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Welcome to the School of Film, Music & Theatre
The School of Film, Music and Theatre is a place of ground-breaking creative learning and experimentation that promotes parity of esteem for theoretical and practical teaching, research and practice. Our School nurtures the ambitions of all who walk through its doors, and produces the most innovative, pioneering research and analysis of creative practice across disciplines in Ireland.
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The Department of Film and Screen Media Annual Film Artists Event – Thur 12th Feb @17.15
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10/02/26 - Richie Piggott & Aoife Ní Bhriain
This lecture-recital celebrates the music and life of Chicago musician Selena O'Neill. It explores her early life and family background in Chicago, her participation in local feiseanna, her studies at the Chicago Musical College, and her collaborations with Francis O'Neill on the publication of his final four books of Irish traditional music. The presentation will include a live performance of Selena's music arrangements by the renowned violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain.
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04 Feb 2026
Eight UCC students have been awarded the prestigious title of Puttnam Scholar.
The Puttnam Scholarship programme offers UCC students from any discipline the opportunity to work with and learn from digital education pioneer Lord David Puttnam, Oscar-winning producer of films including Chariots of Fire, The Mission, The Killing Fields, and Midnight Express.
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Dr. Anna Viola Sborgi – Mon 9th Feb @1pm – Women, Resilience, and the Labour of Homemaking in 'Rosie' and 'Herself'
Part of a broader project on the representation of women’s experience of the global housing crisis, this talk focuses on two Irish narrative films, Rosie (Paddy Breathnach, 2018) and Herself (Phyllida Lloyd, 2020), portraying the often “invisible” configuration of female houselessness, and the ways in which the process of homemaking is crucially sustained by the two main characters’ resilience and labour.
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