Deac Rossell will discuss his career in cinema as a film journalist for publications such as Boston After Dark, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine and The Boston Globe as well as his work as a programmer for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Directors Guild of America, the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the National Film Theatre, London.

Please note that the closing date for the Quercus Scholarship is Thursday, 2 February 2023 at 4.30pm. This undergraduate scholarship can be worth up to €10,500 per year.

UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence Maximilian Le Cain will begin his year-long residency with a series of four lunchtime talks that are open to the public.    

The Department of Film and Screen Media presents a Masterclass with Gráinne Humphreys, Tuesday January 17th at 3.30pm.

The Film Artist in Residence role, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is jointly funded by the Arts Council and UCC. It is designed to provide a film artist of distinction with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment, while offering students and staff of Film & Screen Media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies and wider cultural involvement in campus life.

Congratulations to all, especially Dr Jenny Butler (Study of Religions), who won an outstanding overall award presented by the Cork Convention Bureau.

Hyphen, a short film about a young Nigerian boy growing up in foster care in Ireland, enjoyed its world premiere to a sold-out audience at the 67^th Cork International Film Festival last week.

The UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence for 2022, Yvonne McDevitt, will be presenting a selection of her work and films from artists that have inspired her, in a special event at this year's Cork International Film Festival. Yvonne will be joined by filmmaker Maximilliam Le Cain and the evening will be moderated by Professor Laura Rascaroli of the Dept. of Film and Screen Media.