The work of women filmmakers has been recognised and celebrated in recent years. However, women’s contribution to the field of nonprofessional filmmaking remains under-explored. As part of a project funded by the Irish Research Council Kasandra O’Connell (IFI Irish Film Archive) and Sarah Arnold (Department of Media Studies at Maynooth University) will discuss the creative practice of amateur women filmmakers through the collections of the Irish Film Institute. They will focus on the work of Crumlin woman, Margaret Currivan, a prolific amateur filmmaker who documented her family, friends and community in the 1960s with rigour, skill and affection.

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