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
12 May 2025
Beaver Fever at UCC
Film & Screen Media students were treated to a special performance by cast members of Hundreds of Beavers the, critically acclaimed and commercially successful indie hit that has been creating 'Beaver Fever' amongst a growing fan base across the world. Students also participated in a Q&A with the film's star and co-creator Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, ahead of its screening at the Triskel Arts Centre, the 44th on a UK/Ireland tour.
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29 Apr 2025
Online Screening of Streets of Ulster (1973) followed by a panel discussion with co-director Lousie Denver and Ciara Chambers, 11pm GMT Monday 5th May.
29 Apr 2025
Q&A with Ryland Brickson Cole Tews Thursday 8th May at 3pm, Film & Screen Media Auditorium, B10B
Hundreds of Beavers follows a 19th Century applejack salesman (played by Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) who, to survive in a cold, North American landscape, must hunt hundreds of beavers. The film is a slapstick comedy which uses classic cinematic techniques infused with a modern twist to produce one of the funniest movies in recent years.
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17 Apr 2025
