It's truly inspiring to see such high standards of film and television projects in consideration for IFTA awards this year.
On the longlist for Best Film alone, we're proud that so many were cast with the help of Fishpond. Congratulations to all the cast and crew – we're loving your work.
Anniversary
Director: Jan Komasa
Casting: Louise Kiely / Fabiana Arrastia / Elise Brennan / Barry Coyle / Thyrza Ging / Fionnuala O'Shea / Karen Scully
Starring: Diane Lane / Kyle Chandler / Madeline Brewer
Báite
Director: Ruán Magan
Casting: Mairéad Campbell
Starring: Eleanor O'Brien / Moe Dunford / Oisín Mistéil
Blue Moon
Director: Richard Linklater
Casting: Áine O'Sullivan / Olivia Scott-Webb / Simon Higgins / Diane Mabbett
Starring: Ethan Hawke / Bobby Cannavale / Andrew Scott
Dreamtown
Director: Steven McKenna
Casting: Steven McKenna
Starring: Anthony Murphy / Cian Hyland / Michelle Lucy
Girls and Boys
Director: Donncha Gilmore
Casting: Donncha Gilmore / Gearoid Gilmore / Sarah Ratcliffe
Starring: Liath Hannon / Adam Lunnon-Collery / Francis O'Mahony
Irish Blood
Director: Molly McGlynn
Casting: Louise Kiely / Karen Scully / John Buchan / Jason Knight / Fionnuala O'Shea / Cynthia Ogidan / Shane Whisker
Starring: Alicia Silverstone / Jason O'Mara / Dearbhla Molloy
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Director: Andrew Chaplin
Casting: Karen Scully / Louise Kiely / Elise Brennan / Fionnuala O'Shea / Cynthia Ogidan
Starring: Alex Lawther / Laurie Kynaston / Jamie-Lee O'Donnell
Ready or Not
Director: Claire Frances Byrne
Casting: Alison Crosbie / Maureen Hughes / Laura Quinn / Alison Rainsford
Starring: Ruby Conway Dunne / Alex Grendon / Molly Byrne
Saipan
Director: Lisa Barrs D'Sa / Glenn Leyburn
Casting: Áine O'Sullivan
Starring: Éanna Hardwicke / Steve Coogan / Peter McDonald
Showkids
Director: Hugh O'Conor
Casting: Shauna Griffith
Starring: Flynn Gray / Philippa Dunne / Killian Sundermann
Solitary
Director: Eamonn Murphy
Casting: Rob Treloar
Starring: Gerry Herbert / Cailum Carragher / Cate Russell
Sunphlowers
Director: Dave Byrne
Casting: Gillian Reynolds
Starring: Anne McCrudden / Patrick Bergin / Abigail O'Regan
The Unreal
Director: Bonnie Dempsey
Casting: Mike Foott / James Duffy
Starring: Senan Jennings / Kathryn McKiernan / Kate Brady
Trad
Director: Lance Daly
Casting: Sarah Hone / Hilary McCarthy
Starring: Megan Nic Fhionnghaile / Aidan Gillen / Sarah Greene
Video Nasty
Director: Christopher Smith / Megan K. Fox
Casting: Thyrza Ging / Louise Kiely
Starring: Justin Daniels Anene / Cal O'Driscoll / Leia Murphy
Wednesday
Director: Tim Burton / James Marshall / Gandja Monteiro / Paco Cabezas / Angela Robinson
Casting: Sophie Holland / John Papsidera / Florina Fernandes / Emily Bohbrink / Fiona Weir / Chandra Ruegg / Maddalena Zuppetta / Frankie Fearis / Olenka Wos Kimball / Sinéad Donnelly / Radu Dragoi / Dena Qashqai / Olissa Rogers / Sarah Wilson / George Ludlow / Mohammad Mani Rabiee / Daryl Baboulis-Gyscek
Starring: Jenna Ortega / Emma Myers / Hunter Doohan
Keep an eye out for nominations, to be announced later this month.