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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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26 Mar 2025

Three Sisters in a Sketchbook: Film screening and discussion with director and scholar Dr Romana Turina, 1st April @4-6 pm

Three Sisters in a Sketchbook (Romana Turina, 2024, 45’) won Best Biographical Film at the Toronto International Women Film Festival 2025 and Best Short Documentary at the LA Independent Film Channel Festival.  
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24 Mar 2025

Puttnam Scholarship Recipients 2024 - 2025

Eight UCC students have been awarded the prestigious title of Puttnam Scholar.
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10 Mar 2025

SPOTLIGHT ON OUR QUERCUS SCHOLARS!

  The Department of Film and Screen Media is delighted to extend our warmest congratulations to Laura Fioretti (BAFX2) and Sean Leahy (BAFX3), who were awarded prestigious Quercus College scholarships for the academic year 2024-5.
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26 Feb 2025

Mediating the Colonial Archive: Lecture and Screening of Unsettling Genealogies. 4th March @4-6 pm, FSM Auditorium, Kane Building B10B

  When does the (colonial) past become the past? And how do we interpret its legacies in postcolonial societies? What is the role of colonial archives in keeping the memory of the past alive?
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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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