What does it take to be an award-winning animator? On Tuesday 30th March WFT Board Member Jaro Waldeck was in conversation with Oscar-Nominated Animator Daria Kashcheeva. Daria spoke about her…
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Edited by WFT Chair Dr. Susan Liddy, Women in the Irish Film Industry: Stories and Storytellers has been featured in the latest issue of Irish University Review. Read Dr. Ciara…
In one week’s time, on Tuesday the 11th May 2021, Raising Films Ireland will be launching its ‘Survey of the Issues that are Impacting Parents and Carers in the Irish…
WFT is delighted to hear that our members Maggie Ryan and Aoise Tutty Jackson’s short documentary, Listen will be released online with the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, as part…
This podcast was recorded in 2017 in Brooks Hotel, at our Writing and Directing Masterclass which took place 29th May. With a room full of WFT members and guests, accomplished…
Would you like to know what it’s like to direct on a big-budget production? Join WFT on Friday 16th April at 6pm, when WFT Board Member Jaro Waldeck will be…
As part of the Catalyst International Film Festival, WFT Chair Dr. Susan Liddy chats with Bandar Band Director Manijeh Hekmat about her experience working to date, her striking film and…
With the present Screen Ireland Board winding down, at our latest WFT Ireland Members’ Coffee Chat, we want to talk about equality and diversity. Where are we now? We would…
Screen Ireland’s POV Scheme was established to support women filmmakers, and in 2020 four live-action fiction titles were commissioned with a budget limit of €400,000. POV Writer/Directors Kate Dolan and…
Watch WFT Vice-Chair and Filmmaker Vanessa Gildea in conversation with The Cloud in Her Room director Zheng Lu Xinyuan as part of the East Asia Film Festival Ireland. This thought-provoking…
