In this documentary-meets-detective-story, there is a reckoning with one of the most striking foreign interventions. In 1953, a military coup led by British MI6 and backed by the CIA overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh.

Deadline for Submission of Paper Proposals: Monday 14 December 2026

The Arts Council and University College Cork invite applications from film artists of distinction for the role of Film Artist in Residence at UCC for the calendar year 2027.

The Film Artist in Residence, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is designed to provide a film artist with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment while offering students of film and screen media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.

Thursday 15 October 2026, 5–7 p.m.

Film and Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building B10B (Basement)

Join acclaimed artist, filmmaker, photographer and cultural historian Brian “B+” Cross for a special evening of film, music and conversation.

Screening of the award-winning documentary The Shadow Scholars, followed by a short panel discussion.

Department of Film and Screen Media Research Seminar Series 2026–27.

In collaboration with: SENSA Lab – Laboratory for Semiotics, Ethnosemiotics, Nonfictional Studies and Audiovisuality MA Anthropology, UCC

Followed by seminar:

Prof. Deane Williams (RMIT, Melbourne)

“Teaching and Researching First Nations Australian Film and Television (for a White Fellah)”

Issue 31 of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media on “Pandemic Documentary”. Edited by Oliver Brett and Rhiannon Harries, the issue explores pandemic documentaries through the idea of “cramped space” (Deleuze and Guattari),

The Department of Film & Screen Media co-hosted a screening of Coup 53 at the Triskel Arts Centre followed by a Q&A with director Taghi Amirani on Saturday 4^th July.