2025 PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 4 APRIL
11:00AM
REGISTRATION
Tea & Coffee available in the Light House bar
11:30AM
WELCOME ADDRESS
11:45AM
SCRIPT EDUCATION
Guest:
Laurie Nunn (Sex Education)
Moderated By:
Emma Norton (Normal People, Conversations with Friends, The Dry)
12:45PM
BREAK
1:15PM
WRITE FRIGHT:
THE ART OF WRITING GENRE FILMS
Panel:
Aislinn Clarke (Fréwaka, The Devil's Doorway)
Nia DaCosta(Candyman, The Marvels)
Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor)
Moderated By:
Stephen Shields (Abigail, The Hole in the Ground)
2:15PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
IN LIGHT HOUSE BAR
3:15PM
WIDE ANGLE:
FINDING YOUR PATH IN THE TELEVISION WORLD
Panel:
Aisling Bea (This Way Up)
Courttia Newland (Small Axe, The Woman in the Wall)
Laurie Nunn(Sex Education)
Moderated By:
Chelsea Morgan Hoffmann (The Listeners, September Says)
4:15PM
BREAK
BETWEEN THE LINES
Guest:
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea, You Can Count on Me)
Moderated By:
Lenny Abrahamson (Room, Normal People, Frank)
4:30PM
IN CONVERSATION WITH KENNETH LONERGAN
5:30PM
CLOSING REMARKS
From Ed Guiney and the Storyhouse Team
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THURSDAY 3 APRIL
12:00PM
REGISTRATION
Please take your seats in Screen 1
12:30PM
WELCOME ADDRESS
12:45PM
KEEPING IT TIGHT:
BIG STORIES ON A SMALL BUDGET
Panel:
Cara Loftus (Spilt Milk)
Morgan Matthews (X+Y, 500 Miles)
Savanah Leaf (Earth Mama)
Moderated By:
Frank Berry (Aisha, Michael Inside)
1:45PM
ART & AMBITION
BALANCING CRAFT & CAREER
Guest:
Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels)
Moderated By:
Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother, Soulm8te)
2:45PM
BREAK
A SCREENWRITING CONCLAVE
Guest:
Peter Straughan (Conclave, Wolf Hall, Frank)
Mark O'Halloran (Adam & Paul, Garage)
3:00PM
4:00PM
BREAK
4:30PM
SCÉAL EILE:
IRISH LANGUAGE SCREENWRITING
Panel:
Aislinn Clarke (Fréwaka, The Devil's Doorway)
John Farrelly (An Taibhse)
Richie Conroy (Crá, Fran the Man)
Moderated By:
Sheena Lambert (Screenwriter)
5:45PM
INDUSTRY MIXER
IN LIGHT HOUSE BAR
Hosted By: Screen Producers Ireland & Writers Guild of Ireland