Ardán

🌟 It’s been another busy one for the team at Ardán HQ - check out some 2024 highlights. From all our team to everyone we've worked with over the last year - from participants to attendees to stakeholders to collaborators - wishing you a happy and peaceful holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you in 2025! 🌟 #film #TV #games #animation #talentdevelopment

Science on Screen Information Day: January 18th, 2025 at CREW Register here: https://lnkd.in/ei4DPY8E?

Please note re FÍS TV Summit - we are staggering ticketing to meet attendee demand for different panels, so if there are no early bird tickets left when you go to register we will open another round for registration with our next panel announcement in January!

Ardán and RTE are delighted to announce 'Little B*tch' as the winner of the 2024-2025 Short Film Commission!🥳 Writer Niamh O’Connor, Director Sinead O’Brien, and Producer Kira Fitzpatrick have been awarded €15,000 to fund a live-action short film, as well as individual mentorship, and their short will be broadcast on RTÉ2 Shortscreen and RTÉ Player when it’s finished! Read more about the short film and the team on our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/dQVkUdBQ

We were delighted to celebrate 17 dynamic and innovative entrepreneurs last week at our EXPLORER and Wild Galway Games Incubator final Showcase & Expo. Read more about it 👇

We were so very sorry to hear the news at the Ardán office yesterday of the Pálás Galway Cinema’s imminent closure this February. The Pálás has hosted us so well over the years, most recently for our 10th anniversary Galway City of Film celebration. As well as being a fantastic art house cinema, the team there work incredibly hard and are very supportive of local creatives and Galway film. It’s devastating that a crucial piece of infrastructure in Galway is being closed; one that - having only been opened for 7 years - has already left a big imprint on the Galway community and its heart. Be sure to buy tickets for a film or two and go support the Pálás Cinema and team over the next couple of months if you can. In the meantime, take a look back at some memories created at the Pálás with some wonderful people last month, as we celebrated the life, work, and legacy of filmmaker and writer Bob Quinn. #GalwayCityofFilm #CeantarScannán #supportlocal #supportthearts #supportvenues #supporttheartsinyourcommunity 🎥 Unbound Media Ltd The Galway City of Film designation is managed by Ardán on behalf of Galway City Council and Galway County Council.

WRAP was proud to participate at Screen Ireland’s stand at FOCUS London last week. FOCUS, known as THE meeting place for the international production community, marked its 10th anniversary with a 2-day event at the Business Design Centre London in December 2024. Embracing the convergence of all the screen sectors, FOCUS is the only UK trade event where attendees can meet with content makers and facilitators from over 100 countries, attracting thousands of professionals from  film, TV, advertising, animation and games. Alongside the fine folk from Creative Heartlands, the Donegal Film Office, Dublin City Film Office, Film Offaly, Screen Wexford, Waterford Film Centre, and Screen Ireland’s Incoming Production unit, WRAP was excited to take this key opportunity to connect with international producers, locations professionals, and studio leaders and showcase Ireland’s appeal as a filming destination, and in particular the locations, companies, producers, services and crews in the WRAP region as well as the supports afforded by the fund and the commission. The WRAP team would like to thank Screen Ireland for the opportunity to showcase our region to such a wealth of screen leaders, but also for the chance to engage with our friends in other film officers and share our experiences and insights on attracting projects to our own regions. WRAP is a joint initiative between Ardán and the Western Development Commission, in association with local authorities in Clare, Donegal, Galway City, Galway County, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, and Údarás na Gaeltachta.

REPORT: Over the last eight months I've been trying to get to the bottom of why (despite being the ideal candidate) Ireland is not a video game development hub. The answer? A lack of government understanding surrounding the sector. For Shacknews: https://lnkd.in/eBtk-cqm

🙌And... registrations for FÍS TV Summit 2025 are now open!🙌 We are so excited to announce that our first international speaker for the 2025 TV Summit is Lauren LeFranc who is best known for her recent work on 'The Penguin', starring Colin Farrell. LeFranc is a visionary showrunner, writer, and producer who is recognised for her assured creative voice and her distinctive visual aesthetic. We’re also delighted to share that this year’s all-day event and networking evening will be hosted in the newly opened state-of-the-art Radisson RED at Galway’s new Crown Square District. Having grown in scale year-on-year, FÍS TV Summit 2025 will launch with a new format, new venue, and more dynamic structure. Alongside LeFranc and other leading talent from the world of high-end TV Drama, FÍS 2025 will welcome industry leaders from the world of Unscripted Television. Our expert panels will speak on topics such as Irish TV sector activity in 2024, the importance of Irish IP, case studies on Irish language drama and international unscripted formats, and public service broadcasting in 2025. More details on all these panels and the NTA Film & TV's pitching finalists to come for what promises to be our most dynamic Summit yet! Thursday, February 6th - mark it in your diary - and register as soon as you can for your free ticket (please note: registration is required by all attendees for this event): https://lnkd.in/eNkt8NYU? Read more about Lauren LeFranc, our new panel topics, and some of the bigger changes we are making to 2025's Summit to make it even better: https://lnkd.in/edFSNbaq "We are delighted to partner with Ardán to host these key industry events next year and to show off our state-of-the-art conference and event space at the centre of Galway's new Crown Square district." - Madeline Riley, Chief Executive of Radisson RED Galway ✨💚📺 Now in its 8th year, FÍS TV Summit stakeholders include Ardán, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Gréasán na Meán Skillnet, TG4, Coimisiún na Meán, WRAP, Creative Europe Desk Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen, National Talent Academies Film & TV Drama, ATU Galway City School of Design and Creative Arts, University of Galway and our hospitality partners Radisson RED Galway.

2024 saw us celebrate 10 years of Galway as a UNESCO City of Film with the fourth Ceantar Scannán award presented to Bob Quinn. This highlights reel shows just some of the great short and feature films and creative talent development work that has been going on in Galway over the last five years since we last got together, with insights from Celine Curtin and Lelia Doolan as to how and why Galway was given this special UNESCO designation 10 years ago! The Galway City of Film designation is managed by Ardán on behalf of Comhairle Cathrach na Gaillimhe / Galway City Council and Galway County Council. The Galway City of Film annual programme of activities is administered by Ardán on behalf of Galway City Arts Office and Galway County Arts Office, with additional support from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. Ardán is a registered charity based in Galway, operating in the West of Ireland and beyond. We support creatives in the audio-visual industry, in film, TV, games, and animation, through funding, training, and events. Ardán’s headquarters is in the CREW Enterprise and Innovation Hub on Wellpark Road in Galway city. Previously known as Galway Film Centre, Ardán rebranded in 2022 to reflect the broader geographic and sectoral focus of the organisation which includes the greater Western Region and newer industry sectors including games and animation. Translated, Ardán means platform or stage. Ardán is a platform for creative talent development, providing opportunities for entry, emerging, and established individuals working in the screen sector. Within its screen talent development remit, Ardán manages the Galway UNESCO City of Film designation, WRAP (Western Region Audio Visual Producers’ Fund), the National Talent Academies for Film & TV Drama, and the annual FÍS TV and Games Summits. As part of these initiatives there are various events, funding, and training schemes to avail of. Alongside our longstanding partners, Ardán also co-manages several other funding and training opportunities including the CÚRAM, Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices Science on Screen Documentary and Animation Commission, the RTE Short Film Commission, now in its 33rd year, the Wild Galway Games Incubator, IndieDev: The Cross-border Games Prototype Fund, PTG: Prepare To Gamify! and more. Edited by: Emblane Films Culture Night Galway Traveller Movement Little Cinema Galway Galway Film Fleadh Galway Culture Company Western Development Commission Pálás Galway