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European Co-development Funding Webinar on 4th December (please note change of date). Supports the co-development with at least 2 EU partners of one animation, creative documentary, or fiction project for cinema, TV, or digital platforms. Register: tinyurl.com/5avfxh8r

ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY TO #BFF25 SPARKS 25. ⭐Apply by 26 August - visit link & read criteria carefully 📝 belfastfilmfestival.org/sparks-25-prog… ⭐4 belfast-based freelance film programmers to deliver a public screening programme for underserved areas of the cultural cinema audience.

IGNITE-Docs is back for it's 6th year!! APPLY NOW! Deadline Friday 19th September. IGNITE-Docs is a collaboration between @corkfilmfest & Docs Ireland and seeks to foster a new generation of Irish doc filmmakers from the island of Ireland. More info: docsireland.ie/industry/ignit…

Docs Ireland are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership & residency award with @jbfc_ny in New York. Congratulations to @leoreganfilm and the film team on their project HEAR MY VOICES. Winners of the inaugural Jacob Burns Residency Award! docsireland.ie/the-jacob-burn…

PREVIEW – 2000 Meters to Andriivka – brutal first-person footage of a bloody push towards the liberation of a strategic village in the war between Russia & Ukraine (@QFTBelfast at 18:15 on Sunday 29 June, the final evening of @DocsIreland) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/2000-m…

PREVIEW – Born That Way – a couple’s commitment to radical inclusion comes full circle in this film that celebrates Patrick and Gladys Lydon (screened in @UlsterMuseum on Saturday 28 June as part of @DocsIreland) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/born-t…

Our feature doc BORN THAT WAY (directed by Éamon Little) is screening in Belfast at @DocsIreland in the @UlsterMuseum this Saturday 28th June @ 11.30am. This is our 2nd Irish screening after winning Best Irish Documentary at DIFF in March. Tickets docsireland.ie/programme/what…

REVIEW – The Shadow Scholars – Kenyans being paid to complete other people’s university educations (screened in @QFTBelfast) – my favourite film at the half way point of @DocsIreland #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-sh…

REVIEW: From Ground Zero – Bearing witness to life under the constant threat of death in Gaza - viewdigital.org/review-from-gr… - @DocsIreland @QFTBelfast #Gaza #Palestinian

PREVIEW – Latina, Latina – an unhurried reading of a father’s memoir of a fascist train tour (@DocsIreland in @QFTBelfast at 20:15 on Thursday 26 June) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/latina…

REVIEW – From Ground Zero – 22 glimpses into what has become normal for people living and creating under conflict conditions (screened at @DocsIreland) #DocsIreland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/from-g…

US senator George Mitchell in Belfast for the premiere of The Negotiator, a film on his life and key role in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. In conversation with @MiriamOCal and filmmaker @trevorbirney as part of @DocsIreland.

Always a privilege to hear Senator George Mitchell speak & tonight was a fitting tribute ⁦@DocsIreland⁩ gala screening of The Negotiator in partnership with ⁦@QUBelfast⁩ on his crucial role in chairing the peace talks leading to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

REVIEW – Doppelgängers^3 – three women present a challenge to the current testosterone-fuelled rocket race to live in space (@DocsIreland on Wednesday 25 June) #docsireland7 alaninbelfast.blogspot.com/2025/06/doppel…

Good luck to our friends @DocsIreland as the festival kicks off today - plenty of screenings, talks, events and more all taking place across the city from today until Sunday 29th. See what's happening here: docsireland.ie

Saturday 28th @QFTBelfast, as part of @DocsIreland I'll be chairing a discussion of the documentary work of the legendary Irish filmmaker, Bob Quinn. This year's festival will be bestowing their 'Outstanding Contribution to Irish Documentary'.

🎬 @DocsIreland returns to the city from 23-29 June with a packed programme of events! This celebration of film will showcase hard-hitting, eye-opening, and life-affirming documentaries from Ireland and around the world! 🍿📽️ See what's on >> vstbelfast.com/docs-ireland-f… #VisitBelfast

Catch Ag Taisteal Siar in Galway and Belfast! The ilDÁNA-funded (together with @TG4TV) doc explores the rich musical heritage of Ireland’s Traveller community, a driving force in Irish music since the 1960s ballad boom. @DocsIreland - 23 June (This Mon!) @GalwayFilm - 13 July

Ag teacht aníos ar an chlár... 📝 Dr Gearóid Ó Domagáin ó @UlsterUni maidir le hÉigse Loch Lao 🎬 David Keenan & Paddy Hayes ag labhairt faoin scannán faisnéise 'Focla ar Chanbhás' ag @DocsIreland 2025 🕗 08:00 - 09:00 🗣️ 107.1FM | raidiofailte.com