Half day training session (part of the Employability Skills Accelerator series) focusing on the role of  production design,  the various roles within the arts department and practical steps for aspiring film design professionals.  Zoe Harkin is a very creative and experienced senior art department professional best known for Blue Lights, Breathtaking and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.

Part of the Skills Accelerator programme, this workshop delivered by experienced Locations Manager, Adam Wilkinson (How to Train Your Dragon, The Lost City of Z, Father Brown, etc.) outlined the role of locations management, the various roles involved as as well as the responsibilities of the locations manager on a day-to-day basis.

Delivered by acclaimed screenwriter and director, Ciarán Creagh. His credits include The Lightkeeper (with Aidan Quinn and Sarah Bolger), Parked (with Colm Meaney), Ann (2021) and Samantha Nobody (shot November 2024 in Sligo). Ciarán has developed an eye for the low budget production.

Delivered by experienced filmmaker Orla Walsh, this one-day workshop focused on how to approach the making and distribution of a short film.

Two-day training workshop delivered by Gerard Lough, independent film maker and director. Gerard's credit's include

One-day training session on the importance of copyright and contracts for filmmakers. I was delivered by Dan Muldoon, an intellectual property lawyer Carson and Mc Dowell (Belfast)

Symposium, organised by John Deery of the Nerve Centre, it brought noted film score composers from across ireland to impart their knowledge to aspiring filmmakers in Derry. It included Steven Rannick of Normal People fame and James Michael, an American record producer, musician, songwriter, etc. now residing in Derry

A nine-month (2 days per week) filmmaking course leading to a diploma from UK OCN

This online and in person course was designed for emerging filmmakers interested in producing content on their phone and on low budget equipment. Filmmakers had to have an interest in writing, directing and producing (live action drama) short films/short form content.