Welcome to Film & Screen Media
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.
News and Events
06 Dec 2024
UCC Film and Screen Media students visit Youghal Film and Photography Museum
On November 13th students on the BA in Film and Screen Media were delighted to take up an invitation, from Michael Hussey and Ed Guiry (curator), to visit the newly-established Youghal Film and Photography Museum. The Museum, which formally opened in the summer, is home to a stunning array of magic lanterns, cameras, projectors, and film ephemera, on permanent loan from a number of donors including magic lantern expert Andy Kelly, and the Horgan family.
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15 Nov 2024
A Masterclass with Robert Byrne - Thu 28th Nov @1pm, FSM Auditorium, Kane B10.B
15 Nov 2024
In Dialogue: Carmel Winters & Emer Reynolds, Arts Council/UCC Film Artists - Tue 26th Nov @5pm, FSM Auditorium, Kane B10.B
Join us for a dialogue between the first Film Artist, Carmel Winters, and the latest, Emer Reynolds. All welcome to attend. Please reserve a place at the following Eventbrite page HERE.
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13 Nov 2024
The second annual Haunted Futures Conference took place in the Department of Film and Screen Media from the 29th to the 30th of October 2024
In addition to the conferences sustained focus on hauntology and the ghost as symbol for radical social justice, this year’s conference welcomed papers on “The Future of Folklore” and asked delegates to consider how folklore can usefully combat and destabilise systemic injustice.
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