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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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Dr. Anna Viola Sborgi – Mon 9th Feb @1pm – Women, Resilience, and the Labour of Homemaking in 'Rosie' and 'Herself'

  Part of a broader project on the representation of women’s experience of the global housing crisis, this talk focuses on two Irish narrative films, Rosie (Paddy Breathnach, 2018) and Herself (Phyllida Lloyd, 2020), portraying the often “invisible” configuration of female houselessness, and the ways in which the process of homemaking is crucially sustained by the two main characters’ resilience and labour.
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Brendan Canty to deliver public film talks at UCC - 3, 10, 17 Feb @ 1pm

Talk series to explore Canty’s work from music videos to short and feature films Events announced as Christy receives 14 IFTA nominations after major international success. Lunchtime talk series hosted by UCC Department of Film and Screen Media
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27 Jan 2026

Laura Fioretti awarded the prestigious College Quercus Scholarship.

  The Department of Film & Screen Media is delighted to congratulate our third year student Laura Fioretti, who was awarded the prestigious College Quercus Scholarship. 
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20 Jan 2026

Join us on Sun 25th Jan at 6pm in The Roundy for our first OOF session of 2026.

  For the second time we are looking forward to focus our film talk on some of the talented participants of the Puttnam Scholarship.
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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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