Women in Contemporary Irish Film – Symposium
From 1pm, Thursday 5 September 2019
Film & Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building Basement B.10B
University College Cork

While male-centred narrative has dominated much of twenty-first-century Irish film, female characters have continued to provide some of the most memorable, and sociopolitically significant, moments on the contemporary screen. From the subversion of old tropes surrounding gendered stereotypes and roles, to the underlining of women’s place in and treatment through Irish history, contemporary depictions of women – as peripheral characters or protagonists – present fertile ground for exploring the societal and cultural trajectories of Ireland since the new Millennium.

The Film Artist in Residence role is jointly funded by UCC and the Arts Council, and is offered in association with the Cork Film Festival. It is designed to provide a screenwriter of distinction with a unique opportunity to develop his/her practice in a university environment, while offering students the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies and their wider cultural involvement in campus life.         

Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, in association with the Irish Audiences Research Network, announces a one-day international symposium on the subject of cinema and memory, which will take place at University College Cork on Friday November 22, 2019

The UCC FSM Graduate Class are delighted to invite the you to attend our end of year showcase 6pm Sunday the 19th of May at the Kino, Washington Street.

Film Artist in Residence (Screenwriter) University College Cork

2 September 2019–30 August 2020

Applications are invited from film artists of distinction for the above role, jointly funded by the Arts Council and University College Cork.

The 3rd European University Film Award went to the Italian film HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Lazzaro felice) by Alice Rohrwacher. During a public presentation at the Studio-Kino on the same evening the winner was announced by the students and the film was shown. The award was presented to Alice Rohrwacher as part of the 31st European Film Awards in Sevilla, at the welcome reception hosted by the Creative Europe Desk on December 14, 2018 to producer Carlo Cresto-Dina and later on to Alice Rohrwacher.

The Department of Film and Screen Media is delighted to announce an evening with 2018-9 Arts Council/UCC Film Artist in Residence, Pat Murphy.
Pat will discuss her work and introduce a screening of Tana Bana on Wednesday 20^thMarch at 5.15pm in the Film and Screen Media auditorium, Kane basement.

Dr Mark Betz (King’s College London)
"Of Relays and Networks: Mapping Disorder and Affiliation in Contemporary Film Narration”

Dear colleagues,

You are invited to a very special masterclass with the renowned film preservationist, Rob Byrne, President of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Rob will speak about film history, preservation and festivals, and will introduce a screening of an extremely rare film, Behind the Door (1919), in a newly-restored print (see more about the film here: https://www.flickeralley.com/the-history-behind-behind-the-door-1919/