Editing Belfast (section)

=== Film ===
Between 2018 and 2023, film and television production based largely in Belfast, and occupying significant new studio capacity in the ports area, contributed £330m to Northern Ireland's economy.<ref name="Belvins2024">{{Cite web |last=Belvins |first=David |date=5 January 2024 |title=£100m studio makes Belfast global hub for virtual production |url=https://news.sky.com/story/100m-studio-makes-belfast-global-hub-for-virtual-production-13022657 |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=Sky News |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214005147/https://news.sky.com/story/100m-studio-makes-belfast-global-hub-for-virtual-production-13022657 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are two 8-acre media complexes (serviced by the adjacent [[George Best Belfast City Airport|City Airport]]): the Titanic Studios on Queen's Island (the [[Titanic Quarter]]) and across the Victoria Channel in [[Giant's Park]] on the Lough's north foreshore, the Belfast Harbour Studios.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=Belfast Harbour Studios |url=https://www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/real-estate/belfast-harbour-studios/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=Belfast Harbour |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214165157/https://www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/real-estate/belfast-harbour-studios/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Together they offer 226,000&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup> of studio space, plus offices and workshops,<ref name="Film & Television Studios">{{Cite web |title=Film & Television Studios |url=https://northernirelandscreen.co.uk/filming/studios/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=Northern Ireland Screen |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214005138/https://northernirelandscreen.co.uk/filming/studios/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and have attracted U.S. production companies such as [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon]], [[HBO]] (including all eight series of its fantasy drama ''[[Game of Thrones]]''), [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Universal Pictures|Playtone]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal]], and [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]].<ref name=":15"/><ref name=":19" />

At the beginning of 2024, [[Ulster University]], in partnership with [[Belfast Harbour]] and supported by [[Northern Ireland Screen]], announced an £72m investment to add to the complex a new virtual production, research and development, facility, Studio Ulster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Studio Ulster |url=https://www.studioulster.com/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=studioulster.com |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214005140/https://www.studioulster.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Belvins2024"/> Additional studio space is available at Loop Studios (formerly Britvic) on the Castlereagh Road in East Belfast.<ref name="Film & Television Studios" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Loop Studios – 468-472 Castlereagh Rd, Belfast |url=https://loopstudios.info/ |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=loopstudios.info |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214005141/https://loopstudios.info/ |url-status=live }}</ref>