From podcasts to in-depth discussion and reviews, here's where we take a look at the Irish films released or broadcast in 2026. This list is regularly updated, to submit information, email info@filmireland.ie.
Saipan
(DIR: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn • WRI: Paul Fraser).
In cinemas 1st January 2026.
Saipan explores the intense, complex rivalry between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy, which exploded onto the global stage in the lead-up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Keane’s eleventh-hour departure from the Ireland squad turned the eyes of the world onto the tiny island of Saipan. With the nation’s hopes resting on Ireland’s talismanic midfielder, a public outcry followed, even prompting the Taoiseach to intervene. But this feud transcended football—it was a deeply personal battle of pride, standards, and animosity.
CAST: Éanna Hardwicke, Steve Coogan, Miles Paloma, Peter McDonald, Oliver Coopersmith, Jack Hickey, Stephen Jones, Niall McNamee
Are We One
(DIR: Dónal Ó Céilleachair )
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024. Coming to VOD 1st February 2026.
A documentary tracing the transmission of Zen meditation through the life’s work of 90 year-old Irish-American Jesuit Zen Master Robert Kennedy – and his successors and students – in a contemporary exploration of interfaith dialogue on the common ground of human experience. STARRING: Robert Kennedy SJ, Amy Yee, Krishna Das, Miriam Healy, Ken Byalin, Ellen Birx, Joan Halifax, Charles Birx, Noel Brennan, Dr Cuca Montecel, Inge Von Woebeser-Hopfner, Dr Mónica Maher, Mary Laheen
One last Deal
In cinemas 13th March 2026.
(DIR: Brendan Muldowney • WRI: Peter Howlett)
A veteran sports agent races to secure a final lucrative contract for his star client, as both their careers and lives hang in the balance.
CAST: Danny Dyer, Elliott Rogers
Hokum
In cinemas 1st May 2026.
(WRI/DIR: Damian Mc Carthy).
The supernatural horror thriller follows reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman as he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes. He soon discovers the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite has filled his mind. That’s followed by disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw him into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past. Hokum was primarily filmed at the West Cork Film Studios in Skibbereen.
CAST: Adam Scott, Austin Amelio, David Wilmot, Peter Coonan
Films to Watch out For
Aontas
(DIR: Damian McCann • WRI: Damian McCann, Sarah Gordan)
Screening at Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film. Coming soon to TG4.
Three unlikely women rob a rural Irish Credit Union. A backwards chronology unravels what went wrong.
CAST: Carrie Crowley, Brid Brennan and Eva-Jane Gaffney
Listen to our interview with Damian McCann at Dinard British and Irish Film Festival here.
All Our Yesterdays
(WRI/DIR: Breege Rowley)
Screening at Capital Irish in 2026.
All Our Yesterdays is a documentary exploring 250 years of Irish history through the voices of a town in the west of Ireland. With rare archives, stories, and music, it captures resilience, heritage, and deep ties to the Irish diaspora.
Featuring: Nora McBurney.
Rowley embeds the story with deep compassion for the people who lived and died during the famine, as well as the countless generations lost to emigration.
Read Brian Ó Tiomáin's review of All Our Yesterdays here.
The Hook
(WRI/DIR: Thomas Beatty)
Premiere at Bournemouth Film Festival 2025.
24 hours to save Rock n Roll and their family.
CAST: Lucas Aurelio, Mei Bignall, Harvey Dean
Read Matthew Briody's interview with writer and director Thomas Beatty here.
The Song Cycle
(WRI/DIR: Nick Kelly)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Veteran musician and filmmaker Nick Kelly sets off to cycle from his home in Dublin to the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, carrying all his gear on his bike and playing shows en route, to prove it’s possible to tour live music without driving. He’s accompanied by his long-suffering friend and musical partner Seán Millar, who tracks Nick’s progress by bus, and joins him onstage each night. The day they finally played Glastonbury Nick turned 60, officially outliving his famous politician father.
CAST: Nick Kelly, Seán Millar, Kevin Anderson, Pauline Bourdon, James Dove, Tom Dunne, Dermot Lynch, Olivia O’Leary, Claire O’Neill, Alexia Kelly
The Restoration at Grayson Manor
(DIR: Glenn McQuaid • WRI: Clay McLeod Chapman, Glenn McQuaid)
Premiere at Fantastic Fest 2025.
Boyd Grayson and his mother, Jacqueline, reluctantly share their sprawling family estate—a mansion that feels more like a gilded cage than a home. After a devastating accident, Jacqueline spares no expense on her son's rehabilitation, transforming an entire wing of the house into a state-of-the-art recovery ward. But beneath her generosity lies a single expectation: an heir to continue the Grayson legacy. Boyd, however, has other plans. Welcome to the standoff between mother and son.
CAST: Chris Colfer, Alice Krige, Daniel Adegboyega, Gabriela Garcia Vargas, Declan Reynolds
All About the Money
DIR: Sinéad O'Shea
This documentary looks at a wealthy heir who establishes a communist revolutionary camp in rural Massachusetts to fight the capitalist system he's grown to hate, launching an extraordinary path ahead.
One Night Only
(WRI/DIR: David Gleeson)
One Night Only is a loving tribute to the cinema experience and a timely reminder of the power of community. Set in a cinema in 1980’s small town Ireland, One Night Only is a breathless tale told in real time over the course of a Friday night screening from hell.
CAST: Colin Morgan, Calam Lynch, Clara Crichton, India Mullen, Niamh Cusack, Andrew Bennett
500 Miles
(DIR: Morgan Matthews • WRI: Malcolm Campbell)
500 Miles is a life-affirming story and celebration of the human spirit that follows a broken family who are forced to come together when their two young boys run away from home. While their fighting parents tear their hair out with worry, the boys embark on an epic adventure from Yorkshire, over land and sea, to the wild west coast of Ireland. The destination: Dingle, County Kerry, and their beloved Grandfather, who their parents haven’t spoken to since the fateful events of the previous summer.
CAST: Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Maisie Williams, Dexter Sol Ansell, Clare Dunne, Michael Socha
Froggie
(DIR: Luke Morgan • WRI: Jake Morgan, Luke Morgan)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Brothers Fiachra and Tadgh peaked at the age of 7 when they appeared on the TV singing with their homemade puppet, "Froggie". 25 years later, they are still singing the same ol' song - until one day, Froggie is stolen.
CAST: Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Carrie Crowley, Jemma CurranFRewa
TerraForma
(WRI/DIR:Kevin Brennan & Laurence Durkin)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
TerraForma is the story of how the remote desert island of Ascension was ‘terraformed’ by Victorian scientists into a tropical paradise.
Spilt Milk
(DIR: Brian Durnin • WRI: Cara Loftus)
To be released in cinemas 2026.
Set in Dublin in 1984, Split Milk follows an 11 year-old boy, who dreams of becoming a great detective like his TV hero Kojak.
CAST: Alisha Weir, Danielle Galligan, Laurence O'Fuarain
Article: From Dublin Dreams to French Screens - Spilt Milk Screening at Dinard
Dead Men's Money
(WRI/DIR: Paul Kennedy)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
When Young Henry’s wealthy uncle starts courting “the Widow” Maureen Tweed, he starts to fear that he’ll be written out of Old Henry’s will. Conspiring with his wife, Pauline – and a chauffeur with a chequered past, known as Gerry the Wheels – Young Henry puts a plan in motion to make sure that the Widow Tweed never sees a penny of the inheritance he thinks is rightfully his.
CAST: Ciaran McMenamin, Pat Shortt, Judith Roddy, Gerard Jordan, Kathy Kiera Clarke
The Wise Guy
(WRI/DIR: Sam O’Mahony)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
A lonely boy desperately searches for guidance and protection, when he finds a completely unconventional mentor hiding in the nearby woods.
CAST: Senan Jennings, Darrell D’Silva, Lisa Dwyer Hogg, Paul Mallon, Joanne Crawford
The Line
(DIR: Danny McCafferty • WRI: Lee Crowley, Pete Daly)
Showcased at Cannes Film Festival 2024.
The premiere feature from Avenue Productions, The Line tells the story of a disgruntled local forms an unlikely friendship with a Ukrainian refugee.
CAST: Joe Mullins, Veronika Lukyanenko, Lea Claffey
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
(DIR: Jim Jarmusch • WRI: Jim Jarmusch)
Premiere TIFF 2025.
Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents. Co-financed by Screen Ireland.
CAST: Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik
My Freaky Family
(DIR: Mark Gravas • WRI: Cleon Prineas, Harry Cripps, Penny Greenhalgh)
Premiered in the Sydney Film Festival.
A magical Australian-Irish animation, based on the popular children’s books The Floods, in which 12-year-old Betty discovers her mystical powers just as a dark force kidnaps her family.
CAST: Evanna Lynch, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh
Old Guy
(DIR: Simon West • WRI: Greg Johnson)
Premiere at Newport 2024.
This film follows a contract killer facing the end of his career who is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field training Gen Z newcomer: Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. Produced by Martin Brennan, Old Guy was shot on location in Belfast, with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
CAST: Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman
Mad for Love
(DIR: Jason Byrne, Kevin Treacy • WRI: John Connors, Kevin Treacy, Eoghan McKenna, Des Byrne)
During his voluntary stay at an Irish mental hospital, manic-depressive Clayton falls head over heels for involuntary schizophrenic patient Anna. Clayton’s doctor feels the relationship is helping him heal, but Anna’s doctor thinks it is a disaster waiting to happen and tries to separate them.
CAST: John Connors, Jade Jordan, Graham Earley, Lalor Roddy, Kevin Glynn
The Wolf, The Fox And The Leopard
(WRI/DIR: David Verbeek)
The Wolf, The Fox And The Leopard is a dystopian story about a girl found living among a pack of wolves. She is brought back to an ultra-modern medical centre to be examined under extreme scrutiny and prepared to return to society. Before her return to the ‘real’ world, she is kidnapped by a couple of extremists working to build a new, purer world on an abandoned oil rig. As she learns to adapt to their ways her curiosity quickly gets the better of her. Slowly but surely, she starts to provoke and rattle the status quo and eventually escapes.
Cry From the Sea
(DIR: Vic Sarin • WRI: Ciaran Creagh)
In the aftermath of the first World War and the Irish Civil War, Seamus Óg Mac Grianna tends to a lighthouse on an isolated Irish island, haunted by the loss of his wife and son. When the new priest, Fr. MacGabhann clashes with him over the improper burial of his late wife on the lighthouse grounds, the conflict leaves the island’s loyalties divided. Seamus’ burgeoning friendship with American war widow Edith begins to strain his relationship with his housekeeper and protector, Maire, and with his grief, he must decide what kind of life he is willing to fight for.
CAST: Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger, Aidan Quinn
Feed
(WRI/DIR: Marco van Belle)
A group of twenty something influencers escape to a remote Irish forest for a weekend of luxury and fun. However when they awaken the world’s original vampire from her slumber, they must fight for their lives.
CAST: Grace Collender, Clinton Liberty, Daisy Jelley, Niamh Hogan, Rhys Mannion, Oskar Smith
The Death of Robin Hood
In cinemas 2026.
(WRI/DIR: Michael Sarnoski)
The Death of Robin Hood has received funding support from Northern Ireland Screen and makes use of Northern Irish cast, crew and locations, with post production taking place in Co. Down. The infamous outlaw finds himself grappling with a heavy conscience after a life of crime and murder, leaving the battle-worn vigilante a recluse and masking his true identity from those seeking revenge.
CAST: Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett
No Place Like Home
(DIR: Myrid Carten)
You can’t choose what you inherit, or can you? This uncompromising look at what gets passed down is framed around a contested house in the west of Ireland. A coming-of-age story and a survival story about the cost of love; and how difficult it can be to escape.
Celtic Utopia
(DIR: Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén)
Celtic Utopia is a feature documentary that tells the story of a new Ireland, following a resurgent wave of alternative folk and traditional musicians who are making music 'to scare priests and politicians.' As they produce their strange new sounds, they are redefining and problematising the form and reshaping the culture in their own image. The bold, outspoken and humorous young musicians pass the narrative to each other as the film progresses, just as they would pass the melody to each other in a traditional music session.
Featuring: The Mary Wallopers, The Deadlians, Poor Creature, Negro Impacto, and Lankum
Moscow Nights
(DIR: Irina Maldea)
The peaceful ending of the Cold War and terrifying nuclear confrontation was a huge achievement, entrancing the world and making Mikhail Gorbachev one of the most famous people ever, along with his wife, Raisa.
Samanta Nobody
(WRI/DIR: Ciaran Creagh)
Samanta, surviving as best as she can living on the margins of society, realises that only music can secure her future.
CAST: Brendan Conroy, Ruby Jean Lennon, Maggie Hannon
Jimmy
To be released in 2026.
(DIR: Aaron Burns • WRI: Justin Strawhand)
Shot in West Cork Film Studios in Skibbereen, this film tells the story of America's most-beloved actor James Stewart and the iconic role that saved him. Principal photography is scheduled to begin on 1st September, with support from the Screen Ireland Nationwide Fund.
CAST: KJ Apa, Jason Alexander, Sarah Drew
The Surgeon
(WRI/DIR: Roshan Sethi)
Produced by Wild Atlantic Pictures and Thunder Road Pictures and shot in Dublin and Wicklow. A retired surgeon is abducted and forced to operate on an unknown patient. Though she is greatly outnumbered and has no apparent way of escape, her captors have overlooked her 35 years of surgical experience, which has become her greatest weapon.
CAST: Michelle Yeoh
Shelter
(DIR: Ric Roman Waugh • WRI: Ward Perry)
This was shot in Dublin and Wicklow. On a remote coastal island, a reclusive man rescues a young girl from a deadly storm, drawing them both into danger. Forced out of isolation, he must confront his turbulent past while protecting her, sending them on a tense journey of survival and redemption.
CAST: Jason Statham, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie
Skintown
(DIR: Kieron J. Walsh)
Skintown is set to shoot in 2025. Set in the mid-90s during the IRA ceasefire, the film follows the journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them.
CAST: Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan
Daughter of Eden
(WRI/DIR: Fateme Ahmadi)
A UK-Ireland co-production between Lunapark Pictures, Shudder Films and Irish production company Newgrange Pictures was filmed in Dublin. Set in London in 2006, the film is a psychological thriller about a British-Iraqi nurse whose need for answers draws her deep into another family’s life, after a chance encounter with an older woman she suspects is connected to her parents’ fate in Iraq.
CAST: Lindsay Duncan, Chris Jenks, Hiam Abbass
Kung Fu Deadly
(DIR: Fergal Costello, Lee Huang • WRI: Paul Markey, Paddy McDonald)
Danny and Frank, two bumbling pest exterminators, cross paths with the enigmatic Lien, a Taoist guardian hunting an ancient Chinese jiangshi in Dublin. Together they set out deal with this menace the only way they know how: extermination. Filming tookplace in February in Dublin and County Meath.
CAST: Max Huang, Ling Cooper, TangJason Tobin, Steven He
Chasing Millions
(DIR: Stephen Burke • WRI: Stephen Burke, Katherine Thomson)
Chasing Millions follows Diana, a determined young Australian police detective, who finds herself investigating the £26 million robbery of the Northern Bank while on a family visit. Hoping to prove herself to her skeptical bosses back home, Diana is paired with Crayford, a seasoned Northern Irish detective resistant to her involvement. As they navigate old tensions, elusive suspects, and bizarre twists - including taunting messages from the thieves - the unlikely duo gradually learns to work together. When the case seems lost, Diana devises an ingenious plan that could render the stolen millions worthless. The film will start shooting on June 2nd in Dublin and Dundalk.
CAST: Max Huang, Ling Cooper, TangJason Tobin, Steven He
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
(DIR: Clio Barnard • WRI: Enda Walsh
Irish actors Anthony Boyle, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew will star in Clio Barnard's Next Feature I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, which is adapted by IFTA winner Enda Walsh (Small Things Like These) from a Keiran Goddard's novel. The story, which is set in Ireland, explores the lives of five friends from a council estate as they navigate adulthood and the realities of their lives. .
CAST: Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew
The Mummy
(WRI/DIR: Lee Cronin)
The story is set in Dublin, where Jack Reynor's character, described as a husband and father, encounters the Mummy. Principal photography began in Ireland and Spain in March 2025.
CAST: Jack Reynor, May Calamawy, Laia Costa
West The Road
(WRI/DIR: Ita Fitzgerald)
West The Road tells the story of a group of women brought together by the death of their childhood friend.
CAST: Siobhán McSweeney, Imelda Staunton, Eileen Walsh and Hannah Waddingham.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
To be released in 2026.
(DIR: Grant Gee • WRI: Mark O’Halloran, Owen Martell)
Everybody Digs Bills Evans is set in June 1961 in New York City where legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his perfect musical trio. But tragedy hits, leaving Evans unable to bring himself to play. Financiers include Screen Ireland and Break Out Pictures is planning a 2026 release.
CAST: Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Barry Ward, Valene Kane and Katie McGrath
The Lost Children of Tuam
(DIR: Frank Berry • WRI: Rebeca Lenkiewicz )
Dramatizes the harrowing true story of nearly 800 children buried at the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home, following the excavation and the survivors' struggle for justice.
CAST: Ian McElhinney, Monica Dolan, Elaine O'Dwyer
Bad Bridget
(DIR: Rich Peppiatt • WRI: Rich Peppiatt, Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick )
Irish women fled famine-era Ireland for North America in the 1800s-1900s, facing hardship and crime. Many lost their names, labeled "Bridget" by employers, with some becoming known as "Bad Bridgets" in prisons.
CAST: Emilia Jones, Daisy Edgar-Jones
Victorian Psycho
(DIR: Zachary Wigon • WRI: Virginia Feito)
This Keeper Pictures film was shot in Meath. In 1858, an eccentric young governess, Winifred Notty, arrives at the remote gothic manor Ensor House. As Winifred assimilates, staff begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners wonder if something is amiss about this new governess.
CAST: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs
One Sweet Hour
(DIR: Declan Recks • WRI: Eugene O'Brien)
An aging Elvis impersonator confronts his past while traveling with his estranged brother on a canal boat in the Irish Midlands.
CAST: Brían F. O'Byrne, Gary Lydon
Silverback
(WRI/DIR: Steve Kenny)
A stay-at-home dad must weigh the benefits of a new friendship with a notorious criminal who moves in next door against the deadly threat it poses to his family.
CAST: Jason Isaacs, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Lemonade
(WRI/DIR: Kim Bartley)
This went into production at the end of 2025.
CAST: Barry Keoghan, Lewis Brophy, Connie Doona, Graham Earley, Barry Keoghan
