Mayo based production company wins trophy at Radharc Awards
The Radharc Awards 2026 were presented on Thursday, October 22 at a Film and TV industry event in recognition of outstanding Irish produced television documentaries.
Mayo based Crossing the Line Productions won the Radharc Awards Trophy in Category One for LISTEN TO THE LAND SPEAK, in which the late Manchán Magan revealed with passion, the wisdom and moral inspiration contained in our landscapes and myths and explored how they have shaped the way we look at the world.
The winning documentary was produced by Zlata Filipović and directed by Maurice O’Brien for Crossing the Line Productions. The winning documentary was produced by Zlata Filipović and directed by Maurice O’Brien for Crossing the Line Productions.
Established in 2002 by the Radharc Trust, these prestigious biennial awards pay tribute to the legacy of the Radharc Films production unit, renowned for its pioneering work in religious affairs programming for RTÉ over four decades from the 1960s.
The Radharc Awards acknowledge the same high standards of craft, content and commitment in documentary filmmaking, recognising outstanding Irish documentaries that explore national and global issues relating to social justice, human rights, spirituality, religious faith and heritage.
Keynote speaker and guest of honour, Jim Sheridan, addressed an audience of established and emerging programme makers, senior broadcasting executives and respected members of Ireland's screen industry at a lunchtime event in Dublin's Talbot Hotel Stillorgan.
The six times Oscar nominated, and multi award winning film director and writer addressed the importance of documentary filmmaking: "Documentary filmmaking is one of the ways a society holds a mirror to itself. It asks who gets to tell our stories, whose suffering is acknowledged, whose power goes unquestioned, and whose lives risk being forgotten, and if you don't see people, if you don't hear their stories, it's very easy to forget them.”
Radharc Trust Chairperson Peter Kelly described the biennial Radharc Awards as a key project of the Trust: “We try to preserve the archive and celebrate the remarkable legacy of the Radharc Films contribution to religious affairs programming for RTÉ over four decades from the 1960s. The awards were created 24 years ago to acknowledge and encourage TV documentary production in the spirit of Radharc - television with a social conscience.”