Raising Films Ireland

Catalyst International Film Festival

Limerick City Gallery of Art

Parents and Carers push for more family friendly screen industries. In an interactive discussion Raising Films Ireland, the support and advocacy group for parents and carers working in the Irish screen industries, will tease out what can be done to create a fairer and more inclusive industry. RAISING FILM IRELAND | PANELDr Susan Liddy lectures in the Department of Media and Communication Studies in MIC. She is Chair of Women in Film and Television Ireland and sits on a number of industry boards: Women in Film and Television International; Writers Guild of Ireland and Raising Films Ireland. She has published widely on gender issues in the Irish screen industries. Most recently she co-authored The Pursuit of Change: Issues Affecting Parents and Carers in the Ireland’s Screen Industries (2022) for Raising Films Ireland.Philip Shanahan is a Video Editor based in the midwest, collaborating on fiction, documentary along with advertising and EPK&#x27;s for film and tv. He&#x27;s an assistant Lecturer at TUS/LIT and Philip has won awards for his short film work, while also producing animations, radio dramas including writing, and directing short films of his own. He&#x27;s also a father to a very theatrical 2-year-old girl. Philip is currently in post-production on, Wednesday’s Child (dir. Laura O’Shea), Attend Your Own Mask First (dir. Lia Caira), Untitled Flagstone Documentary (dir. James Skerritt) and his own short film Should We Bury Him?Lesley Conroy is an IFTA award nominated actress &amp; award winning writer and filmmaker. Her Screen Ireland/Bow Street actor as creator short CLEANER is screening in the 3rd Catalyst International FF and won Best Cork Short in the 66th Cork International Film Festival. Current participant on the female playwright development programme MAVENS in association with the Mill Theatre/Writers Guild. Steering member of MAM (Mothers Artists Makers) and advocate for DEI in the film &amp; theatre sector.Ailish Bracken is a producer and line producer working across TV and Film in Ireland. She has worked with most of the leading production companies in the country and is currently working on several projects both as a line producer and producer. She is the chair of Raising Films Ireland and the Administrator of the Production and Accounts Guild of Ireland. Moderated by Dr Susan Liddy (The Pursuit of Change - RFI report)Please note: No food or drink allowed in the gallery at any time.

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