Screen Ireland

Irish state development body for film, TV and animation Screen Ireland (Irish: Fís Éireann), formerly known as the Irish Film Board (Irish: Bord Scannán na hÉireann), is Ireland's state development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. It provides funding for the development, production, and distribution of feature films, feature documentaries, short films, TV animation series and TV drama series. History The Irish Film Board (IFB) was established to develop filmmaking in Ireland under the provisions of the Irish Film Board Act 1980. Over the following seven years, it funded or co-funded a total of 10 feature films, including Eat the Peach, Anne Devlin and Angel, before its activities were suspended by Taoiseach Charles Haughey. After its closure, the success of several externally funded Irish films, such as My Left Foot, The Crying Game and The Commitments motivated local lobbyists to push for its re-establishment, which occurred in 1993. The board was reconstituted under the chairmanship of Lelia Doolan in 1993 by the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D. Higgins, who said, "The whole reasoning behind my decision to develop the indus