office
Total admissions: 10,689,387
Total gross Box Office: €95,257,059
Average ticket price: €8.91
Source: Pearl&Dean, Comscore
Irish Films at the Box Office
Source: Pearl&Dean, Comscore
| Title | Distributor |
| A Want in Her | Break Out Pictures |
| Amongst the Wolves | Wildcard Distribution |
| An Fidil Ghorm | Abú Media |
| An Taibhse | Jackport Films |
| Beat the Lotto | Eclipse Pictures |
| Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story | Break Out Pictures |
| Bring Them Down | MUBI/Volta Pictures |
| Christy | Wildcard Distribution & Altitude Films |
| Four Mothers | Break Out Pictures |
| Fran the Man | Volta Pictures |
| Fréwaka | Wildcard Distribution |
| Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man | Wildcard Distribution |
| Girls & Boys | Break Out Pictures |
| Hallow Road | Universal |
| Horseshoe | WaveWalker Films |
| Re-Creation | Omniplex |
| Sanatorium | Eclipse Pictures |
| September Says | MUBI/Volta Pictures |
| Sins of Ireland | Atom Films |
| Sunphlowers | Tarf Media |
| Testimony | Independent |
| The Damned | Vertical/Miracle/Eclipse |
| The End | MUBI |
| The Flats | Planet Korda |
| The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murphy | Eclipse |
| The Surfer | Wildcard Distribution |
| The Swallow | Marmalade Films |
Box Office Top 10
Source: Pearl&Dean, Comscore
| Rank | Title | Distributor |
| 1 | A Minecraft Movie | Warner |
| 2 | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Universal |
| 3 | Wicked: For Good | Universal |
| 4 | Lilo & Stitch | Disney |
| 5 | Superman | Warner |
| 6 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Universal |
| 7 | F1: The Movie | Warner |
| 8 | Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning | Paramount |
| 9 | Dog Man | Universal |
| 10 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | Warner |
Co-Production Certification
The Irish Government has entered into official co-production arrangements with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Luxembourg and France.
Ireland is also a party to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production.
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is the competent authority in Ireland and is responsible for issuing provisional and final co-production approval.
European Convention
| Project Title | Irish Production Company | Co-Producing Countries |
| Ancestors | Samson Films | United Kingdom |
| Daughter of Eden | Babylon Films | United Kingdom |
| High End | Sleeper Films | Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Divorce During the War | Feline Films | Lithuania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic |
| Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Cowtown Pictures | United Kingdom |
| Fixing the War | Plainsong | Ukraine |
| Juul | Avalon Films | Belgium, Germany |
| The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes | Feline Films | Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Lemonade | Underground Films | United Kingdom |
| Loya | Samson Films | Turkey |
| Outfoxed! | Monster Entertainment | Belgium, Luxembourg |
| The Pervert's Guide to Utopias | Keeper Pictures | Slovenia, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom |
| She Sings of Murder and Love | EZ Films | United Kingdom, Netherlands |
| Siege of Paradise | Venom Films | Switzerland |
| Skintown | Keeper Pictures | United Kingdom |
| You'll Never Believe Who's Dead | Wildcard | United Kingdom |
Luxembourg Convention
| Project Title | Irish Production Company | Co-Production Countries |
| Tales of Terror | Dream Logic Animation Studios | Luxembourg |
Canadian Convention
| Project Title | Irish Production Company | Co-Producing Countries |
| Death in D Minor | Treehouse Media | Canada |
| Granny Lee | Pale Rebel Productions | Canada, South Africa |
| Killing in C Sharp | Treehouse Media | Canada |
| Loya | Samson Films | Canada |
| Man to Dakar | Action Productions | Canada |
| Sisters (Season 2) | Peer Pressure Productions | Canada |
| Clean Sweep | ShinAwiL | Canada |
New Zealand Convention
| Project Title | Irish Production Company | Co-Producing Countries |
| - | - | - |
Australian Convention
| Project Title | Irish Production Company | Co-Producing Countries |
| Chasing Millions | Mammoth Films | Australia |
| Kung Fu Deadly | Spellmaker Productions | Australia |
South African Convention
| Project Title | Irish Production Company | Co-Producing Countries |
| Granny Lee | Pale Rebel Productions | South Africa, Canada |
Awards & Nominations
Major International Achievements & Awards - Live-Action
The Apprentice
- Academy Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Nominee), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Nominee)
- BAFTA Film Awards: Best Actor (Nominee), Best Supporting Performance (Nominee), Best Casting (Nominee)
- Golden Globes: Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture (Nominee), Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture Drama (Nominee)
Christy
- Berlinale: Generation 14plus Grand Prize (Win)
Father Mother Sister Brother
- Venice International Film Festival: Golden Lion (Win)
Kneecap
- BAFTA Film Awards: Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (Win), Film Not in the English Language (Nominee), Original Screenplay (Nominee), Casting (Nominee), Editing (Nominee), Outstanding British Film (Nominee)
Mix Tape
- SXSW: TV Spotlight Audience Award (Win)
A Quiet Love
- DocEdge: Being OneSelf Award (Win)
- Global Production Awards: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Win)
A Want in Her
- British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs): Best Debut Documentary Director (Win), Best Feature Documentary (Win), Raindance Maverick Award (Win)
Major International Achievements & Awards - Animation
BeddyByes
- Kidscreen Awards: Best New Series (Nominee), Best Animated Series (Nominee), Best Design – Animation (Nominee), Best Directing (Nominee), Best Music (Nominee), Best Voice Acting (Nominee)
Puffin Rock and the New Friends
- Kidscreen Awards: Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie: Preschool (Win)
Retirement Plan
- SXSW: Animated Shorts Competition (Win), Animated Shorts Competition Audience Award (Win)
Silly Sundays
- Annie Awards: Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television/Media Production (Nominee)
- Kidscreen Awards: Best New Series – Preschool (Nominee)
Major International Festival Selections
- Berlinale, Berlin International Film Festival (Germany): Christy
- SXSW (USA): Hallow Road, Mix Tape, Retirement Plan
- CPH:Dox (Denmark): Sanatorium, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story
- Tribeca Film Festival (USA): Re-Creation, The Wolf, The Fox and the Leopard
- Sheffield DocFest (UK): A Want In Her
- Biennale Cinema Venice – Venice International Film Festival (Italy): Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
- Toronto International Film Festival (Canada): Saipan, Whitetail
- BFI London Film Festival (UK): Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Saipan
- BUSAN International Film Festival (South Korea): Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
Screen Skills in Numbers
- 40 skills development programmes delivered directly with over 500 attendees
- 573 total number of attendees
- 4 masterclasses delivered with 468 total attendees
- 26 organisations funded by the Skills Development Event Funding Scheme
- 34 Bursary Awards awarded (16 male awardees, 18 female awardees)
- 48 mentor and mentee pairings made as part of the Screen Mentoring Scheme
- 33 organisations funded by the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme
- 59 Section 481 Skills Development Plans with 538 Skills Development Participants supported through Structured Work-Based Learning.
- 16,882 Safe to Create Certificates completed in 4 languages – English, Irish, Brazilian Portuguese and Polish: Addressing Unconscious Bias Basic Awareness (all languages): 5,775 Certificates completed; Tackling Bullying and Harassment at Work (all languages): 5,818 Certificates completed; Being an Active Bystander in the Arts and Creative Sectors (all languages): 5,758 Certificates completed.
Pathways Programme, Live Action & Animation
94 participants, 34 projects
National Talent & Crew Academies
336 skills programmes delivered through the National Talent Academies with 5,225 participants
Crew and Services Database
2,472 registrations to date (31st January 2025):
- 178 Production Companies
- 121 facilities & services
Animation Framework
81 roles across 7 departments
Crew Framework
84 roles across 17 departments
VFX Framework
72 roles across 7 departments
Accredited Work-Based Courses/Programmes:
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Passport to Production
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BA (Hons) in Screen Industry Practice by Recognition of Prior Learning, with TU Dublin (launched December 2024)
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Certificate in Portfolio Preparation for the Screen Industry
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CPD in Neurodiversity in the Screen Industry 2024 – 2025
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CPD in Wellbeing Co-Ordination
Skills Development Plan
All applications to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (“the Department”) for a Section 481 Certificate must include a Skills Development Plan.
For all projects with eligible expenditure in excess of €2million, a copy of the Skills Development Plan is submitted to Screen Ireland for approval.
59 Total number of projects approved and in production in 2025
538 Total number of skills participants: 104 New Entrants, 302 Trainees, 118 Upskillers
Number of Productions 2021-2025
| Year | Animation | VFX | Live Action | Total |
| 2021 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 48 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 49 |
| 2023 | 20 | - | 36 | 56 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 50 |
| 2025 | 16 | 0 | 43 | 59 |
Number of Skills Participants 2021-2025
| Year | Animation | VFX | Live Action | Total |
| 2021 | 158 | 15 | 360 | 533 |
| 2022 | 57 | 13 | 527 | 597 |
| 2023 | 165 | 0 | 419 | 584 |
| 2024 | 65 | 0 | 395 | 460 |
| 2025 | 116 | 0 | 422 | 538 |
| Year | Regional Productions | Regional Skills Participants |
| 2021 | 15 | 177 |
| 2022 | 10 | 96 |
| 2023 | 15 | 144 |
| 2024 | 15 | 106 |
| 2025 | 16 | 142 |
Skills Participants Gender Breakdown
| Overall Gender Breakdown | Total | % |
| Male | 188 | 35% |
| Female | 258 | 48% |
| Non-Binary | 6 | 1% |
| Prefer Not to Say | 2 | 0.40% |
| Unspecified | 65 | 12% |
| Other | 19 | 3.50% |
Live Action Gender Breakdown
| Live Action Gender Breakdown | Total | % |
| Male | 164 | 31% |
| Female | 223 | 53% |
| Unspecified/Prefer not to say | 55 | 12% |
Animation Gender Breakdown
| Animation Gender Breakdown | Total | % |
| Male | 24 | 41% |
| Female | 35 | 59% |
| Unspecified/Prefer not to say | - | - |
Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives Uptake (Overall)
| Initiative | Uptake % |
| Mental Health & Wellness | 58% |
| Diverse On-Screen Representation | 54% |
| Family-Friendly Workplace | 55% |
| Open Hiring Practices | 61% |
| GDI Training | 64% |
| Outreach Initiatives | 66% |
| Intimacy Coordinator | 71% |
| Upcoming Productions Listing | 86% |
| Safe to Create Training | 95% |
Sustainability Initiatives Uptake (Overall) 2025
| Initiative | Uptake % |
| Carbon Data Sharing | 67% |
| Sustainability Training | 73% |
| Green Transport | 76% |
| Production Initiatives | 85% |
| Electricity/Generator/Fuel | 86% |
| Water Use | 90% |
| Waste Management | 92% |
| Printing/Photocopying | 92% |
| Plastics & Materials Use | 92% |
Eligible Spend
Industry Data 2025
These figures are derived from Screen Ireland-funded projects and projects availing of Section 481 with budgets* in excess of €2mil.
This estimate represents the majority of activity in the Irish audio-visual sector, however the figure for Documentary may be understated.
*Budgets are estimated at time of financial closing
| Production Category | Sum of Eligible Spend | % of Eligible Spend | Projects | % of Overall Total Projects |
| Documentary | €7,802,599 | 1.40% | 24 | 23% |
| Film Incoming | €137,876,478 | 25.30% | 19 | 18% |
| Film Indigenous | €29,696,964 | 5.50% | 14 | 13% |
| Incoming Animation | €93,153,182 | 17.10% | 13 | 12% |
| Local Animation | €17,457,339 | 3.20% | 8 | 8% |
| TV Drama Incoming | €191,442,719 | 35.20% | 14 | 13% |
| TV Drama Indigenous | €64,574,129 | 11.90% | 12 | 11% |
| VFX | €2,015,350 | 0.40% | 1 | 1% |
| Grand Total | €544,018,760 | 105 |
Project Data
| Irish Expenditure | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Animation Indigenous | €8,722,559 | €10,220,614 | Not available | €20,515,107 | €32,026,925 | €26,229,244 | €5,899,880 | €12,786,464 | €5,786,139 | €17,457,339 |
| Animation Incoming | €23,277,094 | €46,451,014 | Not available | €158,186,503 | €78,776,316 | €70,734,622 | €42,065,508 | €72,030,648 | €24,070,595 | €93,153,182 |
| Animation Total | €31,999,653 | €56,671,628 | €20,437,053 | €178,701,610 | €110,803,241 | €96,963,866 | €47,965,388 | €84,817,112 | €29,856,734 | €110,610,521 |
| Film Indigenous | €14,715,171 | €20,668,717 | €11,096,054 | €23,230,676 | €9,931,834 | €35,463,602 | €21,448,913 | €14,924,266 | €31,908,375 | €29,696,964 |
| Film Incoming | €20,440,809 | €33,586,806 | €26,037,502 | €50,808,886 | €39,327,587 | €141,506,288 | €108,758,923 | €95,607,683 | €55,690,654 | €137,876,478 |
| Film Total | €35,155,980 | €54,255,523 | €37,133,556 | €74,039,562 | €48,719,421 | €176,969,890 | €130,207,836 | €110,531,949 | €87,599,029 | €167,573,442 |
| TV Drama Indigenous | €24,305,355 | €11,625,922 | €17,419,004 | €40,215,237 | €19,955,486 | €56,547,126 | €47,314,043 | € 54,671,218 | €58,383,841 | €64,574,129 |
| TV Drama Incoming | €160,835,070 | €155,791,688 | €53,080,515 | €52,267,747 | €148,452,378 | €167,507,661 | €125,805,807 | €80,513,609 | €245,982,761 | €191,442,719 |
| TV Drama Total | €185,140,425 | €167,417,610 | €70,499,519 | €92,482,984 | €168,407,864 | €224,054,787 | €173,119,851 | €135,184,827 | €304,366,602 | €256,016,350 |
| Documentary* | €12,533,745 | €13,942,093 | €8,638,550 | €12,390,869 | €4,052,523 | €2,715,017 | €4,445,740 | €2,917,430 | €9,790,272 | €7,802,599 |
| VFX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | €2,015,350 |
| Total | €264,829,803 | €292,286,854 | €136,708,678 | €357,615,025 | €331,983,049 | €500,703,561 | €355,738,815 | €333,451,318 | €431,612,637 | €544,018,760 |
*Budgets are estimated at time of financial closing
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