The Irish Film Board credits itself as a development agency for the Irish film industry and claims to invest in talent, creativity and enterprise. The Irish Film Board also activley promotes Ireland as a location for filming for foreign films.
The original Irish film board was abandoned in 1987, but following the success of Irish films such as The Crying Game by Neil Jordan, the Irish Film Board was reconstituted in 1993. Lelia Doolan, Chairperson of the Board at the time said "The existence of an energetic and imaginative film activity underpins the continuation and development of an Irish identity."
The Irish Film Board had a capital of €16.5m in 2010 but, unfortunately, is under consideration of being dropped by the Government because of the current economic crisis.
If the Irish Film Board is dropped I think that it will be a dire shame and will throw away what has been a blooming market in the last few years.
If you want to check out some of the films which the IFB has help to produce or fund, there website is http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/
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