Cork International Film Festival in partnership with University College Cork (UCC) and the Department of Film and Screen Media host the premiere screening of A Little Closer, a short film created by the 2025/26 UCC  Puttnam Scholars. The screening marks the culmination of a year-long creative journey under the mentorship of Oscar-winning producer Lord David Puttnam.

Iranian director Taghi Amirani recently brought his extraordinary documentary Coup 53 to UCC. The film, a collaboration with Walter Murch (The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Trilogy), uncovers the secrets of a 1953 military coup in Iran led by British MI6 and backed by the CIA. 

In this documentary-meets-detective-story, there is a reckoning with one of the most striking foreign interventions. In 1953, a military coup led by British MI6 and backed by the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh.

Deadline for Submission of Paper Proposals: Monday 14 December 2026

The Arts Council and University College Cork invite applications from film artists of distinction for the role of Film Artist in Residence at UCC for the calendar year 2027.

The Film Artist in Residence, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is designed to provide a film artist with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment while offering students of film and screen media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.

Thursday 15 October 2026, 5–7 p.m.

Film and Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building B10B (Basement)

Join acclaimed artist, filmmaker, photographer and cultural historian Brian “B+” Cross for a special evening of film, music and conversation.

Screening of the award-winning documentary The Shadow Scholars, followed by a short panel discussion.

Department of Film and Screen Media Research Seminar Series 2026–27.

In collaboration with: SENSA Lab – Laboratory for Semiotics, Ethnosemiotics, Nonfictional Studies and Audiovisuality MA Anthropology, UCC

Followed by seminar:

Prof. Deane Williams (RMIT, Melbourne)

“Teaching and Researching First Nations Australian Film and Television (for a White Fellah)”