ABOUT | Samson Films

SAMSON FILMS IS A
FILM AND TV PRODUCTION
COMPANY BASED IN DUBLIN.

WHAT WE DO...

DEVELOPMENT

Samson Films specializes in developing our own film and TV drama material. Our team of industry professionals uses their experience and knowledge to make sure every project is of the highest quality.

PRODUCTION

Samson also acts as a co-producer and executive producer on a wide range of Irish, European and International feature film projects.

FUNDING

The company has been awarded Slate Funding by Creative Europe on a number of occasions, most recently in 2021. Samson has also received Screen Ireland Slate Funding.

RECENT WORK

Most recently, the company has produced a Finnish co-production titled MY SAILOR, MY LOVE. This is the English language debut of Oscar nominated director Klaus Häro and was released in March 2023. The company also produced HOLY ISLAND by Robert Manson, an experimental drama made for the Arts Council and IFI. Also, THE GHOST OF RICHARD HARRIS, a documentary feature directed by Adrian Sibley, for Sky Arts and Screen Ireland was nominated for a BAFTA and IFTA this year.

RECENT AWARDS

Recent award winning titles include FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, by Carmel Winters (2018), which won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize at Toronto International Film Festival, ROSE PLAYS JULIE (2019) by Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival & WILDFIRE by Cathy Brady (2020), which had its World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and was subsequently nominated for five IFTA Awards, winning for Best Director and Best Actress in a Lead Role (Nika McGuigan).

FILMING IN IRELAND

Ireland has one of the more competitive tax credits in Europe - at 32% on all eligible expenditure in Ireland- with an additional uplift available in certain circumstances for productions shooting in the Irish regions.

Samson Films has considerable experience in utilising these incentives on many of our own projects and also on a wide range of European co-productions- where we integrate these benefits within the various financing requirements of our co-production partners.

Samson also provides occasional and bespoke production services to selected projects where we feel we can add additional value, not only through the Section 481 incentive, but also through our locations expertise built up over many years and our long standing crew relationships at a variety of budget levels.

Recent examples of these would be the single films Royal Rendezvous (2023) and The Christmas Break (2023) for MarVista Entertainment (a division of Fox in the USA) and TV series such as Intruder (2021) 4x1 hours for Channel 5, Witness Number 3 (2022) 4x1 hours for Channel 5, and The Nightcrawler (2023) for Channel 5.

To find out more about co-producing incentives in Ireland and regional funding opportunities, please email info@samsonfilms.com

For a more general overview of filming in Ireland, visit https://www.screenireland.ie/.