Today marks another first for the team at Dublin based Element Pictures as three of its films are invited to official selection at Cannes Film Festival. Cannes Film Festival, which will be held this year from May 14th to 25th, is the most prestigious film festival in the world with a highly competitive selection process. For any production […]
POOR THINGS, produced and developed by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe and the team at Dublin based Element Pictures won four awards at the Academy Awards© in LA including Best Actress for Emma Stone, Best Production Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Costume Design. This is the most wins for an Irish produced film ever. This brings […]
First-look pictures have been revealed for brand new drama THE LISTENERS. The series is based on the novel by Jordan Tannahill, who has also written the adaptation, and is coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year. Produced by Element Pictures (Normal People, The Favourite, Poor Things), a Fremantle company, and directed by […]
STORYHOUSE, a new, ground-breaking annual festival which champions, cultivates and celebrates the art of storytelling for the screen will be held in Dublin’s Light House Cinema on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 March 2024. Speakers announced today for the inaugural STORYHOUSE include Academy Award© nominee Tony McNamara (Poor Things, The Favourite, The Great), Academy Award© […]
The BBC has commissioned THE LISTENERS, starring Rebecca Hall (Christine, The Town, Vicky Christina Barcelona) and based on the novel by Jordan Tannahill, who has also written the adaptation. Produced by Element Pictures (Normal People, The Favourite, Poor Things), a Fremantle company, and directed by Janicza Bravo (Zola, Poker Face, Mrs America) for BBC One […]
POOR THINGS, produced and developed by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe and the team at Dublin based Element Pictures won 5 awards at the BAFTAs tonight including Best Lead Actress (Emma Stone), Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make Up & Hair & Special Visual Effects. POOR THINGS has already won 2 Golden Globes […]
POOR THINGS, produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Dublin based Element Pictures, along with Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, scored 11 Academy Award© nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress for Emma Stone, Adapted Screenplay for Tony McNamara and Best Cinematography for Irish DOP Robbie Ryan. Producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe said: We […]
Golden Globe winner, POOR THINGS, produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Dublin based Element Pictures, along with Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, scored 11 nominations at the BAFTAS including Best Picture, Best Actress for Emma Stone, Adapted Screenplay for Tony McNamara and Best Cinematography for Irish DOP Robbie Ryan. Producers Ed Guiney and […]
Seen through the eyes of eleven-year-old Sam, we are taken on a journey through the loveliest of days. A glorious, happy family gathering in a perfect English summer garden. There’ll be lunch under the mulberry tree and wine and games and dancing. And then, of course, this being a brilliant party, there’ll be a surprise. […]
POOR THINGS, from celebrated director Yorgos Lanthimos, made the longlist for 14 BAFTA categories, including Best Film, Best Director, Leading Actress for Emma Stone and Supporting Actor for Mark Ruffalo. While the Element Pictures production SUCH A LOVELY DAY was longlisted for British Short Film. POOR THINGS is in US cinemas now and opens in […]
POOR THINGS won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical/Comedy) whilst Emma Stone won the award for Best Female Actor (Musical/Comedy). From celebrated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone POOR THINGS tells the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and […]
POOR THINGS has been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards. The new film from celebrated director Yorgos Lanthimos received nominations for Best Picture (Musical/Comedy) and Best Director. Emma Stone received a nomination for Best Female Actor (Musical/Comedy) while both Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo received nominations for Best Supporting Male Actor. Further nominations included Best […]
Yorgos Lanthimos’ POOR THINGS took home the coveted Golden Lion at the 80th Venice Film Festival. The film was met with rave reviews from The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline along with a slew of 5-star ratings from the likes of The Guardian, Total Film and The Telegraph. POOR THINGS than went on to screen at […]
Shiv’s 36 and 7 months sober. She’s determined to get sobriety right this time and steer clear of all her old temptations and triggers. But what if the biggest threat to Shiv’s stability turns out to be closer to home? Giving up alcohol is one thing… but what about giving up her dysfunctional family? Can […]
Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, England, is a country divided. As the aristocracy are building the first cotton mills and factories, the common people are starving. David Hartley (Michael Socha) has been away from his family’s remote moor-top dwelling for seven years. On his journey home to Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, […]
Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and […]
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with […]
An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave […]
Following a hotly contested auction, Element Pictures (a Fremantle company) has acquired the film and television rights to Nicola Dinan’s debut novel BELLIES ahead of its publication in the US and UK next summer. The NORMAL PEOPLE producers are working with the author on the adaptation of the novel as an 8 x 30 minute series. BELLIES is a tender, […]
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An adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue, the film is set in the Irish Midlands in 1862. A psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century-phenomenon of the “fasting girls,” it follows 11-year-old Anna O’Donnell, who stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well, and an English nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh), who is […]
Watch and share the trailer: HERE The BBC have today released a trailer for BBC Three and Hulu’s highly anticipated CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS, which will air this May 2022. CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS follows Frances (Alison Oliver), a 21 year old college student, as she navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her […]
Roisin Gallagher plays Shiv Sheridan who returns to Dublin after years of partying in London, sober and full of good intentions – but being back with her family makes staying on ‘the dry’ much harder than she expected. As Shiv tries to navigate this new phase of her life, so must her family…and they all […]
BritBox UK today released two images from original comedy-drama series THE DRY, produced by Element Pictures, in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and ITV Studios, in partnership with RTÉ. The image features Roisin Gallagher (THE FALL, NOWHERE SPECIAL) as Shiv Sheridan who returns to Dublin after years of partying in London, sober and full of […]
A stellar cast has been assembled and production is now underway on writer and director Shane Meadows’ first period television drama, THE GALLOWS POLE. Starring in the highly anticipated series will be Michael Socha (This is England, Papillon), Thomas Turgoose (This is England, Looted), George MacKay (1917, Captain Fantastic), Tom Burke (Mank, The Souvenir), Sophie […]
At last night’s Irish Film and Television Awards, Element Pictures and Element Distribution took home an incredible 11 awards. Lenny Abrahamson’s NORMAL PEOPLE swept the Drama categories, bagging 9 awards in total, including: Best Director – Lenny Abrahamson, Lead Actor – Paul Mescal, and Best Script – Sally Rooney. In film, Phyllida Lloyd’s highly anticipated […]
Element Distribution and Picturehouse Entertainment are pleased to announce that female-driven drama HERSELF, will be released into Irish and UK cinemas from Friday 10 September 2021. The six-time IFTA nominated film, including nominations for Best Film, Lead Actress Film, & Best Script, received its world premiere to critical acclaim at Sundance Film Festival 2020 and […]
Paddy Breathnach’s “powerful and thought-provoking” ROSIE will premiere in the UK on BBC Three from Sunday 27th June. In ROSIE, Booker prize winning Irish novelist Roddy Doyle (The Commitments, Family) brings his signature brand of warmth and authenticity to a modern story of a Dublin family who have found themselves with nowhere left to go. […]
Element Distribution and Element Pictures have received a total of 22 nominations in the 2021 Irish Film and Television Awards. Lenny Abrahamson’s world renowned NORMAL PEOPLE has been nominated for 15 awards; with Paul Mescal receiving a nomination for the Lead Actor Drama award, Lenny Abrahamson is nominated for Best Director and the series itself […]
Nick Rowland’s debut CALM WITH HORSES has been nominated for 4 BAFTAs. Mullingar native Niamh Algar has been nominated for Supporting Actress, Dublin born Barry Keoghan for Supporting Actor, Shaheen Baig for Casting and the film itself received a nomination for Outstanding British Film. The virtual EE BAFTAs will take place on April 11th. Co- […]
NEWCOMER ALISON OLIVER CAST ALONGSIDE SASHA LANE, JOE ALWYN AND JEMIMA KIRKE IN NEW DRAMA FROM THE PRODUCERS OF ‘NORMAL PEOPLE’ Following the outstanding success of Normal People, award-winning production company Element Pictures (The Favourite, Room, The Lobster) has today announced the highly anticipated casting for the BBC and Hulu TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s […]
Element Pictures’ internationally acclaimed series NORMAL PEOPLE has received two Golden Globe nominations; Daisy Edgar-Jones has been nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Film and the series itself has been nominated for Best Limited Series or TV Film. Edgar- Jones’ nomination for her portrayal of NORMAL PEOPLE’S Marianne marks her first […]
Following its global success Normal People has received an incredible 4 Emmy nominations. Paul Mescal has been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in A Limited Series, Lenny Abrahamson for Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Sally Rooney & Alice Birch for Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series and Louise Kiely for Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series. Executive producers […]
THE SOUVENIR – PART II follows Julie as she attempts to understand her relationship with Anthony. Over five years, Julie processes her experiences through her filmmaking, culminating in the creation of her graduation film. If Part One is the story of Julie and Anthony, then Part Two is the story of Julie and her creativity.
PROSPERITY is a series of four one-hour dramas for television from director Lenny Abrahamson and writer Mark O’Halloran, the team behind ADAM & PAUL and GARAGE. PROSPERITY tells four powerful, moving and funny stories set on the same day, each episode examining the life of a single character on the margins of the Celtic Tiger.
Three feature length crime thrillers adapted from the novels by John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black, and starring Gabriel Byrne as Dublin city pathologist Quirke, a charismatic, troubled loner who spends his life hiding from his past even as he uncovers the secrets of the Dublin dead.
This trilogy of films set between 1979 and 1992 charts the emergence of modern Ireland through the hugely controversial figure of Charles J Haughey. In his pursuit of power, wealth and glamour he can be seen to presage the dreams and aspirations of a whole society that emerged in the subsequent era of the Celtic […]
DISOBEDIENCE is an adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s book about a woman’s journey in the wake of her father’s death from her secular, even hedonist New York life, to the world of her childhood as a devout Jew in London. The film follows her as she struggles to figure out her identity, come to terms with […]
Friends since they were small boys, Adam and Paul – and we never learn which is which – have withered into two hapless, desperate Dublin junkies, tied together by habit and necessity. A stylized, downbeat comedy, the film follows the pair through a single day, which, like every other, is entirely devoted to the business […]
Single mother, Collette McVeigh, is a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardline brothers Connor and Gerry. When she is arrested during an aborted bomb plot in London, an MI5 officer offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison for 25 years or return to Belfast to spy on her own […]
Endeavor Content has sold multiple world-wide territories for Element Pictures’ NORMAL PEOPLE, which premiered on BBC Three April 26th, BBC One April 27th, RTE One April 28th and on Hulu April 29th. Rights to the series have been purchased for the following territories: Australia (Stan), Canada (CBC), Denmark (DR Denmark), Greece (Fox), Iceland (Siminn), Ireland […]
PURE MULE is set in rural Ireland, in the same terrain as Eugene O’Brien’s play and later feature film Eden. It’s a midlands market town, unnamed, but utterly familiar.Each of the six episodes of the original series (which first aired in 2005) focuses in on one particular character from Friday evening to Monday morning. By […]
RED ROCK’ is an Irish crime-drama series with an all-star cast. Based in the fictional seaside town of Red Rock is a busy Dublin Garda station just outside of the city. Two prominent families in the neighbourhood are the Hennessys and the Kielys, who have an ongoing feud with each other. Working to keep the […]
The character-driven miniseries REBELLION honors the 100th anniversary of the start of the Easter Uprising in 1916, a defining moment in Irish and British history. Three diverse young women and their families, lovers and friends from Belfast, Dublin and London play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland’s independence. Some prioritize family loyalties; […]
A dark, psychological mystery which focuses on a murder investigation led by two ambitious and charismatic detectives, Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) and Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene). When a young, talented ballerina is found dead on an ancient stone altar, her death drags up another tragedy that befell this community years before – when three children […]
CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS follows Frances (Alison Oliver), a 21 year old college student, as she navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham, produced by Element Pictures, and adapted from Sally Rooney’s debut novel. The series stars emerging talent […]
At school, Connell (Paul Mescal) and Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) pretend not to know each other. But when Connell collects his mother from her job at Marianne’s house, a strange, indelible connection grows, one they’re determined to conceal. Later, they’re both studying at Trinity College, where Marianne is popular and Connell shyer, more uncertain. During their […]
THE GUARD is a comedy-thriller set on the west coast of Ireland. Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don […]
In ROSIE, award-winning Irish novelist Roddy Doyle brings his signature brand of warmth and authenticity to a modern story of a Dublin family who has found themselves with nowhere left to go. Hailed as the most important Irish film of the year, ROSIE follows a young mother (Sarah Greene) as she searches to find a room for […]
WHAT RICHARD DID follows Richard Karlsen (Jack Reynor), golden-boy athlete and undisputed alpha-male of his privileged set of South Dublin teenagers, through the summer between the end of school and the beginning of university. The world is bright and everything seems possible, until one summer night Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters […]
A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A […]
FRANK is an offbeat comedy about a wannabe musician (Domhnall Gleeson) who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender) -a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head.
Steven (Colin Farrell), an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon is married to Anna (Nicole Kidman), a respected ophthalmologist. They are well off and live a happy and healthy family life with their two children, Kim, 14 (Raffey Cassidy) and Bob, 12 (Sunny Suljic). Steven forms a friendship with Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless 16 year-old boy. Things […]
Entrepreneur Rory (Jude Law), relocates his wife Allison (Carrie Coon) and their children from suburban America to his native England with dreams of profiting from booming 1980’s London. While Rory thrives chasing lofty deals in the city, Allison and the kids struggle to adapt. Once a businesswoman in her own right, Allison now finds herself […]
ROOM is a unique and touching exploration of the boundless love between a mother (Brie Larson) and her child (Jacob Tremblay). After 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world. ROOM is an intensely powerful and wonderfully life-affirming […]
Sandra (Clare Dunne), on the surface of it, is a young Mum struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe, happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, Sandra has a steely determination to change their lives for the better and when it becomes clear that there are no other options […]
In early 18th-century England, a frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne, and her closest friend, Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz), governs the country while tending to Anne’s health. When new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, Sarah takes Abigail under her wing as she cunningly schemes to return to her aristocratic roots, setting off an […]
Ireland 1919: Damian (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy (Pádric Delaney) are brothers fighting in a guerrilla war for Irish independence from the British. Workers from field and country unite to ambush the notorious Black and Tans squads. Through his military experience Damian, becomes politicised. When a treaty giving an apparent level of victory to the fighters […]
Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Josie (Pat Shortt) has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station on the outskirts of a small town in the mid-west of Ireland. He is limited, lonely, yet relentlessly optimistic and, in his own peculiar way, happy. GARAGE is the story […]
Element Pictures is an award-winning film and television production company run by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, with offices in Dublin, London and Belfast. Current film productions and upcoming releases include Yorgos Lanthimos’ POOR THINGS, starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe (Film4/Searchlight Pictures); along with AND (Film4/ Searchlight Pictures); Stephen Williams historical biopic CHEVALIER, starring […]
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