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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.

News and Events

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.”
Read on alphavillejournal.com
05 Nov 2025

CIFF, UCC and IFI present Expanding Perspectives Archives, Access and Creative Reuse Wed 12th @ 10am-18pm

  This year’s symposium, Expanding Perspectives: Archives, Access and Creative Reuse, brings together filmmakers, archivists, academics and other film practitioners to explore how amateur films, newsreels, and other overlooked forms capture the minutiae of everyday life, and to ask vital questions about who preserves these stories, who gets access to them, and how they can be reimagined for the future.
Read on corkfilmfest.org
05 Nov 2025

Could a box of 8mm amateur film reels change Irish film history?

  Opinion: Despite Flora Kerrigan's youth at the time of her filmmaking, her work demonstrates someone ahead of her time and at the forefront of a transformative period in Irish society
Read on rte.ie
05 Nov 2025

Cork Film Festival 1965: Restored reels capture international stars on Leeside

  Introduction and screening of recently restored footage of the Cork International Film Festival 1965 with Ciara Chambers, UCC and Don O’Mahony, CIFF - Wed 12th Nov @10am Film and Screen Media Auditorium, Kane building Basement B10.B
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UCC’s Department of Film and Screen Media - Kane Building B10.B

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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