The ethics of spectatorship raises complex and compelling questions about the roles and responsibilities of audiences in engaging with visual media. This conference seeks to explore the ethical dimensions of the spectator's role, the way in which individual spectatorship is experienced, and our understanding of the scope and practice of spectatorship in action.

The Talking Heads Toastmasters club, based in Garryvoe in East Cork, is a thriving and supportive community dedicated to helping people improve their public speaking and leadership skills. Meeting regularly at the Garryvoe Hotel, the club draws members from all walks of life across East Cork, united by a shared desire to become more confident communicators. Whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced speaker, Talking Heads offers a friendly, encouraging environment where everyone is welcome to learn at their own pace.

UCC students will feature in festival programme alongside Domhnall Gleeson, Nicola Coughlan and Barry Keoghan.

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 44^th on a UK/Ireland tour. 

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. 

Students of the BA in Film & Screen Media recently participated in a masterclass with Chinese director Lin Jianjie who screened his first feature film Brief History of a Family as part of the East Asian Film Festival at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork.