2026 PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 17 APRIL
11:00AM
REGISTRATION
11:15AM
INTRODUCTION
11:30AM
STORIES THAT STAY WITH YOU WITH AUDREY DIWAN
Guest:
Audrey Diwan (Emmanuelle, Happening, Beating Hearts)
Moderated By:
Aurélie Godet (Festival Programmer, Cork International Film Festival)
12:30PM
INSIDE THE DOM COM:
MAKING YOUR SCRIPT WORK FOR YOU WITH HARRY LIGHTON
Guest:
Harry Lighton (Pillion, Wren Boys)
Moderated By:
Emma Norton (Pillion, The Dry, The Eternal Daughter)
1:30PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
2:15PM
PANEL: MAKING THE LEAP FROM STAGE TO SCREEN
Guest:
Ava Pickett (How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, The Great)
Suhayla El-Bushra (Brides, Ackley Bridge)
Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Wild Cherry)
Moderated By:
Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Delicious, Bodkin)
3:15PM
WILL TRACY'S DARK COMEDY
Guest:
Will Tracy (Bugonia, The Menu, Succession)
Moderated By:
Patrick Freyne (Ok, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea, Experts in a Dying Field)
4:15PM
BREAK
4:30PM
THE POWER OF SILENCE AND STORY WITH ABI MORGAN
Guest:
Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, The Hour, Suffragette)
Moderated By:
Sinéad Gleeson (Hagstone, Constellations)
5:30PM
CLOSING REMARKS
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THURSDAY 16 APRIL
10:30AM
REGISTRATION
Please take your seats in Screen 1
11:15AM
INTRODUCTION
11:30AM
WORK-IN-PROGRESS:
THE RACHEL INCIDENT
Guest:
Matt Jordan Smith (Close To You, Backspot)
Caroline O'Donoghue (The Rachel Incident)
Moderated By:
Chelsea Morgan Hoffmann (The Listeners, September Says)
12:30PM
IN CONVERSATION:
EVA VICTOR'S SORRY, BABY
Guest:
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)
Moderated By:
Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother, Soulm8te)
1:30PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
2:15PM
TELLING PERSONAL STORIES WITH JACK ROOKE
3:00PM
PANEL: IRELAND ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Guests:
Brendan Canty (Christy)
David Freyne (Dating Amber, Eternity)
Sinéad O'Shea (Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, Pray For Our Sinners)
Moderated By:
Charlene Lydon (Festival Programmer, Galway Film Fleadh)
4:00PM
BREAK
4:15PM
CRAFTING BOLD CINEMA WITH BRADY CORBET
Guests:
Brady Corbet (The Brutalist, The Testament of Ann Lee, Vox Lux)
Moderated By:
Rose Garnett
5:15PM
CLOSING REMARKS
5:30PM
INDUSTRY MIXER
IN LIGHT HOUSE BAR
Hosted by Screen Producers Ireland and the Writers Guild of Ireland