10 things to know about

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One mission: to tell stories that engage, move and inspire.

Based in Dublin and founded in 1990, New Decade is an award-winning production company with extensive experience in the creation and production of high quality factual and entertainment programming, feature films and dramas.

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Two decades to tell one complex true story…

Great stories take time. In 2009, Ciaran and Nuala started building a relationship with Fr Alec Reid about his secret meetings and negotiations with leaders of the political parties and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. In 2023, Reid’s story was finally revealed in a feature-length documentary ‘The Secret Peacemaker’ that aired on RTE and BBC Northern Ireland.

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Three award-winning science shows

From 2007 to present day and across multiple science programming series, New Decade continues to shine a light on the very best of Irish scientific discovery.

2007

The Investigators

2012

The Science Squad

2015

10 Things to know about

When RTE does things well, it does them very well indeed and 10 Things to Know About is a perfect example of a home-produced programme that follows the old principals of educating, informing and – most importantly – entertaining. (…) you can’t ask for a better endorsement of a science than that.”

The Independent

2018

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We bring authentic voices to the fore

What’s important for me is that they know about what their mother and their grandmother and their great grandmother went through. And let’s hope it never happens again. That the truth be told.

Magdalene Survivor, Ireland’s Dirty Laundry

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Celebrating over 50 creative collaborations across Ireland

The Island has been an amazing success. It was everything we wished for and so much more. Thank you for the care, effort, and dedication you put into bringing Irish geological science to the people.

Dr Siobhan Power, Geological Survey Ireland

The team at New Decade is fantastic to work with; they are very quick at understanding the client’s aims, are very creative, are relaxed yet efficient to work with and above all deliver a great final product.

Lia O’Sullivan, Communications Manager, Irish Universities Association

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Six continents

Our cameras have been all around the world in search of hidden treasures.

Canada
USA

Guatemala

Belgium
France
Holland
Ireland
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom

Rwanda
Sudan
Uganda

Israel
Sri Lanka

Australia

Canada
USA

Guatemala

Belgium
France
Holland
Ireland
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom

 

Israel
Sri Lanka

Rwanda
Sudan
Uganda

Australia

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Our golden number

Seven is often associated with wisdom, knowledge, and reflection, which are the cornerstones of great storytelling at New Decade.

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Over 80 hours of dazzling content

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Cloud nine over all our awards

2023

35th Galway Film Fleadh
Best Irish Documentary
The Graceless Age – The Ballad of John Murry
Directed by Sarah Share

2022

34th Galway Film Fleadh
Special Mention
For The Birds
Directed by Ciaran O’Connor

2018

Energa Camerimage, Poland
Golden Frog | Best Docudrama
I, Dolours
Directed by Maurice Sweeney

Nuala Cunningham had a good fleadh. As well as producing My Lost Russian Mother she was, with her fellow producers John Galway and Aeschylus Poulos, a force behind Sarah Share’s singular The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry, which won best Irish documentary.

Donald Clarke

The Irish Times, 17 July 2023

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Meet some of our current international partners

Belgium

France

Luxembourg

Betweenlands

United Kindgom

Germany

USA

Macha Productions

USA

USA

Canada

Canada