What makes the Fastnet Film Festival green? By Laura Rascaroli – UCC

POSTED: 27/03/17

Just how green is cinema today? Issues of sustainability, which are central to the contemporary scientific and political agendas, are beginning to generate specific responses to ecological concerns within the film industry. This is at once unsurprising...

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Is It Worth It? By Helen Wells, FFF

POSTED: 21/03/17

Organising the submission entries takes time.  Lots of time.  Too much time really…..but is it worth it? Having looked after submissions for many years, you would think that I would be used to the...

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What’s So Special About Fastnet Anyway? by Rachel Gough – UCC

POSTED: 20/03/17

By bus, it takes roughly two and a half hours and by car about an hour less to reach the village of Schull from Cork City. I can’t tell you how long it takes if...

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Welcome Back, Juanita Wilson

POSTED: 09/03/17

We are delighted that Juanita Wilson has agreed to return to Schull to screen her latest film Tomato Red, due to be released in cinemas in April 2017. Based on the novel of the...

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An Exploration of the Art of Tighe O’Donoghue/Ross

POSTED: 05/03/17

We are so happy to announce the screening of the feature documentary Why is There Anything Instead of Nothing?, produced by Aidan Stanley, directed by Paddy O’Shea, with music by Herbie Macken and VFX...

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