Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland has unveiled its 2026 Production Slate, announcing 87 film, television, documentary, animation and short film projects set to reach audiences and the international market next year. The launch takes place today at Trinity College Dublin, with almost 100 members of the Irish screen industry in attendance, including leading actors, directors and producers involved in this year’s slate.
The announcement comes as Screen Ireland also confirms record-breaking figures for 2025, with €544 million invested in the Irish economy through local jobs and services across film, television, documentary and animation. This represents a 26% increase on 2024 and underlines Ireland’s continued growth as a major screen production hub, despite recent global industry disruption.
The 2026 slate spans 22 feature films, 17 documentaries, 13 TV dramas and animated series, and more than 30 short films, showcasing a wide range of bold and original Irish storytelling. Feature films include Power Ballad, directed by John Carney and starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas; The Lost Children of Tuam, Frank Berry’s powerful dramatisation of Catherine Corless’s campaign for truth and justice; The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes, featuring Niamh Algar; and the coming-of-age drama Skintown, starring Jamie Lee O’Donnell. Irish animation is also strongly represented with Julían, an imaginative feature directed by Academy Award nominee Louise Bagnall.
Television audiences can look forward to projects such as the six-part drama These Sacred Vows, produced by Treasure Entertainment for RTÉ with Screen Ireland support. These Sacred Vows features Tom Vaughan Lawlor, best known for playing Nidge in Love/Hate, who takes on the role of a priest. The series follows the story of a wedding in Tenerife, where his character's life is turned upside down.
The documentary slate includes Sinead O’Shea’s All About the Money, recently selected for Sundance, alongside intimate portraits of artist Guggi and the friendship between Colin Farrell and Emma Fogarty in The Slightest Touch.
Screen Ireland also highlighted Ireland’s success in attracting major international productions. Recent projects filmed in the country include Netflix’s Mercenary: An Extraction Series, Amazon Prime Video’s Bloodaxe, and The Mummy, directed by Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin. MGM Amazon’s Wednesday is now the largest production ever to film in Ireland.
Reflecting on a decade of TV drama investment since its remit expanded in 2015, Screen Ireland has invested €29.5 million in over 250 projects, supporting globally recognised series such as Normal People, Kin and The Dry. The agency continues to prioritise talent development, investing over €2 million in 2025 to support emerging filmmakers, alongside more than 6,500 skills placements.
Chair Ray Harman and Chief Executive Désirée Finnegan both emphasised that sustained public investment, world-class talent and a growing skilled workforce are key to ensuring the long-term resilience and international success of Ireland’s screen industry.
