Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen have teamed up with Atticus Education to offer four Republic of Ireland residents the opportunity to attend 6 two-hour online masterclasses with Lord David Puttnam (producer of Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire, Local Hero, The Killing Fields, The Mission). A follow-up ‘in-person’ event for the scholars and industry leaders will take place later in the year.

The masterclasses will be fully interactive and full engagement by each participant is an essential feature of the programme.  Having attended the entire programme each individual will receive a scholarship to the value of €1,000, and a bursary to attend the 2026 Berlinale Festival and European Film Market (EFM). Travel expenses to the in-person event will also be included where needed.

Those participating in the masterclasses will enhance their understanding of the creative process, and the cultural context within which the screen industries operate.

Open to writers resident in the Republic of Ireland that have either: made their first feature (fiction or documentary) or television drama with funding from a broadcaster, distributor, financier, or screen agency in the past three years

or

· is about to make their first feature (fiction or documentary) or television drama and has that feature (fiction or documentary) or television drama project in active funded development with a broadcaster, distributor, financier, or screen agency.

Full details here.

Apply before Tuesday, 12th May 2026.