Established in 1988 by Michael Hewitt and Dermot Lavery, DoubleBand Films is an award-winning Belfast based TV production company with a 30-year track record for making quality factual programmes and feature length documentaries with distinctive storytelling.
We have strong links to the BBC and Channel 4, Irish broadcasters RTE and TG4, and a wide range of international streamers including Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney +
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2023 - Grierson Nomination Best Arts Documentary - James Joyce’s Ulysses
2023 - RTS NI Drama award - Doineann
2021 - Celtic Media Festival award for Best Feature Documentary - Lost Lives
2020 - Peloponnisis International Documentary Film Festival - Lost Lives
2020 - Tyron International Film Festival - Lost Lives
2020 - North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival - Lost Lives
2020 - Audience Award, Capital Irish Film Festival, Washington DC - Seamus Heaney and the music of what happens
2020 - Royal Television Society NI award for Best Original Score - Lost Lives
2017 - Celtic Media Festival award for Best History Documentary - Eoin MacNéill
2017 - Celtic Media Festival Spirit of the Festival award - Eoin MacNéill
2015 - Royal Television Society NI award for Best Feature Documentary - Road
2015 - Royal Television Society NI award for Best Documentary Series - Brave New World: New Zealand
2006 - Royal Television Society award for Best Regional Programme - From Belfast to Dachau
2006 - Grierson award shortlist for Monkey Love
2004 - Royal Television Society award for Best Regional Programme - Christine’s Children
1998 - Palermo International Sportfilmfestival award - Escobar’s Own Goal
1998 - Palm Springs International Short Film Festival Jury’s Acting Award - Still Life
1993 - Palermo International Sportfilmfestival award - Between the Hedges
