BFI Film Academy Young Filmmakers ShowcaseBFI Film Academy Young Filmmakers Showcase
Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry~Londonderry
BFI Film Academy is all about helping young people aged 16—25 break into the screen industries.
This programme of short films features alumni from the BFI Film Academy Plus Screenwriting programme who were awarded seed funding to create their own short films in collaboration with other young creative.
The screenings will be followed by an audience Q&A with the filmmakers and a BFI Scene Networking Event for filmmakers and young audience members.
When It Rains
On Halloween night, a man singing ‘Danny Boy’ returns home in the rain to discover an ambulance parked outside with a woman being loaded in on a stretcher. What happened has far reaching consequences.
Dir. Luke O’Grady. 2024. Ireland. 15 mins.
Pub House
A newly single mother and her young son move into a house attached to a pub, becoming the fixation of their invasive new landlord.
Dir. Peter Young. 2024. Northern Ireland. 15 mins.
Suilí
Cara Donagheys work is inspired and influenced by her locality and community - most notably the theme of “home”. This concept has now sparked her to create her business “Súilí” - a collection of tote bags depicting popular monuments that are close to her and reminded her of home at a time when she was unable to return.
Dir. Jessica Buchanan. 2024. Ireland.
Reconnect
A chronically online girl is reminded of the beauty of real-life connection when she meets her eccentric neighbour after her power is cut off.
Dirs. Aisling Carroll, Killian McMackin, Oisin Tomas Ó Raghallaigh, Sarah Jane McEneny. 2024. Northern Ireland.
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