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22.07.2026
WGI Chair Jennifer Davidson Calls for Meaningful Investment in Women Writers
Screen Daily has published a report from the recent Ten Years of the 50/50 Gender Equality Campaign: Where Are We Now?
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22.07.2026
Beatrix Herriott O’Gorman
We’d like to extend our congratulations to one of our very own: WGI team member (Admin and Communications) Beatrix Herriott O’Gorman, who, alongside her partner, Jack Warren, was awarded the Audience Design Award for their Marketplace project, ‘Violent Delights’, at the 2026 Galway Film Fleadh. We wish you…
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22.07.2026
The 2026 Micro-credential in Entertainment Law with University of Galway
Explore the concepts of artistic expression and commercial speech, and how these are protected under international and domestic law.
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22.07.2026
Making It Happen – From Script To Screen
Designed to guide aspiring filmmakers from all backgrounds through the full life cycle of producing a short film or TV project.
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22.07.2026
Cruinniú na nÓg Commission 2027
Opportunity to create art with, and for, young people from 16-18 years of age.
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22.07.2026
Exploring & Thinking: Early Childhood Arts Residency Awards 2026/27
Invites applications from artists to develop and deliver early childhood arts residencies within homeless accommodation services.
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22.07.2026
Next Stage
Presented by Performing Arts Forum in partnership with Dublin Theatre Festival, the Next Stage is the artist development strand of Dublin Theatre Festival. Over the 18 days of the festival, participants meet festival artists in a packed schedule of talks, interviews, group time and workshops. Applications…
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22.07.2026
Boyne Valley International Film Festival
BVIFF will host a number of workshops for filmmakers, including Write a Script That Gets Noticed with screenwriter Jonathan Hughes.
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22.07.2026
Cinemagic Short Film Academy 2026
The programme combines industry masterclasses, script development workshops and pre-production sessions before culminating in the production of a professionally mentored short film.
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22.07.2026
10 Projects Selected for Perspectives
Congratulations to all the writers and creative teams behind the 10 successful projects selected for the second phase of Perspectives – Screen Ireland’s pilot programme to support the development and production of new Irish feature films. Perspectives is a filmmaking scheme designed to support feature film projects –…
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