Screen Ireland launches its 2026 Production Slate of 87 projects coming to audiences and the international market in 2026
Posted: 29th January 2026
Record breaking production spend in 2025 with €544 million contributed to the Irish economy €29.5 million invested by Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland in TV drama in last 10 years
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland will launch its Slate of Productions coming to audiences in 2026 at an event in Trinity College Dublin today, which will be attended by close to 100 people from the Irish screen industry, including actors and filmmakers involved in projects on this year’s Slate.
With 87 projects coming to audiences and the international market this year - including 22 feature films, 17 documentaries, 13 TV dramas and animated series, and over 30 short films - 2026 is set to feature a wave of storytelling supported by Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland, Ireland’s development agency for the Irish film, TV, documentary and digital games industry.
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is also announcing new figures today, which highlight the sustained growth of the industry, with 2025 marking yet another record-breaking year. Last year €544 million* was invested in the Irish economy on local jobs and services across film, television, documentary and animation. This is a 26% increase on 2024, against a backdrop of significant challenges and disruption to the global screen industry in recent years.
Despite the challenges experienced across the international industry, Ireland has experienced continued growth, both in terms of inward international production and domestic indigenous production. This resilience is supported by ongoing Government investment and targeted funding and training across all areas of the industry, including significant improvements to the suite of tax incentives across large scale production, lower budget independent film, visual effects, unscripted and digital games.
The agency is also reflecting on 10 years of development and investment in TV drama. Since Screen Ireland’s remit was expanded to include TV drama in 2015, Fís Éireann/ Screen Ireland has invested €29.5 million across production and development, while also strengthening partnerships with international studios to promote Ireland as a world-class co-production partner for incoming production.
2026 Slate of Productions
The projects in the 2026 Slate are demonstrative of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland’s role as a creative partner to the sector, supporting a wide diversity of bold, original Irish storytelling across film and television and uniting compelling voices that both reflect contemporary Ireland and its history, resonating with audiences at home and abroad.
Among the projects featured is Power Ballad, directed by John Carney, an uplifting, music driven story starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, which explores love, ambition and the song that comes between a wedding singer and a rock star. The Lost Children of Tuam directed by Frank Berry is featured, a powerful dramatisation of Catherine Corless’s campaign to uncover the truth about the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Other feature films coming to the international market this year are The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes, a moving exploration of family, memory and letting go, featuring Niamh Algar; and the coming of age feature film Skintown, starring Jamie Lee O’Donnell.
Irish animation is also strongly represented, with feature film Julían, a tender and imaginative animated story of identity and fantasy directed by the Academy Award-nominated director, Louise Bagnall.
In TV drama, audiences in 2026 can expect the six part TV drama These Sacred Vows, produced by Treasure Entertainment for RTÉ, with funding from Screen Ireland. A wide range of documentaries are also featured including Sinead O’Shea’s All About the Money, which was selected for the Sundance film festival this month; an intimate portrait of the artist Guggi, directed by Ian Thullier; and The Slightest Touch, a documentary looking at the close friendship between Colin Farrell and Emma Fogarty, who lives with Epidermolysis Bullos.
Discover the full 2026 Production Slate here.
International Production
Major international TV projects which have filmed in Ireland last year include the new Netflix action thriller, Mercenary: An Extraction Series, Amazon Prime Video’s new series Bloodaxe, along with the feature film The Mummy directed by Irish director Lee Cronin and produced by Atomic Monster/Blumhouse for New Line. The major TV series Wednesday, produced by MGM Amazon for Netflix, is also the largest production to have ever filmed in Ireland in recent years.
A decade of TV Drama
TV drama first came under the remit of Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland in 2015, and since then the agency has invested €29.5 million, providing critical support for over 250 projects across development and production, including audience favourites such as Normal People, Kin, The Walsh Sisters, The Dry and Obituary. Many of these projects are in partnership with national broadcaster RTÉ, with whom Screen Ireland has a strong and ongoing relationship in the growth of TV drama in recent years. The agency also works closely in partnership with Virgin Media and TG4, as well as international broadcasters from BBC to Netflix to Hulu. In recognition of ongoing international demand for TV drama driven by the growing number of viewing platforms, Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland is focused on driving the expansion of the indigenous TV drama production sector and providing opportunities for Irish talent to develop both creatively and professionally.
Creating Opportunities for the Next Generation of Filmmakers
Last week’s Academy Award nominations announcement saw 10 nominations for Irish creatives and Irish-produced films, including Best Actress for Jessie Buckley, highlighting Ireland’s stellar reputation on the international stage. Screen Ireland is focused on developing and supporting a new generation of storytellers, emphasising the importance of talent and career development for filmmakers and artists at the earliest stages, through the agency’s new writing schemes, short film funding, and sustained support for debut writers and directors. In 2025, Screen Ireland invested over €2 million on targeted schemes for new and emerging filmmakers and talent, supporting over 670 individuals at the early stages in their careers. Across skills development, courses, on-set placements and training programmes, there were over 6,500 skills placements in 2025 alone.
Chair of the Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland Board, Ray Harman, said;
The Irish screen industry continues to go from strength to strength. This is due to the talent and hard work of our actors and filmmakers, and the support provided to the industry by sustained Government investment. Despite challenging industry conditions internationally, production figures in Ireland are at an all-time high, and the positive impact of that is being felt by people working in the industry and beyond. Resilience is earned and Screen Ireland is focused on continuing to work collaboratively with partners across the screen industry, and on the provision of strategic support across film, TV, animation and documentary, to ensure that the environment for screen talent remains competitive and supportive.”
Chief Executive of Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland Désirée Finnegan, said;
The recent global acclaim for Irish talent and filmmaking, alongside record-breaking production activity, has highlighted an exceptional achievement for Ireland's cultural and economic growth in screen production. Today, we are launching Screen Ireland's 2026 Production Slate, with 87 projects across feature film, television, animation, documentary and short film. The Slate showcases a diverse range of bold, creative and original stories produced by world-class filmmakers and creative talent. With record-breaking production figures for the Irish screen industry in 2025, we believe this success reflects the passion, dedication and talent of those working across the screen industry; the consistent support of artistic talent; the development of worldclass crew; and decades of public investment. Screen Ireland remains deeply committed to supporting filmmakers and building a resilient, ambitious screen sector for the future."