One Year Masters by Research (MRes)

Studentship Value: €13,500

(Full-time UCC fees €5770; Stipend of €6130; making fee of €1600)

Application deadline – Thur 20th July 2023, midnight.

Interview date – Tue 8^th Aug (either in person or online)

Start date - Oct 1^st 2023; Final Submission - Sept 30^th 2024

Sharing of work at Cork Opera House, Culture Night - Sept 2023

Come join us at the Fastnet Film Festival for our annual showcase event, which will feature some of the highlights from this year's student work, from first, second and third year projects. 

Wednesday 24th May
UCC'S FILM AND SCREEN MEDIA STUDENT SHOWCASE
Plaza Cinema / 15.00 – 17.00 / Free Entry

Transition year students from across Cork, with a passion for film making met Oscar-winning producer Lord David Puttnam, and a host of film industry experts, at a special event in University College Cork (UCC) on Tuesday May 16th.

On Thursday 11th May the MA in Film and Screen Media students presented ‘Cinespectres’, a showcase of films made under the mentorship of our 2023 Arts Council/UCC Film Artist in Residence, Maximilian Le Cain. This very special screening took place at the Triskel Arts Centre, and was introduced by Laura Rascaroli, Professor of Film and Screen Media, and Head of the School of Film, Music & Theatre at UCC.  

Two research projects based in the School of Film, Music & Theatre / CARPE – Centre for Arts Research and Practice were awarded funding under the UCC Future Humanities Institute Seed-Funding initiative: Tempestries: Textiles, Tactility & the Climate Emergency, led by Professor Jools Gilson (Theatre), and Essaying Democracy in Europe, led by Professor Laura Rascaroli (Film & Screen Media).

On April 14th, 2023, I had the privilege to host a momentous event, the Film and Screen Media Oscar Awards, more commonly referred to as the FOSCARS. Here we saw all the final year films, which we were delighted to watch collectively. These films were a display of the impeccable skills that we had honed over the years, and it was an extraordinary moment to witness all our hard work pay off!

UCC Film and Screen Media is delighted to announce a special screening at the Triskel Arts Centre of MA films produced in collaboration with our 2023 UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence, Maximilian Le Cain. As part of his residency here at UCC, Max mentored our six MA in Film and Screen Media students–Avleen Anand, Dervla Baker, Elena Binnig, Lawrence Cook, Aoibh Foynes, and Daniel Heapy–and the result is “Cinespectres”,  a showcase of distinctive and personal films that capture the creativity, wit and imagination of our talented MAs! 

Actor Jared Harris visits University College Cork (UCC) to meet students from the Department of Film and Screen Media and view the archives of his late father, Richard Harris, which were donated to the university last year.

Jared, who is visiting UCC and Cork with his wife Allegra, starred in number of roles in film and television including Mad Men and Chernobyl. While at UCC Jared and Allegra will meet staff in UCC Library, have a Q&A with students in the Department of Film and Screen Media and be interviewed by students at UCC’s 93.8FM radio station.

The 2023 Puttnam Scholars have commenced pre-production on their Scholarship film after a “writing room” session with Oscar-winning film producer and digital education pioneer Lord David Puttnam in Hayfield Manor last week.

Imelda O’Reilly is an interdisciplinary artist and an award winning Irish filmmaker. She has lived on four continents Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. Her work explores themes of Identity, memory, trauma and exile. Her feature screenplay titled We’re the Kids in America was an Official Selection for L’Atélier Cinéfondation Cannes International Film Festival in 2018.