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Film and Screen Media at University College Cork is a vibrant community of lecturers, researchers and graduate students. Led by internationally recognised experts, and with a thriving visiting speakers and guest practitioners component, our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees explore the history of filmmaking through the study of films from around the world, from the birth of cinema to the age of the Internet.

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09 Dec 2025

Brendan Canty announced as University College Cork and Arts Council Film Artist in Residence 2026

  Brendan Canty announced as recipient of 2026 Film Artist in Residence Award. The longstanding collaboration between the Arts Council and UCC celebrates diverse artistic voices and practices shaping Ireland’s creative landscape.
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08 Dec 2025

First-year Film and Screen Media BA students, Niamh Gascoigne and Niamh Toolen, awarded Quercus Entrance Scholarship.

  Congratulations to our first-year BA students, Niamh Gascoigne and Niamh Toolen, who were each awarded a Quercus Entrance Scholarship at a ceremony on Thursday 3rd of December, in recognition of their academic excellence. 
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26 Nov 2025

Food at Cinema at the FOCUS Forum.

  The Film & Screen Media Department recently hosted a unique culinary event with a screening of Trần Anh Hùng’s 2023 romantic drama The Taste of Things, starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. 
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11 Nov 2025

Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, Double Issue 29–30, Coming to Latin America. Now Available Online.

 “Coming to Latin America”, edited by Lawrence Alexander and Javier Pérez-Osorio, engages with non–Latin American filmmakers who have produced work in and about the continent. As the Editors explain, it “interrogates the foreign gaze not because it is more important than that of practitioners from the continent but because, rather than simply reproducing extractive cinematic practices, we believe these works can become a catalyst for new epistemic pathways.”
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UCC’s Department of Film and Screen Media - Kane Building B10.B

UCC’s Puttnam Scholar Sarah Dunne & Elena Binning at the Learn on Screen Awards UCC’s Puttnam Scholar Sarah Dunne & Elena Binning at the Learn on Screen Awards

UCC Film Writers is a collective of university students in Film and Screen Media, who are committed to delivering original, thought-provoking work on contemporary cinema.

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The Fastnet Short Film Festival, in Schull, West Cork, continues to attract the cream of filmmakers from Ireland and beyond.

Dr Gwenda Young

Lecturer in Film Studies, Film and Screen Media, UCC

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Film and Screen Media at UCC is excellently placed to wear the AATCe badge, and assist in the transformation of students into digital leaders in a digital age.

Niamh McCartney

Education Account Manager | Apple Distribution International, Education

Any film studies course worth its salt needs to examine the opportunities and challenges presented by digital media.

Lord David Puttnam

Adjunct Professor of Film and Screen Media

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The aim of this initiative is to spread the "European idea" and to transport the spirit of European cinema to an audience of university students.

European University Film Awards

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Testimonials

I enjoyed my time studying Film & Screen Media at UCC immensely and the MA in particular gave me the chance to research and write about the subjects.

Ellen Scally

Film and Screen Media
Masters Graduate

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I really enjoyed the MA, learning all about the history of cinema. It took me into research areas I never thought I would go in to before.

Nicole Clinton

Film and Screen Media
Masters Graduate

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The BA in Film and Screen Media gave me the core knowledge of both the practical and theoretical elements which are essential in the industry.

Kathleen Horan

Film and Screen Media
BA Graduate

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I'd been looking for a Masters in Film that was theoretical and that would also be okay with my practical knowledge in film-making.

Meera Sankar

Film and Screen Media
Masters Graduate

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