A comprehensive peak into Film Festival programming, from screener to screening.
Cork International Film Festival is delighted to announce its 2025 Young Programmers!
Meet our young film programmers: (front row, left to right) Sadhbh Ryan, Eric Sheehan, Tala Dabbagh; (back row left to right) Setanta Ballesty, Tadhg Kennelly and Eoin Lynch.
Under the tutelage of CIFF’s programming team, as we approach our milestone 70th Festival this November, the Young Programmers panel are learning about the curatorial process of film festivals, developing a comprehensive understanding of festival programming, from screener to screening, along with licensing and distribution, event management and networking, marketing and promotion.
CIFF’s Young Programmers are supporting our programming team in the selection of the films eligible for the festival’s Lookout Award (youth Jury award) and will present the Lookout films to the public during the Festival in November.
The aim of the Young Programmers project is to provide young cinephiles with a professional training opportunity to engage with the film festival industry, and involve young people in programming and presenting films to their peers.
“The CIFF Young Programmers Project has been invaluable for me. I finally had a chance to put my film journalism skills to the test, and developed greater confidence in my abilities – something I’ll carry forward for the rest of my career. In addition, the project was an ideal opportunity to meet young people who share my interests, and grow my network.” Daniel Noonan, 2024 Young Programmer
