Film Funding Information Clinic with aemi, The Arts Council & Tadhg O’Sullivan

Free in-person presentation from The Arts Council on artist film funding + career interview with filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan at Goethe-Institut Ireland

This free event will give invaluable insight into funding opportunities for artist filmmakers as well as a personal account from Tadhg O’Sullivan on career development through Arts Council support.

Designed to provide film artists with comprehensive information about funding, this event, presented by aemi, will begin with a presentation from Fionnuala Sweeney, Head of Film at The Arts Council, on the various awards offered by The Arts Council through Film. This will be followed by a career interview with internationally acclaimed Irish artist filmmaker Tadhg O’Sullivan. He will discuss the dynamic and significant role that mentorship, collaboration and Arts Council funding have played in the development of his career.

This event is FREE to attend but please email [email protected] to secure your place as seats will be limited. A free lunch will also be provided on-site in between the two sessions.

Venue
Goethe-Institut Ireland, 37 Merrion Square E, Dublin 2, D02 XK52

Date
Friday 20th January

Schedule
12pm-1pm: Arts Council Information Clinic with Fionnuala Sweeney introduced by aemi co-directors Alice Butler & Daniel Fitzpatrick
1pm: Lunch (provided by The Arts Council on-site)
1.45pm-3pm: Interview with Tadhg O’Sullivan

Biography, Tadhg O’Sullivan
Tadhg O’Sullivan is a film-maker, sound artist and writer. His films include the features To the Moon, The Great Wall, Yximalloo and the upcoming The Waves, The Sea. He has made numerous short films, moving-image works and radio programmes, including the on-going series for Lyric FM The Cloud of Unknowing. Alongside from his own practice he has collaborated widely with other artists and film-makers, as editor, sound designer, and most recently, as producer. In 2021 he was the Arts Council Film Artist in Residence at UCC. He is on the boards of Visual in Carlow and the Irish Film Institute.