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create it.
write it.
No Fees
A space TO CREATE
Learn Screenwriting, Directing & Producing
Develop Film & Television Content
Coached & Mentored By Industry Professionals
Get Your Projects Industry Ready
Pitch Your Scripts & Projects To Producers/Executives
Full Time Course
40 Weeks
Training Allowance Paid
No Fees
find
your
voice.
Write
Your
Story.
Create.
Develop.
make.
Get
industry
ready.
OFFICiAL IFTA PARTNER
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exclusive full day masterclass with
Damian Mccarthy
"HOKUM" "Oddity" "Caveat"
ÉdaÍn O’Donnell (West Cork Film Studios)
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exclusive full day masterclass with
diarmuid goggins
"kin", "code of silence", "bulletproof"
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exclusive masterclass with
ben wheatley
"kill list", "free fire", "meg 2"
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exclusive masterclass with
ailbhe keogan
"trespasses", "bad sisters"
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exclusive masterclass with
matthew Lieberman
Executive producer / screenwriter of netflix’s "the lincoln lawyer"
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exclusive masterclass with
mark O’rowe
"intermission", "boy a", "normal people"
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exclusive masterclass with
brendan canty
director of IFTA Best Film "christy"
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exclusive masterclass with
alan O’Gorman
Screenwriter of IFTA Best Film "christy"
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exclusive masterclass with
pat collins
director of IFTA Best Film
"That They May Face The Rising Sun"
Alumni success stories
congratulations to Sean Hayes from our inaugural CDFTV class of 2023/2024!
Sean's script, Airport Pints, has been selected for production by Virgin Media Discovers, an initiative run in partnership with Screen Ireland.
congratulations to Dalian Roche from our CDFTV class of 2024/2025!
Dalian has been selected as an EMERGE 2.0 Producer.
congratulations to Brian Bowler from our CDFTV class of 2024/2025!
Brian has been selected on the Screen Ireland NTA Mentorship Programme.
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director
producer
executive
make it.
2025
Alumni profiles
Oddity
Caveat
Hokum
Damian McCarthy
Pat collins
That They May Face The Rising Sun
Silence
Songs of Granite
Garage
The Guard
Smalltown
Pat Shortt
Brendan Canty
Christy
Take Me To Church - Hozier
Bad Sisters
Joyride
Sunlight
Ailbhe Keogan
Susanna White
Generation Kill
Star Wars: Andor
Parade’s End
Intermission
Normal People
Boy A
Mark O’Rowe
“it’s probably been the
best year of my life”
CDFTV Alumni
Jason O’Sullivan, Screenwriter / Director
Maurice
sweeney
studio
Tour
Susanna White
MEET YOUR Instructors
Maurice Sweeney
Gerard Barrett
guest Instructors
Maurice Sweeney (Director)
Ailbhe Kegoan (Screenwriter)
Dave Grennan (Cinematographer)
Mark O’Rowe (Screenwriter/Director)
Pat Shortt (Actor/Producer/Screenwriter)
Christian O’Reilly (Screenwriter)
Michael Lynch (Documentary Producer)
Nathan Nugent (Film & Television Editor)
Emer Reynolds (Director)
Geoffrey Kirkland (Production Designer)
Susanna White
Director / Producer
Star Wars: Andor, The Buccaneers, Billions, Boardwalk Empire
guest Masterclasses
Mike ELEY
Cinematographer
The Dig, The Selfish Giant, Nanny McPhee, Parade’s End
Geoffrey Kirkland & Rory Enke
Production Designer / Producer
Children of Men, Midnight Express, AntMan, Bird Box, The Green Mile
Mark O’Rowe
Screenwriter & Director
Intermission, Boy A, Temple, Broken, Normal People
Ailbhe Keogan
Screenwriter
Joyride, Run & Jump, Bad Sisters
Emer Reynolds
Director & Screenwriter
Joyride, The Farthest, Phil Lynott
Patrick Cassidy
Composer
Calvary, Smalltown, Hannibal
