Keeper loved working alongside this team as the post production partner, with all post taking place in Ireland. A great opportunity to work with local post houses including Outer Limits and Gabha. 

The film stars Domhnall Gleeson (ABOUT TIME), Gayle Rankin (GLOW), Grant O’Rourke (IN PLAIN SIGHT), bringing life to a richly imagined story set on a rugged Scottish island. 

Set on a remote Scottish island, THE INCOMER follows two siblings who survive by hunting seabirds, retelling the stories of their ancestors, and defending the isle from dreaded ‘Incomers’. Their world is upended with the arrival of an awkward council worker who has come to uproot them from their homeland.

Keeper Pictures looks forward to celebrating THE INCOMER on this prestigious international stage.

Written and directed by Nanouk Leopold, WHITETAIL is a co-production from Stienette Bosklopper from Circe Films and Maarten Swart from Kaap Holland Film in the Netherlands, Katie Holly and Evan Horan from Keeper Pictures; Bart Van Langendonck from Savage Film in Belgium, and Martien Vlietman from VPRO. Executive Producers include Anne Carey from Archer Gray, Mike Goodridge from Good Chaos, Jorn Baars from Kaap Holland Film and Niamh Fagan from Screen Ireland. 

Starring Natasha O’Keeffe (PEAKY BLINDERS), Andrew Bennett (AN CAILÍN CIÚIN), Aaron McCusker (BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY), Rory Nolan (FOUNDATION), Simone Kirby (KNEECAP), Aidan O’Hare (SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE), Abby Fitz (THE WOMAN IN THE WALL) and Seán Treacy (THE OUTPOST). Key creative roles includes DOP Frank van den Eeden (CLOSE), editor Katharina Wartena (BROWNIAN MOVEMENT), production designer Emma Lowney (AN CAILÍN CIÚIN), composer Stephen Rennicks (FRANK), costume designer Manon Blom (COBAIN) and casting directors Louise Kiely (NORMAL PEOPLE) and Thyrza Ging (KIN). 

Set in the isolated beauty of southern Ireland, WHITETAIL tells the story of Jen who works as a conservation ranger in the same woods where, years ago, her younger sister lost her life in a tragic accident. The sudden return of Oscar, a boyfriend from her distant past, stirs memories long buried, forcing her to confront their shared history. As a poacher begins leaving violent traces across the land she protects, the line between past and present starts to blur and Jen has to face what’s been haunting her all along.

Producer Evan Horan had this to say “We are thrilled at Keeper Pictures to have Nanouk Leopold’s WHITETAIL world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. After shooting in the breathtaking landscapes of Kerry, we’re incredibly excited to launch this special film at TIFF, with one of the most celebrated film festival audiences in the world. We want to congratulate and thank our incredible cast and crew for their hard work across the shoot, as well as our co-production partners for their collaboration and Screen Ireland for their support.”

The gripping seven-part series has been one of RTÉ Documentary On One’s most successful ever podcasts, drawing in millions of listeners from more than 100 countries. Since its release in May 2023, Finding Samantha has hit the number-one spot on both Apple Podcasts and Spotify in Ireland. In an unprecedented first for an RTÉ podcast, it also featured in the top five in the Apple Podcast charts in both Australia and New Zealand. Both the podcast and forthcoming TV adaptation start in 2013, when a distressed 14- year girl was picked up outside the General Post Office in Dublin city centre. Swiftly nicknamed ‘The GPO Girl’ by the media, the teenager appeared to be too traumatised to speak. She was duly taken to a children’s hospital by the Garda, who assumed that she was a victim of child trafficking. However, after an intense month- long investigation into her identity produced no leads, the police released a photograph of the mute teenager. That resulted in an astonishing call from the other side of the world, which revealed that The GPO Girl was, in fact, a 25-year-old Australian called Samantha Azzopardi, a sophisticated serial con woman — and a psychological enigma.

Emilia di Girolamo’s credits include a string of successful true-crime adaptations. She wrote and executive produced Deceit for Channel 4 in the UK, based on the controversial honeytrap at the heart of the investigation into the 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell. She was also head writer and showrunner on The Tunnel: Vengeance for SKY and Law & Order UK for ITV/NBC. Most recently, she created, wrote and showran Amazon Prime Video’s critically acclaimed Montreal-based detective series Three Pines, starring Alfred Molina.

Emilia di Girolamo said “I’m thrilled to partner with Keeper Pictures and the brilliant RTÉ Documentary On One journalists to bring this extraordinary story to screen. Samantha Azzopardi embodies a new breed of ’emotional con woman’ trading in attention and sympathy and her story sits perfectly within our cultural fascination with complex female criminals. Like the podcast, the drama is a psychological excavation that explores the driving forces behind her compulsive deceptions, as well as the damage she inflicted on her many vulnerable victims. The series also delves into the cat-and-mouse games Samantha played with the podcast team, creating a multi- layered narrative that’s as much about the pursuit of truth as it is about deception itself.”

Yvonne Donohoe, creative director and producer at Keeper Pictures said: “Alongside listeners from around the world, we at Keeper Pictures were captivated not only by Samantha Azzopardi’s story but also the nuanced and balanced way this podcast, and these journalists in particular, interpret, understand and tell this knotty, fascinating, intense, emotional and thrilling true crime story. We are delighted to have secured the screen rights for the podcast and to be collaborating with a brilliant showrunner who shares our passion for this story but also wants to treat the material with sensitivity and integrity as we bring this story to life in an ambitious, engrossing, water-cooler limited TV drama series.”

Edel Edwards, head of programme sales at RTÉ Programme Sales, said: “In the last couple of years, there’s been a flood of interest in our Doc On One podcast series, as producers have realised they represent a rich source of untold true-crime stories. Finding Samantha totally fits that description and with the brilliant Emilia in charge of migrating the extraordinary and vulnerable story of Samantha Azzopardi from podcast to screen, we have no doubt that it will make for irresistible viewing. Keeper Pictures’ track record in brilliant drama and crucially, the ability to tell a story without sensationalism and with utmost respect means it is in the best hands.’

Financiers for THE GONE are – Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund, Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, TVNZ, NZ On Air, Red Arrow Studios International, Fulcrum Media Finance, Inevitable Pictures and the BAI.

Katie Holly and Evan Horan from Keeper Pictures will be in attendance alongside producer Laura Tunstall and writer/director Damian McCarthy.

ODDITY is a co-production with Nowhere, written and directed by Damien McCarthy (Caveat), and starring Gwilym Lee (The Great), Carolyn Bracken (You Are Not My Mother), Tadhg Murphy (Vikings), Caroline Menton, Steve Wall (The English) and Jonathan French (Dublin Crust).

Producer Evan Horan had this to say “All at Keeper Pictures and Nowhere are delighted to have Damian McCarthy’s ODDITY world premiere at SXSW, making its way from West Cork to to Austin, Texas. We want to thank our incredible cast and crew for their hard work across the shoot; and we can’t wait to show our film to the SXSW audiences, who are exactly the fans of horror and genre that we made this film for!”

The six part thriller series follows Irish detective Theo Richter (Richard Flood) and Kiwi detective Diana Huia (Acushla-Tara Kupe) as they search for a missing Irish couple in New Zealand.

The series is directed by Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger and Hannah Quinn, written by Anna McPartlin and Michael Bennett. The Gone is co-produced by Keeper Pictures and Kingfisher Films, in association with Southern Light Films (New Zealand) for RTÉ and TV New Zealand, with international distribution handled by Red Arrow Studios.

Financiers for THE GONE are – Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund, Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, TVNZ, NZ On Air, Red Arrow Studios International, Fulcrum Media Finance, Inevitable Pictures and the BAI.

THE GONE starts Sunday 22nd October at 9:30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

The series is directed by Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger and Hannah Quinn, written by Anna McPartlin and Michael Bennett. The Gone is co-produced by Keeper Pictures and Kingfisher Films, in association with Southern Light Films (New Zealand) for RTÉ and TV New Zealand, with international distribution handled by Red Arrow Studios. Financiers for THE GONE are – Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund, Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, TVNZ, NZ On Air, Red Arrow Studios International, Fulcrum Media Finance, Inevitable Pictures and the BAI.

More info on the upcoming season here.

The series stars – Richard Flood (Grey’s Anatomy) Acushla-Tara Kupe (Mr Corman) Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Carolyn Bracken (The Dublin Murders) ,Liam Carney (Gangs of New York) and Aaron Monaghan (Assassin’s Creed) Wayne Hapi (Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Porou), Manu Bennett (Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu), Vanessa Rare (Ngāti Pu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāpuhi) and Scott Wills.
The Series is Directed by Peter Meteherangi Tikao Burger (One Lane Bridge, Until Proven Innocent, Resolve) and Hannah Quinn (Vikings Valhalla, Blood, The Stranger)
Following its premiere to buyers in Cannes, THE GONE started on TVNZ in New Zealand on the 7th of May to fantastic viewing figures. Irish audiences will have to wait to watch the series when it is included in RTE’s Autumn catalogue.

Executive Producer Yvonne Donohoe had this to say about THE GONE going to MIPTV; “We were thrilled to showcase THE GONE to buyers at the Palais – a brilliant opportunity to see our series on the big screen! We’re really excited by the response from New Zealand audiences to the series and can’t wait for Irish and international audiences to see it very soon.”

Financiers for THE GONE are – Te Puna Kairangi Premium Fund, Fís Eireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, TVNZ, NZ On Air, Red Arrow Studios International, Fulcrum Media Finance, Inevitable Pictures and the BAI.