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In today's episode, we're delighted to partner with the GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival and the National Talent Academy for Film & TV Drama to celebrate this year's starGAZE programme participantsWe're joined by producer Billy Buckley, writer-director Eleanor Rogers, and producer-director Lewis Doherty to discuss their creative journeys, the projects they're working on, and the impact starGAZE has had on their careers so far.Listen now on SoundCloud, Apple, Spotify, Acast and Amazon, or subscribe to Film Ireland wherever you get your podcasts.https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-in-conversation-with-stargaze-participants-billy-buckley-eleanor-rogers-lewis-dohertystarGAZE, the professional development initiative supporting six emerging LGBTQIA filmmakers, returns for its third year in 2026. Applications are now open and will close at 5pm on Monday 20 April. For more information on how to apply, visit www.nationaltalentacademies.ie/film-tvBilly BuckleyBilly is an emerging queer producer from Galway focused on contemporary Irish and queer storytelling. With a background in live-action drama, his work explores identity and morality.He was casting director and production manager for Soulmate Wanted with Heritage (premiered at Rhode Island International Film Festival 2023) and production manager on Medicinal (Galway Film Fleadh 2024, “Best of Kerry” winner). His short Where Will We Go? explored the defective concrete crisis and screened at Disappear Here Film Festival before broadcast on Virgin Media. In 2024, he joined the National Talent Academies' First Credit scheme, mentored by Maggie Ryan.His latest short Over the Moon, about a young trans man revisiting his past in the Burren, premiered at Dublin International Film Festival 2025. Billy also produces music videos for queer artists and works with Tiny Ark across commercial and documentary projects.Eleanor RogersEleanor is a queer writer, director, and photographer from Co. Louth. A First-Class Honours graduate of IADT, she wrote and directed Breastfriends (2018), which premiered at GAZE and won Best Irish Short before screening internationally. She was nominated for Best Under 25 Director at Underwire and has since directed music videos for artists including Elkae and PureGrand. In 2022, she was selected for Screen Ireland's Spotlight TV Comedy scheme. In 2024, she was filmmaker-in-residence at An Táin, where she developed her debut feature Going Somewhere.Lewis DohertyLewis Doherty is a queer Irish producer/director working across film, TV, and documentary. Starting in the camera department, they progressed to director of photography on indie and major productions including Dungeons and Dragons. Their directing work includes Pastor Ed, and documentaries such as It Takes a Village, When It Rains (Docs Ireland award winner), Viet-Glish, and Outlasting (BBC NI), selected for Docs Ireland and GAZE 2025. They have also worked on unscripted shows including Britain's Got Talent, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Lewis has participated in development programmes including Sheffield DocFest and Cork International Film Festival IGNITE Docs. They were runner-up at the 2024 Docs Ireland Feature Pitch and are a 2025 Celtic Media Festival finalist.National Talent Academy for Film & Television DramaEstablished in 2021, the NTA (an initiative of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, managed by Ardán) supports emerging talent across Ireland.It provides training, mentorship, and career pathways for writers, directors, producers, and creatives, with a strong focus on regional and diverse voices. The Academy aims to remove barriers to entry and build a connected, inclusive screen industry.GAZE International LGBTQIA Film FestivalFounded in 1992, GAZE is a cornerstone of Ireland's LGBTQIA cultural landscape. The festival champions bold queer storytelling across genres, celebrating the full spectrum of LGBTQIA experiences while fostering a strong community of filmmakers and audiences.Over the years, the podcast has featured acclaimed guests such as Phyllida Lloyd, Lenny Abrahamson, M. Night Shyamalan, John Boorman, Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Aisha Tyler, Colm Meaney, Paul Reiser, Niamh Algar, David Freyne, Ciarán Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John Crowley, Niamh Algar, Gene Stupnitsky, and Terence Davies, alongside many of the most influential voices working in film and television today.So make sure to subscribe and listen back! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antonello Zanda"Premio Ostana"Premio OstanaVenerdì 28 giugno 2024, ore 20:45Cinema, tv e nuovi media: l'esperienza galleseConversazione con Roger WilliamsPremio cinemaA cura di: Antonello Zandalingua galleseIl “Premio Ostana: scritture in lingua madre” è un appuntamento con le lingue madri del mondo che ogni anno riunisce a Ostana, paese occitano di 85 abitanti in Valle Po ai piedi del Monviso, autori di lingua madre da tutto il mondo, per un festival della biodiversità linguistica.Roger Williams was an executive of the Writer's Guild Of Great Britain and lives in Wales; he is an award-winning writer and producer working in both Welsh and English. He wrote and produced the Welsh-language feature films Y Sŵn (2023) and Gwledd (2021). “Y Sŵn” won the BAFTA Cymru award for best feature film in 2023 and received a nomination for the Broadcast and Celtic Media Festival awards. The horror film Gwledd premiered at the SXSW festival, is distributed in North America by IFC and in Britain by Picturehouse. He has received awards in numerous festivals including BiFAN, Motel X and Neuchâtel. His TV series “Bang” won best series at the Bafta Cymru and Celtic Media Festival in 2018, for which Williams received a nomination for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award. His television work includes the original series “Gwaith/Cartref” and “Tir” for Welsh-language broadcaster S4C and numerous other English-language creations for broadcasters BBC and Channel4.Every language achievement is always a starting point, never a point of arrival. The political strength of a minority language is measured not only by its ability to build social and cultural cohesion, but also by the courage and determination with which it succeeds in facing the challenges of the present and the future. A language endures if it can speak to new generations and thus if it's able to regenerate and absorb new languages,meaning if it can make itself speak. Roger Williams' movies, in recounting the political struggle over the creation of the S4C television channel, with its entire programming schedule in Welsh, tells an exemplary story in this respect, not only for its own community. Because it testifies to how important a media perspective that is not purely conservative, but flexible andinnovative, politically useful in the daily struggle that languages sustain in order to maintain themselves as a historical culture and restore their own worldview.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Another chance to hear the Scots Radio Episode that was nominated for an ‘Excellence Torc Award' at this year's Celtic Media Festival. Jine us again. The Year o Stories It's anither extra special episode this month. An in the year o stories, we hiv some o the best story tellers on the programme tae brighten […]

Bob Carswell brings us voices from the TT and Manx Grand Prix, also news of the Celtic Media Festival and Manx involvement and looks at 40 years of Culture Vannin.

We have some of the history connected with Laa Colum Killey before there's a reminder about Laa Colum Killey Beg in Arbory School from Julie Young. Online and Educational Resources Officer for Culture Vannin, James Franklin, tells us about the film, Island Utopias, by Sarah Mercer, which has been shortlisted for an award in the Celtic Media Festival. We also hear a little more about Gaelg 21, including an award-winning song in praise of the Manx language, Gaelg Aboo!

Labhraíonn Áine Ní Bhreasláin, craoltóir raidió le RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta faoina clár Bladhaire (a bhain gradaim ag an Celtic Media Festival', a podchraoladh Beo Ar Éigean le Siún Ní Dhuinn agus Sinéad Ní Uallacháin, a cuid oibre sna meáin agus go leor leor eile.

On this weeks episode (99) of FNI Wrapchat, Paul Webster is joined by Director Maurice Sweeney For the last ten years, Maurice has been regarded as one of Ireland's leading documentary filmmakers. In more recent years he has also begun to focus on fiction. His Doc Trial of the Century, a historical drama series for Treasure Films was a critical hit for, Loose Horse and TV3. Other work includes drama documentary series Barbarians Rising for the History Channel and October Films. Having worked on diverse films from drama documentary Cromwell In Ireland to creative portraits of Irish writers Flann O' Brien and Brendan Behan and crime writer John Connolly, Maurice also recently directed his first major drama feature, Saving The Titanic, to wide critical acclaim. The film has been sold throughout the world, including America, Canada and Britain with Channel 4 and has been watched by an estimated 10 million people. It was selected for the British Independent Film Festival, where it has just won three awards, including Best Director. It has also just won Best Feature at the Celtic Media Festival in Swansea. Saving The Titanic also won a prestigious Gold World Medal award at the New York Festivals, and the Award of Excellence in a Feature Film at the Accolade Competition in California. As a Director, Maurice has won four IFTAS. In 2010, he filmed and directed the widely acclaimed __The Forgotten Irish_, dealing with the emigration to Britain in the 1950′s. Always returning to his love of sport, Maurice has made lasting portraits of his heroes Michael O Muircheartaigh and Vincent O Brien. Other credits include the follow up to Forgotten Irish with Ireland's Forgotten Voices. Penance, TV Series, Blood (TV Series, Virgin Media TV) I-Dolours (Documentary) NEXT UP*** FNI @ HOME is an online networking event

On this weeks episode (99) of FNI Wrapchat, Paul Webster is joined by Director Maurice Sweeney For the last ten years, Maurice has been regarded as one of Ireland’s leading documentary filmmakers. In more recent years he has also begun to focus on fiction. His Doc Trial of the Century, a historical drama series for Treasure Films was a critical hit for, Loose Horse and TV3. Other work includes drama documentary series Barbarians Rising for the History Channel and October Films. Having worked on diverse films from drama documentary Cromwell In Ireland to creative portraits of Irish writers Flann O’ Brien and Brendan Behan and crime writer John Connolly, Maurice also recently directed his first major drama feature, Saving The Titanic, to wide critical acclaim. The film has been sold throughout the world, including America, Canada and Britain with Channel 4 and has been watched by an estimated 10 million people. It was selected for the British Independent Film Festival, where it has just won three awards, including Best Director. It has also just won Best Feature at the Celtic Media Festival in Swansea. Saving The Titanic also won a prestigious Gold World Medal award at the New York Festivals, and the Award of Excellence in a Feature Film at the Accolade Competition in California. As a Director, Maurice has won four IFTAS. In 2010, he filmed and directed the widely acclaimed __The Forgotten Irish_, dealing with the emigration to Britain in the 1950′s. Always returning to his love of sport, Maurice has made lasting portraits of his heroes Michael O Muircheartaigh and Vincent O Brien. Other credits include the follow up to Forgotten Irish with Ireland’s Forgotten Voices. Penance, TV Series, Blood (TV Series, Virgin Media TV) I-Dolours (Documentary) NEXT UP*** FNI @ HOME is an online networking event

Patrick Crellin and Bethany White from local production company Dark Avenue Film speak to Christy DeHaven about their work - and the fantastic reaction to their documentary short about BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician Mera Royle, which has been shortlisted for the 2020 Celtic Media Festival. Find them online at https://www.darkavenuefilm.com/

BAFTA Scotland was joined by Nicole Kleeman (founder at Firecrest Films), Callum Macrae (writer and filmmaker) and Gwion Owain (producer) at Celtic Media Festival 2019 for this panel on factual filmmaking. With investigative and observational documentaries being as popular as ever, join our panellists as they discuss their experiences of navigating through highly sensitive content and under considerable political pressures in search of the truth. This session explored the ethical, moral and legal dilemmas faced when working with sensitive subjects and the approaches used to gain complex and often very complicated, access

We jist dinna hing aboot. We weave oor wye doon tae Llanelli in sooth Wales, for the Celtic Media Festival – an get the opportunity tae spik tae the BBC Director o Nations an Regions, Ken MacQuarrie, aboot the new Scottish Channel. An hear foo Ulster Scots is maakin waves in Northern Ireland. Jean Cameron […]

In Episode 42, we hear aboot the challenges and opportunites for broadcastin – we report fae the Celtic Media Festival on the Isle o Man.  Ian Kinnear tells us aboot maakin  ‘sma pipes’  and the tradition in the North East – an we invite ye tae jine us amung the cairties an the Clydesdale horses […]

An wiv been gaan aboot again. In this edition wir at the Celtic Media Festival, held this year in Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland, an hear foo Scots Radio got on in the Festival Awards. An fit’s happening tae the Scots Language Co-ordinators – we spik tae co-ordinators Diane Anderson and Bruce Eunson. Wir at the Scottish […]

We attend the Celtic Media Festival held last week at the Tregenna Castle Hotel in St Ives.

Raidió Na Life made history recently when it was named Radio Station of the Year in the prestigious Celtic Media Festival in Swansea. Our reporter Kate Ní Chléirigh paid them a visit to see how the community station operates.