TAILORED FILMS
IRELAND
CONTACT
RUTH TREACY
Co-Founder,
Producer/Director
JULIANNE FORDE
Co-Founder / Managing Director
Company Profile
Tailored Films is an award-winning film and television production company founded by Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde in 2006. Based in Dublin, the company specialises in edgy film and TV projects with a strong genre focus and contemporary social themes, aimed at European and international audiences.
With a diverse slate of features and TV series in development, Tailored is committed to telling bold, thought-provoking stories that resonate globally. The company has received Slate Development Funding from both Creative Europe and Screen Ireland on a number of occasions, and actively partners with like-minded international producers to develop impactful projects.
Recent work includes 'The Apprentice' (dir. Ali Abbasi), starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, and Maria Bakalova, which was an Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-nominated feature that premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2024. The company also released 'Bring Them Down' (dir. Chris Andrews), an Irish-UK-Belgian co-production starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, which premiered at TIFF and went on to win multiple international awards including Best Picture at Fantastic Fest and Best Screenplay at Rome Film Festival.
Upcoming projects include 'Hokum', a new feature from award-winning Irish director Damian McCarthy, starring Adam Scott.
On their television slate, Tailored has produced 10 live-action children’s series to date, including 'Louise Lives Large', an Irish-Canadian-Belgian co-production that became the number one show on Canada’s Family Channel. A second season is currently in development.
Tailored are also producers on 'Der Irland Krimi', one of the highest rated German TV drama series for ARD Degeto, for its past four seasons.
Tailored has a number of international projects lining up to shoot in 2026.
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COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
BRING THEM DOWN 2024
Format: Feature Film
Countries: Ireland, UK, Belgium
Genre: Revenge Thriller
Director: Chris Andrews
Screenplay: Chris Andrews
Cast : Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott, Paul Ready, Colm Meaney, Susan Lynch
Michael, the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray. Burdened by a terrible secret, Michael has isolated himself from the world. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack escalates, Michael is drawn into a devastating chain of events, forcing him to confront the horrors of his past and leaving both families permanently altered.
Press articles
Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival (2024). Screened at British Independent Film Awards (UK), Cork International Film Festival (Ireland), Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (Germany), London Film Festival (UK), Rome Film Fest (Italy), Fantastic Fest (Austin, Texas), National Film Awards (UK).
LOUISE LIVES LARGE 2024
Format: TV Series
Genre: Drama, Comedy, YA
Director: Ruth Treacy, Laura Van Haecke
Screenplay: Carol Walsh (written and created by), Sian Ní Mhuirí (co-writer), Richie Conroy (co-writer)
Cast: Beth Fallon, Aimee Kennedy, Luan Ni Cheallaigh, Camille Lucy Ross, Joren Seldeslachts, Jade Jordan
13-year-old Louise is back at school after getting the all-clear from cancer but feels left behind... until she befriends school loner Jess and is inspired to make a 'Live Large' List.
Press Articles
https://www.rte.ie/kids/2024/0402/1441231-drama-meet-the-cast-of-louise-lives-large/
https://kidscreen.com/2024/01/22/rte-ketnet-and-wildbrain-team-up-for-louise-lives-large/
LET THE WRONG ONE IN 2023
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Director: Conor McMahon
Screenplay: Conor McMahon
Cast: Anthony Head, Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Hilda Fay, David Pearse, Mary Murray
When Matt's brother becomes part of a growing vampire problem in Dublin, he must either save or slay him.
Press Articles
Cineuropa- Review: Let the Wrong One In
Premiered at Dublin International Film Festival (2022)
Screened at Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX), Glasgow Film Festival, Telluride Horror Show (Telluride, CO), Strasbourg Film Festival, Trieste Film Festival (Italy), Sitges Film Festival (Spain), Fantasy Film Fest (Germany), Newport Beach Film Festival, Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, Anomaly Film Festival (Rochester, NY), Grimmfest (UK), Capital Irish Film Festival (Silver Spring, MD) and Januscary (Pittsburgh PA)
Winner of Best VFX at ScreamFest (Los Angeles)
THE WINTER LAKE 2020
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Dark Drama
Director: Phil Sheerin
Screenplay: David Turpin
Cast: Emma Mackey, Anson Boon, Charlie Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna
When an unstable neighbor discovers a young woman's dark secret, they get pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep it hidden.
Press Articles
Irish Examiner- Movie Reviews: The Winter Lake --filmed in Sligo --is a taut psychological thriller
Winner at Richard Harris International Film Festival for
Best Feature Film
Best Actor (Charlie Murphy)
Best Director (Phil Sheerin)
Special Mention (Emma Mackey)
DER IRLAND KRIMI 2019
Format: TV Series
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Director: Züli Aladag, Alexander Dierbach, Matthias Tiefenbacher
Screenplay: Christian Schiller, Marianne Wendt, Sebastian Andrae, Alexander Dierbach, Elke Hauck, Sven Poser, Dagmar Gabler
Cast: Désirée Nosbusch, Declan Conlon, Mercedes Müller, Rafael Gareisen
For years, Cathrin worked as a criminal psychologist, often on cases together with her police officer husband Liam. But one day 10 years ago, Liam just vanished from the face of the earth. Working in private practice ever since she is thrown back into her old life when Liam’s remains are found in a mass grave of dead children as a wide-ranging conspiracy is uncovered. Also, some of her clients seem to be connected to current criminal cases and Cathrin is increasingly drawn back into assisting the Galway police.