Based in Limerick, Catalyst International Film Festival will host the 7^th edition of the festival presenting films, panel discussions, workshops and networking events in venues across the city 23^rd – 25^th April.

Catalyst International Film Festival presents a film programme that prioritises stories and storytellers currently under-represented on screen and behind the camera. 

The festival programme includes Catalyst Lab for Emerging Screenwriters, which features 10 promising screenwriters who had previously entered the Catalyst Short Screenplay Award who will join script editors Lena Byrne and Ciarán Hayden and facilitator Jennifer Davidson (Chair Writers Guild of Ireland) as well as visiting producers and directors for an immersive three day focus on polishing their work and getting it screen-ready, forging links in the industry, creating a writing community, learning from successful career stories and developing the qualities necessary to thrive as a screenwriter in a competitive industry.

See the full programme here.