PANELS/MASTERCLASS/WORKSHOPS

Fri 19th April 10am

The Savoy Hotel

 Finding The Heart of Your Story 

(so you can pitch it with clarity and purpose) 

Pitching Workshop by Mary Kate O’Flanagan

This FREE workshop is aimed at writers with a completed or work in progress script who want to effectively pitch to the industry. 

Pitching is not a skill in a separate silo from creativity. It's about knowing what you're writing, why it gripped you and how you envision it will speak to the audience. We get lost in the dream of creating and we emerge blinking but unable to communicate succinctly and effectively what this is and why it should get made. 

After the workshop, all participants will pitch for 60 seconds to the main Screenwriting Industry Day audience and Judging Panel (a selection of our Special Guests) and a small Bursary will be presented to the winner later that evening at our Reception in The Belltable before our main feature screening. 

FREE!

Fri 19th April 10am

The Savoy Hotel

 Finding your North Star in your Short Script Workshop with Elaine Walsh

This FREE workshop is aimed at new and emerging voices with a 1-page outline for a Short Film Script to help tease out ideas and develop their work further.   

This will be a very practical workshop, everyone will come away with a very bright, shiny North Star leading the way for participants to write their brilliant short scripts!

Participants will be joined by The Responder screenwriter, the very talented, Tony Schumacher and will hear his incredible personal story on how he found his North Star.  

FREE!

Sat 20th April 11.15am to 12.45pm 

The Savoy Hotel

Join IFTA 2024 nominated directors Christine Molloy  (Rose Plays Julie; The Future Tense; Kin; Baltimore) and Hannah Quinn (The Gone; Vikings: Valhalla; Fate: The Winx Saga; The Stranger) for an in-depth conversation and analysis of their approach to directing for the big and small screen. Interaction from the audience is welcome.

Both directors will be leaving the festival directly after this Masterclass to head to Dublin and the IFTA Award Ceremony!
Numbers will be kept small to facilitate an intimate discussion.

Tickets must be pre-booked at €7.50 each.

Sat 20th April 2pm

The Terrace at Savoy Hotel

 A marriage made in heaven – or hell! How can the screenwriter and script editor work together to enhance a screenplay?

Mary Kate O Flanagan, Victoria Thomas, Elaine Walsh. Moderated by Gemma Creagh (Screenwriter/Playwright WFT Ireland)FREE but Booking Essential as capacity is limited! 

Panellists Profiles

Sat 20th April 3pm

The Terrace at Savoy Hotel

Panelists will share their unique experiences and insights on driving  positive change within the industry, touching on the challenges they've  faced and the successes they've celebrated.  

FREE but Booking Essential as capacity is limited! 

Panellists Profiles