IGNITE-Docs, a collaborative initiative between Cork International Film Festival and Docs Ireland, Belfast, is pleased to announce the participants selected for the sixth year of the programme.
Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) and Docs Ireland are delighted to announce nine new projects for Year Six of its cross-border Documentary Talent Development Programme, IGNITE-Docs.
IGNITE-Docs is a talent development programme directed towards emerging Irish and Northern Irish documentary filmmakers embarking on their first or second non-fiction feature film. It is a cross-border partnership that aims to foster a new generation of cinematic documentary filmmakers, an innovative collaboration between the island’s first and newest film festivals, Cork International Film Festival and Docs Ireland.
The participants and projects for Year Six are:
A Tune For the Girls
Director: Molly Furey
A Tune for the Girls tells the story of the rise and rise of Lisa Canny’s 11-piece, all-female trad band on their journey to revolutionise traditional Irish music for a new generation.
Blackest Ever Black
Director: Roisin Agnew
A film crew set out to make a film about Ireland’s tax system and Big Tech aided by a regional film board, when a series of blackouts derails the project.
Chosen
Director: Dawn Richardson
Producer: Dominic Small
An artist and an Anglican priest travel from Belfast to the West Bank to confront the tangled politics of Christian Zionism; asking whether understanding is an act of resistance, or a luxury in the face of oppression?
I Dreamt About Luke Kelly Last Night
Director: Peter O’Brien
A sound engineer who shaped the sound of Irish folk legends The Dubliners embarks on a reflective journey through memory and music, revealing how their legacy continues to inspire and connect generations today.
i gCuimhne mo Mháthar (In Memory of my Mother)
Director: Soso Ní Cheallaigh
Soso Ní Cheallaigh juggles being a working disabled artist and carer, while undertaking a dementia-friendly experience for an audience of one – their mother, Máire, who is currently suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Peter Perrett: The Cleansing
Director: Greg Purcell
A documentary on the life of Peter Perrett, lead singer and songwriter of The Only Ones, who retired from music after falling into addiction in the 1980s, only to return in 2024 with his most critically acclaimed album. A reflection on addiction, redemption, and the enduring legacy of one of the last true Rock and Roll Romantics.
Roger and the Wreck
Director: Daire Collins
Roger Miklos was a Las Vegas cop, a DEA agent in the Bahamas, and the last of the ‘great shipwreck hunters’. After his unexpected death, his family uncovers a legend too big to bury.
The Fast & The Fabulous
Director: Sharon Lawless
Rosemary Smith’s rip-roaring rise from Irish model to international motorsport legend, her tragic quest for love, and the triumphant legacy of a feminist icon.
Who am I if we are gone
Director: Peadar King
Producer: Alice McDowell
A love letter to Inishbofin and a poignant reminder of the importance of memory, stories and cultural preservation, as we re-learn how to live and die in the modern world.
IGNITE-Docs is a joint initiative of Cork International Film Festival & Docs Ireland, Belfast, supported by TG4, the Arts Council of Ireland, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland through the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, Cultural and Creative Industries Skillnet, Coimisiún na Meán, Northern Ireland Screen, and Arts & Business NI.
