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New National Steering Group to be set up in coming weeks Diverse and Regional Stakeholders across Ireland to form part of Academy Consortium €600,000 National Talent Development Fund Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has appointed the Galway Film Centre as the leading organisation to manage the establishment of a Talent Development Academy ...

Ahead of next week’s virtual FÍS TV Summit (Fís), the full schedule is now available. Moving to a free online event for 2021, the Conference boasts an array of ten creative and practical bite size sessions across the week from Monday 25th – Thursday 28th January 2021. With the theme ...

Are you developing an outstanding television drama project? Would you like a one-to-one session with industry expert John Yorke? The FÍS TV Summit (Fís) in association with MediaXchange is delighted to announce the establishment of the FÍS Project Clinic as part of its extended suite of 2021 events. Up to ...

Award winning duo and critically acclaimed industry veterans John Yorke (Wolf Hall, Life On Mars, Shameless) and Jed Mercurio (Line Of Duty, Bodyguard) will take part in the FÍS TV Summit (Fís) 2021. Having created some of the worlds biggest dramas, the pair have an extensive working relationship formed over ...

Galway Film Centre is delighted to announce that the FÍS TV Summit (Fís) will return in 2021 and will take place online as a series of events from the 25th to 28th January 2021. The first keynote speaker in Ireland’s only TV conference will be Amazon Studios’ Director of European ...

The 48 Hour Challenge is back for 2020! Little Cinema Galway, with the support of Galway City of Film, are back again this year to host the fan-favourite 48 Hour Challenge! We are delighted to see this event return to bring some enjoyment, creativity, and camaraderie to our participants and ...

Galway Film Centre, in partnership with Screen Skills Ireland and Gréasán na Meán Skillnet, is delighted to announce that applications are now open for The Dark Art of Comedy Screenwriting workshop with Andrew Ellard. This three-day interactive workshop will take place virtually from the 18th – 20th January 2021 and ...

Galway Film Centre and Galway City of Film were delighted to be able to host talks with Haz Dulull as part of our Virtual Production Workshops in November. In addition to joining us on a call with filmmakers from our community and bringing them into the world of Virtual Production, ...

Galway Film Centre is delighted to be able to offer two FREE talks from veteran industry professionals on the subject of Virtual Production. “My Journey into Real Time Filmmaking and Virtual Production” with HaZ Dulull takes place on Monday November 23rd 2020 at 11am. “Let’s Talk Virtual Production” with Dan ...

Today marks the official launch of the ‘Science on Screen Film Festival Ireland’ an exciting new annual Irish Film Festival, running from the 5th to the 8th November 2020 online. The Festival will showcase the best of science in film and this year incorporates themes of representation and diversity in ...