Three Sisters in a Sketchbook (Romana Turina, 2024, 45’) won Best Biographical Film at the Toronto International Women Film Festival 2025 and Best Short Documentary at the LA Independent Film Channel Festival.

Eight UCC students have been awarded the prestigious title of Puttnam Scholar.

The Department of Film and Screen Media is delighted to extend our warmest congratulations to Laura Fioretti (BAFX2) and Sean Leahy (BAFX3), who were awarded prestigious Quercus College scholarships for the academic year 2024-5.

When does the (colonial) past become the past? And how do we interpret its legacies in postcolonial societies? What is the role of colonial archives in keeping the memory of the past alive?

In this masterclass, filmmaker Theo Panagopoulos will guide us through his process of reclaiming archival footage of Palestinian wild flowers, made in the 1930s and 1940s by a Scottish missionary who had decided to film the floral splendour of the Holy Land.

Issue 28 - Moving Beyond the (De)Colonial Container: The Work of Film Festivals

Edited by Estrella Sendra and Sheila Petty

The First Frame initiative brings together students from over 50 film courses, universities, and further education institutions from around Ireland to view a curated selection of student films in competition.  

Please join us for a conversation with the director of the film Sinéad O’Shea and Dr Maureen O’Connor, expert on the life and work of Edna O’Brien.

WHERE AND WHEN:

14:00–15:30 on February 11, in the Film & Screen Media Auditorium, Kane Building Basement [B10.B]

This talk explores the documentary medium as a form of scientific enquiry, examining its potential to uncover overlooked urban ecologies and advocate for ecological renewal and protection.