Film
The Arts Council’s role in film is to support film as an artform and is central to the provision of a national infrastructure for film culture in Ireland. Our film policy is focused on the art of film and supports film artists and provides for, and develops, audiences for cultural cinema.
‘The Swimming Diaries’ by Susan Thompson, Reel Art Award 2023
How we develop film
We develop film culture in Ireland by supporting film artists to make experimental and highly creative authored work and through our investment in organisations that offer opportunities to the public to access cultural cinema and to critically engage with film as an artform.
Cork International Film Festival 2023 at the Everyman Theatre. Photo: Jed Niezgoda.
Partnerships and schemes
Reel Art
Reel Art is an arts documentary scheme. Now in its 16th year, it provides film artists with a unique opportunity to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme for cinema exhibition.
Authored Works
Authored Works is a film scheme that provides film artists with the creative and editorial freedom to make a feature-length authored cultural film work for cinema exhibition.
ilDÁNA
ilDÁNA is a documentary arts scheme which we offer in partnership with TG4. It supports the making of creative documentaries on the arts in Irish. IlDÁNA films have a theatrical window before being broadcast in primetime slot on TG4.
Film Artist in Residence at UCC
Offered in partnership with UCC, the Arts Council and UCC Film Artist in Residence role is designed to provide a film artist of distinction with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment. It also offers students of film and screen media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.
Publications
View the latest research and reports.
Latest funding opportunities for film
Our Film team
Fionnuala Sweeney
Head of Film
Maretta Dillon
Film Adviser
Aoife Moynihan
Film Officer
Aletta Meijer
Film Assistant