ilDÁNA 2025

This season we wish to fund the making of two feature-length landmark documentary films, each with a budget of up to €135,000. It is hoped that one of the two documentaries will give expression to inclusivity and diversity in the arts and actively involve new and under-represented voices.

While we welcome proposals about any artform or arts practice area, we wish to encourage applications that explore art forms which are not regularly the subject of arts documentaries in Irish.

Guidelines for ilDÁNA 2025:

• Films commissioned for ilDÁNA will provide a definitive creative treatment of their arts subject.
• Proposals exploring any art form or practice area are welcome.
• Contemporary subjects are preferred but contemporary treatments of historical works/subjects may also be considered.

• Up to two films will be funded with a budget of up to €135,000 per film. They will launch with dedicated cinema screenings and will have a theatrical window before broadcast to a primetime TG4 audience in 2026.
• It is our intention that one of the two documentaries to be funded will give expression to inclusivity and diversity in the arts and actively involve new and under-represented voices.
• TG4 will administer the commissioning process of ilDÁNA films and will issue the standard commissioning agreement.
• Representatives from TG4, the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and an independent assessor will make the selection for ilDÁNA.  

Applications must be made using the TG4 online application system.