VICO FILMs

Celebrating over twenty years in business, Vico has become one of Ireland’s leading and most dynamic film and television production companies.

2024 was a bumper year for the Company. Spring saw the release of Series 4 of Vico’s BBC1 Comedy series The Young Offenders (based on the Company’s 2016 smash-hit film).

Vico’s latest production, the four-part psychological thriller Dead & Buried headlined Virgin Media TV & BBC NI’s Autumn drama programming in September. The series, starring Annabel Scholey (The Split) & Colin Morgan (Merlin), is written by Colin Bateman, and released internationally through All3Media.

Vico’s latest feature film Spilt Milk received its world premiere at Tallinn’s Black Nights Festival in November. A co-production with Ireland’s 925 Productions and Scottish outfit Randan, the film is supported by Screen Ireland, Screen Ireland, Coimisiún.na Meán and RTÉ. Director Brian Durnin makes his feature film debut, with Cara Loftus also making her feature debut as screenwriter. Spilt Milk starts newcomers Cillan Sullivan & Naoise Kelly alongside Danielle Galligan (Shadow & Bone), Laurence O’Fuarain (The Witcher) and Pom Boyd (Frank of Ireland). The film has received four Irish Film & Television Award nominations including Best Film.

Previous projects include Animals, directed by Sophie Hyde, starring Holliday Grainger (The Borgias) and Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development), which premiered at Sundance in 2019. That same year, the Company shot Cold Courage, an 8x60’ international crime thriller series based on the best-selling Nordic novels by Pekka Hiltunen. Commissioned by NENT (Viaplay) with international distribution through Lionsgate, The Series was released across Scandinavia, the UK (Britbox) and the US (AMC+) in 2020.

Vico’s recent Cannes Silver Lion-winning, RTS-nominated Every Five Miles pilot, commissioned by RTÉ, is currently being adapted into a TV drama series.

The company’s Screen Ireland-commissioned short, Room Taken, which explores themes of homelessness and isolation in the elderly community through the shared experiences of a recent immigrant and a blind woman, continues to win multiple international awards and is currently Shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Awards.

Vico Films has an active slate of feature film and TV projects in development and is a recipient of Screen Ireland’s recent Slate Development Scheme.

What an honour it is for our projects to be included in FIVE @iftaacademy categories for this years awards ceremony. It has been a busy few years for us at Vico Films and we have worked with some incredible people, so we are beyond proud to be recognised along side them. Spilt Milk - Best Film Brian Durnin - Director Cara Loftus - Script Gwen Jeffares Houres - Costume Room Taken - Short Film - Live Action We are keeping good company in all of our categories. Looking forward to the big event on Feb 14th. #irishfilm #screenireland #ifta

🎬 For Your Consideration 🎬 We're thrilled to share that our @virginmediaireland and @bbcni series Dead and Buried is longlisted in multiple categories, including Best Drama, in this years @iftaacademy Awards! This homegrown Irish series showcases the incredible talent and dedication of our cast and crew, and we couldn't be prouder. Please consider voting for us in all the categories to support Irish TV and celebrate the brilliant talent we have right here at home. Your support means the world to us! 🌟💚 👉 Vote now and let's bring this recognition to our wonderful team! 👈 Director @laurafway Written by @colinmbateman Starring @bel_scholey Colin Morgan @wajaliactor @niamhawalsh #DeadAndBuried #IrishTV #ForYourConsideration #SupportIrishTalent #VirginMedia #BBCNI #screenireland #coimisiunnamean

🎬 For Your Consideration! 🎬 We are thrilled to announce that @spiltmilkfilm is long-listed for the @iftaacademy awards this year! Everyone involved in this film has done an incredible job bringing @caralofty's beautiful story to life, and @huggyd and @laura_mcnicholas should be very proud. If you are a registered IFTA member, please check us out and consider voting for us. 2024 was an incredible year for #SpiltMilk with amazing reviews following our world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights. We are excited to announce more festivals in 2025! #IFTA #screenireland #irishfilm #cnam #diff

Get ready for a festive treat! @theyoungoffenders Christmas Special is airing tomorrow on Christmas day! Happy Christmas! #TheYoungOffenders #ChristmasSpecial #HolidayFun #MustWatch

Dead & Buried is coming to BBC 1 this Sunday! What a way to bring Dead & Buried back to our screens with a DOUBLE BILL, playing Episode 1 at 10:30pm, followed by Episode 2 right after. @bbcone @bel_scholey @wajaliactor @niamhawalsh @laurafway #deadandburied #irishtv #bbc1

@spiltmilkfilm had an incredible World Premiere last weekend at @tallinnblacknightsff. It was a great night celebrating with cast and crew. Thank you to the festival for a wonderful reception, to @irishembassytallinnkonopacki for hosting us for lunch before the screening and to everyone who came to watch the film with us. Congratulations in particular to @huggyd @caralofty and @laura_mcnicholas in creating the dream team.

WORLD PREMIERE - SPILT MILK - We're thrilled to be going to @tallinnblacknightsff in Estonia for the world premiere of @huggyd @laura_mcnicholas and @caralofty debut film @spiltmilkfilm in #irishfilm @screenireland @cnam.ie #JustFilm #SpiltMilk #screenireland #irishfilm

Dead & Buried FINAL EPISODE airs tonight on @virginmediatelevision and @bbcni. See what happens in the conclusion of Dead & Buried at 9pm on Virgin, and at 10.40pm on BBC NI. If haven't yet, you can check out the full series on Virgin Media Play and @bbciplayer Thanks to@virginmediaireland, @bbcni, @all3media_int, @screenireland, @cnam.ie and @northernirelandscreen for making this series happen! #deadandburied #irishfilm #bbciplayer #virginmediaplay #screenireland

Dead & Buried Episode 3 out tonight on @virginmediatelevision and @bbcni! And of course episodes 1 - 4 are available in full on Virgin Media Play and @bbciplayer #deadandburied #irishfilm #bbciplayer

Don't forget to watch episode two of Dead & Buried tonight on @virginmediatelevision and @bbcni. Of course, if you haven't already you can watch the full series on Virgin Media Play and @bbciplayer. #DeadAndBuried #irishfilm

Dead and Buried airs at 9pm TONIGHT on @virginmediatelevision and again at 10:40pm on @bbcni. We're very excited for everyone to finally get the chance to watch it with us Starring Colin Morgan, @bel_scholey , @kerri_quinn1 @wajaliactor and @niamhawalsh. Directed by @laurafway Written by @colinmbateman Produced by John Wallace Executive Producers for Vico Films: Cormac Fox, Colmán Mac Cionnaith Executive Producers for Three River Fiction: Jonathan Drake, Benjamin McGrath Director of Photography: Evan Barry Editor: Eoin McGuirk Production Design: Tracey O'Hanlon Music by: Andrew Simon McAllister First AD: Drew Maitland Script Supervisor: Fiona Lanham Line Producers: Lisa Kelly Casting: Amy Rowan Costume Design: Lara Campbell Make-Up Design: Jill McKay Hair Design: Eileen Buggy Sound Mixers: Fiachra O'Hanlon The series was produced by Vico Films and Three River Fiction for @virginmediatelevision and @bbcni with @all3media_int @screenireland @cnam.ie @northernirelandscreen #vmtv #deadandburied #bbcni #irishfilm

Second trailer for our upcoming series Dead and Buried, which airs next Monday, September 2nd. In the supermarket Cathy bumps into the man who killed her brother when she was a teenager, spawning an obsession that threatens to tear their lives apart. Dead and Buried, written by @colinmbateman, and directed by @laurafway, stars @bel_scholey Colin Morgan, and @kerri_quinn1 Dead & Buried was commissioned by @virginmediatelevision and @bbcni with @all3media_int @screenireland @cnam.ie and @northernirelandscreen #DeadAndBuried #irishtv #tv

Check out the new trailer for our upcoming series Dead & Buried. Coming to your screens on Monday September 2nd! Starring @bel_scholey and Colin Morgan, Dead and Buried is a thrilling series about revenge and forgiveness, penned by the brilliant @colinmbateman and directed by the wonderful @laurafway Dead & Buried was commissioned by @virginmediaireland and @bbcni with @all3media_int @screenireland @cnam.ie and @northernirelandscreen

We had a great night up in Armagh this week, hosted by @bbcni with @bel_scholey Kerri Quinn and @colinmbateman for the BBC NI launch of our new series Dead and Buried, starring Annabel Scholey and Colin Morgan. Looking forward to sharing #DeadandBuried with everyone in September. @virginmediatelevision @screenireland @cnam.ie @all3media_int #irishtv #tv #northernireland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/dead-and-buried-first-look Excited to announce Dead and Buried, our new four-part psychological thriller, written by Colin Bateman, commissioned by @bbcni and @virginmediaireland in association with @all3media_int. The series features Annabel Scholey (The Split, The Serial Killer’s Wife, The Salisbury Poisonings) and Colin Morgan (Humans, Belfast, Merlin), Kerri Quinn (Hope Street), Waj Ali (Carnival Row), Owen Roe (Vikings), Niamh Walsh (The Sandman), Micheal Hanna (He'll Have to Go) and Joanne Crawford (Blue Lights). It is produced by Three River Fiction and Vico Films with support from @screenireland, @northernirelandscreen and @cnam.ie. Set on the border, the series was filmed earlier this year in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It will air this autumn on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer.

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