Irish film and TV funding body Screen Ireland will appoint a permanent representative based in Los Angeles next year, the Vikings and Brooklyn backer has announced.
The expansion was confirmed as part of a two day trade mission in partnership with Enterprise Ireland in Los Angeles, led by the Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Varadkar also opened a new Irish consulate in Los Angeles as part of its ‘Global Ireland’ strategy, to double the country’s impact internationally by 2025.
As part of the trade mission, Varadkar met with senior executives from Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros, Skydance Media, Hulu, Endeavour and Fox Searchlight. Meetings included Bob Iger and Reed Hastings.
The trade mission was attended by Ireland’s leading production companies, animation studios, post-production and VFX houses, including Element Pictures (The Favourite), Cartoon Saloon (The Breadwinner), Brown Bag (Vampirina), Wild Atlantic Pictures (Fate: The Winx Saga), World 2000 (Vikings). Also on...
The expansion was confirmed as part of a two day trade mission in partnership with Enterprise Ireland in Los Angeles, led by the Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Varadkar also opened a new Irish consulate in Los Angeles as part of its ‘Global Ireland’ strategy, to double the country’s impact internationally by 2025.
As part of the trade mission, Varadkar met with senior executives from Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros, Skydance Media, Hulu, Endeavour and Fox Searchlight. Meetings included Bob Iger and Reed Hastings.
The trade mission was attended by Ireland’s leading production companies, animation studios, post-production and VFX houses, including Element Pictures (The Favourite), Cartoon Saloon (The Breadwinner), Brown Bag (Vampirina), Wild Atlantic Pictures (Fate: The Winx Saga), World 2000 (Vikings). Also on...
- 9/30/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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