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Saturday 05 April 2025

Irish Short Film Programme 01

Venue: Belltable, Limerick

10am 

  • The Island (2024) – wri. Fionnuala Gygax & dirs. Kate Gilmore, Fionnuala Gygax (Ireland)
  • Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky (2024) – wri. & dir. Aisha Bolaji (Ireland)
  • St Pancras Sunrise (2024) – wri. & dir. Maeve Murphy (United Kingdom)
  • West of the Horizon (2024) – wri. & dir. Barra Convery (Ireland)
  • The Room of Forgotten Voices (2024) – wri. Conor Madden, Emma Fisher-Owen, Ivan Fisher-Owen & dirs. Emma Fisher-Owen, Ivan Fisher-Owen (Ireland)
  • Nay Day (2023) – wri. & dir. Derek Ugochukwu (Ireland) 

National Student Award 2025 Short Film Programme

Venue: Belltable, Limerick

11.30am

  • Sunflower (2024) – dir. Leonardo Oliveira (Ireland)
  • Mob the Trench (2023) – wri. Eoin Harrison & dir. Niamh Collins (Ireland)
  • Between Two Tides (2024) – wri. & dir. Zara Burdon Yeates (Ireland)
  • For Séamus (2025) – wri. & dir. Seán Leahy (Ireland)
  • Florence (2024) – wri. & dir. Tess Doolan Burke (Ireland)
  • We Beg to Differ (2024) – dir. Ruairi Bradley (Ireland)  

Irish Short Film Programme 02

Venue: Belltable, Limerick

1pm

  • Turnaround (2024) – wri. & dir. Aisling Byrne (Ireland)
  • Kiki (2024) – wri. & dir. Naomi Sheridan (Ireland)
  • Brón (2024) – wri. Gareth Lyons & dir. Catherine Mangan Williams (Ireland)
  • The Knife (2025) – wri. & dir. Joy Nesbitt (Ireland)
  • All That's Carried (2024) – wri. Eimear Reilly & dir. Rosie Barrett (Ireland) 

Saturday 5th April La Terrace Afternoon Panels at The Savoy

Caring, Parenting and the Screen Industries: 1pm

Crew Up! Building inclusivity in Irish Based Crew: 2pm

Crew Up! Building inclusivity in Irish Based Crew: 2pm

Balancing a career in film and television with caregiving responsibilities—whether as a parent, guardian, or carer—comes with unique challenges. This panel brings together industry professionals to discuss the realities of working in the screen sector while managing caregiving duties. From navigating unpredictable schedules to advocating for more inclusive policies, our speakers will share personal experiences, practical insights, and strategies for creating a more supportive and accessible industry. Whether you're a parent, carer, or an ally, join us for an open and essential conversation on fostering a more inclusive screen sector for all.

Panellists include:

  • Ailish Bracken, Chair Raising Films Ireland & Producer (Four Mothers; The Gone, Young Offenders)
  • Tara Doolan, Producer/ Theatre Director (Foundation; Nightflyers; Wayfinders).
  • Aisling Malone – Project Manager Raising Films Ireland; Short Film producer (Yellow Belt; Sucking Diesel; 4x4)
  • Michele Navarro – Costume. (The Dry; Vikings: Valhalla; Black ’47)

Crew Up! Building inclusivity in Irish Based Crew: 2pm

Crew Up! Building inclusivity in Irish Based Crew: 2pm

Crew Up! Building inclusivity in Irish Based Crew: 2pm

 A thriving screen industry depends on diverse, skilled, and inclusive crews. This panel explores the barriers to entry and progression within Irish film and television production and highlights initiatives that support greater representation behind the camera. Led by Jaro Wadeck (DOP) and featuring industry professionals including Carol Tormey (Camera), Aislinn Clarke (Director) and Beatrix O’Sullivan (Production Sound Mixer), the discussion will focus on practical ways to create more accessible and equitable opportunities for crew members from all backgrounds. Whether you're an industry veteran or just starting out, join us to explore how we can build a more inclusive and dynamic production landscape in Ireland. 

Documentary Filmmaking: New Voices, New Opportunities: 3pm

Documentary storytelling is evolving, with new voices shaping its future. Vanessa Gildea hosts key speakers Ciaran Cassidy, and Sinéad O’Brien on documentary storytelling’s future and challenges. Bursary Award Winner Nicola Leddy and artist Geraldine Carton will also join.

Catalyst 2025 Gala Evening & Awards Ceremony

Venue: Belltable Foyer 

6pm

Join us for a night of inspiration, celebration, and cinematic excellence!

Taking place in the heart of Limerick City, Catalyst brings together filmmakers, industry professionals, and film enthusiasts to honour bold storytelling that champions equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Enjoy an unforgettable evening as we recognise outstanding talent from Ireland and beyond. With a vibrant atmosphere and the chance to connect with creatives shaping the future of film. 

Thank you to Film in Limerick and The National Talent Academy 

No booking required - see you there!

Boobs Premiere! Followed directly by Catalyst's final feature screening Housewife of The Year

Venue: Belltable, Limerick

7.30pm

Join us for the highly anticipated premiere of Nicola Leddy's Boobs, the winning short documentary of the Catalyst International Film Festival Short Doc Bursary Award 2024. Boobs is a bold and deeply personal short documentary that reclaims the narrative around one of the most universal and defining aspects of the female experience. Embracing the spectrum of race, gender identity, disability, age, and sexual orientation, it stands as an inclusive and unapologetic celebration of the diversity of female-identifying bodies. 

Director Nicola Leddy Produced by Anna Rodgers & Zlata Filipović Executive Producers Susan Liddy & Aoife O'Toole Production Company Invisible Thread.

Q&A with Catalyst team

  

Followed directly by Catalyst's final feature screening! 

Housewife of The Year (Documentary, 2024, 1hr 21mins, Director Ciaran Cassidy) HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR tells the story of Ireland’s treatment of women through the prism of a unique, surreal, live televised competition, that has to be seen to be believed, where a generation of Irish women competed in front of a live audience for the title of ‘Housewife of the Year’. The former contestants share their direct experiences of marriage bars, lack of contraception, magdalene laundries, financial vulnerability, boredom and shame and of course, of being contestants in the competition. It is a poignant, often hilarious, uplifting story of a resilient generation of women and how they changed a country.


Followed by Q&A with Ciaran Cassidy & Jaro Waldeck, moderated by Sinead O'Brien

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