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Built on the success of Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design and later Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) the National Film School (NFS) at IADT was launched in November 2003. It is a centre of excellence for education and training in film, animation, broadcasting and digital media. This status is based on: the consistently high achievements of its student productions in both profession

al competitions and festivals, at home and abroad; the careers of its graduates in the entertainment and media industries; the very high standard of applied film education that has been provided for more than 25 years; and the excellence of its staff. IADT’s full-time and part-time staff possess considerable industry experience and a high proportion continue to work as practitioners. IADT’s status as the NFS is consolidated in the high profile of its prestigious Advisory Board. The Board is chaired by Morgan O’Sullivan and is membership includes John Boorman, Pierce Brosnan, Donald Taylor Black, Toni Delany, Roddy Doyle, Clare Duignan, Joan Egan, Cathal Gaffney, James Hickey, Róisín Hogan, Neil Jordan, Sean Larkin, James Morris, Kevin Rockett, Jim Sheridan, Ken Wardrop and Bill Whelan. IADT is the only Irish full member of the Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision (CILECT), the International Association of Film and Television Schools, the CILECT regional association, and GEECT, the Groupement Européen des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision. The NFS has maintained a consistently high record of achievement for its student films in national and international competition over the years. Ken Wardrop’s documentary, Un******ng My Mother, produced by Andrew Freedman, gathered 21 national and international prizes at home and abroad, including the most prestigious of all: Best Short Film (Prix UIP) at the European Film Awards in Berlin. It also won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Short Film, and Best Documentary at the Tampere International Short Film Festival. It was invited to the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, the only Irish film selected that year. In May 2008 Vincent Gallagher won a prestigious 2007 Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Award in the overall UK & Ireland Undergraduate Drama section for his film, Bright Idea, and, in the same year, Robert Manson won the top prize, the Taylor Art Award (and €20,000), at the RDS Student Art Awards for his graduation film, The Silver Bow. Sean Branigan’s Martin won the Tiernan MacBride Award for Best Irish Short Film at the 20008 Galway Film Fleadh while Conal O’Meara picked up the Empire Award in the Done in Sixty Seconds category for his remake of Jerry Maguire (made in co-operation with Stephen Power); the trophy was presented by Shane Meadows at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. NFS Film students continued our success over the years at the Kodak Student Commercials Awards when in 2010 Biscuit Tin, directed by Niall Maher, came home with a prize form the ceremony at BAFTA. Cathy Brady’s Small Change has been selected for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, after having won the Kodak/NAHEMI Cinematography Award at the Encounters Short Film Festival and Best First Time Irish Director (the Claire Lynch Award) at the Cork Film Festival. NFS Animation students did extremely well at the 2008 Galway Film Fleadh: winning three prizes, including the James Horgan Award for Best First Irish Short Animation, which was presented to Matt Horan for Monolith. Eamonn O’Neill’s My Day won Short Animation of the Year at the 3 National Student Media Awards in 2009 while Darragh Duffy triumphed in the 2009 RTS Student Awards (Irish section), with Best Animation for Pest, the second year in a row that IADT students received this prize. In the last couple of years Animation students have had their films shown at more national and international festivals than ever before including: ReAnimacja (Lódz, Poland); Celtic Film Festival; Frames (Mumbai, India); Galway Film Fleadh; Kilkenny Film Festival; Kerry Film Festival; Vilnius (Lithuania); Foyle Film Festival; AniFest (Hungary); BIMINI (Riga, Latvia); Kinofilm (Manchester); CinemadaMare (Italy); and the British & Irish Film Festival (Berlin). Fiona Walsh, a 2005 Make-up graduate, won 3rd place at the first international competition for European film make-up students in January 2006. The competition was organised by the prestigious US Make-up Artists Magazine and the final shortlist of eight, selected from hundreds of entries, competed in public at the annual International Make-up Artists Trade Show (IMATS/Europe) in London, judged by Oscar and Emmy winner, Michael Westmore. Last year we were delighted that NFS graduates and former students received a record twenty-two nominations, across twelve categories, at the 2010 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards. The National Film School at IADT is a partner in the ENGAGE project, which is funded principally by the MEDIA programme of the European Community. It brings together 24 filmmaking students and graduates (writers, producers and directors) from different European countries during three residential workshops taking place in Ireland, Scotland and Estonia/Finland. A collaboration between four of Europe’s leading film schools, Screen Academy Scotland at Edinburgh Napier University; the Baltic Film & Media School at Tallinn University; the Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design at Aalto University’s School of Art & Design in Helsinki; and the NFS, ENGAGE helps participants gain a better understanding of international co-production processes and the nature of collaborative project development. The NFS, with financial support from the Irish Film Board, hosts a very successful annual series of NFS Lectures at IADT. Internationally respected participants have included Jim Sheridan, Neil Jordan, Sir Alan Parker, Oliver Stone, John Sayles, Stephen Frears, John Landis, Mike Leigh, Terence Davies, John Boorman and Krzysztof Zanussi (directors); Stephen Rea and Ciaran Hinds (actors); Maggie Renzi (producer); Alex McDowell and Luciana Arrighi (production designers); Seamus McGarvey BSC and Barry Ackroyd BSC (cinematographers); Mick Audsley (Editor); Deborah Nadoolman (costume designer); Roddy Doyle, Frederic Raphael and Jeffrey Caine (screenwriters); and Caroline Leaf and Joanna Quinn (animators). John Canemaker, Professor of Animation at New York University, was our first National Film School Visiting Fellow during the academic year 2009/2010. His residency on the IADT campus was a huge success and, as well as giving an NFS Lecture, there were two other public and/or industry events, which were held at the Irish Film Institute and the Light House Cinema. Professor Canemaker is the author of ten acclaimed books on the history of animation and he won an Academy Award in 2006 for Best Animated short. The NFS Visiting Fellowship received financial support from the Irish Film Board, Enterprise Ireland, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Visiting Artists Program. Construction of our new NFS Building has commenced and is due to be completed by Spring 2012. This state-of-the-art facility will include a High Definition TV/film Studio, a blue screen studio, two radio studios, equipment store/technicians workshop, four classrooms and staff offices. Click here to learn more about this project>>

The first phase of our fund-raising campaign has been successfully completed. 78 Founding Sponsors have made donations to the NFS. They consist of independent production companies from film, animation and television, broadcasters, facility houses, distributors, advertising agencies, individuals, and other industry friends.

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23/10/2023

IADT student and graduate films, Small Hours by Marta Sniezek & Christian Spurling, 2% Baby by Róisín Kelly and Callus by Ciarán Hickey, were selected and screened at 2023 Kerry International Film Festival. Congratulations!

18/10/2023

During the first week of October, 3rd FilmEU Summit took place in and around our LUCA School of Arts campus C-mine, our Belgian partner Filmeu - European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts

More than 160 people interested in Film & Media Arts joined us for an eventful programme around the theme 'Fake news. Fake world. Fake identity. Trust yourself'.

Watch our aftermovie here https://youtu.be/oL7SLYIAftw?si=-4q_2mtOj0s2zYp8

In two weeks the European project will be extended for another 4 years and the Filmeu - European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts consortium grows from 4 to 8 partners. Which also brings new opportunities for IADT. Read more about it at:

https://iadt.ie/news/iadt-celebrates-e12-8-million-funding-for-filmeu-european-university-alliance/

18/10/2023

Congratulations to Michael Antonio Keane, student at the National Film School (IADT), one of four young Irish filmmakers shortlisted for a prestigious international film festival in New York!

Michael is nominated in Best Drama category for his film "Like a Bolt from the Blue". Filmed in Dublin it delves into the complexities of a relationship and overcoming problems. He has progressed from making "time capsules of his life" at the age of seven to making films at fourteen and receiving many awards, including a Spirit Award for Covid Éire in 2020.

Michael Antonio Keane will travel to New York with Eve Duffy, Max Hendrickson and Rhianna Woods. Nominated in four different categories, student films were chosen to be screened as part of the All American High School Film festival this weekend. It is one of the biggest student film festivals in the world attracting thousands of entries.

12/10/2023

Congratulations to three IADT students whose shorts were selected for the Irish Shorts In Competition !

WITH LOVE, FROM AIDAN by Reuben Harvey. A dark satire family drama, where experimental AI Aidan attends sister Sarah's birthday, realising he never truly belonged in her family. He thanks Sarah for teaching humanity, and unveils a surprise gift.

AMOEBA by Ian Fallon. Synopsis: After surviving a traumatic ordeal, Levi’s old school crush Roan invites him over for the weekend. Waking from an intoxicated night of reconnecting, Levi becomes convinced Roan kissed him. As Levi seeks the truth, his grip on reality loosens.

And animation 2% BABY by Róisín Sinai Kelly. A story about a mother and daughter embarking on a perilous journey across a famine landscape in the hope of making it to the boat alive.

06/10/2023

05/10/2023

3rd FilmEU Summit in Genk, Day 2nd and 3rd at the Luca School of Arts. It was jam-packed with exciting events and discussions.

Available via live streaming, a conference on the intriguing topics of "fakeworld," "fakeidentity," and the importance of trusting yourself.

Opening speeches were delivered by Simon van Damme (LUCA School of Arts), Manuel José Damásio (Lusófona).
Keynotes featured Michaël Lobet, Associate (Harvard University) FRS-FNRS research associate and lecturer, giving speech on Impact of generative AI on teaching, and Lisanne Buik, a futures researcher and speculative artist-designer, giving a speech on Gracious AI - what does it take to design gracious futures with AI.

The round table discussions included, Opportunities for the Creative Sector beyond the Pitfalls, moderated by IADT, Head of European Projects Department, Barry Dignam, featuring, Jordi Möllering, interdisciplinary artist, Tobias Frühmorgen (Lusófona), scriptwriting with AI researcher & academic, Martin Clancy, musician and academic; Impact of AI on Education, moderated by Head of Faculty of Film, Art & Creative Technologies, IADT Rónán Ó’Muirthile, featuring Laura Beulens (LUCA), graphic designer & academic, Dirk Hoyer (BFM-Tallinn University), audiovisual researcher and academic, Manuel Marques-Pita, assistant professor of Complex Systems at CICANT ( Lusófona), Ana Filipa Oliveira, assistant professor (Lusófona). For the Student Voice roundtable discussion, moderated by Marc Van De Walle (Luca), we had IADT representative, junior researcher, Sophie Quin, and students: Tamara Abdul Khalek (LUCA), Lennart Mathias Männik (BFM – Tallinn University), Afonso Brandão (Lusófona).

In the afternoon session, we had a presentation of the FilmEU Toolkit, supporting the enlargement process, presented by Manuel José Damásio (Lusófona) and Veerle Van der Sluys (LUCA), and an Artistic Research symposium Peripheral Perspectives, moderated by Érica Rodrigues, with the participation of IADT Julian King, Soraya Vasconcelos (Lusófona), Jon Stam (LUCA), Alexandra Ianchenko (BFM). At the end of the day we have enjoyed FilmEU Screening, selection of Best of FilmEU and Joint Masters.

For the 3rd and last Day of the FilmEU Summit, FilmEU team members came together for some discussions about the path ahead.

In closed meetings, we delved deep into our ongoing activities and set the stage for future tasks. With the addition of new partners - VŠMU - Academy of Performing Arts (Slovakia), LMTA - The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, VIA University College (Denmark) and NATFA - The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts “Krustyo Sarafov” (Bulgaria).

Ronan O Muirthile (IADT) and Manuel Damasio (Lusofona) gave presentations on the future and structure of the FilmEU programme.

05/10/2023

FilmEU Summit in Genk, day 3, keeping busy with Work Packages meetings⚡️Filmeu - European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts LUCA School of Arts IADT
Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa
Tallinna Ülikool
VIA University College

04/10/2023

During FilmEU Summit in Genk our IADT students are working hard to deliver professional coverage of the event! Check out their work on Filmeu - European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts social media channels!

04/10/2023

Yesterday, October 3rd, FilmEU Summit in Genk (Belgium) kicked off at the LUCA School of Arts C-mine. The event was opened with the grand opening of the FilmEU Artistic Research Exhibition (ARE), exhibiting a works of six artists, including IADT Julian King's work The Farthest Shore. You can see it online by visiting are.filmeu.eu

Tune in today, live streaming via vimeo https://vimeo.com/event/3750336 to listen about the intriguing topics of "fakeworld," "fakeidentity," and the importance of trusting yourself.

03/10/2023

Official virtual opening of the third FilmEU Summit, hosted by LUCA School of Arts Belgium and FilmEU.

Live stream of the public sessions:

• Tuesday 3/10 – Official Summit Launch at 16:00 (CEST) live on Vimeo via this link: https://vimeo.com/event/3750227
• Wednesday 4/10 - All sessions from 8:45 to 17:30 (CEST) live on Vimeo via this link: https://vimeo.com/event/3750336
A full day filled with keynotes and round table talks on artificial intelligence, media literacy, … in the cultural and creative industries.

Check the programme for more information https://www.filmeu.eu/news-and-events/news/filmeu-summit-2023-luca-school-of-arts-genk-belgium

03/10/2023

On Sunday 1 & Monday 2 October 2023 the first FilmEU+ Rectors Meeting took place in Leuven, Belgium. The four rectors of the FilmEU consortium and the four rectors (and/or representatives) of the new FilmEU partners (VIA University College, Denmark - The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre - National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Bulgaria - Academy of Performing Arts, Slovakia) which will join FilmEU soon in November 2023, met to discuss their future alliance and next steps as FilmEU+.

At the end of the second day, the General Assembly of the FilmEU Association came together and the FilmEU+ Mission Document was signed by all new and existing partners.

25/09/2023

SAVE THE DATE! We invite you for the first FilmEU Talk this academic year. On Wednesday, September 27th , João Canijo, an award-winning Portuguese director, will give a masterclass on 27th September at 19h20 (Portugal time) where he'll talk about his latest two films, Bad Living and Living Bad, with a special focus on Bad Living which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Free Attendance

📍Cinema Fernando Lopes (Lisbon, Portugal)
📍Online via Zoom

More information about the film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14007288/

Register here:

https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvdOCspzkpHNSMGb9Q_1scxaRS_WYiKclz #/registration

Read more:
https://www.filmeu.eu/news-and-events/filmeu-talks

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