Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Funding Update: July 2026
Posted: 27th July 2026
In this update, we share key information for Irish industry professionals related to Screen Ireland funding, application processes and updates from the agency.
Recent Funding News
The successful projects selected for the second phase of Perspectives – Screen Ireland’s pilot programme to support the development and production of new Irish feature films – have been announced, with 10 projects proceeding to another stage of development. Read more.
Screen Ireland has also announced the 8 successful teams for the latest round of flagship live action short film scheme Focus Shorts. Read more.
An Overview on Production and Development Activity
The second quarter of 2026 has seen strong levels of production and development activity, with production levels expected to remain high throughout the rest of the year.
To date this year, 29 Screen Ireland-supported projects have gone into production across Irish features, creative co-production, documentary, animation series, and TV drama.
With over 25 Screen Ireland-supported projects expected to go into production through the end of 2026, Screen Ireland’s production funding budget is currently fully committed for the rest of the year.
There are currently more than 250 projects in active development with Screen Ireland. To date in 2026, 120 projects have been contracted for development funding.
Funding round updates:
- The March 2026 Development funding round is now complete, and offers to successful candidates will be sent out by the end of July. A Project Decision Summary for all first-stage development applications will also be available to applicants by the end of July via the Screen Ireland Applications Portal. Please note: funding award amounts may be significantly lower than the levels requested.
- The May 2026 Development funding round is currently being assessed. The next Development Funding round has an updated application deadline of Friday, 30th October at 1pm.
- Reminder: the next Production Funding round deadline is Monday 26th October at 1pm.
Creative Futures Slate Fund
Screen Ireland announced in early 2026 that an additional €3 million will be invested in slate funding over the next two years, with over €10 million in total awarded to date.
The fifth round of the Creative Futures Slate Fund will be open for applications by the end of this year.
Nationwide Additional Production Fund - Updates
The Nationwide Additional Production Fund provides support to productions in receipt of a Screen Ireland production loan offer, if they are shooting in areas of Ireland outside a radius of 65km from the Dublin GPO. Screen Ireland has committed over €3.25 million from the fund in 2026 so far, with 13 projects generating over €25 million in regional spend.
As outlined in Screen Ireland’s Industry Engagement Session, several updates to the funding guidelines will be implemented to ensure the fund continues to deliver valuable and impactful career opportunities and skills development for local creative talent and crew. These updates will come into effect for applications received after Monday, 17th August 2026.
For more details, please read the full updated guidelines here.
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Funding Decisions
Please note: Screen Ireland regularly publishes its quarterly funding decisions on the website, which you can find here.
All published funding decisions reflect offers of funding only. Some of these offers may expire and thus will not be drawn down. These figures should not be used or quoted for official statistics. For a complete list of funding invested by Screen Ireland, please refer to the agency’s annual reports.