Careers in Screen Mid-West @ Fresh International Film Festival

Fresh Film

Are you interested in a career in Film or TV? Meet filmmakers and TV producers and hear about what they do.

Limerick College of Further Education

Ever wondered how to get started in the film and television industry?Careers in Screen is an informative and interactive audience led event for students, which aims to highlight the wide variety of career paths available in film and television. The event will explore the nature of filmmaking as a career and the different skill sets involved, and take a deeper look at the screen industry in the Mid-West.Professional speakers will discuss their experiences working in the screen sector and give insights into the collaborative process of film production.The event will also look at screen developments in the region and how to get involved. This panel based event will provide lots of opportunity for Q&A The speakers will cover their career journeys and discuss the opportunities and different roles within the industry.Michelle Ryan is a specialist Behind-The-Scenes filmmaker with a unique immersive approach to storytelling and an elevated style of cinematography. Her passion is capturing and telling stories that result in creative, daring &amp; effective content. She runs Irish production company ‘EPIK Media’ which she set up in response to the ever growing film industry in Ireland, and the demand for more and more creative content. Michelle has the ability to self-produce and a passion for creative storytelling; her experience and talent as not only a BTS DP, but also an editor and producer gives her a unique ability to find and capture the key stories on set. Some of her BTS work includes Barbie, Jurassic World, Cocaine Bear and Cats and Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin.Demi Isaac Oviawe, is an actor who plays Linda Walsh in The Young Offenders (RTÉ/ BBC3), a role that she will reprise in the forthcoming fourth season. Her latest work includes the role of Anadil in Paul Feig’s feature The School for Good and Evil (Netflix), the role of Aoife Akingbola in the TV series Holdings directed by Kathy Burke for ITV; and the lead role of Adaeze in To All My Darlings, directed by Lia Campbell. In 2017, the Irish Examiner named Oviawe as one of their annual "Ones to Watch for 2018”. She also appeared on the 2019 series of the Irish edition of Dancing with the Stars. Demi is based in Cork, Ireland.Tara Knol is a Costume Designer who has worked on high profile films such as Prometheus, Foundation and Game of Thrones. Tara's career began in the film industry, 'living the dream' working as a costume designer and supervisor on productions like Game of Thrones, Prometheus and Moone Boy before making the leap to become a product designer and tech entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Seamless and creator of The iCostume App, products designed to help communication and design on tv and film sets.Conor McAllister has worked as a Hair Stylist on Film and TV since 1994 working on over 30 movies such as Brave Heart, Michael Collins, The Actors, Saving Private Ryan, Intermission, Space Truckers to name but a few. His work has also featured in Italian Vogue (Saoirse Ronan), Zoo Magazine (Saoirse Ronan), front cover of Detail magazine (Johnathan Reece Myers), Hollywood news, Vanity Fair, New York Times, Wonderland magazine along with travelling extensively worldwide as personal hairstylist to Saoirse Ronan on junkets for The Lovely Bones, The Way Back, The Host, Justin and the Knights Of Valor, How I Live Now and Hanna. He also, alongside his brother Hugh, owns the largest chain of barber shops in Europe, The Grafton Barber.Gemma O'Shaughnessy, is a freelance Line Producer / Producer working across a variety of film and television drama projects. Most recently she completed the feature film, Anniversary for Fifth Season and Lionsgate and also the TV drama, Obituary for RTÉ and Hulu.Patrick Condren is one of Ireland’s most experienced Stunt Professionals. He has worked as an Actor, Stunt Performer, Coordinator and Second Unit Director on over 250 productions including Feature Films, TV Shows, Commercials and Live Productions. He has Coordinated action for Academy Award winners Daniel Day Lewis, Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan, Paul Greengrass and Kevin Spacey. He was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for his work on Intermission. Patrick is a graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting. Patrick was instrumental in standardizing the qualification requirements for the Irish Stunt Community. In 1998 he organised the founding of the Stunt Actors Register. This was the first Register of Qualified Stunt Personal in Ireland and the forerunner of the current Stunt Register Ireland. He was on the executive board of Irish Actors Equity for 5 years, where he helped negotiate terms and conditions for both Irish Actors and Stunt Performers. Patrick also established the Irish Film and TV Health and Safety Council and wrote the H&S guidelines published in 2004 for Irish Crews.Followed by a Q&A

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