Saipan (film)

Saipan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGlenn Leyburn
Lisa Barros D’Sa
Screenplay byPaul Fraser
Produced by
  • Macdara Kelleher
  • John Keville
  • Trevor Birney
  • Oliver Butler
Starring
Production
companies
  • Wild Atlantic Pictures
  • Fine Point Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 4 September 2025 (2025-09-04) (TIFF)
  • 26 December 2025 (2025-12-26) (Ireland)
  • 23 January 2026 (2026-01-23) (United Kingdom)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£4.5 million
Box office£772,281

Saipan is a 2025 sports film about the Republic of Ireland national football team and the eponymous Saipan incident between player Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy in the lead up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke star as McCarthy and Keane respectively.