EVENTS 2023

Filmmaker and Catalyst Programme Assistant Aisha Bolaji will be moderating this panel of up-and-coming creatives within the Irish film industry.

The lineup includes Actor Martin Mahon, Director Rehan Ali, Writer/Director Elizabeth Adewusi and Director Nell Hensey.

2:00 - 3:30PM 

TICKETS FREE BUT BOOKING RECOMMENDED

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In association with the Writers Guild of Ireland, this event will discuss the importance of the short film script as a calling card and how writers can break through into longer forms. It will also introduce the 5 selected finalists in our Short Screenplay Award, 2023. 

With Jennifer Davidson Chair WGI (Fair City; Waiting for Tom), Ursula Rani Sarma Screenwriter/Playwright (Smother; Bodkin) Carl Austin Screenwriter (Operation Cobra; Fair City), Aisling Walsh Screenwriter/Director (Song for a Raggy Boy; Maudie; Elizabeth is Missing), Robert Higgins Screenwriter, Director, Producer (Lakeland; Angels Guard Thee).

4:00 - 5:30PM

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Cinematographer Jaro Waldeck will be in conversation with award-winning director Aisling Walsh to traverse the visual storytelling behind her two films Maudie and Song for a Raggy Boy. Together, they will explore the themes of these films and will offer an insight into the process of creating the visual concepts for each story.

Aisling Walsh is a multi-award winning Irish writer/director, whose second feature, ‘Song for a Raggy Boy’ (2003) became a seminal piece of work in Irish cinema. Walsh's fourth feature, ‘Maudie’ (2016), earned her an IFTA for Best Director.

Jaro Waldeck is award winning director of photography, and member of the Czech Society of Cinematographers, based in Ireland. She has shot over 40 short films, both narrative and documentary, and is currently in production her first drama feature.

2:30 - 4:00PM

TICKETS €8

ENGINE LIMERICK

This panel, comprised of respected film critics working nationally, will reflect on whether critics are drawn from too small a pool. Internationally, they are primarily white, middle-class men. Is that true in Ireland? And does it impact the films reviewed and the perspective and taste of the reviewer? 

Organised by WFT in partnership with Screen Ireland. Moderated by Gemma Creagh (Film Ireland/Arena) with Ruth Barton (Arena); Roe McDermott (Hotpress); Mohamed, Tarek (Egyptian Film Critics Association); Chris Wasser ( Sunday Independent & Irish Examiner).

3:00 - 4:30PM

TICKETS FREE BUT BOOKING RECOMMENDED

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